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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. -
Coddled Relatives Can Kill a Family Business
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleSix signs you're overindulging your heir apparent. -
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. -
Transferring Power in The Family Business
Change management Magazine ArticleOne of the most agonizing experiences that any business faces is the moving from one generation of top management to the next. The problem is often most acute in family businesses, where the original entrepreneur hangs on as he watches others try to help manage or take over his business, while at the same time, […] -
Building Resilience into Your Family Business
Organizational Development Digital ArticleLessons from companies that have thrived in volatile environments. -
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. -
4 Tensions in Family Businesses - and How to Work Through Them
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleIt comes down to trust. -
When Should You Fire Your Child from the Family Business?
Dismissing employees Digital ArticleFour questions to ask before you make a painful decision. -
How Family Business Owners Should Bring the Next Generation into the Company
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleEncourage them to build a career outside the firm first. -
How One Family Business Found Its Sweet Spot
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleSmart firms can learn to distinguish what type of work leads to big profits - and what doesn't. -
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. -
Avoid the Traps That Can Destroy Family Businesses
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleSome 70% of family-owned businesses fail or are sold before the second generation gets a chance to take over. It doesn't have to be that way. Here are... -
What Role Should a Company Play in a National Crisis? (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleAfter a tsunami hits his island nation, Sahan Kumara believes that his family's business--one of the largest conglomerates in the region--should help... -
Why Family Businesses Come Roaring out of Recessions
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleData shows that family businesses outperform professionally-managed companies. -
Your Family Business Needs a Deep Bench
Corporate governance Digital ArticleIt’ll help your organization grow, adapt, and build resilience. -
Why the Second Generation Can Make or Break Your Family Business
Age and generational issues Digital ArticleThey don’t have to live in the shadow of the founders. -
Family Business: How to Spot a Problem Patriarch
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleBeware the hard-charging alpha leader who undermines talent and maintains control over the next generation. -
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. -
How to Bring an Outside CEO into the Family Business
Organizational Development Digital ArticleUse this five-phase onboarding process. -
Family Businesses Shouldn't Hunt for Superstar CEOs
Organizational Development Digital ArticleOwners need to get their house in order first.
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The World Wrestling Federation (A): Vince McMahon vs. Bret "the Hitman" Hart
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Vince McMahon's World Wrestling Federation faces a serious threat to survival from the deep pockets of media mogul Ted Turner and Time-Warner, Inc. McMahon... -
DLC Management Corporation: Securing Its Future
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details This case describes the founding and growth of a commercial real estate business by a father-son partnership up to the point of deciding whether to stay... -
Alltech
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Alltech was a Lexington, Kentucky-based producer of supplements for animal feed, with revenues of over $2 billion (projected to reach $3 billion in 2018),... -
Governance of the Family Business Owners
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Reviews the principal ways in which the owners of a family business achieve their governance objectives of a suitable identity and sensible direction... -
Naledo Foods and Beverages Inc.: In Search of Investment Capital
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Naledo Foods and Beverages Inc. (Naledo) was a small start-up headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, that operated as a social enterprise in the... -
Mitchells/Richards
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details Describes a small, luxury retail chain's operational sophistication achieved through the use of technology and high-touch customer service. A family-run... -
Ken Talbot - Cautionary Tale in Estate Planning
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details In 2010, Ken Talbot, a self-made Australian billionaire, was traveling throughout Africa to bring his innovative coal technology to the continent when... -
Diversifying P&G's Supplier Base (B)
Sales & Marketing Case Study5.00View Details This (B) case accompanies the (A) case of the same title. -
Bonnier News Group in 2023:Sustaining Profitable Digital Growth
