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Tests of a Prince
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleWhen a CEO takes office, stakeholders dissect his or her intellectual, physical, and emotional capacities as they try to gauge whether the new leader... -
The Founders of Bitty & Beau’s Coffee on Building a Business Around Employees with Disabilities
Diversity and inclusion Magazine ArticleA thriving business demonstrates how dedicated and enthusiastic employees with disabilities can be. -
Is It Time to Leave the Family Business?
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleIt's a complicated decision. Here are six things to consider. -
Building Resilience into Your Family Business
Family businesses Digital ArticleLessons from companies that have thrived in volatile environments. -
How to Prepare the Next Generation to Run the Family Business
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleStart by understanding why they might be reluctant to inherit it. -
The 5 Models of Family Business Ownership
Corporate governance Digital ArticleChoosing one is among your most important decisions. -
How Family Businesses Can Compete for Talent
Family businesses Digital ArticleThe global workforce is transforming. Family firms are uniquely positioned to beat out the competition. -
3 Hurdles that Trip Up Younger Generations in a Family Business
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleGrowing up in your family's shadow can leave you with big shoes to fill. -
Keeping It Professional When You Work in a Family Business
Leadership & Managing People Best PracticeIt can be done. -
Is the Next Generation of Your Family Business Entrepreneurial Enough?
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleTraditions don't have to be constricting. -
The Chair of Illycaffe on Creating Virtuous Agricultural Ecosystems
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleIn the 1990s most coffee beans were still commodity products, cheaply priced, undifferentiated by quality, often blended, and sold through an exchange.... -
Every Family Business Needs an Independent Director
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleThey keep things fresh and fair. -
When an Iconic Founder Overshadows the Family Business
Corporate governance Digital ArticleHow to set up the next generation for success. -
Create a Culture of Generosity and Communication in Your Family Business
Communication Digital ArticleEnsure that when crisis hits, neither the business nor the family implodes. -
When the Boss Won't Budge (Commentary on HBR Case Study)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleAllerGen, a young biotechnology firm, is heading for trouble, possibly even bankruptcy. The company's one product--a vaccine for people allergic to cats--may... -
The Ex-CEO Contemplates a Coup (HBR Case Study)
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleA family business in Indonesia is hit hard by the economic downturn, and some family members want the former CEO--the founder's son--to retain the reins.... -
Why Fights Erupt in Family Businesses
Family businesses Digital ArticleLack of boundaries and formal structure create potential for nasty (and lasting) disagreements. -
Merit or Inherit: How to Approach Succession in a Family Business
Organizational Development Digital ArticleBoth have risks. Here's how to strike the right balance. -
Coddled Relatives Can Kill a Family Business
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleSix signs you're overindulging your heir apparent. -
Market Basket Shows the Best and Worst of Family Business
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleBut decades of success don't make headlines.
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Amarnath Gupta and Sons: The Family Business
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Amarnath Gupta and Sons was a distributor of lubricants and owner of a petrol pump based in Alwar, Rajasthan, India. The business was originally set up... -
How To Use Virtue in Business: Part A
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details How important are virtue and character when the future of a company is on the line? How does the leader decide between two pressing options? Set in 1981,... -
Francisco de Narvaez at Tia: Selling the Family Business
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details 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... -
Stoy Foods: Role Information for Milan Stoyanovic
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details 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,... -
Principles of Family Business System Change
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Identifies several practical principles to keep in mind when changing a family business system. -
Kohler Co. (B)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Zee Entertainment and Essel Group: A Quest for Legacy and Beyond (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details The case traces the entrepreneurial journey of Indian media baron Subhash Chandra. It starts with his entry into a struggling family business in 1967... -
Note on Valuing Control and Liquidity in Family and Closely Held Firms
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Most companies around the world are family-controlled and/or closely held. The need to value these companies routinely arises in practice for a variety... -
How To Use Virtue in Business: Part B
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details How important are virtue and character when the future of a company is on the line? How does the leader decide between two pressing options? Set in 1981,... -
Dabur India: Growing Professional Management from Family Roots
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details 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)... -
Shelby Division 2012
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details The vice-president and general manager for Michigan Plastic Inc.'s Shelby Division (Shelby) is faced with various options. Shelby specializes in thermoforming... -
ELITE: AFFINITY FINANCING AND SMART LEASES
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details The case documents the original mattress leasing program initiated by François Pugliese, the owner of premium mattress firm Elite in Etoy (Switzerland).... -
Family Business System Action Planning Worksheet
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Assist in thinking critically about facilitators and inhibitors to goals and preparing for change in a family business system. -
Fundamentals of Family Business System Governance, Chinese Version
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Reviews the purposes and ingredients in the governance (or steering) of a family business system. Explores at a high level the governance of the family... -
Family Matters at ProLab
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Hillary Mallow, founder-CEO of ProLab, learns that her health-services company is two months shy of bankruptcy. She needs to act - immediately - but isn't... -
Ensuring Your Family's Future: The Alagil Family Office
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Muhammad Alagil was a second-generation leader in the well-known Alagil Family Group of businesses in Saudi Arabia and co-founder and chairman of its... -
Sam Steinberg (A) and (B) (Condensed)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Covers the period from Steinberg's founding in 1917 through the company's growth to a major firm in 1969. -
The Fall of Banco Espirito Santo: Holy Spirit or Devil in Disguise?
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details In 2014, after nearly 150 years as one of Portugal's most wealthy and powerful families, the Espírito Santo family completely lost control of its empire,... -
Governance of the Family Business
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Reviews the ways to achieve governance of the family business. Points out the importance of plans (e.g., strategic plans), statements (e.g., mission statements),... -
Messer Griesheim (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In 2001, Allianz Capital Partners and Goldman Sachs acquired a majority stake in Messer Griesheim, a European industrial gas concern held by Hoechst....
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Amarnath Gupta and Sons: The Family Business
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Amarnath Gupta and Sons was a distributor of lubricants and owner of a petrol pump based in Alwar, Rajasthan, India. The business was originally set up... -
How To Use Virtue in Business: Part A
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details How important are virtue and character when the future of a company is on the line? How does the leader decide between two pressing options? Set in 1981,... -
Francisco de Narvaez at Tia: Selling the Family Business
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details 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... -
Stoy Foods: Role Information for Milan Stoyanovic
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details 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,... -
Principles of Family Business System Change
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Identifies several practical principles to keep in mind when changing a family business system. -
Kohler Co. (B)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Zee Entertainment and Essel Group: A Quest for Legacy and Beyond (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details The case traces the entrepreneurial journey of Indian media baron Subhash Chandra. It starts with his entry into a struggling family business in 1967... -
Note on Valuing Control and Liquidity in Family and Closely Held Firms
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Most companies around the world are family-controlled and/or closely held. The need to value these companies routinely arises in practice for a variety... -
How To Use Virtue in Business: Part B
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details How important are virtue and character when the future of a company is on the line? How does the leader decide between two pressing options? Set in 1981,... -
Dabur India: Growing Professional Management from Family Roots
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details 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)...