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Include the Extended Family in Your Ownership Strategy

In the new publication „Include the Extended Family in Your Ownership Strategy”, Dr. Claudia Binz Astrachan and Prof. Dr. Tom Rüsen explain why a successful ownership strategy in family businesses...

New practical guide: crisis management and crisis resilience in family businesses

Existential crises in family businesses often arise from internal decisions and the dynamics between ownership and family relationships. This practical guide focuses on how companies can better prepare for such...

Involve Next-Gens in Developing Your Social Media Policy

Read the new article on FamilyBusiness.org by Dr. Claudia Binz Astrachan, Prof. Dr. Tom Rüsen, and Rebecca DeYarman to discover why it is important for family businesses to develop a...

Empowerment and Self-Reflection in Business Families

New practical guide published! In this practical guide, Prof. Dr Heiko Kleve uses a variety of formats, examples and exercises to illustrate how systemic methods of empowerment and self-reflection can...

Communication in the Business Family

New practical guide published! The practical guide “Communication in the Business Family” by Prof. Dr Heiko Kleve introduces basic theoretical understandings of communication and, most importantly, practical attitudes and methods...

Enhancing Next Generation Preparation in Family Firms

For those business families who own a family business and wish to successfully maintain their family ownership in the long term, it is important to better understand how to involve,...

Cover The Family Business as a Socialisation Context for the Children of Entrepreneurs

New Book The Family Business as a Socialisation Context for the Children of Entrepreneurs

How is the socialisation of the offspring of entrepreneurial families influenced by the existence of a family business? To answer this question, Dr. Simon Caspary examines an approach that maps...

New Book Conflicts and Conflict Dynamics in Business Families

What causes intra-family conflicts and how can conflicts be handled? The new book "Conflicts and Conflict Dynamics in Business Families. Dealing with Internal Family Disputes" by Prof Dr Arist von...