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September 12, 2022
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Merit or Inherit: How to Approach Succession in a Family Business

One of the most critical questions facing family businesses is how to treat the next generation. They are clearly different from other employees, as current or potential owners of the company, whose wealth and reputation are on the line. On the flip side, most parents... View Details

Keywords: Family Business; Family and Family Relationships; Management Succession

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Ignacio Lartirigoyen (MBA 2020) Talks Family Business, Bringing Children to HBS, and Agribusiness

20 May 2014
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Managing the Family Business: Survival’s Secret Sauce

But long-term success-even for a family company-can be explained in a rather simple, straightforward way. Here are some high points to consider. Grow Every Generation In order to stay alive commercially as a family, you must grow your... View Details

28 May 2019
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In My Humble Opinion: Family Dynamic

my own.” Kamdani integrated all the businesses into the newly named Sintesa Group (“sintesa” translates to “synergy” in Indonesian) and shook up the organizational structure, establishing an executive committee View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Offices of Other Holding Companies; Management

Science Magazine Profiles Research on Family Planning and Fertility

Read the full paper: Household Bargaining and Excess Fertility: A Study in Zambia

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01 Jan 2022
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Family Ghosts in the Executive Suite

2021
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Friends and Family Money: P2P Transfers and Financially Fragile Consumers

By: Tetyana Balyuk and Emily Williams

We assess the impact that real time money transfer technology has on consumer outcomes, particularly during periods of financial fragility. We do this by developing a new data set that documents use of Zelle—the most widely used P2P money transfer technology in the... View Details

Keywords: P2P Money Transfers; Real Time Payments; Fintech; Finance; Information Technology; Personal Finance; Financial Condition

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December 2018 (Revised January 2019)
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Junson Capital: Building an Institutionalized Family Office

By: Christopher J. Malloy, Lauren H. Cohen, Hao Gao and Dawn H. Lau

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Moving to the U.S. With a Family - MBA

Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year... View Details

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On the Goals of Successful Family Companies

By: John A. Davis and Renato Tagiuri

Providing clear goals for a company and communicating them are among the most powerful means for guiding the behavior of the people in an organization. In this article, we explore the range of objectives or goals of family-owned and -managed companies and identify... View Details

Keywords: Family Business; Interpersonal Communication; Goals and Objectives; Organizational Culture; Family Ownership

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August 19, 2013
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Coddled Relatives Can Kill a Family Business

By: Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer

Keywords: Family Business

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01 Dec 2012
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Chao Family Donates $40 Million to HBS

A MEMORABLE DAY: Dr. Chao and his daughters, flanked by Dean Nohria and Harvard President Drew Faust. HBS and Harvard University have received a $40 million gift from a... View Details

27 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

Family CEOs Spend Less Time at Work

the Strategy unit at Harvard Business School who studies the curious relationship between managerial incentives and motivation. “Family CEOs are a very interesting group” "Family CEOs are a very interesting... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel