Skip to Main Content
HBS Home
  • About
  • Academic Programs
  • Alumni
  • Faculty & Research
  • Baker Library
  • Giving
  • Harvard Business Review
  • Initiatives
  • News
  • Recruit
  • Map / Directions
Faculty & Research
  • Faculty
  • Research
  • Featured Topics
  • Academic Units
  • …→
  • Harvard Business School→
  • Faculty & Research→
  • Research
    • Research
    • Publications
    • Global Research Centers
    • Case Development
    • Initiatives & Projects
    • Research Services
    • Seminars & Conferences
    →
  • Publications→

Publications

Publications

Filter Results : (112) Arrow Down
Filter Results : (112) Arrow Down Arrow Up

Show Results For

  • All HBS Web  (3,595)
    • Faculty Publications  (112)

    Show Results For

    • All HBS Web  (3,595)
      • Faculty Publications  (112)

      Family-managed Business Remove Family-managed Business →

      Page 1 of 112 Results →

      Are you looking for?

      Lyric Dinner Theater (A)
      Lyric Dinner Theater (A)
      → Search All HBS Web
      • January 2021
      • Case

      Saham Group: It's In the Genes

      By: Christina R. Wing and Gamze Yucaoglu
      The case opens in August 2020 as Moulay Mhamed Elalamy (Mhamed), CEO of the Saham Group (the Group), a pan-African investment company that operates a variety of businesses out of Morocco, contemplates the Group’s identity, its investment strategy, and how to navigate...  View Details
      Keywords: Family and Family Relationships; Family Business; For-Profit Firms; Transformation; Transition; Emerging Markets; Change Management; Private Equity; Investment; Strategy; Insurance Industry; Real Estate Industry; Education Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Morocco; Africa
      Citation
      Educators
      Related
      Wing, Christina R., and Gamze Yucaoglu. "Saham Group: It's In the Genes." Harvard Business School Case 621-069, January 2021.
      • November 2020 (Revised February 2021)
      • Case

      Integrating Beam Suntory (A)

      By: David G. Fubini, Rawi Abdelal and David Lane
      The spring 2014 acquisition of U.S. alcoholic spirits maker Beam Inc. by Japan’s Suntory Holdings vaulted Suntory from 15th to third-largest international spirits company in the world. Yet Suntory had borrowed nearly the entire $16 billion purchase price, and relied on...  View Details
      Keywords: Family Business; Communication; Borrowing and Debt; Globalization; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Retention; Leadership; Supply Chain; Organizational Structure; Ownership; Relationships; Conflict and Resolution; Integration; Value Creation; Food and Beverage Industry; Japan; United States; Chicago
      Citation
      Educators
      Purchase
      Related
      Fubini, David G., Rawi Abdelal, and David Lane. "Integrating Beam Suntory (A)." Harvard Business School Case 421-003, November 2020. (Revised February 2021.)
      • November 2020
      • Supplement

      Integrating Beam Suntory (B)

      By: David G. Fubini, Rawi Abdelal and David Lane
      Supplements (A) case: The spring 2014 acquisition of U.S. alcoholic spirits maker Beam Inc. by Japan’s Suntory Holdings vaulted Suntory from 15th to third-largest international spirits company in the world. Yet Suntory had borrowed nearly the entire $16 billion...  View Details
      Keywords: Family Business; Communication; Borrowing and Debt; Globalization; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Retention; Leadership; Supply Chain; Organizational Structure; Ownership; Relationships; Conflict and Resolution; Integration; Value Creation; Food and Beverage Industry; Japan; United States; Chicago
      Citation
      Purchase
      Related
      Fubini, David G., Rawi Abdelal, and David Lane. "Integrating Beam Suntory (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 421-004, November 2020.
      • August 2020 (Revised December 2020)
      • Case

      General Dennis L. Via: People First, Mission Always

      By: Boris Groysberg, Susan Seligson, Katherine Connolly Baden and Robin Abrahams
      Dennis L. Via, was a retired four-star U.S. Army general and one of the world’s foremost experts on logistics, crisis management, supply chains, and maintaining a state of readiness at all times. As he reflected back on his career and leadership experience during the...  View Details
      Keywords: Leadership; Crisis Management; Planning; Health Pandemics; United States
      Citation
      Educators
      Purchase
      Related
      Groysberg, Boris, Susan Seligson, Katherine Connolly Baden, and Robin Abrahams. "General Dennis L. Via: People First, Mission Always." Harvard Business School Case 421-025, August 2020. (Revised December 2020.)
      • July 2020 (Revised November 2020)
      • Case

