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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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How do new family CEOs overcome the agony of dismissing loyal managers?

Five sensemaking mechanisms help leaders reconcile personal bonds with tough personnel decisions

February 26, 2026
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Is rapid growth quietly pushing women out of the pipeline?

How founders’ HR education and HR experience shape gender bias when startups scale

February 1, 2026
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What is the key to unlock real circular business models?

How dynamic capabilities translate into circular business models, especially when stakeholders turn up the pressure

February 1, 2026
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Political families, entrepreneurial kids: who dares to start a business in China?

Family political embeddedness in China: why it suppresses entrepreneurship, and when it can spark it

January 21, 2026
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Can starting a business help women earn what they're actually worth?

Founding a venture narrows the gender earnings gap, especially for high-ability women

January 20, 2026
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How do entrepreneurs make decisions when the future Is uncertain?

Balancing Risk, Emotion, and Strategy Under Uncertainty and Competing Goals

January 7, 2026
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How do women entrepreneurs turn faith into a resource when money runs short?

A study of 25 Ethiopian women entrepreneurs shows how spiritual bricolage sustains motivation under scarcity.

December 8, 2025
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What kinds of entrepreneurs are next-generation family business successors?

Five successor profiles show how different drivers shape innovation, renewal, and venturing in family firms over time.

December 8, 2025

How do boards and owners speed up or slow down digital transformation?

Strategic, resource-providing boards and dispersed ownership encourage digitalization, while monitoring-heavy boards and concentrated blocks hold it back.

November 29, 2025
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Are trademarks a hidden signal of how innovative a social venture is?

Logos and names as a beacon of innovation in social enterprises

October 15, 2025
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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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