Case Study | Source | Industry | Geography | Topic |
Adams Funeral Home | Poza & Daugherty, 2004 | Funerals | Georgia, USA | Strategic management, merger analysis, sales promotion |
Alcoholes de Centroamerica, S.A. | NACRA - North American Case Research Association | Alcohol | Honduras | Entrepreneurship, conflicts management, family relationships, strategy |
Anderson Steel Service, Inc. | Harvard Business School | Steel products | Arizona, USA | Organizational change, hotel operations, international management |
Argentina Suites: A Case Study | NACRA - North American Case Research Association | Hotels | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Company management, family relationships |
Atherton Clothing Company | Harvard Business School | Apparel, retail trade | California, USA | Succession, valuation of the company |
Ayala Corporation | Harvard Business School | Banking, Telecommunications, Water | Philippines | Deciding what future business opportunities to pursue. |
Babbitt Ranches: Governance and Strategic Planning in a Family Business | Harvard Business School | Cattle ranching | Arizona, USA | Leadership, company management, succession, conflict and resolution |
Bentington Industries | Harvard Business School | Consulting and Engineering services | England | Family interaction, organizational behaviour/leadership |
Bhiwar Enterprises | Richard Ivey School of Business | Wholesale trade - non-durable goods | Kenya, Africa | Succession plan, conflict management |
Borrowing to Grow at Andrews Company | Poza & Daugherty, 2004 | Manufacturing | USA | Family business in the next generations |
Caso Conservas Diaz S.A. | Kellogg School of Management | Agriculture | Spain | Family relations, succession, company's shareholders |
Clemens Family Corporation | Iese Business School | Meat processing | Philadelphia, USA | Organizational change, family council, governance, board reorganization, succession |
Donald Salter Communications, Inc. | Kellogg School of Management | Broadcasting, Newspaper publishing | Idaho, USA | Asset management, motivation and incentives, business valuation |
Ed's Dilemma: Succession Planning at Niagara Paving | Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice | Asphalt paving | Buffalo, New York, USA | Succession planning |
Eu Yan Sang: Reviving a Traditional Family Business with Modern Business Principles | Stanford Business Case | Traditional Chinese medicine | Singapore | Growth, professionalization, family values, decline |
Families, Fortunes, and Footwear. Reaching Out to the Fourth Generation of Brazil’s Lupo S.A. | Stanford Business Case | Apparel | Brazil | Succession, exit |
Ford Motor Company's Value Enhancement Plan | Harvard Business School | Automotive | Michigan, USA | Balance values of the family with the expectations of a modern day corporation, succession planning |
Francisco de Narváez at Tía: Selling the Family Business | Harvard Business School | Retail trade | Argentina | Capital structure, cash, financial liquidity, business and shareholder relations |
From Swords to Ploughshares | INSEAD | Storage and transport | Minnesota, USA | Family business exit (selling process) |
George Barker | Harvard Business School | Real estate, rental & leasing | USA | Management succession, conflict management |
Goodwin Sporting Goods | Richard Ivey School of Business Foundation | Retail trade | USA | Leadership company management, performance evaluation, relationships |
Graham Family and the Washington Post Co. | Harvard Business School | Newspaper publishing | District of Columbia, USA | Succession planning, retirement, conflict resolution |
H.D. Chasen Company, Inc. | NACRA - North American Case Research Association | Industrial equipment | USA | Interpersonal communication, management succession, going public, family relationships |
Iggy's Bread of the World | Harvard Business School | Baking & bakeries | Massachusetts, USA | Succession planning |
Ireka Construction Berhad: A Chinese Family Business Goes Public | Richard Ivey School of Business Foundation | Construction | Malaysia | Growth, organizational culture, restructuring |
J.R. Pierce, Inc. | NACRA - North American Case Research Association | Pastry | Ohio, USA | Process of going from a private to a public company, change management processes |
Keddeg company: Succession to the Next Generation of Small Business | Kellogg School of Management | Aircraft | USA | Family business succession planning |
Kohler Co. | Harvard Business School | Manufacturing | Wisconsin, USA | Conflict management |
Metal Benders Industries, Inc.: The Accidental Entrepreneur | NACRA - North American Case Research Association | Metal industry | Maryland, USA | Family business, entrepreneurship, succession, shareholder value, leadership |
