In-laws hold a unique position in family businesses. This may be said for both in-laws who work within the business and those who, for a...

Making a success of succession is not, by any means, impossible as Marc Farror explains. Like all businesses, family ones have to deal...

There are plenty of benefits of having the next generation work outside of the family business for part of their career progression....

As family businesses passes from one generation to the next, there is the inevitability that the number of shareholders will increase....

When cultural traditions and interpersonal relationships coincide, businesses start acting in irrational ways. The world knows that...

It is often said that the first generation creates the wealth, but that it is the second generation that creates the legacy. In an...

Historically daughters were not considered for succession into ma­n­a­­gerial positions in family businesses. Gender used to be a main...

Family businesses are certainly not immune to difficult economic times. But they usually have more options than publicly owned...