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- 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.)
- September 2023
- Technical Note
Note on Difficult Conversations in the Family Enterprise
The best time to have a difficult conversation is, ideally, as soon as possible. Engaging in challenging conversations early can produce beneficial results for several reasons, such as resolving issues, improving communication, preserving relationships, and increasing... View Details
Wing, Christina R. "Note on Difficult Conversations in the Family Enterprise." Harvard Business School Technical Note 624-044, September 2023.
- January 2017 (Revised August 2019)
- Case
X Fire Paintball & Airsoft: Is Amazon a Friend or Foe? (A)
By: Feng Zhu and Angela Acocella
Three years after launching his brick-and-mortar store, X Fire Paintball and Airsoft, Steve Herbert Sr. and his sons began selling products on Amazon.com’s third-party Marketplace, and online sales expanded rapidly. Over time, X Fire noticed that products of which it... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Competition; Digital Platforms; Internet and the Web; Small Business; Retail Industry; Canada
Zhu, Feng, and Angela Acocella. "X Fire Paintball & Airsoft: Is Amazon a Friend or Foe? (A)." Harvard Business School Case 617-046, January 2017. (Revised August 2019.)
- April 2025
- Supplement
Pouring Oil on Troubled Waters: Vickers Oils and Resolving Family Conflict over Generations
By: Lauren Cohen, Octavian Graf Pilati and Sophia Pan
- September 1998
- Article
The Social Psychology of Family Shareholder Dynamics
By: J. A. Davis and Rita M. Herrara
Davis, J. A., and Rita M. Herrara. "The Social Psychology of Family Shareholder Dynamics." Family Business Review (September 1998).
- 29 Nov 2021
- News
How Bonuses Get Employees to Choose Work Over Family
- March 2023
- Case
For God, Family & Steel: Lerman Enterprises
By: Lauren Cohen, Andres Aradillas Fernandez and Grace Headinger
- 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).
- fall 1996
- Article
A Comparison of Four Countries' Estate Laws and Their Influence on Family Companies
By: J. A. Davis, J. Swartz, E. B. Blakely and C. Chang
Davis, J. A., J. Swartz, E. B. Blakely, and C. Chang. "A Comparison of Four Countries' Estate Laws and Their Influence on Family Companies." Family Business Review (fall 1996).
- 18 Nov 2014
- News
Enabling families to navigate the aging process
Caring for her aging parents led Janet Simpson Benvenuti (MBA 1985) to launch a company that helps other families find resources that are right for their own parents’ needs. (Published November 2014) View Details
- June 2012
- Background Note
Note on Financing Growth in Family Firms
By: Belen Villalonga
Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Family Business; Private Equity; Joint Ventures; Initial Public Offering
Villalonga, Belen. "Note on Financing Growth in Family Firms." Harvard Business School Background Note 212-121, June 2012.
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Linda B. Kanner: All in the Family
recalls. "I wasn't sure the idea would be fundable with a family team, but the venture community liked the combination of Adam as the young, bright, in-touch-with-the-market CEO and me as the experienced... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- April 2014
- Teaching Note
CP Group: Balancing the Needs of a Family Business with the Needs of a Family of Businesses
By: William C. Kirby and Erica M. Zendell
- Web
Bharti Kher The Intermediary Family 2018 | About
Bharti Kher The Intermediary Family , 2018 Bharti Kher (Indian, born 1969), The Intermediary Family , 2018, bronze, 189 × 61 in. Courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth .... View Details
- June 1998
- Article
Boundary Control: The Social Ordering of Work and Family Time in a High-Tech Corporation
By: Leslie Perlow
Perlow, Leslie. "Boundary Control: The Social Ordering of Work and Family Time in a High-Tech Corporation." Administrative Science Quarterly 43, no. 2 (June 1998): 328–357.
- 28 Apr 2020
- Blog Post
A Crash Course in Saving a Family Business
having a roaster on site and only serving organic coffee are what differentiated Bean&Bean from the many other coffee shops in New York when her family launched the company 12 years ago. While Han knows... View Details
- 1997
- Book
Generation to Generation: Life Cycles of the Family Business
By: K. Gersick, J. A. Davis, M. M. Hampton and I. Lansberg
Gersick, K., J. A. Davis, M. M. Hampton, and I. Lansberg. Generation to Generation: Life Cycles of the Family Business. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1997.