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By Kimberly Eddleston on Mon Sep 03 2018
Interviewee:
Joseph Brito, Jr.
Joe Brito says relatives should earn their place by starting at the bottom, learning the business and proving themselves before moving into leadership roles. Joe Brito, the third-generation head of Read more |
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By Roland Kidwell and Kathryn Kloepfer on Wed Aug 29 2018
Strong family firms hold employees accountable while preserving trust, harmony and flexibility. Combining both approaches can improve employee effort and performance. Family businesses have unique Read more |
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By Jon Eckhardt on Tue Apr 24 2018
Business research and business practice are too often separated. David Teece explains how scholars can use each to strengthen the other. Professor David Teece is one of the impactful business Read more |
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By James Beal on Fri Mar 16 2018
Sponsored by the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation, the Schulze School of Entrepreneurship at the University of St. Thomas, and EIX.org, a non-profit online platform for entrepreneurship Read more |
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By Kimberly Eddleston on Tue Nov 21 2017
Interviewee:
Justin Rockefeller
Justin Rockefeller explains how families can pursue social and environmental impact without abandoning financial discipline or long-term investment goals. Perhaps no other family is more synonymous Read more |
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By Sophie Bacq on Thu Oct 05 2017
The Theory of Change is a tool that is widely used among social entrepreneurship (SE) practitioners to map out the steps that will lead them to have the intended positive change on society. The Read more |
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By Olav Sorenson and Michael S. Dahl on Tue Jun 20 2017
Research on more than 13,000 startups found that founders with deeper local roots had higher profits and lower failure rates than recent arrivals. Entrepreneurs with great ideas often feel they must Read more |
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By Kimberly Eddleston on Tue Jun 13 2017
The Fredo Effect occurs when an unqualified or disruptive relative keeps a job because of family ties, hurting coworkers, relationships and business performance. The Corleones of "Godfather" fame are Read more |
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By Whitney Peake and Teran Sundy on Thu Mar 02 2017
This flexible classroom exercise lets students shape a fictional bourbon family business while applying family business concepts throughout the semester. Many of us may remember the “Choose Your Read more |
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By Kathleen Allen on Thu Mar 02 2017
A strong board can be a major asset when CEOs prepare well, communicate openly and use directors for advice between formal meetings. Arguably, no CEO anywhere doesn’t occasionally wish that he or Read more |
