Adaptation and Planification: Families that stay together engage in institutionalizing adaptation
If you know what will happen, it is easier to be prepared. If you don’t know, then you’ll have to adapt to whatever happens.
Adapting in Times of Stress: Ideas for women in family enterprise – and their financial advisors
For many women in family enterprises adapting to new situations such as marriage, partnership, motherhood, widowhood, divorce, loss of a loved one, moving, or job transition can be stressful.
Podcast with Amy Katz
Please enjoy a podcast with Amy Katz of Daughters In Charge. In this interview with Lanie Jordan, Amy shares the differences she has observed between women leading in a family business and their corporate contemporaries.
Tempering the Power of Irrevocability: The influence of consensus in family enterprises
Thanks to Nick Di Loreto and Steve Salley of BanyanGlobal Family Business Advisors for this week’s thought-provoking article on what’s really “irrevocable” when a family enterprise can come to consensus.
The Latest Thinking from International Award Recipients
This week, The Practitioner, as part of its FFI@30 mini-series on Achievement Award recipients, features the International Award winners.
Succession: Business success vs. ownership lifestyle
Thanks to this week’s contributor, Matthew Erskine, who discusses some of the challenges of business success vs. ownership lifestyle as part of the perennial succession discussion.
The Latest Thinking from Barbara Hollander Award Recipients
Continuing in our 30th Anniversary Year series, The Practitioner is pleased to bring you examples of the latest thinking and activities of Barbara Hollander Award recipients.
Research Applied: FBR Précis for the Practitioner
This week The Practitioner presents Ivan Lansberg’s précis of the article “Family Firm Succession From a Social Exchange Perspective” from the March issue of Family Business Review.
Research Applied: FBR Précis for the Practitioner
This week The Practitioner is pleased to present three précis and a related podcast from the March FBR.
Empirics in Family Business Research: Progress, Challenges, and the Path Ahead
This study’s purpose is to assess the state of empirical research to account for the past as well as guide future research efforts.
Viewing Family Firm Behavior and Governance Through the Lens of Agency and Stewardship Theories
Two theories of organizational behavior, namely agency theory and stewardship theory, have frequently been used to explain the unique aspects of family firms.
Entrepreneurial Exploration and Exploitation in Family Business: A Systematic Review and Future Directions
Research Applied précis prepared by Frank Hoy, Worcester Polytechnic Institute We use the label “entrepreneur” when we talk about business founders.
Global Family Offices: An Ibero-American perspective
Thanks to Iñigo Susaeta, general director of Arcano Family Office for his thoughts on the evolution of the family office in the Ibero-America region and how a movement toward more holistic models is emerging.
Family Offices Globales: Una perspectiva iberoamericana
Iberoamerica ha sido en los últimos años una de las regiones de mayor crecimiento a nivel mundial gracias, entre otros factores, al buen hacer de sus empresarios y sus empresas.
Research Applied: FBR Précis for the Practitioner
In this paper, the authors present a review of literature about family enterprises and their approach to and practice of philanthropy.
Hard Side vs Soft Side: Distinctions that are no longer helpful — if they ever were
Possibly the most important lesson I have learned from many years as a business lawyer is that Tarzan was right — “Jane, it is a jungle out there.”
2016 Family Enterprise Case Competition
This week’s Practitioner features the Family Enterprise Case Competition held at the University of Vermont, January 15-17. One of the nice things about being The Practitioner is that you get invited places!
Embedding The Family’s Values by Creating an Ethical Will
Much as I admired Frank Perdue for his success with his family poultry business, I admired him even more for his success as a family man.
The Latest Thinking from Richard Beckhard Practice Award Winners
The Practitioner likes to look forward, especially in a Leap Year. (See last week’s blog on New Year/Leap Year), but…looking backward is also fun. And… appropriate in 2016 as FFI celebrates its 30th anniversary.
Most Popular Articles of 2015
A summary of the most popular articles by month in 2015 with thanks to all the readers and writers and editors for the year!