Publications

24 Nov 2015
Research & Ideas

Developing Your Next CEO for the Family Business

as CEO. I agree but CEO selection is more complex for family companies. Options for Family Companies In family companies, you also have the choice of View Details

Keywords: Re: Andi Wang; Retail; Auto

February 2022
Article

OMG! My Boss Just Friended Me: How Evaluations of Colleagues' Disclosure, Gender, and Rank Shape Personal/Professional Boundary Blurring Online

By: Nancy Rothbard, Lakshmi Ramarajan, Ariane Ollier-Malaterre and Serenity Lee

We propose and test a relational boundary-blurring framework, examining how employees’ evaluations of colleagues’ characteristics drive their decisions to connect with colleagues as friends online. We use a multi-method approach across four studies to investigate how... View Details

Keywords: Self-disclosure; Relationships; Employees; Internet and the Web; Boundaries

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07 Nov 2019
News

The Future Of Education In Family Business Leadership And Tips To Get Started

June 2005 (Revised June 2007)
Background Note

Introduction to Management of the Family Business

By: John A. Davis

Provides an overview to the content and structure of the Management of the Family Business course. View Details

Keywords: Family Ownership; Business or Company Management

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September 2011 (Revised November 2011)
Case

CP Group: Balancing the Needs of a Family Business with the Needs of a Family of Businesses

By: William C. Kirby and Tracy Yuen Manty

As a second generation business leader, Chairman Dhanin Chearavanont took over the family agribusiness company and built it to become a major diversified conglomerate in Thailand and expanded the business in SE Asia and China. While growing the business, he and his... View Details

Keywords: Agribusiness; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Family Business; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Conglomerates; Family Ownership; Growth and Development; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Thailand; China; Southeast Asia

17 Sep 2017
News

If you think everyone else has more friends than you do, you're probably wrong

February 2002
Background Note

Working With Relatives in the Family Firm

Describes some of the difficulties of working with one's relatives in the family firm, especially with one's brother(s). Examines some of the reasons for the difficulties and proposes ways of dealing with them. View Details

Keywords: Family Business; Family and Family Relationships; Problems and Challenges

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13 Aug 2014
News

Family Businesses Need Entrepreneurs for Long-Run Success

01 Mar 2010
News

Students Assist Needy Family

A Boston family threatened with homelessness got a financial lift from more than seventy HBS students just before Thanksgiving. In response to an e-mail campaign launched by roommates Grace Simmons and... View Details

08 May 2015
News

Continuing a family legacy

After gaining experience in a variety of industries, Angela A. Chao (AB 1995, MBA 2001) joined the family shipping business, where she is growing the business in new ways. (Published May 2015) View Details

01 Feb 1999
News

All in the Family

father and son, bringing to the table all the tensions, expectations, and disappointments that had built up between them over a lifetime. READ MORE Moving Mountains—Kathy Barco & Barco-Duval Engineering... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

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Patent terminology: Patent Family

What is a patent family and how it can be used in patent search? A patent family is a collection of patent applications covering the same or similar technical content. The... View Details

08 Jun 2015
News

Leading a family business

After Phyllis Papani Godwin (HRPBA 1949) inherited the family electrical supply business, she quickly learned the ropes, developed a collaborative leadership style, and expanded the company into 28... View Details

2010
Working Paper

The Role of Institutional Development in the Prevalence and Value of Family Firms

We investigate the role played by institutional development in the prevalence and value of family firms, while controlling for the potential effect of cultural norms. China provides a good research lab since it combines great heterogeneity in institutional development... View Details

Keywords: Family Business; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Data and Data Sets; Law; Management; Organizational Culture; Research; Value; China

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22 Apr 2020
News

Why You Miss Those Casual Friends So Much

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Managing Family Strife: Market Baskets Lessons about Buyouts

You'd have to have been sleeping under a rock to miss the family war and media frenzy over Market Basket, the Boston-based, family-owned supermarket chain. The confrontation between two cousins (both named Arthur Demoulas) over control of the company was finally... View Details

29 Dec 2010
News

In Hard Times, Family Firms Do Better

October 2010
Background Note

Family Corporate Governance: A Brief Literature Review

By: Lena G. Goldberg and David Kiron

This note discusses competing theories of governance in family owned firms and focuses on agency theory, stewardship theory, and the sociological concept of embeddedness. View Details

Keywords: Family Business; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Managerial Roles; Family Ownership; Theory