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The Founders of Bitty & Beau's Coffee on Building a Business Around Employees with Disabilities
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleAs the parents of two children with Down syndrome, the authors learned that 80% of people with disabilities in the United States are unemployed. They... -
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. -
The Common Traps of Working in Your Family's Business
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleFirst, accept that you will be under constant scrutiny. -
Why Your Family Business Needs Family Members on the Board
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleFamily directors are critical for aligning owners' interests with those of other shareholders. -
It's My Turn (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleSusie Gordon and Antonio Barile, a married couple, own a manufacturing company together. When their first child was born, they agreed that Susie would... -
How to Prepare the Next Generation to Run the Family Business
Age and generational issues Digital ArticleStart by understanding why they might be reluctant to inherit it. -
What Happens When a Company (Like Patagonia) Transfers Ownership to a Nonprofit?
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleThis form of ownership may be new in the U.S., but it's relatively common in Europe. -
Does Your Family Business Have a Succession Plan?
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleYou can't expect to just step into mom or dad's shoes. -
The Chair of Illycaffè on Creating Virtuous Agricultural Ecosystems
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How One Family Business Found Its Sweet Spot
Strategic planning Digital ArticleSmart firms can learn to distinguish what type of work leads to big profits — and what doesn’t. -
Leadership Lessons from Great Family Businesses
Corporate governance Magazine ArticleA new study points to four best practices. -
Is It Time to Leave the Family Business?
Career planning Digital ArticleIt’s a complicated decision. Here are six things to consider. -
Dealing with Drought (HBR Case Study)
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleWhen Walker Farms is hit with a surface-water allocation of zero for a third straight year because of the state's ongoing and extended drought, it must... -
When the CEO Dies, What Comes First: His Company or His Family? (HBR Case Study)
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleShortly after the sudden death of her beloved husband, Priya Gowda learns that the company he built from a small dairy farm into a major Indian conglomerate... -
Kering's CEO on Finding the Elusive Formula for Growing Acquired Brands
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleWhen Pinault stepped into the top job at Kering (formerly PPR), in 2003, he faced a key question: Should he leave things as they had been under his father,... -
When the Boss Won't Budge (HBR Case Study)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleAllerGen, a young biotechnology firm, is heading for trouble, possibly even bankruptcy. The company's one product--a vaccine for people allergic to cats--may... -
Saving a Family Business from Emotional Dysfunction
Boards Digital ArticleFocus on fairness. -
4 Lessons from the Best Family Businesses
Claudio Fernandez-Araoz explains what sets them apart. -
The Key to Successful Succession Planning for Family Businesses
Organizational Development Digital ArticleDon't exclude non-family members from the discussion. -
Why Fights Erupt in Family Businesses
Organizational Development Digital ArticleLack of boundaries and formal structure create potential for nasty (and lasting) disagreements.
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Succession, Transition, or Exit: Greentown's Founder's Decision
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In 2014, Song Weiping, the founder, chair, and major shareholder of the high-end residential property developer Greentown China Holdings Limited (Greentown),... -
FJ Management Inc.
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In late 2015, Crystal Call Maggelet, president and CEO of FJ Management, is working with her investment committee to help set the company's strategic... -
Passing the Baton: The GFC Family
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details The GFC Group has grown over half a century to become one of the largest fan manufacturing businesses in Pakistan. The group is in the process of transforming... -
Ensuring Your Family's Future: The Alagil Family Office (B)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Muhammad Alagil was a second-generation leader in the well-known Alagil Family Group of businesses in Saudi Arabia and co-founder and chairman of its... -
Sandu Pharmaceuticals: Family Dynamics and Succession
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Sandu Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (Sandu Pharmaceuticals) was a publicly listed company operating in the pharmaceuticals and health care sector. It manufactured... -
Cotte Yolan: Succession and Strategic Transformation
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details This case demonstrates how, through trial and error, Qingdao Kutesmart Co., Ltd. ("Kutesmart," formerly known as Qingdao Red Collar Group Co., Ltd.) executed... -
The Bourland Companies
Finance & Accounting Case Study6.95View Details Michael Bourland, the president of the Bourland Companies, needs to refinance two properties, an office building in southern New Hampshire and a retail... -
Stonewall Kitchen
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Jonathan King and Jim Stott, the founders of Stonewall Kitchen, started out in 1992 with a simple business selling jams and jellies at local farmers'... -
The Chocolate Factory (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details The first of this two-part case, "Principled Capitalism", analyses the unique values-based leadership practised for 186 years by the Cadbury owners, particularly... -
Cross Country Group: A Piece of the Rock (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details A new MBA graduate joins a privately held family business and sets ambitious growth goals for the next five years. To enhance motivation, he proposes... -
Raya Holding: What is the holding really holding?
