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Most family-owned businesses—approximately 70%—last just one generation. Because an estimated 80% of businesses across the globe are family-owned, the low survival rate has alarming consequences. Consider this: In the United States alone, family-owned businesses (FOBs)... View Details

Keywords: Family Business; Governing and Advisory Boards; Strategy; Management Succession; Competency and Skills; Diversity

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March 28, 2016
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Why the 21st Century Will Belong to Family Businesses

By: Josh Baron

Keywords: Modernization; Family Business; Family Ownership

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September 2021
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Ensuring Your Family’s Future: The Alagil Family Office (B)

By: Lauren Cohen, Esel Çekin and Fares Khrais

Keywords: Family Business; Financial Services Industry; Saudi Arabia

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16 Dec 2024
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Harvard Professor on How to Not Bankrupt Your Family

09 Mar 2012
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Rome Looks to Italian Families to Fund Its Debt

27 Nov 2023
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Wellmeaning Companies: Family, Non-family and Financial Family Office Succession

30 Mar 2015
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Meeting the needs of children and families in Texas

Corrine M. Walijarvi (MBA 1979) works as director of strategic planning at DePelchin Children’s Center in Houston, which provides mental health, foster care, and adoption services in Texas. (Published March 2015) View Details

October 2000
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Francisco de Narvaez at Tia: Selling the Family Business

By: Linda A. Hill and Kristin Doughty

In January 1999, Francisco de Narvaez sold Tia, his family's retail business in Argentina. De Narvaez reflects on the decision to sell and the selling process. View Details

Keywords: Family Business; Business Exit or Shutdown; Decisions; Argentina

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April 15, 2015
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What to Do If a Feud Threatens Your Family Business

By: Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer

Keywords: Family and Family Relationships; Family Business; Conflict and Resolution

01 Feb 1999
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Classmates Rally to Help Family Stricken with Rare Disease

Children's Pompe Foundation, a nonprofit organization that John Crowley and some HBS classmates have recently established to raise money for research and to help ease the financial burden of the families of children who have the disease.... View Details