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- August 19, 2013
- Article
Coddled Relatives Can Kill a Family Business
By: Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer
Keywords: Family Business
Baron, Josh, and Rob Lachenauer. "Coddled Relatives Can Kill a Family Business." Harvard Business Review (website) (August 19, 2013). (Republished by Today Online and The Malay Mail Online, 14 October 2013.)
- 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
- Web
Leading a Family Business - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog Leading a Family Business Course Number 1895 Senior Lecturer Josh Baron Spring; Q4; 1.5 credits Overview: Family businesses dominate the economies of most countries. According to research... View Details
- 27 Apr 2025
- News
Celebrating 40 Years of Kraft Family Fellowships
Robert Kraft (center) and Jonathan Kraft and Dean Srikant Datar (second row, center) gathered recently with Kraft Family Fellowship recipients View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
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
- December 2022
- Case
Signature Brands: Crafting Family Moments That Matter
By: Jose B. Alvarez and Annelena Lobb
Alvarez, Jose B., and Annelena Lobb. "Signature Brands: Crafting Family Moments That Matter." Harvard Business School Case 523-030, December 2022.
- September 20, 2016
- Article
The 5 Models of Family Business Ownership
By: Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer
Choosing one is among your most important decisions. View Details
Baron, Josh, and Rob Lachenauer. "The 5 Models of Family Business Ownership." Harvard Business Review (website) (September 20, 2016).
- December 2022
- Case
The Economics of Growing the Cartwright Family
By: Emily R. McComb and Sara L. Fleiss
- August 2021 (Revised March 2022)
- Teaching Note
Family Matters: Governance at the Zamil Group
By: Christina R. Wing, Suraj Srinivasan and Esel Çekin
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 620-009. View Details
- September 2017 (Revised February 2019)
- Case
North Forty: Managing a Microsoft Family Office
By: Luis M. Viceira, Cameron Parker and William Simmons
Viceira, Luis M., Cameron Parker, and William Simmons. "North Forty: Managing a Microsoft Family Office." Harvard Business School Case 218-036, September 2017. (Revised February 2019.)
- 30 Jan 2013
- News
Why Running a Family Doesn't Help You Run a Business
- 2025
- Working Paper
Tax Elasticities of Top Donors: Evidence from Family Foundations
High net-worth donors who give through a family foundation or donor-advised fund constitute the fastest growing segment of charitable giving in the United States. Using a novel database of foundation tax filings, I document facts about top donors, estimate how they... View Details
Essig Aberg, Simon. "Tax Elasticities of Top Donors: Evidence from Family Foundations." Working Paper, June 2025.
- spring 1992
- Article
On the Goals of Successful Family Companies
By: J. A. Davis and R. Tagiuri
Davis, J. A., and R. Tagiuri. "On the Goals of Successful Family Companies." Family Business Review (spring 1992).
- December 2011
- Exercise
What We Carry: Success, Failure, and Happiness in Family Systems
By: Timothy Butler
The purpose of this exercise is to enable participants to identify essential career and life themes. The core task of the exercise is to extract themes, images, metaphors and "dynamic tensions" from a list of exciting careers that have been selected from a larger... View Details
Butler, Timothy. "What We Carry: Success, Failure, and Happiness in Family Systems." Harvard Business School Exercise 812-026, December 2011.
- December 2024
- Supplement
Trust and Family at Fuwei (C): Bringing Back Ethan Yang
By: Letian Zhang, Wenjie Ma and Jiaqi Jin
Zhang, Letian, Wenjie Ma, and Jiaqi Jin. "Trust and Family at Fuwei (C): Bringing Back Ethan Yang." Harvard Business School Supplement 425-034, December 2024.
- 07 Aug 2023
- News
When To Give Up Control And Other Tough Family Conversations
- 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
- 29 May 2015
- News