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Does founding their own venture make family business offspring more likely to take over?

Entrepreneurship experience boosts succession odds, until a thriving venture makes staying away more tempting.

May 29, 2026
Does founding their own venture make family business offspring more likely to take over?
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How do family SMEs expand abroad without losing their local roots?

Four Swedish firms show how local ties can become a springboard for global growth.

May 24, 2026
How do family SMEs expand abroad without losing their local roots?
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Does parental leave at the top hurt innovation in small and medium-sized firms?

Swedish data reveal no harm to innovation, and clear gains in small, long-tenured teams

May 15, 2026
Does parental leave at the top hurt innovation in small and medium-sized firms?
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Can empowering leadership teams improve how public organizations explore and exploit opportunities?

Shared leadership paired with performance-based controls significantly boosts organizational ambidexterity

August 23, 2018
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How can invented heritage shape brand identity and consumer trust?

When companies fabricate their past, the line between strategic storytelling and deception blurs

August 22, 2018
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Should you take over the family business or build something new?

A configurational study reveals six distinct profiles of next-generation entrepreneurs

May 22, 2018
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Should young international firms expand widely—or stay closer to home?

Regional focus beats global spread for born-global firm survival in early years

May 11, 2018
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Why do some companies buy what they know, while others look elsewhere?

Persistent underperformance, not one-off crises, is what pushes firms to acquire outside their core industry

April 12, 2018
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Can farming families inspire a richer, more grounded understanding of entrepreneurship?

A review of 76 studies reveals how identity, family, and institutions shape agricultural entrepreneurship

January 11, 2018
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Can your age and gender influence whether you’ll start another business after failing?

A longitudinal study of 4,761 failed Swedish entrepreneurs reveals distinct reentry patterns across life stages

November 9, 2017
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Can emotional ties to the family business unlock entrepreneurship?

Psychological ownership drives innovation through knowledge sharing—but dampens risk-taking in family firms

September 5, 2017
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Are female leaders more efficient in family firms than in non-family firms?

Swedish data shows women in combined CEO-owner-board roles drive higher profitability in family firms

August 18, 2017
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What drives non-family CEO turnover in family firms?

Emotional bonds across family generations predict CEO retention more than financial performance or governance

May 24, 2017
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Spotlight is an innovative online family business magazine designed to bridge the gap between cutting-edge research and the real-world needs of practitioners, owners, and policymakers.
Drawing on the latest findings from the Centre for Family Entrepreneurship and Ownership (CeFEO) at Jönköping International Business School, Spotlight delivers insightful, accessible summaries of key research topics.
Our mission is to keep the family business community informed and empowered by offering actionable insights, expert analyses, and forward-thinking strategies that enhance business leadership and ownership practices for long-term success.

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Spotlight is generously supported by the WIFU Foundation, which promotes research, education, and dialogue in the field of family business. This partnership enables us to continue bridging academic insights and real-world practice for the advancement of responsible family entrepreneurship and ownership.

The Centre for Family Entrepreneurship and Ownership (CeFEO) at Jönköping International Business School (JIBS) is a leading research centre in family business and ownership studies.
Since its foundation in 2005, CeFEO follows the steering idea of combining “Academic Excellence and Practical Relevance”. This mission means to combine rigorous academic research at the international frontier, which the creation and diffusion of knowledge that is practically relevant for companies, organizations and individual stakeholders with an interest in ownership and family business issues. With over 50 scholars and 30 affiliated researchers, CeFEO seeks a double through research, education, and outreach, both in the academic community and in the broader society.

The WIFU Foundation is a non-profit organization established in 2009 to promote research, education, and the transfer of knowledge in the field of family entrepreneurship. Supported by over 80 family businesses from German-speaking countries, the Foundation advances the creation and dissemination of high-quality, practice-oriented knowledge about family enterprises and entrepreneurial families. The WIFU Foundation fosters an open, confidential exchange among family businesses and scholars, bridging theory and practice. Its mission is guided by values of trust, respect, openness, authenticity, and intergenerational dialogue, ensuring a vibrant and future-oriented community for sustainable family entrepreneurship.

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