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 articles, topic: Leadership & Business Governance, Family Businesses, Wealth & Investments Zwischen Unternehmertum und Vermögen This practical article examines why wealth alone does not guarantee the long-term viability of entrepreneurial families. What is far more crucial is that the next generation adopts a responsible approach to... Read more
Practice article, topic: Leadership & Business Governance, Succession, Family Business Wie Unternehmerfamilien ihre Langlebigkeit erzählen In their article, Prof. Dr Heiko Kleve, Shiva Maria Schneider and Dr Lina Nagel Wilkening examine how particularly long-standing entrepreneurial families interpret their own history and resilience in the face of crises. The analysis is based on narr... Read more
Practical article, Topic: Family businesses, crises & conflicts, entrepreneurial families Narrative in Familienunternehmen als sinnstiftende Erzählungen In the interview „Narratives in family businesses as stories that give meaning“, Prof. Dr Heiko Kleve talks to Dr Britta Boyd about the significance of stories for family businesses and entrepreneurial families. In the M... Read more
Practical article, topic: family businesses, communication, entrepreneurial families Die Verkörperung der Unternehmerfamilie – Systemische Strukturaufstellungen einer besonderen Sozialform In his paper, Prof. Dr Heiko Kleve demonstrates how the specific dynamics of entrepreneurial families can be explored using systemic structural constellations. The starting point is the close connection between the... Read more
Practical article, Topic: Communication, Family business Die Unternehmerfamilie der Gesellschaft – Überlegungen zur Systemtheorie einer besonderen Sozialform In his article, Prof. Dr Heiko Kleve examines the entrepreneurial family from a sociological and systems-theoretical perspective. He describes it as a distinct type of family, whose members are bound together by shared ownership... 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
Books, Topic: Family Strategy & Family Governance, Entrepreneurial Family Sozialsystem Unternehmerfamilie – Wie Familienunternehmen durch Familienstrategieentwicklung gestärkt werden können This book by Prof. Dr Heiko Kleve deals with succession planning in family businesses. This involves making the right decisions for the business, the ownership structure and the family. How to do this successfully... Read more
Videos, Topic: Family of entrepreneurs Die Kraft der Generationen | Heiko Kleve über erfolgreiche Unternehmerfamilien In this video, Prof. Dr Heiko Kleve talks about his new book, *The Power of Generations – Learning from Successful Entrepreneurial Families*. The focus is on the question of how entrepreneurial families manage to keep their businesses going... Read more
Practice guides, Topic: Leadership & Business Governance, Succession, Entrepreneurial Family Doing Business Family In their practical guide *Doing Business Family – How Entrepreneurial Families Can Foster Identity, Purpose and Cohesion* (2026), Tobias Köllner and Heiko Kleve demonstrate that cohesion, the creation of purpose and a sense of identity... Read more
Books, Topic: Family Strategy & Family Governance, Longevity, Succession, Entrepreneurial Families Die Kraft der Generationen – Von erfolgreichen Unternehmerfamilien lernen In his non-fiction book *Die Kraft der Generationen* (2026), published by Langen Müller Verlag, Prof. Dr Heiko Kleve explores the key asset of successful family businesses: intergenerational responsibility... Read more
Practical article, Topic: Family businesses, entrepreneurial families Amor Fati als Haltung – Erziehung in Unternehmerfamilien In her essay „Amor Fati as an Attitude – Education in Family Businesses“ (2026), published in FuS – Journal for Family Businesses and Strategy, Dr. Rena Haftlmeier-Seiffert, Prof. Dr. Caroline Heil ... Read more
Practical guides, Topic: Family businesses, entrepreneurial families Die Ordnungen der Macht – Einfluss und Entscheidungsfindung in Unternehmerfamilien The practical guide *The Structures of Power – Influence and Decision-Making in Business Families* (2026) by Prof. Dr Heiko Kleve, with a foreword by Prof. Dr Tom A. Rüsen, focuses on a key, frequently... Read more
WIFU Publication Series, Topic: Longevity, Succession, Entrepreneurial Families Long-lived Family Businesses in Japan: Factors of Success In the anthology *Long-lived Family Businesses in Japan*, edited by Sigrun C. Caspary, Tom A. Rüsen, Heiko Kleve and Tobias Köllner, the authors analyse the specific historical, cultural and familial... Read more
Practical article, topic: family businesses, communication, entrepreneurial families Die Verantwortung der Unternehmerfamilie – Eine sozial- und systemtheoretische Perspektive In the FuS article „The Responsibility of the Entrepreneurial Family“ (2026), Heiko Kleve analyses responsibility from a social and systems-theoretical perspective. Responsibility is not understood merely as an individual duty... Read more
