Governance
Family businesses prefer hiring internally for top positions
New research says that family businesses prefer to look to the family for a new CEO, and then other internal…
Central European family businesses cry out for knowledge
A new association representing family businesses in the Czech Republic and Slovakia underlines the desire…
Size matters for Italian family firms
Family businesses are much smaller in Italy than they are in France and Germany
Family ownership is a remedy for absolutist CEOs
Research shows that power is becoming concentrated at large American companies
Tax changes vex German family businesses
Mittelstand businesses are concerned that changes to how they are taxed will damage them, and that in…
Who will watch the watchmen? Family members, that’s who
A recent study argues that non-family CEOs are best for family firms, but only when monitored by a group…
Do cricket-loving CEOs really damage the economy?
A paper from a think-tank suggests that family members work so much less than non-family peers that their…
Wall Street takes on the Japanese robot masters
Two American hedge funds are pressuring family-controlled firms in Asia on their governance, but they…
Succession lessons from King Lear
Over the coming decades thousands of family businesses will transfer to the next generation
Will family firms continue to dominate emerging markets?
At the moment up to 90% of businesses in some emerging markets are either founder or family owned
Family businesses and their role in the revolution
A French lawyer thinks that their collaborative nature means that family businesses are playing a leading…
Anarchy, holacracy and family
Leaderless organisations are all the rage, but successful ones are few and far between