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Every Family Business Needs an Independent Director
Boards Digital ArticleThey keep things fresh and fair. -
Why Family Businesses Come Roaring out of Recessions
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleData shows that family businesses outperform professionally-managed companies. -
Does Your Family Business Have a Succession Plan?
Leadership development Digital ArticleYou can’t expect to just step into mom or dad’s shoes. -
Saving a Family Business from Emotional Dysfunction
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleFocus on fairness. -
The Founders of Bitty & Beau's Coffee on Building a Business Around Employees with Disabilities
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleAs the parents of two children with Down syndrome, the authors learned that 80% of people with disabilities in the United States are unemployed. They... -
Family Businesses Need One Person to Conquer and Another to Rule
Entrepreneurs and founders Digital ArticleToo many focus on the former. -
Keeping It Professional When You Work in a Family Business
Career planning Best PracticeIt can be done. -
How to Make Your Family Business More Professional
Organizational Development Digital ArticleIt's an important stage of the company's growth. -
Research: Family Firms Are More Innovative Than Other Companies
Innovation & Leadership ResearchThey spend less on R&D but get higher returns. -
Should a Family Business Accept a Returning Daughter's Radical Proposal? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleTwo brothers who founded a successful company in Côte d'Ivoire must make a decision about how to bring their daughter and niece-educated in Paris and... -
How to Bring an Outside CEO into the Family Business
Family businesses Digital ArticleUse this five-phase onboarding process. -
How to Prepare Your Family Business for the Unexpected
Corporate governance Digital ArticleFour conversations you need to have today. -
How Parents Can Promote Resilience in the Family Business
Age and generational issues Digital ArticleFocus on providing learning experiences for the next generation — and room for them to make mistakes. -
Building Your Own Network When You’re Part of a Family Business
Leadership transitions Digital ArticleThe family rolodex doesn’t necessarily pass from one generation to the next. -
Can an Outside CEO Run a Family-Owned Business?
Managing people Digital ArticleYes, by embracing the complicated family dynamics. -
Study: Customers Really Do Trust Family Businesses More
Brand management Digital ArticleYour marketing should capitalize on that. -
What Family Businesses Need to Adapt to a Crisis
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleCrisis governance is about more than just leadership. -
Family Business Owners Must Set the Agenda (Without Micromanaging)
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleBoards, not managers, must make the big decisions. -
Developing the Next Generation of Leaders in Your Family Business
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleTalent can be hard to scout when it's family. -
Your Family Business's Resiliency Depends on Its Structure
Organizational Development Digital ArticleStrategies for whether your business is solely owned, sibling controlled, or diffusely owned.
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Qualtrics: Bootstrapping Growth
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details In March 2012 the founders of Qualtrics sat together in the Provo, Utah, office of advisor Duff Thompson. They stared down one of the toughest decisions... -
Scanteak: The Making of Successors in a Family Firm (A)
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Scanteak Corporation was a furniture retailer founded in Singapore in the 1970s. By 2010, it had established more than 100 stores around the world. It... -
The HP-Compaq Merger: A Battle for the Heart and Soul of a Company (Epilogue)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details This is the fourth of a four-case series. At first glance, Hewlett Packard (HP) doesn't seem to be a family firm, but when push comes to shove - as it... -
BauZentral: Compensation and Governance in the Family Firm
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In 2017, the chief executive officer (CEO) and chief financial officer (CFO) of Swiss-based BauZentral, a privately owned family business, faced a restructuring... -
Cooley Distillery: The Independent Spirit of Ireland
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details This is the "David and Goliath" story of Cooley Distillery, the world's only independent, Irish-owned distiller of Irish whiskey. Against long odds, it... -
Ireland Renovations: Budgeting for Future Growth
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details In mid-2019, the owner of Ireland Renovations was contemplating the future of his renovation and construction company that operated in London and Middlesex... -
Woolf Farming and Processing
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Woolf Farming Company, a privately owned family farming business in California's Central Valley, found its business threatened by a lack of water, brought... -
Harry Susilo: Moral Leadership and Family Business Succession
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Sekar Group (Sekar), based in Surabaya, Indonesia, started in 1966 as a small business purchasing fish and shrimp. Led by its founder Harry Susilo, Sekar... -
