Family Businesses - Publications - Faculty & Research

1982
Dissertation

The Influence of Life Stage on Father-Son Work Relationships in Family Companies

By: J. A. Davis

Keywords: Family Business; Family and Family Relationships

Citation

13 May 2014
News

Top floor traps: What's really holding business back

29 Jul 2020
Blog Post

To New Beginnings: Reflecting on Transitioning Careers and Starting a Family while at HBS

Erin Kaivan is a member of the Class of 2020. Prior to starting at Harvard Business School, she served for seven years as a Military Intelligence Officer in the United States Army. Since graduating from HBS, she is working as a consultant... View Details

November 2007
Class Lecture

The Baby Business (FSS)

By: Debora L. Spar

In vitro fertilization and genetic screening are possible with the advent of biotechnology. International adoptions, surrogacy, and other approaches to family planning are on the rise. But few rules govern these measures, medical costs can be prohibitive, and... View Details

Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Demand and Consumers; Business and Government Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Genetics; Societal Protocols; Commercialization; Biotechnology Industry; Health Industry

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26 May 2016
Video

Harvard Business School Commencement 2016

April 2015
Case

Dutch Bros. Coffee: A Compelling Future

By: Joshua Margolis and Christine Snively

Travis Boersma, co-founder and President of the Dutch Bros. coffee chain, faces three operational decisions that will shape the company's growth trajectory and distinctive culture. First, should they offer a specialty coffee at a subset of their stores in one region... View Details

Keywords: Culture And Community; Service Management; Retail; Food; Managing Growth; Family Business; Small Business; Leadership; Culture; Food and Beverage Industry; Oregon

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28 May 2015
Video

Harvard Business School Commencement 2015

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

Keywords: Law; Family Business

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July 2010 (Revised December 2010)
Case

Formosa Plastics Group: Business Continuity Forever

Wang Yung-ching, legendary Taiwanese businessman and philanthropist, passed away in 2008. He left behind an estate worth US $5.5 billion, but did not leave a will. The case discusses the potential motivation for Wang, and uses it to study succession planning for family... View Details

Keywords: Family Business; Governance Controls; Management Succession; Family Ownership; Planning; Motivation and Incentives; Chemical Industry; Taiwan

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01 Jun 2024
News

Conducting Business

like in the classroom. I wrote this for them. Here’s the scene: It’s the first class of my first day at Harvard Business School in 1969. Five years after graduating from Princeton as an English major, I’ve been discharged from the US... View Details

Keywords: Michael Farmer (MBA 1971); illustration by Lucinda Rogers; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training

19 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?

Like many business leaders, Donovan Neale-May routinely seeks out information on business innovation and management trends. He reads reports from market analysis firms, white papers from companies in his... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education

June 1998
Article

Boundary Control: The Social Ordering of Work and Family Time in a High-Tech Corporation

By: Leslie Perlow

Keywords: Family and Family Relationships; Information Technology; Business Ventures

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20 Jun 2018
News

CEOs are calling the separation of children and families at the border ‘inhumane’ and ‘tragic’

14 Jul 2023
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces Its 2023-2024 Blavatnik Fellows

Harvard Business School (HBS) has announced the 2023-2024 cohort of Blavatnik Fellows. Celebrating its tenth anniversary, the Blavatnik Fellowship in Life Science Entrepreneurship was launched in 2013 as part of a gift to Harvard... View Details

17 Jan 2019
News

Why Business Should Support Employees Who are Caregivers

13 Dec 2012
HBS Seminar

Raffaella Sadun, Harvard Business School

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Organizing the Family-Run Business

As described in the first article in this series, the "Three-circle" family business system is composed of three overlapping subsystems: those employed in the business, the shareholders, and... View Details

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Events - Business History

William Kirby (HBS), "Empires of Ideas: Creating the Modern University from Germany to America to China" William Kirby, T.M. Chang Professor of China Studies and Spangler Family Professor of Business... View Details