governance
IKEA: The private investment business modelled on one of its stores
Underneath all the very convoluted ownership structure is a multilayered private investment business
Survey shows how private equity can help family businesses
The research also highlighted how family businesses become more institutionalised – and professional – as they move from one generation to the next
Viewpoint: Dual-class shares, family businesses, institutional investors…and Marx
John Davis, chairman of the Cambridge Family Enterprise Group, on why dual-class stock structures are beneficial for the economy – and why many institutional investors are the biggest threat to the economy
Viewpoint: Family businesses and the dangers of stretching for low hanging fruit
Without robust governance structures, the appointment of external board members might bring very little benefit
Viewpoint: Most family business advisers lack a crucial bit of knowledge
An understanding of cultural and legal differences affecting a family business isn’t been appreciated enough by most family business advisers
When a family owner of a conglomerate faces prison is it right to praise family businesses?
The debate about creating more acceptable models of business will inevitably trundle on for many years yet.
Viewpoint: The Big Tent Approach: Being Ready, Willing, and Capable to Contribute to Family Enterprise
When a family member who does not work in the business understands that there are meaningful ways that they can engage with the enterprise they are likely to feel valued
Viewpoint: Why a code of conduct makes sense for private family businesses – the Italian example
A governance code of conduct has been proposed for Italian family businesses – it’s about time
The Importance of Cultural Competence for Non-Family CEOs
Effectively, today there is a secondary market for non-family CEOs who’ve worked for family businesses…that wasn’t the case 10 years ago
Viewpoint: The underestimated double benefit for family businesses
Family identity can be just as important internally as it is externally