Pennycook Power Boats: Considering an Offer to Sell the Firm (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In early 2016, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Pennycook Power Boats was approached by the CEO of a competitor, who was interested in purchasing... -
Evoco AG: Solving Liquidity and Incentive Issues in Private Equity
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details OCTOBER 20 15, ZURICH (SWITZERLAND). Michel Galeazzi and Felix Ackermann, the two co-founders of the private equity firm Evoco AG, were pondering their... -
Ken Talbot - Cautionary Tale in Estate Planning
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details In 2010, Ken Talbot, a self-made Australian billionaire, was traveling throughout Africa to bring his innovative coal technology to the continent when... -
TECO: Too Old to Rule or Too Young to Succeed
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details The case is an example of how a family can control a large conglomerate - TECO Electric & Machinery, a Taiwanese engineering business - yet with almost... -
ProsFit: A Fitting Solution
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details This case study features ProsFit, a European start-up company founded in 2013 that used breakthrough technology - Computer Aided Design (CAD) and 3D printing... -
Maestro Pizza (F): A New Direction
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Maestro pizza opened its first store in 2013 after its founder, Khalid Al Omran, recognized an opportunity in Saudi Arabia to offer high quality pizza... -
HOMI Foundation: Expanding a Non-profit Family Hospital for Children
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The Hospital de la Misericordia (HM), today HOMI Foundation, is a children's hospital located in Bogotá (Colombia). It was founded by José Ignacio Barberi,... -
Grace Castings Ltd.: Contemplating Backward Integration
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In August 2018, the managing director of Grace Castings Ltd. (GCL) was preparing for an upcoming board meeting. At the meeting, which was expected to... -
LG Investments, LLC: A Family Business in Generational Transition (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details This case could be used in courses about entrenpreneurship and managing small businesses. The founder and patriarch of a family business is confronted... -
Precista Tools AG (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details The family holds a meeting to talk about the future of the business. Designed to be used with Precista Tools AG (A) and (C) in a one class period. -
Dodla Dairy: Churning the Business of Milk in India
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Dodla Dairy, a family owned dairy business based in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, India, has successfully made its mark on the Indian liquid milk... -
Spec's Music (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Presents the story of a music retailer in Miami which started in the late 1940s, grew throughout the 1960s and 1970s, and went public in 1985 before experiencing...
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Every Family Business Needs an Independent Director
Boards Digital ArticleThey keep things fresh and fair. -
Qualtrics: Bootstrapping Growth
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details In March 2012 the founders of Qualtrics sat together in the Provo, Utah, office of advisor Duff Thompson. They stared down one of the toughest decisions... -
Scanteak: The Making of Successors in a Family Firm (A)
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Scanteak Corporation was a furniture retailer founded in Singapore in the 1970s. By 2010, it had established more than 100 stores around the world. It... -
Why Family Businesses Come Roaring out of Recessions
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleData shows that family businesses outperform professionally-managed companies. -
The HP-Compaq Merger: A Battle for the Heart and Soul of a Company (Epilogue)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details This is the fourth of a four-case series. At first glance, Hewlett Packard (HP) doesn't seem to be a family firm, but when push comes to shove - as it... -
BauZentral: Compensation and Governance in the Family Firm
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In 2017, the chief executive officer (CEO) and chief financial officer (CFO) of Swiss-based BauZentral, a privately owned family business, faced a restructuring... -
Cooley Distillery: The Independent Spirit of Ireland
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details This is the "David and Goliath" story of Cooley Distillery, the world's only independent, Irish-owned distiller of Irish whiskey. Against long odds, it... -
Ireland Renovations: Budgeting for Future Growth
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details In mid-2019, the owner of Ireland Renovations was contemplating the future of his renovation and construction company that operated in London and Middlesex... -
Woolf Farming and Processing
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Woolf Farming Company, a privately owned family farming business in California's Central Valley, found its business threatened by a lack of water, brought... -
Harry Susilo: Moral Leadership and Family Business Succession
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Sekar Group (Sekar), based in Surabaya, Indonesia, started in 1966 as a small business purchasing fish and shrimp. Led by its founder Harry Susilo, Sekar...