Why Clients Really Call
Family business stakeholders are smart. They know their business and their family better than any consultant ever will. They may have read many of the foundational books and articles on best practices for family business.
Estate and Wealth Planning for Family Enterprises: Reality — not myth — as the proper starting point
The 2015 FFI Global Conference theme of “myths and realities” provides an excellent opportunity to focus attention on how best to advise family enterprises for the long-term success of the family and the enterprise.
Will the Real ‘Wealth’ Please Stand Up!
Wealth. It’s a cornerstone word in the family business vocabulary. But is its use on point?
Should There Be Such a Thing as a High Growth Family Firm?
Growth vs. Profitability High growth strategies are a myth and a recipe for reduced profitability.
Lego: From bankruptcy to “everything is awesome”
“Everything is awesome Everything is cool when you're part of a team Everything is awesome when we're living our dream” A colorful crowd, wearing different superhero masks, was joyfully singing the Lego movie main theme.
The Myths and Realities of Defining Family Wealth: Whose definition is it anyway?
Wealth is the abundance of valuable resources or valuable material possessions. This includes the core meaning as held in the originating old English word weal.
Realities and Myths of Entitlement in Business Families
Entitlement in family business is not always about the next generation, at times it also includes the founder generation’s beliefs, patterns and ways of being.
Family Firms and Entrepreneurship: A different point of view
Continuing our series on Myths and Realities, HEC Montréal professor Danny Miller weighs in on “Family Firms and Entrepreneurship: A different point of view”.
Myths and Realities: Polar opposites?
The Brain: Conventional wisdom — especially from parents of teenagers — suggests that the teenage brain and the adult brain may be polar opposites.
Addiction and Family Business
Addiction contributes to poor communication, lack of trust, and even dysfunction in family enterprises.
Developing Positivity in Family Business Leaders
Working with the cooperation of the Family Business Australia FORUM, the authors studied a leadership intervention in a group context (a.k.a. peer advisory groups) over a five-year period.
Research Applied: FBR Summaries for the Practitioner
The first in the quarterly series of practice-oriented précis of articles from the Family Business Review.
Career Advancement in a Family-Owned French Construction Firm Under Changing Labor Legislations and Market Demand, 1946-1985
External factors influenced this firm’s labor costs and overall performance. First, in 1950, the French government established the guaranteed interprofessional wage.
Communication Traps: Applying game theory to succession in family firms
In order to model this discussion using game theory, the authors assume that the founder has more power in the discussion than the successor, tied to a tendency not to share information about when succession planning should commence.
Seeing the Light: Using visual ethnography in family business settings
Research Applied summary prepared by Nava Michael-Tsbari, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology Offering a new perspective for research, this paper seeks to examine the possible usage of visual ethnography in family business research.
Relational Competence-Based Knowledge Transfer Within Succession: An experimental study
Intrafamily succession, which can be within a nuclear family or across branches and generations, is often a goal in the overall strategy for family firm continuity.
Are Your Clients Prepared for Digital Death?
In the last of the February series of “Blogs from the Board,” Holly Isdale of Wealthaven advises advisors on how to prepare their clients for “digital death”.
The Moment You Can’t (or Better Not) Ignore
This is the third in the February series of “Blogs from the Board.” Thanks to Debbie Bing for her blog on “The Moment You Can’t (or Better Not) Ignore”.
Governance, Succession and the Middle East Family Business
This is the second in the February series of “Blogs from the Board.” Thanks to Adib Rashid for this blog on “Governance, Succession and the Middle East Family Business”.
Gender-based Leadership Styles
This is the first in a February series of Blogs from the FFI Board. Patricia Annino of Prince Lobel Tye explores the implications of “relational-cultural theory,” on leadership roles for women in family enterprises.