Global Family Business Think Tank, Spring 2024

The Spring 2024 Global Family Business Think Tank published by Family Business United, and the inaugural report of this nature, summarises the thoughts of over 100 family business experts from around the world.  Comprising family business CEO's, leading academics from renowned institutions and practicing family business advisers and consultants the report looks at a number of key themes including:

• whether we should expect to see more women family business leaders in the next few years

• whether family business boards are sufficiently diverse in their composition

• to what extent family firms need to evolve further in response to the changing nature of the next generation

• how much it is felt that governments and policy makers do enough to support the family business sector

• if family firms embrace their narrative/history sufficiently as a point of competitive advantage

• how much family firms with clearly defined purpose and values are more likely to succeed than those without them

• to what degree getting communication right in family firms is one of the biggest issues when preparing to succeed for generations to come

• whether family firms are becoming more innovative when it comes to governance, and 

• to what extent it is felt around the world that succession planning becomes more difficult as family firms become more multi-generational.

As well as the overall impact and views of the community in terms of statistics, represented in terms of the percentage of panel members agreeing with the statement or not, there is qualitative feedback from some of the panel members and a feature piece on various topics investigated in this edition of the report.

Order you copy of the report and get your insights from the global family business community on family business matters that will help shape family business discussions and strategies.