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  • 31 Jul 2017
  • HBS Case

It’s Hard to Fix the Family Business Without Offending the Family

restaurants. The question of ownership, however, has not been broached—and the son fears that doing so could jeopardize his business and personal relationship with his father. “The son has this acute... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Food & Beverage
  • October 2020
  • Case

Genomics in the Family Office

By: Lauren Cohen, Ronnie Stangler and Spencer C. N. Hagist
Alice Anane is the member of a large, wealthy family that collectively operates a multi-pronged family business in Israel. Upon discovering partway into her pregnancy that the rapidly degenerative brain disease her father succumbed to now threatens her and potentially... View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Health Disorders; Strategic Planning; Corporate Governance
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Cohen, Lauren, Ronnie Stangler, and Spencer C. N. Hagist. "Genomics in the Family Office." Harvard Business School Case 221-035, October 2020.
  • 07 May 2025
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How MBA Moms Balance Business and Family

  • October 1997 (Revised July 1998)
  • Case

Graham Family and the Washington Post Company, The

The Washington Post is now headed up by its fourth family member in three generations. The Graham family has somehow transcended the problems and pitfalls that overtake so many family-owned and operated businesses. View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Success; Journalism and News Industry; District of Columbia
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Barnes, Louis B. "Graham Family and the Washington Post Company, The." Harvard Business School Case 498-031, October 1997. (Revised July 1998.)
  • February 2009 (Revised April 2011)
  • Module Note

Financing Growth in Family and Closely Held Firms

By: Belen Villalonga
This note describes the second of four modules in Financial Management of Family and Closely Held Firms, an elective MBA course at Harvard Business School. The note analyzes the pros and cons of different equity financing options that are available to family firms such... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Finance; Business Growth and Maturation
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Villalonga, Belen. "Financing Growth in Family and Closely Held Firms." Harvard Business School Module Note 209-014, February 2009. (Revised April 2011.)
  • April 27, 2020
  • Article

A Crisis Playbook for Family Businesses

By: Josh Baron and Ben Francois
In a business crisis, the power of family business owners is magnified. Unlike public companies, which typically focus on maximizing shareholder value, family owners value objectives that usually go well beyond financial returns (e.g., family legacy, reputation). This... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Crisis Management; Family Ownership; Family and Family Relationships
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Baron, Josh, and Ben Francois. "A Crisis Playbook for Family Businesses." Harvard Business Review (website) (April 27, 2020).
  • 09 May 2025
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How MBA Moms Balance Business and Family

  • June 2023
  • Exercise

Successful Governance for the Family Enterprise

By: Christina R. Wing
This exercise examines three different family enterprise scenarios to open a conversation on what makes them successful. We look at how there is no strategy that fits all for family businesses, but there are strategies that can influence both the business and the... View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Strategy; Success
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Wing, Christina R. "Successful Governance for the Family Enterprise." Harvard Business School Exercise 623-083, June 2023.
  • 25 Mar 2011
  • News

Family Firms Need Professional Management

  • 01 Apr 1974
  • Conference Presentation

Urban Communes and Family History

By: R. M. Kanter
Keywords: Family and Family Relationships; Civil Society or Community; Urban Scope
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Kanter, R. M. "Urban Communes and Family History." Paper presented at the Organization of American Historians Annual Meeting, Denver, April 01, 1974. (Published as "Roots versus Restlessness: Cooperative Households, The City, and Recurrent Issues in American Family Life." Massachusetts Review 17 (summer 1976):331-53.)
  • October 2001 (Revised November 2001)
  • Case

Blethen Family and the Seattle Times Company (A), The

By: John A. Davis and Cathy Quinn
Frank Blethen, the fourth-generation publisher of The Seattle Times, ponders the challenges facing this family business. This case reviews the long history of this business and family and asks whether family ownership and management are in the interests of both the... View Details
Keywords: History; Management; Business or Company Management; Family Business; Family and Family Relationships; Family Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Journalism and News Industry; Journalism and News Industry
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Davis, John A., and Cathy Quinn. "Blethen Family and the Seattle Times Company (A), The." Harvard Business School Case 802-096, October 2001. (Revised November 2001.)
  • 15 Sep 2020
  • News

Lifting Fallen Families

just thinking about what was going to happen to that little girl and who was going to take care of her,” says David Kim (MBA 1994), a graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point who was also a part of that unit. Gibbs View Details
  • October 2019 (Revised July 2023)
  • Module Note

Demystifying the Family Enterprise: Module 3—The Family Office

By: Christina R. Wing, Charles Richards and Vicki Morton
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Wing, Christina R., Charles Richards, and Vicki Morton. "Demystifying the Family Enterprise: Module 3—The Family Office." Harvard Business School Module Note 620-048, October 2019. (Revised July 2023.)
  • 13 Feb 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Managing the Family Business: Leadership Roles

decades. Whether you adopt the one-leader model for your own family enterprise, as RBS has done, or whether you build a team of leaders, you still need to design, structure, and allocate all the necessary... View Details
Keywords: by John A. Davis
  • 31 Jul 2017
  • News

It’s Hard to Fix the Family Business Without Offending the Family

  • 02 Oct 2016
  • Blog Post

Peek Weekend: The Family Business Cohort

sporadically since then, starting with small tasks when I was younger and growing into larger roles like 2D and 3D design now that I’m a senior design student at the University of Cincinnati. With graduation... View Details
  • January 1988 (Revised June 1989)
  • Background Note

IBM and DEC Family Trees

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Sviokla, John J. "IBM and DEC Family Trees." Harvard Business School Background Note 188-077, January 1988. (Revised June 1989.)
  • 17 Apr 2014
  • News

A Family Investment

so when his father showed him the HBS campus at the age of 13, the younger Özyeg in began to map out his future. “HBS got into my blood,” he says with a laugh. After studying management and economics at Carnegie Mellon University View Details
  • 01 Nov 2024
  • News

Brains, Brawn, and Family Offices

  • 15 Feb 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Helping Low-Income Families Save More

Podcast with: Peter TufanoInterviewer: James AisnerRunning Time: 18 min., 55 sec. View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner; Banking; Financial Services
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