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- April 2018
- Exercise
Stoy Foods: Role Information for Danijela Stoyanovic
By: John Beshears
In this simulation exercise, four family members must negotiate over the future of the family business. Should the business be sold to a strategic buyer, or should the family retain control? If the business is sold, how should the proceeds of the sale be distributed... View Details
Keywords: Succession; Sale Of Business; Understanding Interests; Value Creation; Family Business; Business Exit or Shutdown; Negotiation; Perspective; Agreements and Arrangements
Beshears, John. "Stoy Foods: Role Information for Danijela Stoyanovic." Harvard Business School Exercise 918-044, April 2018.
Rong Family: A Chinese Business History
Provides the complex historical background to understanding the development of family businesses in China from the late 19th century to the present. Using the example of the Rong family, China's most prominent industrialist family in pre-1949 China, analyzes the... View Details
- April 2018
- Exercise
Stoy Foods: Role Information for Petja Stoyanovic
By: John Beshears
In this simulation exercise, four family members must negotiate over the future of the family business. Should the business be sold to a strategic buyer, or should the family retain control? If the business is sold, how should the proceeds of the sale be distributed... View Details
Keywords: Succession; Sale Of Business; Understanding Interests; Value Creation; Family Business; Business Exit or Shutdown; Negotiation; Ownership Stake; Perspective; Agreements and Arrangements
Beshears, John. "Stoy Foods: Role Information for Petja Stoyanovic." Harvard Business School Exercise 918-047, April 2018.
- June 2006
- Exercise
Matthew A. Hunter
By: John A. Davis and Deepak Malhotra
Matthew Hunter, CEO of a second-generation family business, must manage the performance of a key manager in his company. Looks at the impact of family relationships on performance management. View Details
Keywords: Family and Family Relationships; Conflict Management; Negotiation; Family Business; Performance; Managerial Roles
Davis, John A., and Deepak Malhotra. "Matthew A. Hunter." Harvard Business School Exercise 806-203, June 2006.
- 17 Jan 2019
- News
Why Business Should Support Employees Who are Caregivers
- June 2006
- Case
Matthew B. Hunter
By: John A. Davis and Deepak Malhotra
Matthew Hunter, CEO of a second-generation family business, must manage the performance of a key manager in his company. Looks at the impact of family relationships on performance management. View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Performance Evaluation; Crisis Management; Business or Company Management; Conflict Management; Corporate Governance; Family and Family Relationships; Partners and Partnerships; Negotiation Process
Davis, John A., and Deepak Malhotra. "Matthew B. Hunter." Harvard Business School Case 806-204, June 2006.
- 15 Jan 2020
- Video
Rahmi M. Koç
Rahmi Koç, former Chair of of Koç Holding, the largest diversified business group in Turkey, explains the role of family members in monitoring the performance of professional managers, using his own company... View Details
- April 2018
- Exercise
Stoy Foods: Role Information for Milan Stoyanovic
By: John Beshears
In this simulation exercise, four family members must negotiate over the future of the family business. Should the business be sold to a strategic buyer, or should the family retain control? If the business is sold, how should the proceeds of the sale be distributed... View Details
Keywords: Succession; Sale Of Business; Understanding Interests; Value Creation; Family Business; Business Exit or Shutdown; Negotiation; Ownership Stake; Perspective; Agreements and Arrangements
Beshears, John. "Stoy Foods: Role Information for Milan Stoyanovic." Harvard Business School Exercise 918-046, April 2018.
- Research Summary
Overview
By: William C. Kirby
A historian by training, Professor Kirby examines contemporary China's business, economic, and political development in an international context. He writes and teaches on the growth of modern companies in China (Chinese and foreign; state-owned and private); Chinese... View Details
Keywords: China; Internationalization; Educational Policy And Politics; Infrastructure; Government And Business; The Revival Of Family Business In China; China’s Infrastructure Exports: The ‘Belt And Road’ Initiative; Agribusiness; Education; Entrepreneurship; Globalization; Governance; Government and Politics; History; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Social Enterprise; Auto Industry; Education Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Health Industry; Semiconductor Industry; Asia; Europe; North and Central America
- September 2007
- Case
Kohl Industries
By: John A. Davis
Describes a compensation dilemma with a father and his three children, who work in different businesses under the family holding companies. The father, James Cole, must set compensation that meets the needs of the family and the business. View Details
Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Family Business; Compensation and Benefits; Family and Family Relationships
Davis, John A. "Kohl Industries." Harvard Business School Case 808-078, September 2007.
