It is an absolute rarity that a master’s thesis receives the highest grade and is even picked up by one of the leading business magazines on the day of the final presentation. MBS student in […]
The newly conceived MBS International Week, which was supposed to bring together various international partner universities at Munich Business School for a joint lecture series, had to be cancelled last year due to the outbreak […]
The fact that Munich Business School approaches business management from a holistic perspective is certainly no secret. Consider, for instance, Success Happiness Factor and Conscious Business, two popular and firmly established (elective) courses in the university’s master’s […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Dr. Marc-Michael H. Bergfeld, Professor of Global Family Business at Munich Business School, spoke at the 21st edition of the Family Business Australia’s National Conference in Melbourne, Australia. Family Business Australia is the country’s leading association […]
On the 31st of July the Courage Institute organized a Family Business Seminar in Cuenca together with the German-Ecuadorian Chamber of Industriy and Commerce (www.ahkecuador.org.ec) and the local Chamber of Industry (www.industriascuenca.org.ec). The event that […]
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 […]
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, […]
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, […]
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 […]
Our MBA groups spend their International Week at SDA Bocconi School of Management. Getting cutting edge knowledge and skills development around International Management, including site visits to Lamborghini and a Parmigiano Reggiano factory. Their cheese […]
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? What can the unique Japanese approach […]
The MBS Master International Week is one proof that internationality is not only taught, but also actively put into reality at Munich Business School. This year, the event that features several distinguished guest lecturers from […]
The MBA General Management students of MBS have just returned from their International Week in Singapore. Hosted by Singapore Management University (SMU), one of MBS’ partner universities, the students enjoyed a week full of exciting […]
It is this time of the year again when the MBS MBA General Management students take off to Singapore for their second MBA International Week at the renowned Singapore Management University. On their first day […]
As reported here, a team of MBS Master International Business students participated in the Family Enterprise Case Competition (FECC 2017), hosted by Grossman School of Business, a University of Vermont department. Contending in the competition […]
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 […]
On Friday, Munich Business School hosted a Christmas Dinner for Family Business leaders and entrepreneurs from the MBS universe. About 50 alumni and current students with family business and entrepreneurial backgrounds had come to the […]
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 […]
“As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others” – this is how Bill Gates has once described the future of leadership. A well-known definition by a man who […]
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