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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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Do family office-owned firms take more financial risks?

Capital structure in single family office-owned firms: a strategic shift in financial decision-making

November 18, 2023
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Does entrepreneurial failure hurt your chances of getting hired?

Back to work. How employers view entrepreneurial failure in job applicants

November 9, 2023
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How do historical conflicts influence family firms’ decision to exit foreign markets?

Historical frictions and family business internationalization

November 1, 2023
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How can small and medium enterprises leverage supplier partnerships for breakthrough innovations?

Maximizing innovation: the role of supplier relationships in SME product development

October 30, 2023
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How everyday family activities can shape future family business leaders?

The role of everyday family practices in shaping family business successors

October 17, 2023
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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
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Does the board really run a family firm, or do the functions happen elsewhere?

In four Swedish family firms, real governance often happened away from the boardroom

October 9, 2023
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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
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Why are some people in a business family more entrepreneurial than others?

Where you sit in the family and the firm shapes your entrepreneurial drive.

August 11, 2023
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Do family firms disclose less about the environment, and can women directors flip that?

A critical mass of women directors overturns family firms' tendency to disclose less.

August 9, 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.

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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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