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Courage

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On the Importance of International Women’s Day … and Why It Is Important to Me

Prof. Dr. Christopher Weilage March 4, 2022

According to the International Women’s Day (2022) website, the day “is a global day about celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating […]

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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 […]

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: MBS Professor Dr. Bergfeld’s Concepts Influence How Asian Business Families Innovate to Survive the 3rd Generation Curse

March 11, 2019

Dr. Marc-Michael Bergfeld, Professor for Family Business at Munich Business School, frequently speaks at international business family gatherings and advises leading business families globally. Now, his thought-leading work and the subsequent influence of his conceptual […]

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Courage News: Presenting at the Family Enterprise Research Conference 2018

June 14, 2018

Munich Business School was present again at the 14th Family Enterprise Research Conference, this year hosted at Universidad Panamericana in Guadalajara, Mexico. MBS Family Business expert Johannes Ritz presented two research projects of the Courage […]

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Courage News: 4th International Family Business Summit in Ecuador

June 13, 2018

For the 4th time already, the Courage Center for Global Family Firms at Munich Business School hosted the International Family Business Summit in Ecuador from June 5 to 7. Over 300 local business families participated […]

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Courage News: 4th International Family Business Summit in Ecuador Organized by Courage Group/MBS

May 8, 2018

Since 2014, a strategic alliance between the Courage Group – through the Courage Center of Global Family Firms at Munich Business School – and the Ecuadorian-German Chamber of Industries has been in force, with the […]

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