- Teaching
Overview
By: Lauren H. Cohen
Family Enterprises - Family Offices - FinTech - Innovation - Patent Landscape - Asset Pricing - Behavioral Finance - Asset Management View Details
- December 1999 (Revised August 2000)
- Case
Superior Printing
By: Paul W. Marshall
Students must take the role of a family member who is the CEO of a commercial printing business. Discusses how you will finance growth and still maintain dividends for other family members. View Details
Marshall, Paul W. "Superior Printing." Harvard Business School Case 800-197, December 1999. (Revised August 2000.)
- April 2018
- Exercise
Stoy Foods: Role Information for Katrina Stoyanovic
By: John Beshears
In this simulation exercise, four family members must negotiate over the future of the family business. Should the business be sold to a strategic buyer, or should the family retain control? If the business is sold, how should the proceeds of the sale be distributed... View Details
Keywords: Succession; Sale Of Business; Understanding Interests; Value Creation; Family Business; Business Exit or Shutdown; Negotiation; Ownership Stake; Perspective; Agreements and Arrangements
Beshears, John. "Stoy Foods: Role Information for Katrina Stoyanovic." Harvard Business School Exercise 918-045, April 2018.
- July–August 2014
- Article
Obamacare Rules Pose Challenges for S Corp Owners
By: Josh Baron, Steve Salley and Judith L. Walsh
The article offers information financial impacts of tax by the U.S. Affordable Care Act (ACA) applied in January 2013 on family business shareholders and owners of S Corp. It discusses suggestions in tax planning to equalize tax burden including establishing family... View Details
Keywords: Ownership Type; Family Ownership; Compensation and Benefits; Taxation; Government Legislation
Baron, Josh, Steve Salley, and Judith L. Walsh. "Obamacare Rules Pose Challenges for S Corp Owners." Family Business Magazine 25, no. 4 (July–August 2014): 18–19.
- 08 May 2022
- Blog Post
The Territory of Motherhood: A Reflection in Honor of Mother’s Day
It’s hard to believe our time at Harvard Business School is coming to an end and that an impending move and graduation is creeping into view. When I think about our little family that moved to campus in August 2019, a week before our... View Details
- 22 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
The Forward Fellowship Convinced Me That I Belong at HBS
single-parent household in rural Kentucky - I am talking about a town of 4,000 people and one incredible Betty’s OK Country Cooking restaurant with an out-of-this-world catfish buffet. My parents did not graduate from college, neither did anyone in my View Details
- January 2006 (Revised September 2007)
- Case
Bentington Industries
By: David Ager and John A. Davis
Describes the situation facing Paul Bentington, the president, CEO, and member of the owning family of BIND, PLC, a large and successful family-owned engineering consulting firm in London. Bentington's sister and brother, both of whom are owners of the firm, confront... View Details
Keywords: Business or Company Management; Leadership; Family Business; Management Succession; Conflict and Resolution; Diversity; London
Ager, David, and John A. Davis. "Bentington Industries." Harvard Business School Case 806-115, January 2006. (Revised September 2007.)
- June 20, 2013
- Article
The Tyranny of Minority Shareholders
By: Josh Baron and Henry Foley
The article discusses challenges arising from minority ownership in the context of the proposed Empire State Building IPO. It emphasizes the complexities that minority shareholders can introduce in business decisions when families take their assets public. The article... View Details
Keywords: Business and Shareholder Relations; Ownership; Family Ownership; Corporate Governance; Power and Influence
Baron, Josh, and Henry Foley. "The Tyranny of Minority Shareholders." Wealth Management (website) (June 20, 2013).