As the Ko Hospitality Group opens its first US restaurant, CEO Stan Ko ’99, talks about the family business and why he’s fiercely dedicated to the dining experience.
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.
Written by adjunct professor and managing director Patricia Angus, who has more than 25 years’ experience working with families to create, administer, and benefit from trusts, the Beneficiary Primer is a “go to” resource for anyone who has been named as a beneficiary.
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.
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.
In contrast to decades of research reporting surprisingly weak relationships between consumption and happiness, recent findings suggest that money can indeed increase happiness if it is spent the “right way” (e.g., on experiences or on other people).
It appears that couples help each other remember outstanding tasks (“to-dos”) by issuing reminders.
People are more generous toward single than toward multiple beneficiaries, and encouraging greater giving to multiple targets is challenging.
To the extent that people feel more continuity between their present and future selves, they are more likely to make decisions with the future self in mind.
To reconcile empirical inconsistencies in the relationship between emotionally-negative families and daughters’ abnormal eating, this article hypothesizes a critical moderating variable: daughters’ vulnerability to emotion contagion.