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Courage News: Professor Bergfeld’s Study on Digital Competence in Boards Gets Featured by Family Capital

November 10, 2020

MBS Professor Marc-Michael Bergfeld published a report entitled Next Generation Family Business Boards for the Digital Future, which was researched and written at the Courage Center at Munich Business School together with the executive search and consultancy […]

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Courage News: MBS Professor Bergfeld voted “Top 100 Influencer” in Family Business

August 25, 2020

Family Capital, a London-based global publication for family businesses, family offices and family capital, surveyed the world of family enterprise in 2019 and distilled over 2000 answers into its’ first ever list of “Top 100 […]

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Courage News: MBS Professor Bergfeld and Lecturer Ritz Invited to Teach an Online Session for Universidad Francisco Marroquin and Tulane University

July 10, 2020

Marc-Michael Bergfeld, Professor for Global Family Business at Munich Business School, and Johannes Ritz, Lecturer of Family Business at Munich Business School, are invited to present their work of the Courage Center  on “Reimagining the Family […]

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Courage News: Outlook and Guiding Questions for Recovery of Family Businesses published

Prof. Dr. Marc-Michael Bergfeld, Alexander F. Bergfeld, Johannes Ritz June 18, 2020

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 […]

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Courage News: Supporting More Than 1000 Family Business Owners and Foundations Across Latin America in COVID-19 Times

Johannes Ritz, Prof. Dr. Marc-Michael Bergfeld, Vinzenz Obermaier April 30, 2020

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 […]

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Courage Contribution: Publishing a COVID-19 Guideline and Checklist for Family Businesses

Prof. Dr. Marc-Michael Bergfeld, Alexander F. Bergfeld, Johannes Ritz April 14, 2020

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 […]

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Courage News: Establishing Crisis HelpLine and ExpertLine for Family Businesses

Prof. Dr. Marc-Michael Bergfeld April 8, 2020

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 […]

Courage Contribution: 9 Steps of Wealth Creation & Management for High-Performance Athletes

Prof. Dr. Marc-Michael Bergfeld, Markus Abinger, Fabian Suele January 9, 2020

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 […]

Courage News: Global Week 2019 – Creating a Global Next Generation Leaders Community

October 24, 2019

20 highly exclusive speakers, and 50 participants from 18 countries – from Ecuador and the Dominican Republic to Europe and Singapore, Indonesia and China – created a unique global community. The 5-day “education adventure” took […]

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Courage Contribution: Legacies & Values – What Do These Words Actually Mean to Business Families, and Why Are They Relevant?

Prof. Dr. Marc-Michael Bergfeld June 27, 2019

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 […]

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Courage News: Global Week – an Exclusive Gathering of 80 Next Gen Leaders and World-Class Speakers by Courage & MBS

June 6, 2019

Since 2014, the strategic alliance between the Courage Partners Group – through the Courage Center of Global Family Firms – and Munich Business School has led to the creation of totally new forms of sharing knowledge […]

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Courage News: Family Businesses from Latin America at the Courage Center at MBS

November 2, 2017

Last week, a group of family entrepreneurs and top managers from Latin America visited the Courage Center at Munich Business School. The students came from Mexico, Ecuador, Colombia, Chile, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela and Peru, […]

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Courage News: Organizing the 3rd International Family Business Summit in Ecuador

June 2, 2017

For the 3rd consecutive year, the MBS Courage Center of Global Family Firms organized the International Family Business Summit in Ecuador on May 9th in Quito and on May 11th in Guayaquil. This year, apart […]

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Courage News: Hosting Next Generation Leaders from Ecuador

September 21, 2016

MBS and the Courage Center of Global Entrepreneurship & Family Firms have been training entrepreneurs from Ecuador on a regular basis. Last week, another group came to MBS for an intensive week full of highlights […]

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Courage News: Family Business Innovation Seminar for Latin America’s Next Generation Leaders

July 27, 2016

Last week, a group of Ecuadorian family entrepreneurs visited the Courage Center at Munich Business School for the second module of their Executive Certificate in Stability and Growth for Family Firms. MBS experts Prof. Dr. […]

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Courage News: Hosting the 2nd International Family Business Summit in Latin America

May 18, 2016

During May, three editions of the Cumbre Internacional de Empresas Familiares (International Summit of Family Business) took place in Ecuadoran cities Quito, Cuenca and Guayaquil. The events featured several MBS experts as speakers who shared […]

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Courage News: MBS Family Business Experts Presenting in Quito

May 3, 2016

Yesterday, the first event of the 2nd Family Business Summit in Ecuador series took part in Quito. Several MBS lecturers held speeches scrutinizing various entrepreneurial topics: Prof. Dr. Marc-Michael Bergfeld, Rafael de Cárdenas, Johannes Ritz […]

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Courage News: Educating Latin American MBA Students on Innovation “Made in Germany”

April 11, 2016

For the 4th consecutive year, the Courage Center at Munich Business School welcomed a group of MBA students from MBS’ partner university Universidad Internacional del Ecuador in Quito, Ecuador, for an intensive week on innovation. […]

Courage News: Innovation Certificate for Family Business Leader from Ecuador

March 27, 2015

A warm welcome to our guests from Ecuador who visit the MBS Courage Center to take part in an intensive course about Innovation, comprising company visits and workshops.

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