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Case Study: Should a Funeral Company Shift Its Business Model?
Business models Magazine ArticleA family business considers expanding from cemeteries into cremation. -
When Being a Family Business Becomes a Competitive Advantage
Family businesses Digital ArticleA playbook for leveraging your company’s unique strengths. -
When Shareholder Engagement Hurts More Than It Helps
Family businesses Digital ArticleA new study reveals that it can be more advantageous to cultivate a culture of quiet, steady support. -
The Founder’s Final Act
Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleHow to hand over ownership—and burnish your legacy. -
The Formal Policies That Protect Family Businesses from Interpersonal Chaos
Family businesses Digital ArticleGovernance is the only way to preserve relationships and increase the odds of long-term success. -
When Your Family Business Has a Conflict Over Governance
Family businesses Digital ArticleStrategies for tackling the disagreements that can arise from inherited legal agreements and ownership distribution. -
Case Study: Should a Family Business Accept a Returning Daughter’s Radical Proposal?
Succession planning Magazine ArticleThe founders of an Ivorian conglomerate take stock—with succession in mind. -
When and How Family Businesses Should Use Shareholder Agreements
Corporate governance Digital ArticleTwo studies show that the right contract can both protect shareholders and add market value. -
5 Kinds of Ownership Roles in a Family Business
Family businesses Digital ArticleSticking to “this is just how we do things around here” can have disastrous consequences, even for the closest family owner group. -
Is Your Family Business on the Path to Growth?
Family businesses Digital ArticleThe company’s reinvestment rate is the single most important number to consider. -
The CEO of Gérard Bertrand Group on Turning a Family Wine Business into a Global Brand
Strategy Magazine ArticleThe company set out to create a new, organic paradigm for the wine industry in the south of France. -
Lessons from Large Family Firms About Choosing a CEO
Leadership transitions Magazine ArticleSmart practices that can benefit all types of companies -
How to Bring an Outside CEO into the Family Business
Family businesses Digital ArticleUse this five-phase onboarding process. -
Case Study: When the CEO Dies, What Comes First: His Company or His Family?
Family businesses Magazine ArticleAn entrepreneur’s widow wonders whether to lean in to work or step back. -
How to Build Upon the Legacy of Your Family Business — and Make It Your Own
Family businesses Digital ArticleReframe your company’s past in a way that creates advantages for the present. -
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. -
What Happens When a Company (Like Patagonia) Transfers Ownership to a Nonprofit?
Corporate governance Digital ArticleThis form of ownership may be new in the U.S., but it’s relatively common in Europe. -
How Parents Can Promote Resilience in the Family Business
Age and generational issues Digital ArticleFocus on providing learning experiences for the next generation — and room for them to make mistakes. -
Avoiding Conflict Will Only Hurt Your Family Business
Family businesses Digital ArticleBeware the corrosive effects of fake harmony. -
Your Family Business’s Resiliency Depends on Its Structure
Family businesses Digital ArticleStrategies for whether your business is solely owned, sibling controlled, or diffusely owned.
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Sustaining Excellence: The Leadership Journey and Succession at Crown Worldwide Group
Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details James E. Thompson, known as Jim, was the non-executive chairman of Crown Worldwide Group. He founded a small logistics company in Yokohama, Japan, in... -
Taiwan's Fwusow Industry Co., Ltd: Pioneering the Circular Economy in Agribusiness from Farm to Table
Climate change Case Study11.95View Details In June 2025, Fwusow Industry Company Limited, led by Hung Yau-Kuen, became the first Taiwanese food manufacturer to have its products' carbon footprint... -
Ramesh Srinivasan: Selling the Family Business (A)
Family businesses Case Study11.95View Details Case studies A and B are about the Srinivasan family business and give a detailed account of their journey from establishing ValveTech Dynamics Private... -
Ramesh Srinivasan: Selling the Family Business (B)
Family businesses Case Study5.00View Details Case studies A and B are about the Srinivasan family business and give a detailed account of their journey from establishing ValveTech Dynamics Private... -
PNG Jewellers (B): Deciding on the Future of Performance Improvement Plans
Family businesses Case Study5.00View Details This is the B-case associated with W45593. -
PNG Jewellers (A): Deciding on the Future of Performance Improvement Plans
Family businesses Case Study11.95View Details In March 2022, the head of HR at P.N. Gadgil Jewellers Ltd., based in Sangli, India, was facing a dilemma. She was deliberating about the future of the... -
Milo's: Building on Sweet Success
Collaboration and teams Case Study11.95View Details In 2025, Tricia Wallwork, third-generation Chair and CEO of Milo's Tea Company, faced critical strategic decisions as the family-owned business-now the... -
Thermax: Four paths to succession in a family business
Corporate governance Case Study11.95View Details From its origins as a manufacturer of hospital equipment for the Indian market, Thermax has grown into a multinational corporation operating in 90 countries,... -
Keroche (G): A Test of Resilience
Business history Case Study5.00View Details This case reviews Keroche Breweries from 2019-2025, a period defined by tax disputes with the Kenya Revenue Authority, a legal case with EABL, the operational... -
Oriental Weavers: Handing Over the Loom
Business management Case Study11.95View Details Over the course of forty years, Oriental Weavers had grown from a modest Egyptian family business into one of the world's largest manufacturers of machine... -
Carvajal: Weathering Change and Sustaining Purpose at a Family Business
Boards Case Study11.95View Details In early 2025, Pedro Carvajal, CEO of Grupo Carvajal, faced mounting pressure as the group, a 120-year-old family-owned Colombian conglomerate, navigated... -
YCH Group: How to remain an innovative family business across generations
Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details YCH Group, a pioneering family-owned logistics company in Asia evolved from a small transport business into a regional leader in supply chain solutions... -
Breaking up of the Senanis (B)
Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details The case follows the Senani family from the aftermath of the 2000 split to 2024, detailing the attempts to reunite the family and business while navigating... -
Breaking up of the Senanis (A)
Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details The case presents the compelling story of the Senani family, spearheaded by its enterprising patriarch, Danamal Senani, who managed to create a prosperous... -
Marico (A): From Small Family Business to National Brand
Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details In this caselet, we trace the journey of the Mariwala family business, Bombay Oil Industries, from its origins in trading and exports to building manufacturing... -
Marico (B): Professionalizing (Separate but Still Joined at the Hip)
Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details This caselet continues the story of the Mariwala family business, focusing on the transition of the consumer division into Marico Ltd. As family members... -
Marico (C): David and Goliath (Separating Ownership and Management, and Going Public)
Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details This caselet captures a critical turning point in the Marico journey as the joint ownership and separate management model collapses due to a breach of... -
(Family) Size Matters: Nico Oprée and the Decreasing Power of Family Unity over Time
Balancing work and family Case Study11.95View Details Nico Oprée, a fourth-generation (G4) member of his family's heavy manufacturing business, found himself reflecting on how the firm would navigate a deepening... -
Transforming a Titan (B)
AI and machine learning Case Study5.00View Details After a global search the board appoints Marcel Cobuz-ex-LafargeHolcim executive with deep innovation experience-as TITAN's first non-family CEO. Cobuz... -
Transforming a Titan (A)
AI and machine learning Case Study11.95View Details Dimitri Papalexopoulos, fourth-generation CEO of TITAN Cement, must decide whether to keep leading the 120-year-old, family-controlled firm or hand the...
