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Family, Family Office, Governance
2022 Conference Recap: Young Alumni: Governance from the Ground Up
Young Columbia Business School alumni leaders across the globe and from diverse industries shared their thoughts and insights on how to best position themselves in their family businesses. They also gave students invaluable advice on what they can do now to pave a successful path for themselves at their family businesses in the future.
Family, Practitioner Perspectives
Family Systems Theory
In the classroom, we introduce students to the importance of family systems theory to understand their own families, and the family enterprises they will own, work for and advise in their careers.
Family, Practitioner Perspectives
The Heart of a Community: A Small Business
I’ve got a special place near my heart for Dan & Whit’s general store in Norwich, Vermont.
Family, Leadership, Ownership, Research Findings
Dynastic Control Without Ownership: Evidence from Post-War Japan
Dynastic-controlled firms are led by founding-family CEOs while the family owns an insignificant share of equity (defined as less than 5%).
Family, Governance, Ownership, Research Findings
Family Firms Do Last!
The claim that most family businesses fail in the third generation is refuted in this study by Thomas Zellwegger and colleagues.