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Family, Management, Ownership, Practitioner Perspectives, Strategy
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Family, Management, Ownership, Practitioner Perspectives, Strategy

How to Build and Sustain a Successful, Enduring Enterprise

The HBR Family Business Handbook brings sophisticated guidance and practical advice from family business experts Josh Baron, adjunct professor, Columbia Business School, and Rob Lachenauer.
Family, Family Voices, Leadership, Management, Ownership
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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.

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Family Voices, Governance, Leadership, Ownership, Strategy
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Family Enterprise Insights
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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.
Family, Governance, Management, Ownership, Research Findings
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Family Enterprise Insights
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Family, Governance, Management, Ownership, Research Findings

How Should a Family Firm Approach an Ethical Dilemma

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.  
Governance, Leadership, Management, Ownership, Research Findings
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Family Enterprise Insights
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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
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Family Enterprise Insights
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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.