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Celebrating 20 Years of Academic Excellence and Practical Relevance
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How do life events shape ownership transfers?

More than shares: a life course view on ownership in family business
August 1, 2025
How do life events shape ownership transfers?
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What happens when male founders invite women onto their boards?

Unlocking Growth: How Female Directors Transform Male-Led Startups
June 4, 2025
What happens when male founders invite women onto their boards?
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How can family and non-family members alike feel true ownership of the business?

Collective psychological ownership in family firms: Why “ours” matters more than “mine”
June 3, 2025
How can family and non-family members alike feel true ownership of the business?
Does your family business’s location impact its growth strategy?
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Does your family business’s location impact its growth strategy?

Rural vs. urban family business growth: how entrepreneurial legacy shapes the path
October 11, 2023
How does a founder’s career background influence their startup’s global strategy?
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How does a founder’s career background influence their startup’s global strategy?

Founders' experience shapes the geographic diversification of new ventures
September 9, 2023
Can having more women on the board improve financial outcomes for family businesses?
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Can having more women on the board improve financial outcomes for family businesses?

Women on Board. How gender diversity lowers the cost of capital in family firms
June 22, 2023
Can nonfinancial reporting help family businesses succeed?
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Can nonfinancial reporting help family businesses succeed?

Nonfinancial reporting in family firms. Key insights and practical implications
June 20, 2023
What happens when a family business stops telling the world it's family-owned?
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What happens when a family business stops telling the world it's family-owned?

When do family firms decide to go silent?
May 26, 2023
How can small businesses foster innovation through a sense of ownership?
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How can small businesses foster innovation through a sense of ownership?

Psychological ownership and management innovation in SMEs: A study of Hoshin Kanri implementation
May 22, 2023
How do family firms balance risk and opportunity in acquisition decisions?
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How do family firms balance risk and opportunity in acquisition decisions?

Acquisition relatedness in family firms: the role of environmental uncertainty and institutional context
May 2, 2023
What roles do widows play in family businesses after the unexpected loss of a spouse?
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What roles do widows play in family businesses after the unexpected loss of a spouse?

Widows in family business: navigating sudden succession and leadership transition
April 14, 2023
Letting Go, Moving Forward: What Happens to Psychological Ownership When a Family Sells the Business?
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Letting Go, Moving Forward: What Happens to Psychological Ownership When a Family Sells the Business?

Can you “feel like an owner” after you’re no longer an owner?
April 5, 2023
Can fathering daughters influence the hiring decisions of male entrepreneurs?
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Can fathering daughters influence the hiring decisions of male entrepreneurs?

Learning from their daughters: how fatherhood shapes gender representation in male-led ventures
March 23, 2023
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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.

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.

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