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When Being a Family Business Becomes a Competitive Advantage
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How Business Can Be a Force for Good
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The New-Look CFO
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When Shareholder Engagement Hurts More Than It Helps
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The Founder’s Final Act
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Tech Companies, Nuclear Power, and the Problem of Strategic Timing
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The Formal Policies That Protect Family Businesses from Interpersonal Chaos
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When Your Family Business Has a Conflict Over Governance
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The Legacy Company’s Guide to Innovation
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Why Multibusiness Strategies Fail and How to Make Them Succeed
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Case Study: Should a Family Business Accept a Returning Daughter’s Radical Proposal?
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When and How Family Businesses Should Use Shareholder Agreements
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5 Kinds of Ownership Roles in a Family Business
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Is Your Family Business on the Path to Growth?
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Lessons from Large Family Firms About Choosing a CEO
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The CEO of Gérard Bertrand Group on Turning a Family Wine Business into a Global Brand
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OpenAI’s Failed Experiment in Governance
Business structures Digital ArticleIn mixing the for-profit and nonprofit models, OpenAI hoped for the best of both worlds. Instead, it got the worst.
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Taiwan's Fwusow Industry Co., Ltd: Pioneering the Circular Economy in Agribusiness from Farm to Table
Climate change Case Study11.95View Details In June 2025, Fwusow Industry Company Limited, led by Hung Yau-Kuen, became the first Taiwanese food manufacturer to have its products' carbon footprint... -
Ramesh Srinivasan: Selling the Family Business (A)
Family businesses Case Study11.95View Details Case studies A and B are about the Srinivasan family business and give a detailed account of their journey from establishing ValveTech Dynamics Private... -
Ramesh Srinivasan: Selling the Family Business (B)
Family businesses Case Study5.00View Details Case studies A and B are about the Srinivasan family business and give a detailed account of their journey from establishing ValveTech Dynamics Private... -
From a Case to a Cause: Medical-Legal Partnership at Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Growth strategy Case Study11.95View Details This case describes the development and growth of the Cincinnati Child Health-Law Partnership (Child HeLP), a medical-legal partnership founded in 2008... -
Electrification at Volkswagen: Fold or Call?
Corporate governance Case Study11.95View Details Volkswagen Group is the world's second-largest car manufacturer, with China being its largest market. Its portfolio includes Volkswagen, Audi, Porsche,... -
PNG Jewellers (A): Deciding on the Future of Performance Improvement Plans
Family businesses Case Study11.95View Details In March 2022, the head of HR at P.N. Gadgil Jewellers Ltd., based in Sangli, India, was facing a dilemma. She was deliberating about the future of the... -
PNG Jewellers (B): Deciding on the Future of Performance Improvement Plans
Family businesses Case Study5.00View Details This is the B-case associated with W45593. -
Thermax: Four paths to succession in a family business
Corporate governance Case Study11.95View Details From its origins as a manufacturer of hospital equipment for the Indian market, Thermax has grown into a multinational corporation operating in 90 countries,... -
Keroche (G): A Test of Resilience
Business history Case Study5.00View Details This case reviews Keroche Breweries from 2019-2025, a period defined by tax disputes with the Kenya Revenue Authority, a legal case with EABL, the operational... -
OpenAI and Microsoft (B): Partnerships Heat Up
AI and machine learning Case Study5.00View Details This case follows OpenAI and Microsoft (A): Partnership or Alliance? (726-372) and provides a brief update since July 2025 on the state of negotiations... -
OpenAI and Microsoft (A): Partnership or Alliance?
AI and machine learning Case Study11.95View Details Leading artificial intelligence company OpenAI and tech giant Microsoft had forged a highly lucrative and mutually beneficial partnership: Microsoft supplied... -
Carvajal: Weathering Change and Sustaining Purpose at a Family Business
Boards Case Study11.95View Details In early 2025, Pedro Carvajal, CEO of Grupo Carvajal, faced mounting pressure as the group, a 120-year-old family-owned Colombian conglomerate, navigated... -
Samsonite (C): The Rebuttal
Accounting Case Study5.00View Details After short seller Blue Orca Capital released a report alleging flawed accounting, hidden conflicts, and shaky governance at Samsonite, the world's largest... -
Samsonite (A): Accounting Baggage?
Accounting Case Study11.95View Details In May 2018, Samsonite appeared to be doing well - it was the world's largest luggage maker, it had just acquired a well-regarded luxury brand, and its... -
Samsonite (B): The Short Seller's Case
Accounting Case Study5.00View Details In May 2018, short seller Blue Orca Capital released a scathing report targeting Samsonite, the world's largest luggage maker. Blue Orca believed it had... -
YCH Group: How to remain an innovative family business across generations
Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details YCH Group, a pioneering family-owned logistics company in Asia evolved from a small transport business into a regional leader in supply chain solutions... -
Breaking up of the Senanis (A)
Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details The case presents the compelling story of the Senani family, spearheaded by its enterprising patriarch, Danamal Senani, who managed to create a prosperous... -
Breaking up of the Senanis (B)
Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details The case follows the Senani family from the aftermath of the 2000 split to 2024, detailing the attempts to reunite the family and business while navigating... -
Marico (B): Professionalizing (Separate but Still Joined at the Hip)
Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details This caselet continues the story of the Mariwala family business, focusing on the transition of the consumer division into Marico Ltd. As family members... -
Marico (C): David and Goliath (Separating Ownership and Management, and Going Public)
Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details This caselet captures a critical turning point in the Marico journey as the joint ownership and separate management model collapses due to a breach of...
