Practice Guides, Topic: Family Businesses, Succession, Entrepreneurial Family 手放すことを学ぶ – シニア世代が事業承継のプロセスと 自己変革を主体的に進めるには In the practical guide „Learning to Let Go – How the Senior Generation Can Actively Shape the Succession Process and Their Own Transformation“ (2024), Simon Caspary, Tom A. Rüsen, and Heiko Kleve show that company-related... Read more
Practical guides, Topic: Family businesses, leadership & business governance, shareholder competence, communication, succession, entrepreneurial families 家族企业中的 所有者胜任能力 家族企业 基业长青的关键因素 In the practical guide *„Shareholder Competence in Entrepreneurial Families – What Family Shareholders and Their Relatives Should Know and Be Able to Do“*, published by the WIFU Foundation (2025), Tom A. Rüsen explains why... Read more
Podcasts, Topic: Family Business, Entrepreneurial Family Die Bedeutung von Unternehmerfamilien In the „Ila-Talk“ podcast, Prof. Dr Heiko Kleve talks to Peter Klein about his book *The Power of Generations – Learning from Successful Entrepreneurial Families*. The discussion centres on the question of how entrepreneurial families…. Read more
Practical guides, Topic: Family businesses, leadership & business governance, shareholder competence, communication, succession, entrepreneurial families Gesellschafterkompetenz in Unternehmerfamilien – Was Familiengesellschafter und deren Angehörige wissen und können sollten In the practical guide *„Shareholder Competence in Entrepreneurial Families – What Family Shareholders and Their Relatives Should Know and Be Able to Do“*, published by the WIFU Foundation (2025), Tom A. Rüsen explains why... Read more
WIFU_kompakt, Topic: Crises & Conflicts, Family Businesses WIFU_kompakt_20: Der kompetente Umgang mit Konflikten The WIFU Foundation’s publication *WIFU_kompakt 20: Dealing with Conflicts Effectively* (2021) explores the importance of a professional and structured approach to dealing with conflicts within entrepreneurial families. The starting point... Read more
WIFU_kompakt, Topic: Crises & Conflicts, Family Businesses WIFU_kompakt_19: Konflikte oder: neun Stufen in den Abgrund The WIFU Foundation’s publication *WIFU_kompakt 19: Conflicts, or: Nine Steps into the Abyss* (2021) offers a systematic introduction to the dynamics of escalating conflicts within entrepreneurial families and highlights their pote... Read more
WIFU_kompakt, Topic: Crises & Conflicts, Family Businesses WIFU_kompakt_18: Wie entstehen Konflikte? The WIFU Foundation’s publication WIFU_kompakt_18: How Do Conflicts Arise? (2021) offers a systematic and practical introduction to understanding conflicts within entrepreneurial families. It begins with the observation... Read more
Practical guides, Topic: Digitalisation & AI, Family businesses, Innovation, Entrepreneurial families 家族企业数字化策略 家族及家族企业数字化转型的具体路径 In this practical guide, Ulrich Bretschneider, Anne K. Heider, Tom A. Rüsen and Marcel Hülsbeck analyse digital transformation from the specific perspective of family businesses and entrepreneurial families. A... Read more
Studies, Topic: Family businesses, leadership & corporate governance, entrepreneurial families Familienunternehmertum im Blick – Fragen, die Mitglieder von Familienunternehmen und Unternehmerfamilien aktuell bewegen With the study „A Focus on Family Entrepreneurship“ (2026) by Prof. Dr Tom A. Rüsen, Stephanie Engelmann and Dr Ruth Orenstrat, the WIFU Foundation presents an empirically based review of key issues relating to family... Read more
WIFU_kompakt, Topic: Shareholder competence, succession, entrepreneurial families WIFU_kompakt_28: Gesellschafterkompetenz in vier Dimensionen The WIFU Foundation’s publication *WIFU_kompakt 28: Shareholder Competence in Four Dimensions* (2023) examines the question of what skills shareholders need to ensure the long-term survival... Read more
