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Empowerment and Self-Reflection in Business Families

New practical guide published! In this practical guide, Prof. Dr Heiko Kleve uses a variety of formats, examples and exercises to illustrate how systemic methods of empowerment and self-reflection can...

Communication in the Business Family

New practical guide published! The practical guide “Communication in the Business Family” by Prof. Dr Heiko Kleve introduces basic theoretical understandings of communication and, most importantly, practical attitudes and methods...

Enhancing Next Generation Preparation in Family Firms

For those business families who own a family business and wish to successfully maintain their family ownership in the long term, it is important to better understand how to involve,...

New Book The Family Business as a Socialisation Context for the Children of Entrepreneurs

How is the socialisation of the offspring of entrepreneurial families influenced by the existence of a family business? To answer this question, Dr. Simon Caspary examines an approach that maps...

New Book Conflicts and Conflict Dynamics in Business Families

What causes intra-family conflicts and how can conflicts be handled? The new book "Conflicts and Conflict Dynamics in Business Families. Dealing with Internal Family Disputes" by Prof Dr Arist von...

New volume of the WIFU publication series: Family Businesses in Japan

Japan is famous for its long-lived family businesses. What are the factors that contribute to the longevity? What can family entrepreneurs in other countries learn from Japan? Dr. Sigrun C....

New book “Sociology of the Business Family”

A new book, edited by Prof. Heiko Kleve and Tobias Köllner, is now available in our library. This book sheds light on the hitherto unexplored topic of business families in...

What can existing (family) businesses, SMEs and start-ups learn from crises?

Rethinking entrepreneurship in times of crisis: What can existing (family) businesses, SMEs and start-ups learn from crises? How can they make themselves fit for the future when crisis becomes the...