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Family, Family Voices, Leadership, Management, Ownership
Co-President Siblings Steward a Century-old Family Business
111 years since its founding as Massachusetts Envelope Company, Ben Grossman ’06, along with his brother, David, are the 4th generation of Grossman Marketing Group. This podcast, from The Business of Family, explores legacy, leadership and life lessons.
Family, Leadership, Management, Research Findings
Do CEO’s matter? How do family deaths impact them?
Using a unique dataset from Denmark, Professor Daniel Wolfenzon and colleagues find that CEO and family deaths are strongly correlated with declines in firm operating profitability, investment and sales growth.
Governance, Leadership, Ownership, Research Findings, Strategy
What’s the relationship between Boards and CEO power?
In “Board Composition and CEO Power,” Professor Tim Baldenius and colleagues study the optimal composition of corporate boards.
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.