Skip to Main Content
HBS Home
  • About
  • Academic Programs
  • Alumni
  • Faculty & Research
  • Baker Library
  • Giving
  • Harvard Business Review
  • Initiatives
  • News
  • Recruit
  • Map / Directions
Faculty & Research
  • Faculty
  • Research
  • Featured Topics
  • Academic Units
  • …→
  • Harvard Business School→
  • Faculty & Research→
  • Research
    • Research
    • Publications
    • Global Research Centers
    • Case Development
    • Initiatives & Projects
    • Research Services
    • Seminars & Conferences
    →
  • Publications→

Publications

Publications

Filter Results: (4,551) Arrow Down
Filter Results: (4,551) Arrow Down Arrow Up

Show Results For

  • All HBS Web  (4,551)
    • People  (14)
    • News  (1,733)
    • Research  (1,589)
    • Events  (9)
    • Multimedia  (89)
  • Faculty Publications  (988)

Show Results For

  • All HBS Web  (4,551)
    • People  (14)
    • News  (1,733)
    • Research  (1,589)
    • Events  (9)
    • Multimedia  (89)
  • Faculty Publications  (988)
← Page 8 of 4,551 Results →
  • 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
Citation
Purchase
Related
Villalonga, Belen. "Financing Growth in Family and Closely Held Firms." Harvard Business School Module Note 209-014, February 2009. (Revised April 2011.)
  • 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; Media and Broadcasting Industry
Citation
Educators
Purchase
Related
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.)
  • 13 Aug 2014
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Managing the Family Business: Entrepreneurs Needed for Long-Run Success

In the world of family business, the entrepreneurs we celebrate are usually founders of companies. These clever, hardworking individuals identify a good business opportunity, scrape together some money and loyal employees, and start a... View Details
Keywords: by Michael J. Roberts
  • winter 1990
  • Article

The Impact of Family Dynamics on Structure and Process in Family Foundations

By: J. A. Davis, K. Gersick and I. Lansberg
Keywords: Family Ownership; Management Practices and Processes
Citation
Find at Harvard
Related
Davis, J. A., K. Gersick, and I. Lansberg. "The Impact of Family Dynamics on Structure and Process in Family Foundations." Family Business Review (winter 1990).
  • 09 Mar 2021
  • Cold Call Podcast

A Family Business at a Crossroads: Scaling and Succession

Keywords: Re: Christina R. Wing; Real Estate
  • 08 Dec 2023
  • Video

Family Businesses in MENA: Setting the Gold Standard

  • 04 Apr 2012
  • Research & Ideas

When Founders Recruit Friends and Family as Investors

thoughtfully and purposefully. Every founder should read it—and take the time to digest its rich data and lessons." In this excerpt from Chapter 9, Wasserman discusses the advantages and disadvantages of a common but risky practice among company founders:... View Details
Keywords: by Noam Wasserman
  • 21 Jan 2015
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Managing the Family Business: Market Basket’s Lessons About Buyouts

One of the highlights of my year is in November, when teams of enterprising families meet for the Executive Education program I founded and still lead at Harvard Business School, Families in Business. One of... View Details
Keywords: Retail
  • March 19, 2015
  • Article

Dealing with the Unique Work-Life Challenges of Family Businesses

By: Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer
Maintaining a work-life balance in family businesses can be challenging. The extremes of being "all in" or "all out" are unproductive. The article highlights the importance of setting boundaries, separating family time from work time, using effective communication,... View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Work-Life Balance
Citation
Register to Read
Purchase
Related
Baron, Josh, and Rob Lachenauer. "Dealing with the Unique Work-Life Challenges of Family Businesses." Harvard Business Review (website) (March 19, 2015).
  • March 2019
  • Case

Dabur India: Growing Professional Management from Family Roots

By: Suraj Srinivasan, Namrata Arora and Jonah Goldberg
The case opens in December of 2018, with Sunil Duggal, the CEO of Dabur India (a multinational consumer goods conglomerate with a focus in Ayurvedic products) contemplating who should succeed him at the head of the company. The new CEO will have been the first since... View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Management Succession; Multinational Firms and Management; Business Growth and Maturation
Citation
Educators
Purchase
Related
Srinivasan, Suraj, Namrata Arora, and Jonah Goldberg. "Dabur India: Growing Professional Management from Family Roots." Harvard Business School Case 119-089, March 2019.
  • January 8, 2016
  • Article

