Morten Bennedsen is the André and Rosalie Hoffmann Chaired Professor of Family Enterprise at INSEAD and Academic Director of the Wendel International Centre for Family Enterprise. He is a contributing faculty member to the INSEAD Corporate Governance Centre and is co-author of the book The Family Business Map: Assets and Roadblocks in Long-Term Planning (Palgrave Macmillan 2014).
The obstacles Peugeot, Kikkoman, Tata Group and other iconic global family firms learned to overcome. Chinese family firms are a force for change in China,...
A good insight into some of the challenges facing family firms and the family dynamics that promote smooth transfer to the next generation. Forty years...
Hiring non-family executives helps ensure longevity, but it requires strategic finesse. Next-generational succession is one of the main challenges facing family businesses globally today. Owner-man......
For those involved in the management of the family firm beware that staying true to your roots can foster inertia when innovation is most necessary....
Morten Bennedsen takes a look at family business longevity, some of the challenges and the need for owners to step back. Too much centralised control puts...
Morten Bennedsen, INSEAD Professor of Economics and Political Science shares some lessons from the UK’s oldest privately owned bank, which has been in the same...