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WIFU has a research cooperation with the Center of Excellence on Family Business & Entrepreneurship at the Foundation for Research, Education and Development (FRED)

Since 2022, the WIFU has had a research cooperation agreement with the Center of Excellence on Family Business & Entrepreneurship at the Foundation for Research, Education and Development (FRED) in...

WIFU is a member of European network of leading research institutions

Since September 2022, the WIFU has been a member of the European Family Business Research Centers Network (EuFBC), an association of 21 organisations that play a leading role in the...

New volume of the WIFU publication series

Siblings – they love and sometimes hate each other. Today, more and more often, they are supposed to lead family businesses together. But why do some sibling co-leaderships work well...

New book “Managing Business Family Dynasties”

This book by Prof. Dr. Tom Rüsen, Prof. Dr. Heiko Kleve und Prof. Dr. Arist von Schlippe deals with dynastic business families. Such families are characterized by a circle of...

Study “The Business Family and its Family Strategy”

In their brand new study Tom A. Rüsen and Ann Sophie Löhde go about the question how German family businesses shape the relationship between family business and business families and...

Commemorative Publication for Arist von Schlippe

The commemorative publication for Prof. Dr. Arist von Schlippe in celebration of his 70th birthday in April 2021 is now available as open access download. As part of his work...

25th WIFU Online-Forum

During our XXV. Online-Forum we will focus on the similarities and differences of succession in German and Brazilian family businesses. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss the main topic...

Book “The Two Sides of the Business Family”

The book "The Two Sides of the Business Family: Governance and Strategy Across Generations" by Arist von Schlippe, Prof. Dr. Tom Rüsen und Torsten Groth focuses on a central success...