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  • Luxury Wars: How Hermès Faced Down its Rival
    June 10, 2014

    Threatened by a sudden and hostile takeover, the Hermès family sought strength in unity and formed an elaborate defence to...

  • Welcome to the Family Business
    April 22, 2014

    Family businesses have to align their values and expectations with the external hires they bring in to help manage their...

  • How China's Family Businesses Can Bridge the Generation Gap
    October 22, 2013

    If family businesses are to grow stronger in contemporary China, generations and cultures will have to compromise.

  • Andrea Illy: The man behind a good cup of coffee
    March 25, 2011

    It’s twice the price of store brand coffee, but aficionados happily pay it. What makes a niche brand of coffee so sustainable?...

  • Trouble at the family mill?
    March 25, 2011

    Family-owned companies need to be run with emotional, as well as professional leadership, experts say. That’s one area where...

  • The ties that bind
    December 13, 2010

    INSEAD Professor Randel Carlock talks to Knowledge editor Stuart Pallister about succession and stewardship in family businesses.

  • Venture creation: a new form of entrepreneurship?
    November 25, 2010

    INSEAD alum Fabian Hansmann (MBA '06D) has taken a novel approach to entrepreneurship. His organisation identifies...

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  • Braving the economic crisis through family values
    June 7, 2010

    When the economic crisis hit, the family owned and operated shipping-real estate Romav Group suffered a double-whammy....

  • Family values: leading the way out of the downturn
    September 22, 2009

    Family-owned businesses have been hit by the economic downturn like many others. But while they have suffered along with...

  • Family conflict: trial by jury
    May 4, 2009

    Last October, US real estate investment company Meritex Enterprises, owned by the McNeely family, was named family business of...

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Latest Comments
  • Tom McQuiston, 17.03.2020 at 03.19 pm
    Family conflict: trial by jury

    just my comment - I started working for space center in 1976 I think it was. It was a great place and great...

  • ساخت تیزر تبلیغاتی, 04.03.2018 at 11.05 pm
    Why Family Firms Lack Analyst Coverage

    thank you for article - thank you for article

  • Clarence Victor, 21.11.2016 at 12.19 pm
    A World-Class Family Company Based on Values

    My mother teaches me always - My mother teaches me always Family is all about (Unity) together we can do...

  • Dasha, 18.04.2016 at 06.19 pm
    Why You Should Care About Family Office Values

    More on family offices - Great article. Thank you.

  • Brahms, 07.12.2015 at 07.21 pm
    Entrepreneurship Lessons from a Family Venture Philanthropist

    Retired Physicist - Thanks for an inspiring article. My question is: many find these days working 9to5,...

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