Management Case Study11.95View Details This case is the third in a series that explores how the storied Swedish media company, Bonnier News, is transforming itself to succeed in the digital... -
Katharine Graham
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Details the career of Katharine Graham of the Washington Post Co., a pioneer in her field and one of the first high-profile women to lead a major public... -
LG Investments, LLC: A Family Business in Generational Transition (B)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details This case is suitable for courses in entrepreneurship and managing small or family business. It is a follow up to the UV2037 case and raises further issues... -
Sula Vineyards (B): The Entrepreneur's Dilemma - Managing Investor Exits
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details The case focuses on the risks and rewards of early-stage investing in a successful emerging market consumer start-up (i.e. non-tech), from seed funding... -
Career Dilemma of a Next-Gen Family Member - The Case of Lavanya Nalli
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details The case, set in 2016, follows Lavanya Nalli, a fifth-generation member of the Nalli family business, as she contemplates a critical decision about her... -
Pitcairn Family Heritage(R) Fund
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details The Pitcairn Family Heritage(R) fund invests primarily in companies controlled by their founding family or a related foundation. The fund was launched... -
Trinity Crystal
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details The dynamics of a work relationship between an entrepreneurial mother and her daughter are explored. -
Ayala Corporation: One Family's Contribution to Nation Building
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details MAY 21, 2014, MANILA. For the first time, the World Economic Forum (WEF) had come to the Philippines. Ayala Corporation, one of the nation's oldest and... -
Relationships Among Siblings and Cousins in a Family Firm
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Abstract to follow. -
Note on Measuring Controlling Shareholders' Ownership, Voting, and Control Rights
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Founders and their families can raise equity without relinquishing control of their companies, through the use of mechanisms such as dual-class stock,... -
The World Wrestling Federation (B): Vince McMahon vs. Bret "the Hitman" Hart
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case IN1075. Vince McMahon's World Wrestling Federation faces a serious threat to survival from the deep pockets of media mogul Ted Turner... -
Frank Cornelissen: The Great Sulfite Debate (A)
Management Case Study11.95View Details In 2018, artisanal Italian vineyard Frank Cornelissen was one of the world's leading natural wine vineyards. Its founder, Frank Cornelissen, faced weather...
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Alltech
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Alltech was a Lexington, Kentucky-based producer of supplements for animal feed, with revenues of over $2 billion (projected to reach $3 billion in 2018),... -
Kombi Sports Inc.: Staying Ahead of the Curve
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details In January 2020, Kombi Sports Inc. was at a strategic crossroads in a changing industry. The Montreal-based firm had evolved from a niche provider of... -
Frank Cornelissen: The Great Sulfite Debate (A)
Management Case Study11.95View Details In 2018, artisanal Italian vineyard Frank Cornelissen was one of the world's leading natural wine vineyards. Its founder, Frank Cornelissen, faced weather... -
Why the Second Generation Can Make or Break Your Family Business
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleThey don't have to live in the shadow of the founders. -
Sula Vineyards (A): Indian Wine - Ce n'est pas possible!
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details The case focuses on the risks and rewards of early-stage investing in a successful emerging market consumer start-up (i.e. non-tech), from seed funding... -
THE WOODVILLE REPUBLICAN: FAMILY FIRM OR COMMUNITY ASSET?
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Andy Lewis was the fourth-generation publisher and editor of a small family- owned newspaper in rural Mississippi. Lewis faced the challenges of operating... -
Sa Sa Cosmetics
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Sa Sa Cosmetics has had spectacular success as a low-price retailer of branded cosmetics. But recently, growth has slackened. What are the causes? This... -
Blethen Family and the Seattle Times Co. (B)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
The World Wrestling Federation (A): Vince McMahon vs. Bret "the Hitman" Hart
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Vince McMahon's World Wrestling Federation faces a serious threat to survival from the deep pockets of media mogul Ted Turner and Time-Warner, Inc. McMahon... -
Samsung: Family Assets and Roadblocks (C) - Court Calls 'Time Out' on Lee Jae-yong
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This three-part case covers the history of Samsung from its origins as a small trucking company to one of Korea's largest conglomerates. Part A, "Drivers...