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- 26 Jun 2013
- News
Henry Ford's Great-Great Grandchildren Join the Family Business
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Partners & Families | MBA
Partners & Families Prospective students are often curious about whether spouses, partners, and families are integrated into life at Harvard Business School (HBS). The answer... View Details
- January 2025
- Case
Constitutional Fiction: John Miller & the Legitimacy of Family Constitutions
By: Lauren Cohen, Octavian Graf Pilati and Sophia Pan
John Miller sat reviewing his family’s Constitution, grappling with how best to implement and enforce its provisions. Designed to prevent ambiguity in governance, the Family Constitution set out core values and guidelines to promote harmony and cohesion among family... View Details
Keywords: Conflict Resolution; Perspective Taking; Liabilities; Family Business; Family Ownership; Business Growth and Maturation; Alignment; Cooperation; Attitudes; Behavior; Cognition and Thinking; Conflict Management; Conflict of Interests; Power and Influence; Perception; Trust; Perspective; Motivation and Incentives; Happiness; Identity; Goals and Objectives; Legal Liability; Contracts; Fairness; Values and Beliefs; Governance Controls; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Family and Family Relationships; Manufacturing Industry; Germany
Cohen, Lauren, Octavian Graf Pilati, and Sophia Pan. "Constitutional Fiction: John Miller & the Legitimacy of Family Constitutions." Harvard Business School Case 225-054, January 2025.
- May 2006
- Article
How Do Family Ownership, Control, and Management Affect Firm Value?
Villalonga, Belen, and Raphael Amit. "How Do Family Ownership, Control, and Management Affect Firm Value?" Journal of Financial Economics 80, no. 2 (May 2006): 385–417.
- 27 Feb 2025
- News
Scaling a Family Business to Build Multigenerational Success
- 07 Aug 2023
- News
When To Give Up Control And Other Tough Family Conversations
- Web
Online Security for You and your Family | Information Technology
Online Security for You and your Family Adopting good cybersecurity habits is crucial for protecting your personal information and digital life. In today's interconnected... View Details
- January 2014 (Revised June 2014)
- Case
Advising Families on Estate Planning
By: Robert C. Pozen and Lucas W. Goodman
Sean Warrick is an estate planning adviser at Hellwig & Macon. He is preparing for meetings with two clients. His first clients are Peggy and David Bartley, a professional married couple of moderate wealth. His second clients are Ray and Michelle Polanski, a couple... View Details
Keywords: Estate Planning; Estate Tax; Gift Tax; Generation Skipping Tax; Tax Accounting; Tax Strategy; Taxes; Taxation; Retirement; United States
Pozen, Robert C., and Lucas W. Goodman. "Advising Families on Estate Planning." Harvard Business School Case 314-088, January 2014. (Revised June 2014.)
- 17 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
Partners and Families Are an Integral Part of the MBA Experience
the perspective of the significant others who have come to campus with their students. Partners are often active members of the HBS community, involved in clubs, section events and may even audit classes. Therefore, students with... View Details
- December 2024
- Supplement
Trust and Family at Fuwei (B): Ethan Yang's Perspective
By: Letian Zhang, Wenjie Ma and Jiaqi Jin
Zhang, Letian, Wenjie Ma, and Jiaqi Jin. "Trust and Family at Fuwei (B): Ethan Yang's Perspective." Harvard Business School Supplement 425-033, December 2024.
- 24 Feb 2025
- Video
Scaling a Family Business to Build Multigenerational Success
- February 1995
- Case
The Ivanovas: A Family Business
By: Ray A. Goldberg, Ralph Hoagland and Marina Paltseva
Keywords: Family Business
Goldberg, Ray A., Ralph Hoagland, and Marina Paltseva. "The Ivanovas: A Family Business." Harvard Business School Case 595-086, February 1995.
- October 2024
- Case
Reed Group and Succession in a Family Business: An Impossible Job to Fill?
By: Lauren H. Cohen and Tonia Labruyere
James Reed had taken over Reed Group, the recruitment and career services company his father had founded and built, in 1994. He was now reflecting on succession planning and other challenges that lay ahead: with no obvious choice among his family members, he needed to... View Details
Keywords: Charity; Succession Planning; Family Business; Values and Beliefs; Management Succession; Mission and Purpose; Family Ownership; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Family and Family Relationships; Recruitment; AI and Machine Learning; Employment Industry; United Kingdom; London
Cohen, Lauren H., and Tonia Labruyere. "Reed Group and Succession in a Family Business: An Impossible Job to Fill?" Harvard Business School Case 825-084, October 2024.
- February 2014
- Teaching Note
Advising Families on Estate Planning
By: Robert C. Pozen
Sean Warrick is an estate planning adviser at Hellwig & Macon. He is preparing for meetings with two clients. His first clients are Peggy and David Bartley, a professional married couple of moderate wealth. His second clients are Ray and Michelle Polanski, a couple... View Details
- May 2018
- Article
Managing the Family Firm: Evidence from CEOs at Work
By: Oriana Bandiera, Renata Lemos, Andrea Prat and Raffaella Sadun
We present evidence on the labor supply of CEOs and on whether family and professional CEOs differ on this dimension. We do so through a new survey instrument that allows us to codify CEOs’ diaries in a detailed and comparable fashion and to build a bottom-up measure... View Details
Bandiera, Oriana, Renata Lemos, Andrea Prat, and Raffaella Sadun. "Managing the Family Firm: Evidence from CEOs at Work." Review of Financial Studies 31, no. 5 (May 2018): 1605–1653. (Lead article.)
- March 2019
- Case
Dabur India: Growing Professional Management from Family Roots
By: Suraj Srinivasan, Namrata Arora and Jonah Goldberg
The case opens in December of 2018, with Sunil Duggal, the CEO of Dabur India (a multinational consumer goods conglomerate with a focus in Ayurvedic products) contemplating who should succeed him at the head of the company. The new CEO will have been the first since... View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Management Succession; Multinational Firms and Management; Business Growth and Maturation
Srinivasan, Suraj, Namrata Arora, and Jonah Goldberg. "Dabur India: Growing Professional Management from Family Roots." Harvard Business School Case 119-089, March 2019.
- July 19, 2021
- Article
Do Most Family Businesses Really Fail by the Third Generation?
By: Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer
Perhaps the most commonly-cited statistic about family businesses is their failure rates. Most articles or speeches about family businesses start with some version of the “three-generation rule,” which suggests that most don’t survive beyond three generations. But that... View Details
Baron, Josh, and Rob Lachenauer. "Do Most Family Businesses Really Fail by the Third Generation?" Harvard Business Review (website) (July 19, 2021).
- July 2024 (Revised March 2025)
- Technical Note
Note on Working with Relatives in the Family Enterprise
By: Christina R. Wing and Hillary B Sieber
This note delves into the intricacies of working with relatives, offering insights and strategic recommendations for navigating the opportunities and complexities inherent in such environments. This note will cover common challenges, best practices and key governance... View Details
Keywords: Family and Family Relationships; Governance Controls; Family Business; Business or Company Management
Wing, Christina R., and Hillary B Sieber. "Note on Working with Relatives in the Family Enterprise." Harvard Business School Technical Note 625-034, July 2024. (Revised March 2025.)
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Extending Opportunity: Brock Family Fellowship
Reeder (MBA 2014) agrees: "Meeting Jane made me feel even more fortunate to receive her fellowship. She is an incredible and accomplished alum. I look forward to maintaining a relationship with her beyond my time at HBS." Megan Leahey... View Details