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Governance, Leadership, Practitioner Perspectives, Research Findings
Life After an Exit: How Entrepreneurs Transition to the Next Stage
Entrepreneurs are different from other people. Their talent lies in imagining a new solution or a fresh approach that gives the world something it may not have even realized it needed. Building a successful enterprise from start-up to sustained profitability demands total immersion.
Family, Leadership, Ownership, Research Findings
Dynastic Control Without Ownership: Evidence from Post-War Japan
Dynastic-controlled firms are led by founding-family CEOs while the family owns an insignificant share of equity (defined as less than 5%).
Leadership, Ownership, Practitioner Perspectives, Research Findings
Sustainable Growth Drivers for Family Enterprises
In collaboration with the Columbia Global Center Nairobi, Kenya, Patricia M. Angus, Adjunct Professor and Managing Director, Global Family Enterprise Program, joined a panel of experts to explore how family businesses in Africa are evolving as sustainable growth drivers.
Family Voices, Leadership, Management
2022 Conference Recap: Navigating the Post-Pandemic World
Leaders in retail, real estate, and spoke about how their businesses pivoted during the pandemic and what the “new normal” looks like.
Family, Family Voices, Leadership, Ownership
Five Tips for Leading a Successful Family Business
Razak Dawood ’68, chairman of Descon, a multinational, family-owned corporation based in Pakistan, offers his best advice for those entering or running their family businesses.
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Governance, Leadership, Management, Research Findings
Family or Non-family CEO?
Professor Daniel Wolfenzon and colleagues provide thought-provoking findings on family versus non-family- CEO’s of family firms in Inside the Family Firm: Families in Succession Decisions and Performance.
Leadership, Management, Ownership, Practitioner Perspectives
Build a Family Business That Lasts
Many family businesses have enjoyed success for decades, even centuries. In Harvard Business Review, Professor Josh Baron PhD, explores five aspects of ownership that are crucial to family business success.
Family, Governance, Leadership, Ownership, Practitioner Perspectives
4 Key Takeaways from the Sackler Family Enterprise Story
What can business-owning families learn from the Sackler story, even as the story evolves? Read more as part of our Family Enterprise in the Spotlight series.
Leadership, Practitioner Perspectives, Research Findings
Decision-making in Action: Tools to Help You Right Now
In the midst of the pandemic, you hope that the decisions you’re making will stand the test of time.
Family Voices, Leadership, Ownership
What does ownership mean to you?
Corinne Mentzelopoulos, Owner and CEO, Chateau Margaux, shares what legacy means in the context of a centuries-old business.
Leadership, Management, Ownership, Research Findings, Strategy
What is transgenerational guilt?
Columbia’s Family Business Program asked EDHEC Professor Fabian Bernhard to explain his research on the impact of emotions, particularly transgenerational guilt, on family firms.
Family Voices, Governance, Leadership, Ownership, Strategy
How does a family constitution work?
Family constitutions can be an effective form of governance. Razak Dawood ’68, Founding Advisory Board member of Columbia’s Global Family Enterprise Program, shares how it works for his family.
Governance, Leadership, Management, Ownership, Research Findings
Are family firms different when it comes to ethics?
Family firms comprise between 70 and 90% of economic activity depending on the country or region, so the impact of family business ethics can be dramatic.
Leadership, Management, Ownership, Research Findings, Strategy
Family firms can respond to prior generation’s unethical behavior. Here’s how.
Columbia’s Family Business Program asked EDHEC Professor Fabian Bernhard to explain his research on the impact of emotions, particularly transgenerational guilt, on family firms.