“My Dad or My Boss?” The Story of a Family Hotel | University of Padova, Alessandra Tognazzo | Hospitality | Italy | Family Business, Small & Medium-Sized Enterprises, Hospitality |
Nantucket Nectars | Harvard Business School | Beverages | Massachusetts, USA | Family ownership, valuation of the company (cash flow approach) |
Nantucket Nectars: The Exit | Harvard Business School | Beverages | Massachusetts, USA | Strategic management, leadership, turnaround management |
Northwest Security Services | Graduate School of Business, Stanford University | Security Alarm services | Washington, USA | Family business exit (selling process) |
Ottawa Devices, Inc. | Harvard Business School | Medical equipment & devices | Canada | Family business exit (selling process) |
Outstanding Outsider and the Fumbling Family | Harvard Business School | Food | Illinois, USA | Bring new family members into a business, asset diversification, division of ownership |
Pitcairn Family Heritage(R) Fund | Harvard Business School | Fund investments | Philadelphia, USA | Change management, management succession, retirement, conflict of interests |
Precista Tools AG | Harvard Business School | Machine tools | Switzerland | Succession, family ownership |
Prudence and Audacity: The House of Beretta | Harvard Business School | Arms | Brescia, Italy | Differences between controlled firms and held corporations, family firms' benefits and costs |
Salvatore Ferragamo, Spa. | Harvard Business School | Shoes and leather goods | Italy | Family ownership, conflict and resolution, succession |
Scholtes Waterservices | Richard Ivey School of Business Foundation | Horticultural | Holland | Growth of the firm, adapt to new market |
Sigma Motion, Inc. | Poza & Daugherty, 2004 | linear motion | Pennsylvania, USA | Changes and strategic planning, corporate governance, growth |
Simon Salvage Case: A Case of a Family Business | NACRA - North American Case Research Association | Scrap metal | New Jersey, USA | Succession, governance, communication, leadership |
Smit's Company | NACRA - North American Case Research Association | Chocolate | Michigan, USA | Succession, conflict management |
Stevenson Industries | Harvard Business School | Pumps & seals | Connecticut, USA | Transition in ownership, leadership |
The Agnellis and Fiat: Family Business Governance in a Crisis | Harvard Business School | Automotive | Italy | Governance, leadership, professionalization |
The Ambivalent CEO of the Construction Company | Poza & Daugherty, 2004 | Construction | Northeast, USA | Growth's strategies despite of limited resources |
The Cousins Tournament Case | Poza & Daugherty, 2004 | Electrical systems | California, USA | Succession, conflict management, management style, organizational culture |
The Ferre Media Group (Part A),(Pat B) | Poza & Daugherty, 2004 | News and cement business | Puerto Rico | No abstract/key words available |
The Fojtasek Companies and Heritage partners: March 1995 | Harvard Business School | Building materials | Texas, USA | No abstract/key words available |
The Fudge Cottage | NACRA - North American Case Research Association | Confectionery | Michigan, USA | No abstract/key words available |
The Harilela Enterprises: An Indian Family Business in Hong Kong | Kellogg School of Management | Hotels | Hong Kong | Family ownership, mergers and acquisitions, partnerships, succession, financial strategy |
The Khalil Abdo Group | Harvard Business School | Pharmaceuticals | Egypt | Valuation of a business, business exit (selling process) |
The New MBA | Poza & Daugherty, 2004 | Construction Sand and Gravel | Minnesota, USA | Ownership, family employment, management, leadership, governance and succession |
The Resort in Pueblo Family | Cox Family Enterprise Centre | Hotel | Arizona, USA | Family ownership |
The Son-In-Law | Poza & Daugherty, 2004 | Food (bakery) | Pennsylvania, USA | Succession issues during adverse events |
The Wen Group | Harvard Business School | Pharmaceuticals | Hong Kong | Crisis management, conflict management, corporate governance, leadership |
W.S. Darley & Co. - Sustaining Family Connections | Longenecker et al. (2011) | Fire-fighting and emergency services | Illinois, USA | Bringing family e business together, planning for succession |
Westbrook Farm | NACRA - North American Case Research Association | Farm | Indiana, USA | Investment evaluation, business decision making |
Weston Nurseries Inc. | Kellogg School of Business | Florists | Massachusetts, USA | Leadership strategy in a family business |
Zobele chemical industries) | Journal of Business Venturing | Chemical | Trento, Italy | Globalisation of a family firm, ownership and control |
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