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  • 1997
  • Book

Generation to Generation: Life Cycles of the Family Business

By: K. Gersick, J. A. Davis, M. M. Hampton and I. Lansberg
Keywords: Family Business; Business Cycles
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  • Teaching Interest

Demystifying the Family Enterprise

By: Christina R. Wing

This course is primarily designed for students who are pursuing a career in family run businesses, family owned businesses, investment roles in family offices, or students that might invest in or wholly purchase a family owned business through a private equity firm,... View Details

  • April 10, 2014
  • Article

Generation to Generation: How to Save the Family Business

By: Boris Groysberg and Deborah Bell
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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  • Web

Leading a Family Business (LFB) - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Leading a Family Business (LFB) Course Number 1895 Senior Lecturer Josh Baron Spring; Q4; 1.5 credits Overview: Family View Details
  • December 2019 (Revised March 2021)
  • Case

Carroll Family Farms

By: Forest Reinhardt, Christian Godwin and James Weber
The Carroll Family, U.S. pig and grain farmers, needed to decide what to plant, whether to purchase land, emphasize pigs or grain, or other investments.

Seven family members across three generations owned and operated Carroll Family Farms (CFF). In... View Details
Keywords: Agribusiness; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Operations; Strategy; Family Business; Asset Management; Globalization; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; United States; Brazil; China
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  • 24 Dec 2024
  • News

Scaling a Family Business While Maintaining Founding Values

  • 24 Apr 2014
  • News

Driving the family business onto a global stage

Anand Mahindra (AB 1977, MBA 1981), as chairman and managing director of Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M), has grown the family business into a thriving Indian multinational automotive manufacturing corporation,... View Details
  • 30 Jan 2013
  • News

Why Running a Family Doesn't Help You Run a Business

  • 23 Jan 2020
  • News

Managing the Trickiest Parts of a Family Business

  • 09 Jul 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Five Steps to Better Family Negotiations

Negotiations between family members who own a business are different—different from negotiations between non-family members and also different from negotiations between family... View Details
Keywords: by John A. Davis and Deepak Malhotra
  • April 7, 2017
  • Article

Signs You’re Losing Control of Your Family Business

By: Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer
These red flags signal the need to reassert authority. View Details
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  • Video

Family Businesses in MENA: Setting the Gold Standard

  • October 2023
  • Technical Note

Governance for the Family Enterprise

By: Christina R. Wing and Vicki Morton
Governance stands as the backbone of any successful organization, providing the structure, transparency, and accountability necessary to guide decisions, ensure efficiency and foster sustainable growth. Its significance takes on a heightened dimension within family... View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Corporate Governance; Family Ownership; Business Growth and Maturation
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  • 08 Oct 2020
  • News

Harvard Business School Announces Establishment of The Joseph Bower Family Fund

  • October 2000
  • Case

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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  • March 2001
  • Supplement

Francisco de Narvaez at TIA: Selling the Family Business

By: Linda A. Hill and Kristin Doughty
Francisco de Narvaez reflects on the process of selling his family's retail business. View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Business Exit or Shutdown
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  • 23 Sep 2022
  • News

Sustaining an Entrepreneurial Spirit in Your Family Business

  • March 28, 2016
  • Article

Why the 21st Century Will Belong to Family Businesses

By: Josh Baron
Keywords: Modernization; Family Business; Family Ownership
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  • 01 Mar 2023
  • News

Family Matters

driven by their desire to pay it forward for others. In addition to being the beneficiary of the Forward Fellowship, Thompson-Woode received the Barbara and Edmund A. Hajim (MBA 1964) Fellowship for students who are first in their family... View Details
Keywords: April White
  • October 25, 2023
  • Article

How to Bring an Outside CEO into the Family Business

By: Christina R. Wing and Rohit K. Gera
One of the challenges for a family-owned business is the transition to a non-family member as CEO — a transition most multigenerational businesses eventually face. Onboarding the new CEO is one piece of this challenge. To help make the onboarding successful, use a... View Details
Keywords: Family Ownership; Management Succession; Transition
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