Sibling rivalry in family businesses: Navigating the fault linesSibling rivalries in family businesses pose major challenges, impacting both operations and emotional dynamics. Addressing these conflicts ...
12 Feb, 2025, 12.58 AM IST
Legacy in action: Continuity, storytelling and archiving at the TatasR. Gopalakrishnan and Harish Bhat's book, "Jamsetji Tata: Powerful Learnings for Corporate Success," explores the Tata Group's enduring leg...
13 Dec, 2024, 09.54 AM IST
Writing is easy, not living: Challenges in implementing family business constitutionsNumerous families face difficulties in actualizing the principles outlined in the document into practical, everyday reality. We discuss her...
22 May, 2024, 08.32 PM IST
Strategies for effective implementation of family business constitutionsThis article explores strategies for the effective implementation and bridging the divide between the aspirational ideals outlined in the c...
22 May, 2024, 08.29 PM IST
Managing differences in the family to prevent destruction of business and wealthMany a time, the roots of differences lie in the family sub-system. The socialist nature of the family accords equal rights and status to a...
08 Mar, 2023, 05.28 PM IST
Tricks to ensure the next generation becomes capable to take over the family businessFor succession to be effective, the next-gen members must have the ability and willingness to take on leadership responsibility. This can o...
15 Nov, 2022, 09.38 PM IST
Gennext at family offices not afraid of riskier assetsBut what makes family offices (FOs) a favourite is critical long-term capital with investment horizons of 6-10 years. These large family-ow...
15 May, 2022, 02.05 PM IST
Some firms create value using share pledging route, finds ISB studyIt has important implications for investors, regulators, board of directors, and even family members. Pledging of shares, coupled with bad ...
12 Sep, 2021, 12.40 PM IST
How can family businesses keep themselves from splitting? By separating ownership and managementMany Indian family groups have split in the last two decades — Thapars, Munjals, Jindals, to name a few. Many of them had family members at...
10 Mar, 2021, 03.03 PM IST
Family firms playing catalytic role in reshaping Indian economy: StudyWhile ample studies have traced India’s movement from an agrarian economy to a services-focused nation, this report is the first to study t...
04 Aug, 2020, 12.59 PM IST
Most family businesses in India have no planned succession: SurveyHowever, As per the findings of a study by Indian School of Business (ISB)'s Thomas Schmidheiny Centre for Family Enterprise, which surveye...
06 Nov, 2019, 05.56 PM IST
Changing times are impacting family businesses worldwideGlobally, 48 universities conducted a survey across 33 countries, covering over 1,800 family businesses, under the umbrella of STEP (Succes...
06 Nov, 2019, 12.58 PM IST
Promoter shareholding falling in non-family firms, rising in family ones: StudyThe research study attempted to give a bird's eye view of the shareholding pattern of listed Indian firms.
07 Aug, 2018, 04.51 PM IST
Family firms up stake over last decade in India: ResearchIt seems to imply that the engine of growth of Indian businesses would not be dependent on overseas or other promoter categories.
07 Aug, 2018, 01.52 PM IST
H-1B: Why India should not adopt a tit-for-tat policy against USIn the current case of H-1B visa restrictions, it would not be in India’s benefit to respond with trade and capital restrictions on US comp...
28 Oct, 2017, 06.22 AM IST
Liberalisation led to rise in SFFs: StudyIn 1990, family firms represented 15.7 per cent of the GDP in terms of their total income, whereas by 2015, they represented 25.5 percent o...
26 Sep, 2017, 04.03 PM IST
SFFs by far outnumber diversified family-owned conglomerates: StudyGrowth in the number of SFFs has been driven by the services sector with wholesale trade, financial services and computer programming being...
26 Sep, 2017, 07.20 AM IST