To assist Family Businesses in the recovery process in the late stages of the Covid-19 crisis, the Courage Center of Global Family Business at Munich Business School has combined the best research in the fields of recovery […]
The MBS family is a big-one: Spread all over the world, diverse at a maximum, and most importantly: Always caring. Over the last five weeks, the Courage Center at Munich Business School has provided family […]
To assist Family Businesses in the current situation, the Courage Center of Global Family Business at Munich Business School has combined the best research in the fields of Crisis Management and Family Business Resilience, and […]
The Courage Center at Munich Business School runs two pro bono projects to support family businesses during the Covid-19 crisis. At the HelpLine, Senior and Next Generation owners of family businesses can request a free-of-charge […]
A recent research project at MBS’s Courage Center of Global Family Firms analysed the wealth creation and management situation of German top-athletes through personal interviews and expert discussions with the goal of shedding light on […]
Marc-Michael Bergfeld, Professor of Global Family Business at MBS and Founder of the Courage Center of Global Family Business at MBS, and Patrick Bohrer, Serial Entrepreneur and Master Alumnus of MBS and the Family Business […]
Over the course of the last 11 years, Courage has discussed with business families from around the globe. Many of these discussions went well beyond the mere operationalization of single topics, into directions that touched […]
Recent years have experienced a significant growth of High-Net-Worth Individuals (HNWI) and Ultra-High-Net-Worth Individuals (UHNWI). First-mentioned are believed to possess investable assets of at least US$ 3 million, while the latter ones about US$ 30 […]
For a long time, private equity funds and family businesses have been like water and fire. The private equity funds were the bad guys, said the family businesses, and the family businesses were the targets, […]
The following article is an excerpt of Bergfeld/ Bannys/ Bergfeld (2017): Resilient Family Business Systems. Achieving Longevity by Aligning Portfolio Strategies with Family Capabilities, to be presented at the Academy of Management Conference 2017, a […]
How do some family companies go on for centuries while others die early? What is the secret of a long corporate life? Is there an influence played by culture? And what can the unique Japanese […]
How a Deep Conversation about “Happiness” Can Nurture Constructive Discussions about Succession Planning between Senior Generations and the Generation Y A paradox is a sentence in logic that cannot be true but also cannot be […]
Every once in a while we come across an inspirational presentation that makes us reflect. The Commencement speech given by Admiral William H. McRaven at the University of Texas in 2014 based on his experience […]
“Made in Germany” is successful as never before. It would be fatal, however, to rest on these laurels. A wake-up call by Dr. Kay Segler and Prof. Dr. Marc-Michael Bergfeld. Just ask Roger Federer, what […]
It was an interview that caused a stir: Oliver Samwer, CEO of Rocket Internet AG and one of the three Samwer brothers, who control a multitude of shareholdings in the Internet with their fund “Global […]
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