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Gaw Capital, a real estate investment firm, was set up by two brothers and a friend from university in 2005. Three years later, their banker sister Christina Gaw accepted an offer to...
24 October 2023 • by Peter Vogel in Family business • 8 min read
Alexa Firmenich is one of a new wave of philanthropists seeking to transform the way societies operate through purpose-led, professional interventions. In this interview, Peter Vogel explores how philanthropy has shifted from...
Continue reading15 December 2022 • by Christina Gaw in Family business • 8 min read
Gaw Capital, a real estate investment firm, was set up by two brothers and a friend from university in 2005. Three years later, their banker sister Christina Gaw accepted an offer to...
7 October 2022 • by Peter Vogel, Peter Vogel in Family business • 5 min read
Enterprising families need to take time to reflect on their greater purpose before setting up a family office and above all should avoid being rushed into decisions by financial institutions looking to...
12 September 2022 • by Alfredo De Massis in Family business • 7 min read
Taking control of the family business provides new opportunities to innovate, but also to benefit from the company’s historical success and approach. However, getting the balance right can be tricky...
10 May 2022 • by Peter Lorange in Family business • 7 min read
When deciding whether to sell your family-owned business, the choice for many families comes down to a number of factors – some of which will be uncontrollable. Peter Lorange, Emeritus Professor of...
25 February 2022 • by Ivan Miroshnychenko, Alfredo De Massis in Family business • 1 min read
Businesses can learn from successful family businesses. Challenge your conventional thinking with this exercise. ...
21 January 2022 in Family business • 3 min read
The majority of family businesses don't make it through to the next generation. Use these questions to help yours prevail....
1 December 2021 • by Ivan Miroshnychenko, Alfredo De Massis in Family business • 4 min read
Family businesses might not spring to mind when we imagine organizations at the vanguard of digital business model innovation. But family-owned enterprises are well-equipped for this journey and offer helpful lessons for...
22 November 2021 • by Peter Vogel, Yunfei Feng, Lise Møller in Family business • 5 min read
Many Chinese entrepreneurs who set up businesses during the economic liberalization of the late 1970s and 1980s are nearing retirement age without a willing or well-prepared family heir. It’s a timely reminder...
10 November 2021 • by Peter Vogel in Family business • 3 min read
Many families are making the sometimes difficult decision to pivot from their core business models and transform them into purpose-driven ones. Leveraging your assets for the greater good isn’t just good business,...
14 October 2021 • by Ivan Miroshnychenko, Alfredo De Massis, Danny Miller, Roberto Barontini in Family business • 6 min read
Analysis shows that family firms on average grew 2% more than non-family firms...
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