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
Practice article, topic: Leadership & Business Governance, Succession, Family Business Weibliche Unternehmensnachfolge in Familienunternehmen This practical article examines the growing importance of female successors in family businesses. Drawing on the study „Daughters in Business Succession“, the authors show that daughters are now more likely to ... Read more
Practical article, topic: family businesses, succession, entrepreneurial families Was Familienunternehmen aktuell bewegt This practical article examines the issues that are currently of particular concern to family businesses and entrepreneurial families. It is based on the study „Familienunternehmertum im Blick“, for which members of German family businesses…. Read more
Podcasts, Topic: Family Strategy & Family Governance, Family Business 11. WIFU-Matinee „Die Unternehmerfamilie und ihre Familienstrategie″ At the 11th WIFU Matinee, Prof. Dr Tom A. Rüsen and Prof. Dr Arist von Schlippe will explore the question of what roles family members can take on in a family business – and what strategic decisions regarding the family... Read more
Practical guides, Topic: Family businesses, leadership & business governance, succession, entrepreneurial families Non-family management in family businesses The practical guide „External Management in Family Businesses – Identifying Opportunities, Avoiding Pitfalls“, written by Michael M. Meier, Prof. Dr Tom A. Rüsen and Dr Katja Portz, highlights the specific h... 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
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
Studies, Subject: Leadership & Business Governance, Shareholder Competence, Succession, Entrepreneurial Family Gesellschafterkompetenz in Unternehmerfamilien – Aktuelle Trends und Entwicklungen In the study „Shareholder Competence in Entrepreneurial Families – Current Trends and Developments“ (2022), Tom A. Rüsen, Ruth Orenstrat and Claudia Binz Astrachan analyse the growing importance of shareholder competence... Read more
Practical guides, Topic: Communication, Crises & Conflicts, Succession, Family businesses Konflikte und Konfliktdynamiken in Unternehmerfamilien In this practical guide, Arist von Schlippe and Tom A. Rüsen analyse the specific causes, patterns and escalation mechanisms of conflicts within entrepreneurial families. The starting point is the thesis that conflict... 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
Practical guides, topics: Family strategy & family governance, leadership & business governance, crises & conflicts, succession, entrepreneurial families Familienstrategieentwicklung in Unternehmerfamilien – Inhalt und Formen von Family Governance und Familienmanagementsystemen In this practical guide, Tom A. Rüsen, Arist von Schlippe and Torsten Groth present the Witten Model of Family Strategy Development. The guide is based on more than two decades of research carried out by the Witten Institute... Read more
Studies, Topic: Family Strategy & Family Governance, Leadership & Business Governance, Succession, Entrepreneurial Families Die Unternehmerfamilie und ihre Familienstrategie – Einblicke in die gelebte Praxis von Family Governance In the study „The Entrepreneurial Family and its Family Strategy – Insights into the Practical Application of Family Governance“, published by the Witten Institute for Family Businesses (2019), Tom A. Rüsen and ... analyse. 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
Books, Topic: Family Strategy & Family Governance, Communication, Longevity, Succession, Entrepreneurial Families Die beiden Seiten der Unternehmerfamilie – Familienstrategie über Generationen: Auf dem Weg zu einer Theorie der Unternehmerfamilie Entrepreneurial families are families like any other, and yet they are also very different. They have to look after the wishes and needs of each individual member, whilst also running a business, which…. Read more
Practical articles, Topics: Family strategy & family governance, leadership & business governance, communication, succession, law & taxation, entrepreneurial families Die Rolle der Ehe- und Lebenspartner in Unternehmerfamilien – Warum eine systematische Definition und Integration von Partnerschaft im Rahmen der Familienstrategie zunehmend wichtiger wird In the article „The Role of Spouses and Life Partners in Entrepreneurial Families – Why a Systematic Definition and Integration of Partnership within the Framework of Family Strategy is Becoming Increasingly Important“ (FuS 5/2025) by ... Read more