      Gera Developments: Leadership at a Crossroads

      By: Christina R. Wing and John Masko
      For decades, Gera Developments (Gera) was a boutique family-owned real estate development firm in Pune, India. But since 2000, managing director Rohit Gera had turned the company into a dynamic innovator in housing solutions for urban Indian families. Over the 2010s,...  View Details
      Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Business Growth and Maturation; Construction; Geographic Location; Global Strategy; Globalized Firms and Management; Housing; Leadership Style; Management Succession; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Family Ownership; Family and Family Relationships; Urban Development; Customization and Personalization; Real Estate Industry; Maharashtra; India; United States
      Citation
      Educators
      Purchase
      Related
      Wing, Christina R., and John Masko. "Gera Developments: Leadership at a Crossroads." Harvard Business School Case 621-018, July 2020. (Revised November 2020.)
      • May 2020
      • Case

      Big Boom Beverages: Fight or Flight?

      By: Stephen A. Greyser and William Ellet
      Four college friends market a beverage that combines ingredients like those in a drink they consumed in college bars. It includes a caffeinated energy drink, malt liquor, and a soft drink flavoring. They launch the business, Big Boom Beverages (BBB), with their own...  View Details
      Keywords: Alcoholic Beverages; Energy Drinks; Regulation; Entrepreneurship; Ethics; Marketing Communications; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Reputation; Communication Strategy; Decision Making
      Citation
      Educators
      Purchase
      Related
      Greyser, Stephen A., and William Ellet. "Big Boom Beverages: Fight or Flight?" Harvard Business School Brief Case 920-557, May 2020.
      • March 2020 (Revised May 2020)
      • Case

      Board Director Dilemmas—Family Affairs

      By: David G. Fubini, Suraj Srinivasan and Amram Migdal
      This case focuses on a new director who must help resolve a disagreement between two generations of leaders in a family business. The case raises questions of the proper role and approach for a director trying to manage a legitimate disagreement between shareholders...  View Details
      Keywords: Board Of Directors; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Family Business
      Citation
      Educators
      Purchase
      Related
      Fubini, David G., Suraj Srinivasan, and Amram Migdal. "Board Director Dilemmas—Family Affairs." Harvard Business School Case 120-103, March 2020. (Revised May 2020.)
      • March 2020 (Revised January 2021)
      • Case

      Odebrecht's 'Transformation Journey'

      By: Suraj Srinivasan, Lynn S. Paine, Ruth Costas and Mariana Cal
      At the center of one of the largest corruption scandals in Latin America, Brazilian conglomerate Odebrecht signed a leniency agreement with American, Swiss and Brazilian prosecutors in 2016 admitting to paying bribes in 12 countries. In an effort to regain financial...  View Details
      Keywords: Board Of Directors; Organizational Transformations; Business Ethics; Corruption; Internal Controls; Business And Government; International Business; Engineering And Construction; Family Businesses; Corporate Misconduct; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Transformation; Organizational Culture; Crisis Management; Ethics; Engineering; Family Business; Crime and Corruption; Emerging Markets; Construction Industry; Brazil; Latin America
      Citation
      Educators
      Related
      Srinivasan, Suraj, Lynn S. Paine, Ruth Costas, and Mariana Cal. "Odebrecht's 'Transformation Journey'." Harvard Business School Case 320-002, March 2020. (Revised January 2021.)
      • December 2019 (Revised March 2021)
      • Case

      Carroll Family Farms

      By: Forest Reinhardt, Christian Godwin and James Weber
      The Carroll Family, U.S. pig and grain farmers, needed to decide what to plant, whether to purchase land, emphasize pigs or grain, or other investments.

      Seven family members across three generations owned and operated Carroll Family Farms (CFF). In Illinois,...  View Details
      Keywords: Agribusiness; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Operations; Strategy; Family Business; Asset Management; Globalization; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; United States; Brazil; China
      Citation
      Educators
      Purchase
      Related
      Reinhardt, Forest, Christian Godwin, and James Weber. "Carroll Family Farms." Harvard Business School Case 720-005, December 2019. (Revised March 2021.)
      • December 2019 (Revised July 2020)
      • Case

