The New Ideas in Family Firms Conference is an invitation-only thought leadership platform that was launched in 2018 to bring together a small group of the world’s leading academic researchers and practitioners to discuss the latest ideas in family enterprise research and advisory work.
CBS Professor Rita McGrath shared her expertise on innovation in times of uncertainty. Her latest book, Seeing Around Corners: How to Spot Inflection Points in Business Before They Happen, explores how to harness disruptive influences early for a strategic advantage.
The panelists on this session gave us an inside look at the missions and family dynamics in family offices. They spoke about some of the difficulties of keeping younger family members engaged as family businesses grow, and also highlighted some things to consider when deciding who should run a family’s office and how they should do it.
In the classroom, we introduce students to the importance of family systems theory to understand their own families, and the family enterprises they will own, work for and advise in their careers.
Hear from Founding Women panelist Charlotte Beyer, founder of the Institute for Private Investors, author of Wealth Management Unwrapped, and President of Principle Quest Foundation, about the tension—and synergy—between competition and collaboration.
A hot topic in family firm research today is socio-emotional wealth. Studies are focused on the reality that families look for more than financial returns from their business.
In this video, Kathryn McCarthy, advisor to families and family offices, provides historical context on how private wealth management worked 30 years ago.
In this article, as a lawyer who has worked closely with family businesses, I offer seven suggestions to consider for families who are struggling with an adult child who works at the company and has not yet launched.
Family business owners and their advisors spend a lot of time and money seeking to optimize business performance and family relationships. Many useful tools have been developed over the years, including generally accepted “best practices,” such as employment, compensation and succession plans.
I’ve got a special place near my heart for Dan & Whit’s general store in Norwich, Vermont.