Succession
Succession lessons from King Lear
Over the coming decades thousands of family businesses will transfer to the next generation
ViewPoint: How do you solve a problem like retirement?
Families are swamped with advice about how to prepare the next generation to take over a business, but…
Viewpoint: Putting structure into entrepreneurship
Family firms can be obsessed with control of the core business, but this is a mistake
Take l’affaire Bettencourt as a warning
If even the powerful matriarch of the L'Oreal dynasty can be preyed on it can happen to anybody
The House of Saud demonstrates how not to manage succession
The Saudis have broken every rule in the book, and the result is uncertainty
The rise of sticky baton syndrome
Many current owners of family businesses are refusing to retire, leading to frustration among the next…
The Lego-fication of the American family firm
A report by PwC suggests that big changes are afoot in American family companies, with the current family…
Viewpoint: John A Davis on Millennials
No generation has been studied as much as the Millennials, so how do you encourage them to come into…
Succession and the single child
This week has seen a spate of bad - and in one case tragic - stories involving the children of wealthy…
The Heineken formula: luck and longevity
Family businesses are never short of people telling them how to ensure succession goes smoothly, but…
Interview: John Mills of JML
All of John Mills' children have worked for his business JML, but only one remains and the company is…
Viewpoint: Alfredo De Massis on disruptive innovation
Family firms might not immediately spring to mind when you mention disruptive innovation, but they should