Management Case Study8.95View Details On 7 October 2020, the employees of Raya, an Egyptian holding company, received an email that sent shockwaves across the entire firm. The board had just... -
How To Use Virtue in Business: Part A
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details How important are virtue and character when the future of a company is on the line? How does the leader decide between two pressing options? Set in 1981,... -
The Bancroft Family and the Battle for Dow Jones: Never Sell Grandpa's Paper
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Dow Jones, publisher of The Wall Street Journal, had been a source of wealth, pride and prestige for the Bancroft family for much of the 20th century.... -
Successful Governance for the Family Enterprise
Management Case Study8.95View Details This exercise examines three different family enterprise scenarios to open a conversation on what makes them successful. We look at how there is no strategy... -
Bertelsmann Reinhard Mohn Fellowship: CSR as Cultural Exchange
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details The Reinhard Mohn Fellowship is an initiative of Bertelsmann AG. It reflects Bertelsmann's ongoing commitment to fostering social, cultural, and individual... -
Grundfos (A): "Be, think, innovate"
Management Case Study8.95View Details Poul Due Jensen (PDJ), the son of a Danish workhouse manager, had seen first-hand how harsh life can be. He understood early on that he needed to stand... -
Corporate Transformation at Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details When Stefan Oschmann became CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, in 2016, the company had started its transformation... -
MIC Food: Shaping the Right Decision-Making Process for the Future
Management Case Study8.95View Details This case concerns a family business's efforts to assess and shape collective decision-making among a large sibling leadership group and transition from... -
The Qadri Group: Innovating in Family Business
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Director Operations at the Qadri Group (QG), Asim Qadri, has to understand and present to the family council, a plan on how to formalise family values... -
CIR Group: Passing Wealth through the Generations
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Three brothers discuss the succession plans of their shares in the publicly listed family business.
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The Founders of Bitty & Beau's Coffee on Building a Business Around Employees with Disabilities
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleAs the parents of two children with Down syndrome, the authors learned that 80% of people with disabilities in the United States are unemployed. They... -
Succession, Transition, or Exit: Greentown's Founder's Decision
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In 2014, Song Weiping, the founder, chair, and major shareholder of the high-end residential property developer Greentown China Holdings Limited (Greentown),... -
FJ Management Inc.
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In late 2015, Crystal Call Maggelet, president and CEO of FJ Management, is working with her investment committee to help set the company's strategic... -
Deloitte Consulting GTA: The Deloitte Dads Initiative,Teaching Note
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleTeaching note for case W13549. -
Walmart, Teaching Note
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleTeaching note for case MH0045. -
Keroche (A) - (F), PowerPoint Supplement
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticlePowerPoint supplements to Keroche (A) - (F) cases: 720390, 720391, 720392, 720393, 720394, and 720395. -
Passing the Baton: The GFC Family
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details The GFC Group has grown over half a century to become one of the largest fan manufacturing businesses in Pakistan. The group is in the process of transforming... -
Ensuring Your Family's Future: The Alagil Family Office (B)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Muhammad Alagil was a second-generation leader in the well-known Alagil Family Group of businesses in Saudi Arabia and co-founder and chairman of its... -
Sandu Pharmaceuticals: Family Dynamics and Succession
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Sandu Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (Sandu Pharmaceuticals) was a publicly listed company operating in the pharmaceuticals and health care sector. It manufactured... -
Cotte Yolan: Succession and Strategic Transformation
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details This case demonstrates how, through trial and error, Qingdao Kutesmart Co., Ltd. ("Kutesmart," formerly known as Qingdao Red Collar Group Co., Ltd.) executed...
