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- January 15, 2015
- Article
Surviving in a Family Business When You're Not Part of the Family
By: Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer
Navigating office politics in a family-owned business can be challenging for non-family executives. Based on experience with various business families worldwide, this article offers strategies for success:
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Family Business;
Family and Family Relationships;
Employees;
Problems and Challenges;
Talent and Talent Management
Baron, Josh, and Rob Lachenauer. "Surviving in a Family Business When You're Not Part of the Family." Harvard Business Review (website) (January 15, 2015).
- Research Summary
Family Business Dynastic Success
Davis is also completing a several year study of successful family business dynasties, examining the management, ownership and family practices that help to perpetuate successful businesses and families. He is developing a book for Harvard University Press on this...
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- March 2007 (Revised October 2007)
- Module Note
Negotiating Effectively in Family Business Systems
By: Deepak Malhotra and John A. Davis
Explores how families in business can apply five principles of negotiation that are used effectively by non-family members. The distinctive characteristics of family relationships and of family business systems--which affect the use of these principles--are described.
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Malhotra, Deepak, and John A. Davis. "Negotiating Effectively in Family Business Systems." Harvard Business School Module Note 807-144, March 2007. (Revised October 2007.)
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Family Matters
Lailah Thompson-Woode (MBA 2021) with her children, Antonio and Yasmina Woode. Photo courtesy Lailah Thompson-Woode Lailah Thompson-Woode (MBA 2021) with her children, Antonio and Yasmina Woode. Photo courtesy Lailah Thompson-Woode As a middle schooler, Lailah...
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- July 2001 (Revised September 2001)
- Background Note
Definitions and Typologies of the Family Business
By: John A. Davis
Introduces students to the wide variety of family business definitions in literature today. Also reviews prominent typologies of family business systems.
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Davis, John A. "Definitions and Typologies of the Family Business." Harvard Business School Background Note 802-007, July 2001. (Revised September 2001.)
- Program
Families in Business
Summary Family enterprises must strive for growth amidst fierce competition, an evolving marketplace, and demanding customers. But family enterprises also face a unique set of...
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- 18 Apr 2016
- Blog Post
Meet the HBS Family Business Club
The mission of the Family Business Club (FBC) is to bring together students with family business backgrounds to facilitate discussions and conversations about their experiences...
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- October 2023
- Technical Note
Governance for the Family Enterprise
By: Christina R. Wing and Vicki Morton
Governance stands as the backbone of any successful organization, providing the structure, transparency, and accountability necessary to guide decisions, ensure efficiency and foster sustainable growth. Its significance takes on a heightened dimension within family...
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- 12 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Three Components of Family Governance
strengthening business-family communication and bond. A family constitution—the family's policies and guiding vision and values that regulate...
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- August 2006 (Revised July 2007)
- Background Note
Governance of the Business Family
By: John A. Davis
Explains the purposes, processes, standards, plans, and agreements that together help to govern (or steer) a family that owns a family business.
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Keywords:
Family Business;
Corporate Governance;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Family Ownership
Davis, John A. "Governance of the Business Family." Harvard Business School Background Note 807-020, August 2006. (Revised July 2007.)
- 07 Apr 2014
- News
Family Values
married for 40 years, and two of their sons graduated from HBS (William C., MBA 2002, and Terence, MBA 2013). The Margot and William F. Connell View Details
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Partners and Families - MBA
Partners & Families Partners & Families Student Perspective Ignacio Lartirigoyen, MBA 2020 Student Perspective Erin Kaivan, MBA 2020 Student Perspective LaToya Marc, MBA 2017 Student Perspective Revital...
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- August 2006 (Revised July 2007)
- Background Note
Governance of the Family Business
By: John A. Davis
Reviews the ways to achieve governance of the family business. Points out the importance of plans (e.g., strategic plans), statements (e.g., mission statements), policies, rules, and agreements to the governance process. Discusses the roles of three structures in...
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Keywords:
Family Business;
Corporate Governance;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Management Teams;
Mission and Purpose
Davis, John A. "Governance of the Family Business." Harvard Business School Background Note 807-022, August 2006. (Revised July 2007.)
- 31 Jul 2017
- HBS Case
It’s Hard to Fix the Family Business Without Offending the Family
restaurants. The question of ownership, however, has not been broached—and the son fears that doing so could jeopardize his business and personal relationship with his father. “The son has this acute...
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- October 1997 (Revised July 1998)
- Case
Graham Family and the Washington Post Company, The
The Washington Post is now headed up by its fourth family member in three generations. The Graham family has somehow transcended the problems and pitfalls that overtake so many family-owned and operated businesses.
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Barnes, Louis B. "Graham Family and the Washington Post Company, The." Harvard Business School Case 498-031, October 1997. (Revised July 1998.)
- April 27, 2020
- Article
A Crisis Playbook for Family Businesses
By: Josh Baron and Ben Francois
In a business crisis, the power of family business owners is magnified. Unlike public companies, which typically focus on maximizing shareholder value, family owners value objectives that usually go well beyond financial returns (e.g., family legacy, reputation). This...
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Baron, Josh, and Ben Francois. "A Crisis Playbook for Family Businesses." Harvard Business Review (website) (April 27, 2020).
- October 2020
- Case
Genomics in the Family Office
By: Lauren Cohen, Ronnie Stangler and Spencer C. N. Hagist
Alice Anane is the member of a large, wealthy family that collectively operates a multi-pronged family business in Israel. Upon discovering partway into her pregnancy that the rapidly degenerative brain disease her father succumbed to now threatens her and potentially...
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Cohen, Lauren, Ronnie Stangler, and Spencer C. N. Hagist. "Genomics in the Family Office." Harvard Business School Case 221-035, October 2020.
- June 2023
- Exercise
Successful Governance for the Family Enterprise
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 that fits all for family businesses, but there are strategies that can influence both the business and the...
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Wing, Christina R. "Successful Governance for the Family Enterprise." Harvard Business School Exercise 623-083, June 2023.
- 13 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Managing the Family Business: Leadership Roles
decades. Whether you adopt the one-leader model for your own family enterprise, as RBS has done, or whether you build a team of leaders, you still need to design, structure, and allocate all the necessary...
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by John A. Davis
- 15 Sep 2020
- News
Lifting Fallen Families
just thinking about what was going to happen to that little girl and who was going to take care of her,” says David Kim (MBA 1994), a graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point who was also a part of that unit. Gibbs View Details