Family Businesses in Germany – total lack of trust(s)?
For advisors working with family business clients operating across multiple countries, it is important to keep informed about jurisdictional differences and how they could impact your clients.
FFI Practitioner: Most Popular Articles of 2019
With the new year around the corner and a new decade on its way, here is a look at the most popular articles in 2019. We’re pleased to say that, thanks to our outstanding contributors, we’ve never missed an issue this year! So in addition to these Top 10, please enjoy the other 42 articles that appeared in FFI Practitioner since last January.
A Few Thoughts on Family Constitutions: An Indian perspective
This week, FFI Practitioner is pleased to share an article by Ashvini Chopra in which he discusses family constitutions from an Indian perspective.
What Is Your Strategic Pulse?
How do we keep ourselves and our clients thriving during times of complexity and disruption? According to this week’s contributor, Eva Wathén, it comes down to resilience. Thanks to Eva for sharing this article, in which she presents the importance of taking your “strategic pulse.”
From Vixens to Victorious: The Rise of Women’s Power, Competition, and Ambition in Family Business Leadership
This week, FFI Practitioner explores the evolving topic of the role of women in family businesses. Thank you to this week’s contributor, Patricia Annino, for her article, which is based on her presentation at the 2019 Global Conference.
Research Applied: FBR Précis for FFI Practitioner
Thank you to this week’s contributor, Navneet Bhatnagar of the FBR Research Applied Board, for sharing his précis of “Listening to the Heart or the Head?
Developing a First Strategic Plan: Seven Practical Tips
According to Mark Twain, “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” In that light, we are pleased to share an article by Rochelle Mendelsohn that explores the reasons why family enterprises without a strategic plan should consider developing their first and outlines seven tips for advisors working with these organizations throughout the process.
Accidental Partnerships: A new lens on sibling and cousin partnerships
At first, it seemed ridiculous – how could they possibly fill the shoes of their father, Greg, who built such a remarkable portfolio of commercial real estate holdings? And how would they ever figure out how to work together?
Trust and the Family Business
How have shifts in employee expectations and other pronounced societal changes impacted employee trust within family businesses?
How to Keep a Business Family Alive: Families that fuel next generation family business leaders
This week, we are pleased to share the results of a research study on the succession strategies of select family-owned multigenerational German wineries.
Working with Family Diagrams in Family Business: Reflections from 20 years of practice
Thanks to Guillermo Salazar, a member of the FFI IberoAmercian Virtual Study Group, for this article reflecting on the value of utilizing Family Diagrams in his consulting work with families over the years.
FFI Practitioner: Most Popular Articles from the Third Quarter of 2019
FFI Practitioner remains one of the most attractive publications in the field and we are pleased that our broad-based circulation continues to generate interest and awareness of key topics in the field by authors from around the word.
What Makes a Family Business Program Donor Tick?
Thanks to this week’s contributor, Jerry Katz, Robert H. Brockhaus Endowed Chair of Entrepreneurship at St. Louis University (SLU), for his interview with Mike Medart, a fourth generation family member of Medart Engine, for helping us understand what motivates a family enterprise member to make a gift to a university based family business program.
Research Applied: FBR Précis for FFI Practitioner
Thank you to this week’s contributor, Maya Prabhu of the FBR Research Applied Board, for sharing her précis of “The Effect of Value Congruence Between Founder and Successor on Successor’s Willingness: The Mediating Role of the Founder–Successor Relationship” – an article that appears in the September 2019 issue of FBR.
Congratulations to the Recipients of the 2019 Global Education Network (GEN) Scholarships
We are pleased to announce the 2019 winners of the FFI GEN scholarships and to thank the generous sponsors of these five awards for leading the way in ensuring that professionals in the field receive the outstanding interdisciplinary education that FFI has become known for globally.
Paradigm Shifts in Addiction Treatment
In this week’s edition, we feature an interview with FFI member and Miami conference presenter, Ross Ellenhorn, in which he discusses the paradigm shift that has, and continues, to reshape thinking on addiction treatment.
Family Business Sanity Check
In today’s world, family business owners have a lot to worry about – from rising taxes to developing future leadership.
Research Applied: FBR Précis for FFI Practitioner
In this week’s FFI Practitioner, we are pleased to share a précis of “Multilayered Socialization Processes in Transgenerational Family Firms” – an article that appears in the September 2019 issue of FBR.