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Satyam and the Indian Family Business
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleAfter all the investigations into the Satyam scandal are over, one question will remain: why did its founder, B Ramalinga Raju, plunge into fraud? Four... -
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. -
The Chair of Illycaffè on Creating Virtuous Agricultural Ecosystems
Managing employees Magazine ArticleAdvancing the sustainability goals of the author’s grandfather, his company’s founder -
When the Boss Won't Budge (Commentary on 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... -
Leadership Lessons from Great Family Businesses
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleAccording to the Family Business Institute, only 30% of family businesses last into the second generation, 12% remain viable into the third, and 3% operate... -
The CEO of Canada Goose on Creating a Homegrown Luxury Brand
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleAfter working at his family's coat manufacturing company for a few years, the author realized that high-end coats made in Canada could become a luxury... -
Research: Family Firms Are More Innovative Than Other Companies
Innovation & Entrepreneurship ResearchThey spend less on R&D but get higher returns. -
Is Your Family Office Built for the Future?
Family businesses Digital ArticleFive critical decisions to set it up for long-term success. -
It's My Turn (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... -
Avoiding Conflict Will Only Hurt Your Family Business
Organizational Development Digital ArticleBeware the corrosive effects of fake harmony. -
How to Build Upon the Legacy of Your Family Business - and Make It Your Own
Organizational Development Digital ArticleReframe your company's past in a way that creates advantages for the present. -
Building Your Own Network When You're Part of a Family Business
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleThe family rolodex doesn't necessarily pass from one generation to the next. -
Fast, Global, and Entrepreneurial: Supply Chain Management, Hong Kong Style: An Interview with Victor Fung
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleIn this interview, Li & Fung Chairman Victor Fung explains both the philosophy behind supply-chain management and the specific practices that Li & Fung... -
Family Business Owners Must Set the Agenda (Without Micromanaging)
Leadership transitions Digital ArticleBoards, not managers, must make the big decisions. -
Surviving in a Family Business When You're Not Part of the Family
Communication Digital ArticleA primer on office politics for outsiders. -
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. -
Expand the Menu? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleYolk-ay, a United Arab Emirates restaurant chain specializing in traditional Indian egg dishes, recently opened its eighth location in 10 years--but turnover... -
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... -
When Trusting Your Family Hurts Your Family Business
Global Business Digital ArticleFindings from a meta-analysis of 3.8 million firms across 30 countries. -
6 Traits of Strong Family Businesses
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleBased on a three-year study.
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Nalli Silk Sarees (B)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Supplement for case 113004 -
The Pellegrins (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details A father and son working together in their family-owned publishing company are at a decision point because the son feels he is ready to become president... -
What's in a Family Legacy? Balancing Family Emotions and Business Growth at Luse Holdings
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details After decades of continuity, Luse Holdings faced a new challenge in 2015. The company needed to pivot in a changing industry context-specifically, Luse... -
Bob Ross Auto Group
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details This case details the challenges Jenell Ross faced at Bob Ross Auto Group, the car dealership in Dayton, Ohio, started by her father, Bob Ross. The case... -
ESSEN - Cooking is Good for You
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details In March 2016, Wilder Jr., CMO at ESSEN, Argentina's leading aluminum cookware manufacturer, with a direct selling scheme and a 70% household penetration,... -
Business Family Dynamics
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Reprinted from John Davis. -
Valley Carriers (A): Establishing Status in a Family Business
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details For over five years, the third generation (G3) of Valley Pulp & Sawdust Carriers, Ltd. had been laying the foundation for the professionalization of the... -
From Beirut With Love (B): The Last Judgment
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details This case describes how Robert Fadel, as CEO and chairman of ABC, one of Lebanon's leading retail and real estate groups, professionalized the family... -
The Pellegrins (B)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Pho Hoa Dorchester
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Pho Hoa is a traditional, family-owned Vietnamese restaurant in Dorchester, Massachusetts that opened in 1992. As he approached retirement in recent years,... -
J. Perez Foods (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Examines the tensions that occur in family shareholder groups and how to prepare for them and manage them. -
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. -
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... -
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In the summer of 2019, Mike Klingensmith, CEO of the Minneapolis Star Tribune, the Twin Cities metro region's largest newspaper, reviewed subscription... -
Wilbur-Ellis: Shaping the Board's Role in Continuity
Management Case Study8.95View Details This case concerns the efforts of a multigenerational family business to leverage and benefit from the board on key related issues: succession of the... -
The Value of Family and Closely Held Firms, module note- -instr
Finance & Accounting Case Study14.00View Details This note describes the first of four modules in Financial Management of Family and Closely Held Firms, an elective MBA course at Harvard Business School.... -
Harvard Business Review Family Business Handbook Toolkit
Navigate the complex decisions and critical relationships necessary to create and sustain a healthy family business--and business family. Though "family... -
Steady Leadership in Choppy Seas: An Asian Maritime Perspective
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Set in March 2015, the case begins when the Baltic Dry Index (BDI), an economic indicator of the average price to ship raw materials, hits an all-time... -
Vipp A/S
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Rapidly growing Vipp sells highly differentiated (and expensive) "designer" versions of a product that most buyers think about in purely functional terms:... -
Academia Barilla
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details Barilla, the world's largest pasta company, has introduced a new high-quality, high-priced product line that features a range of authentic Italian food...
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Calveta Dining Services, Inc.: A Recipe for Growth?, Teaching Note
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleTeaching Note for #4261. -
DR. WEHRHEIM WINERY: TO GROW OR NOT TO GROW?, Teaching Note
Management Digital ArticleTeaching Note for Case NA0806 -
Nalli Silk Sarees (B)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Supplement for case 113004 -
The Pellegrins (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details A father and son working together in their family-owned publishing company are at a decision point because the son feels he is ready to become president... -
What's in a Family Legacy? Balancing Family Emotions and Business Growth at Luse Holdings
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details After decades of continuity, Luse Holdings faced a new challenge in 2015. The company needed to pivot in a changing industry context-specifically, Luse... -
The Secrets of Strong Family Businesses
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleThe Secrets of Strong Family Businesses featuring Claudio Fernández-Aráoz. -
Bob Ross Auto Group
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details This case details the challenges Jenell Ross faced at Bob Ross Auto Group, the car dealership in Dayton, Ohio, started by her father, Bob Ross. The case... -
ESSEN - Cooking is Good for You
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details In March 2016, Wilder Jr., CMO at ESSEN, Argentina's leading aluminum cookware manufacturer, with a direct selling scheme and a 70% household penetration,... -
Business Family Dynamics
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Reprinted from John Davis. -
Valley Carriers (A): Establishing Status in a Family Business
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details For over five years, the third generation (G3) of Valley Pulp & Sawdust Carriers, Ltd. had been laying the foundation for the professionalization of the...