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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 money scripts shape dividends, debt, and targets in business families?

Shared money scripts influence key financial policies and stronger family–practice fit reduces conflict

February 4, 2025
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Tax avoidance in family businesses: ethical dilemma or smart strategy?

Understanding How Family Firms Navigate Tax Strategies While Balancing Ethics, Reputation, and Financial Gains.

January 21, 2025
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Can family businesses balance tax strategies with their duty to future generations?

Tax Avoidance in Family Business: The Ethical Dilemma of CEO Transgenerational Responsibility

January 20, 2025
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Are green patents a smart investment for family firms?

Does it pay to patent green innovations? Stock market reactions to family and nonfamily firms’ green patents

January 20, 2025
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What happens to a family firm when its CEO-owner suddenly dies?

Selecting the most suitable successor after the family owner' sudden death

January 18, 2025
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Can firms in a group protect their reputation when one of them goes rogue?

Navigating Crisis: How Business Groups Can Manage Image After Wrongdoing

January 13, 2025

Can extended families successfully navigate succession, and keep control across generations?

How dynasties endure: succession secrets of long-lasting family businesses

January 3, 2025
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How do hidden champions dominate niche markets through innovation?

Hidden champions and technological innovation: insights from patent analysis

December 27, 2024
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Why do family offices let their portfolio firms sit on excess cash?

Firms owned by single family offices hold more cash, with weaker payoffs than family-owned peers

December 5, 2024

What happens to the parent–child bond when a graduate chooses entrepreneurship over a steady job?

A longitudinal Ethiopian study traces how founders move from parental tension to hard-won independence.

November 22, 2024
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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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