When You’ve Made Enough Money to Cause Family Tension

By: Josh Baron, Rob Lachenauer and Diane Coutu
This article discusses the transition successful business founders face when moving from intense business focus to managing significant wealth in their "Second Act." It highlights the shift towards creating a family enterprise, requiring shared financial... View Details
Keywords: Wealth; Family Business; Management Succession; Transition; Family and Family Relationships
Citation
Register to Read
Purchase
Related
Baron, Josh, Rob Lachenauer, and Diane Coutu. "When You’ve Made Enough Money to Cause Family Tension." Harvard Business Review (website) (January 8, 2016).
  • May 2018
  • Article

Managing the Family Firm: Evidence from CEOs at Work

By: Oriana Bandiera, Renata Lemos, Andrea Prat and Raffaella Sadun
We present evidence on the labor supply of CEOs and on whether family and professional CEOs differ on this dimension. We do so through a new survey instrument that allows us to codify CEOs’ diaries in a detailed and comparable fashion and to build a bottom-up measure... View Details
Keywords: Performance Productivity; Family Ownership; Management
Citation
SSRN
Find at Harvard
Related
Bandiera, Oriana, Renata Lemos, Andrea Prat, and Raffaella Sadun. "Managing the Family Firm: Evidence from CEOs at Work." Review of Financial Studies 31, no. 5 (May 2018): 1605–1653. (Lead article.)
  • 18 Dec 2018
  • Blog Post

Finding Your Family at HBS

wanted a new circle of best friends and family that I could pour my heart into and know that everyone else felt the same.   I found that family in ‘Section Q’ – the unofficial nickname my circle of friends has started calling the LGBT... View Details
  • 01 Jul 2011
  • News

Whether to Shutter a Struggling Family Business

  • 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
Citation
Related
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.)
  • February 1995
  • Case

The Ivanovas: A Family Business

By: Ray A. Goldberg, Ralph Hoagland and Marina Paltseva
Keywords: Family Business
Citation
Find at Harvard
Related
Goldberg, Ray A., Ralph Hoagland, and Marina Paltseva. "The Ivanovas: A Family Business." Harvard Business School Case 595-086, February 1995.
  • Web

Partners & Families | MBA

Partners & Families Prospective students are often curious about whether spouses, partners, and families are integrated into life at Harvard Business School (HBS). The answer is a resounding yes! HBS warmly... View Details
  • March 2023
  • Case

Between Two Minds: The Staglin Family

By: Lauren Cohen, Ronnie Stangler and Grace Headinger
Garen Staglin, Founder and Chairman of One Mind, reflected on his life’s work in brain health. As he contemplated stepping down in the next few years, he weighed how to pass along this legacy to his son, Brandon Staglin, the impetus behind and next generation of the... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit Organizations; Well-being; Management Succession; Family Ownership; Mission and Purpose; Health Industry
Citation
Educators
Purchase
Related
Cohen, Lauren, Ronnie Stangler, and Grace Headinger. "Between Two Minds: The Staglin Family." Harvard Business School Case 223-053, March 2023.
  • February 3, 2020
  • Article

Should Your Family Business Have a "No In-Laws" Policy?

By: Christina R. Wing and Rohit K. Gera
Should in-laws, even if they’re highly qualified, work in the family business? While there’s no “one-size-fits-all” guideline, if you are considering involving in-laws in the family business, it’s important to think through some general policies in advance. Document a... View Details
Keywords: Family and Family Relationships; Family Business; Employee Relationship Management; Organizational Structure
Citation
Find at Harvard
Register to Read
Purchase
Related
Wing, Christina R., and Rohit K. Gera. Should Your Family Business Have a "No In-Laws" Policy? Harvard Business Review (website) (February 3, 2020).
  • 20 Jun 2022
  • News

Indian Multi-Generational Family Businesses: Why It’s a Rare Phenomenon

  • ←
  • 8
  • 9
  • …
  • 227
  • 228
  • →
ǁ
Campus Map
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field
Boston, MA 02163
→Map & Directions
→More Contact Information
  • Make a Gift
  • Site Map
  • Jobs
  • Harvard University
  • Trademarks
  • Policies
  • Accessibility
  • Digital Accessibility
Copyright © President & Fellows of Harvard College.