Practical articles, topics: Family strategy & family governance, leadership & business governance, shareholder competence, communication, crises & conflicts, longevity, succession, entrepreneurial families How Governance, Family and Entrepreneurship Influence Investment Strategies in Single Family Offices The article „How Governance, Family and Entrepreneurship Influence Investment Strategies in Single Family Offices“ (JUMS 2026) by Franz Julius Dethleffsen examines how governance structures, family influence... 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 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
Practical article, Topic: Family businesses, leadership & business governance, entrepreneurial families Familienunternehmen – blinder Fleck der Familientherapie? In their article, Prof. Dr Arist von Schlippe and Prof. Dr Sabine Klein examine the specific interactions between entrepreneurial families and family businesses. Family, business and ownership are closely... 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
Practical articles, Topic: Communication, crises and conflicts Das Testament schafft Fakten – Erben, Vererbung und Gerechtigkeit In his article, Arist von Schlippe examines the specific dynamics of conflict that can arise within families as a result of inheritance. It is particularly when it comes to the distribution of assets that differing notions of fairness... Read more
Practice article, topic: Communication, Crises & Conflicts, Entrepreneurial Family Ein Businessplan für das Juwel: Schräge kommunikative Anschlüsse In his article, Arist von Schlippe analyses an escalated succession dispute within an entrepreneurial family. The story begins with the parents„ offer to hand over their business – their “jewel’ – to their son, whereupon the... Read more
Practice article, topic: Succession, family business Unternehmerfamilien und Nachfolgebereitschaft In her article, Dr Christina Erdmann examines how upbringing and socialisation can influence the willingness of the next generation to take on responsibility in the family business later on. The focus is on …. Read more
Practical article, Topic: Communication, Family business Geschwister: Zwischen Nähe und Distanz, zwischen Intimität und Feindseligkeit The article examines sibling relationships as one of the longest-lasting and most formative social relationships in a person’s life. Siblings share their earliest experiences of closeness, rivalry, jealousy, ... 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
Practice article, topic: Family Strategy & Family Governance, Shareholder Competence, Entrepreneurial Family Führerschein für Gesellschafter In the interview „Driving Licence for Shareholders – Competence Mix Ensures Professionalisation,“ Prof. Dr. Anne K. Heider explains what skills shareholders need to fulfil their ownership role in a family... Read more