      Ray White

      By: Boris Groysberg and Tricia Gregg
      Ray White is an Australian real estate business that has been owned and operated by the White family for four generations. The business has expanded and prospered. However, as the industry faces new challenges and opportunities, how should the White family respond?...  View Details
      Keywords: Crisis; Covid-19; Pandemic; Family Business; Entrepreneurship; Leadership; Disruption; Technology; Health Pandemics; Crisis Management; Real Estate Industry; Australia
      Citation
      Educators
      Related
      Groysberg, Boris, and Tricia Gregg. "Ray White." Harvard Business School Case 420-082, December 2019. (Revised July 2020.)
      • November 2019
      • Case

      Celebrity Fashions Limited (A)

      By: V.G. Narayanan, Tanvi Deshpande and Shreya Ramachandran
      In May 2017 in Chennai, India, the chairman of Celebrity Fashions doubted whether the company could last until the end of the year. Venkatesh Rajagopal had found that the company, a readymade garment manufacturing and exporter he founded in 1989, was having a hard time...  View Details
      Keywords: Turnarounds; Operations; Management; Financial Condition; Problems and Challenges; Communication; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Transformation; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Manufacturing Industry
      Citation
      Educators
      Purchase
      Related
      Narayanan, V.G., Tanvi Deshpande, and Shreya Ramachandran. "Celebrity Fashions Limited (A)." Harvard Business School Case 120-053, November 2019.
      • October 2019
      • Case

      China Merchants Bank: Ushering in the Era of Family Office in China

      By: Lauren Cohen, Hao Gao, Billy Chan and Dawn H. Lau
      China Merchants Bank, the sixth-largest lender in China, intends to boost its family office business as a result of an increase in the population of ultra-high net worth individuals. Already ranked China’s number-one private bank with AUM exceeding US$300 billion, the...  View Details
      Keywords: Family Office; Strategy; Banks and Banking; Organizational Design; Competitive Strategy; Banking Industry; China
      Citation
      Educators
      Purchase
      Related
      Cohen, Lauren, Hao Gao, Billy Chan, and Dawn H. Lau. "China Merchants Bank: Ushering in the Era of Family Office in China." Harvard Business School Case 220-032, October 2019.
      • October 2019 (Revised February 2020)
      • Case

      Thermax—Changing of the Guard

      By: Christina R. Wing and Inakshi Sobti
      Thermax is an engineering company in India that provides integrated solutions in energy, environment, and chemicals. The Aga family along with family trusts owns 62% of the company. Post a restructuring exercise in 2000, Thermax transforms itself from a small family...  View Details
      Keywords: Family Business; Transformation; Business Conglomerates; Strategy; Management Succession; Selection and Staffing; Organizational Culture
      Citation
      Educators
      Purchase
      Related
      Wing, Christina R., and Inakshi Sobti. "Thermax—Changing of the Guard." Harvard Business School Case 620-043, October 2019. (Revised February 2020.)
      • October 2019 (Revised April 2020)
      • Case

      Carme Ruscalleda: The Chef as an Artist

      By: Boris Groysberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Annelena Lobb
      In October 2018, Chef Carme Ruscalleda, the most-starred woman chef in the world at the time, closed the doors of her Restaurant Sant Pau (Sant Pau), as she had on almost every night for the past 30 years—this time for the last time. Ruscalleda had opened the...  View Details
      Keywords: Restaurants; Sant Pau; Personal Development and Career; Family Business; Leadership Style; Innovation and Invention; Food; Success; Food and Beverage Industry
      Citation
      Educators
      Purchase
      Related
      Groysberg, Boris, Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Annelena Lobb. "Carme Ruscalleda: The Chef as an Artist." Harvard Business School Case 420-028, October 2019. (Revised April 2020.)
      • October 2019 (Revised January 2020)
      • Case

      Dulcie Madden (A)—Growth or Exit?

      By: Shikhar Ghosh, Christopher Payton and Shweta Bagai
      This is part of a three-case series that follows Dulcie Madden's journey as a founder over five years. Case (A) is about managing growth and cash flow; Case (B) is about the exit decision and conditions on a sale; Case (C) shows Madden dealing with adversity and the...  View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurial Management; Family; Family Conflicts; Founders' Agreements; Growth And Development; Hardware; Vc; Scaling; Start-up; Female Ceo; Risk Assessment; Entrepreneurship; Growth Management; Equity; Cash Flow; Success; Failure; Acquisition; Business Model; Technology; Valuation; Family and Family Relationships; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Technology Industry; United States
      Citation
      Educators
      Purchase
      Related
      Ghosh, Shikhar, Christopher Payton, and Shweta Bagai. "Dulcie Madden (A)—Growth or Exit?" Harvard Business School Case 820-052, October 2019. (Revised January 2020.)
      • October 2019 (Revised January 2020)
      • Supplement

