Japansese Family Business / 日本の老舗ファミリービジネス 伝統志向のファミリー企業の成功要因 ー世代をつなぐ協力関係ー
Japanese Family Businesses are the oldest in the world. In this practical guide, we introduce the Japanese family system ‘ie’, which is one of the factors contributing to the longevity...
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What All Family Businesses Can Learn From the Merck Family
The German Merck family has succeeded where many business families have failed: keeping a group of 319 family members, including 204 family shareholders, unified, aligned and committed over the course...
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Four Things that the Best Family Business Boards Do Well
Can you quantify your board’s contribution to the performance of your family business? Even if you can’t put a number on it, you should have a keen sense of how...
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Understanding Family Businesses in Germany
These slides are from the lecture ‘Understanding Family Businesses in Germany’ by Tom Rüsen.
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The Ten Witten Theses
The practical guide The Ten Witten Theses describes the characteristics of family businesses.
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Parental Presence and new Authority
This presentation contains the slides from the lecture ‘Parental Presence and New Authority’.
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What really matters to family entrepreneurs?
In the main section of this anniversary publication, we present the results of a new WIFU study on the current situation of family businesses in Germany. We asked members of...
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Workshop: Understanding Family Businesses in Germany
This presentation contains the slides from the lecture ‘Workshop: Understanding Family Businesses in Germany’.
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