      Dulcie Madden (B)—A Difficult Choice

      By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai
      This is part of a three-case series that follows Dulcie Madden's journey as a founder over five years. Case (A) is about managing growth and cash flow; Case (B) is about the exit decision and conditions on a sale; Case (C) shows Madden dealing with adversity and the...  View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurial Management; Family; Family Conflicts; Founders' Agreements; Growth And Development; Hardware; Vc; Scaling; Start-up; Female Ceo; Risk Assessment; Entrepreneurship; Growth Management; Cash Flow; Equity; Success; Failure; Acquisition; Business Model; Technology; Valuation; Family and Family Relationships
      Citation
      Purchase
      Related
      Ghosh, Shikhar, and Shweta Bagai. "Dulcie Madden (B)—A Difficult Choice." Harvard Business School Supplement 820-053, October 2019. (Revised January 2020.)
      • September 2019
      • Case

      It's All About Family: Esas Group

      By: Christina R. Wing and Alpana Thapar
      This case describes how Ali Sabancı and his sister Emine Sabancı Kamışlı, shareholders of Esas Group, one of Turkey’s largest family-owned investment firms, worked to grow and professionalize the business. While their father Şevket Sabancı, played an instrumental role...  View Details
      Keywords: Family Business; Governance; Growth and Development Strategy; Turkey
      Citation
      Educators
      Purchase
      Related
      Wing, Christina R., and Alpana Thapar. "It's All About Family: Esas Group." Harvard Business School Case 620-010, September 2019.
      • May 2019 (Revised February 2020)
      • Case

      Bill Cummings: The Cummings Way

      By: Christina R. Wing, Robert F. White and Michael Norris
      In 2019, Bill Cummings, founder of Cummings Properties and Cummings Foundation and billionaire signer of the Giving Pledge, is winding down his roles at his company and foundation. How should the management move the company forward?  View Details
      Keywords: Real Estate Development; Philanthropy; Family Business; Nonprofit Organizations; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Management Succession; Real Estate Industry; United States; Boston
      Citation
      Educators
      Purchase
      Related
      Wing, Christina R., Robert F. White, and Michael Norris. "Bill Cummings: The Cummings Way." Harvard Business School Case 619-038, May 2019. (Revised February 2020.)
      • March 2019
      • Case

      Dabur India: Growing Professional Management from Family Roots

      By: Suraj Srinivasan, Namrata Arora and Jonah Goldberg
      The case opens in December of 2018, with Sunil Duggal, the CEO of Dabur India (a multinational consumer goods conglomerate with a focus in Ayurvedic products) contemplating who should succeed him at the head of the company. The new CEO will have been the first since...  View Details
      Keywords: Family Business; Management Succession; Multinational Firms and Management; Business Growth and Maturation
      Citation
      Educators
      Purchase
      Related
      Srinivasan, Suraj, Namrata Arora, and Jonah Goldberg. "Dabur India: Growing Professional Management from Family Roots." Harvard Business School Case 119-089, March 2019.
      • January 2019 (Revised July 2019)
      • Case

      Jain Irrigation Systems Limited: Continuing a Legacy

      By: Forest Reinhardt, Gunnar Trumbull and Mahima Rao-Kachroo
      Founded in 1963 by Bhavarlal Jain (Bhau), who believed in “providing solutions for every problem,” Jain Irrigation in 2018 had a global footprint and $1.1 billion in revenue. Bhau had insisted that his business add value to farmers' lives and promote sustainable...  View Details
      Keywords: Family Business; Mission and Purpose; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Strategic Planning; India
      Citation
      Educators
      Related
      Reinhardt, Forest, Gunnar Trumbull, and Mahima Rao-Kachroo. "Jain Irrigation Systems Limited: Continuing a Legacy." Harvard Business School Case 719-044, January 2019. (Revised July 2019.)
      • 1
      • 2
      • …
      • 5
      • 6
      • →

      Are you looking for?

      Lyric Dinner Theater (A)
      Lyric Dinner Theater (A)
      → Search All HBS Web
      ǁ
      Campus Map
      Harvard Business School
      Soldiers Field
      Boston, MA 02163
      →Map & Directions
      →More Contact Information
      • Make a Gift
      • Site Map
      • Jobs
      • Harvard University
      • Trademarks
      • Policies
      • Digital Accessibility
      Copyright © President & Fellows of Harvard College