Publications

Antifragility: What is it and how does it relate to family businesses?

17.03.2021 | Author: Markus Weishaupt | Reading time: 11 minutes

Beyond the world of stock markets, there is the huge economic subsystem of family businesses in which the following question arises: Is it possible that family businesses not only survive crises, but are actually strengthened by them?...

What does the Way Forward Look Like? A 9-point Program for the Survival of Family Businesses

27.02.2021 | Author: Markus Weishaupt | Reading time: 10 minutes

In times like these — defined only by a spectrum of uncertainty across our social, economic, ecological and political realities — many family businesses are asking themselves difficult questions about the future. At the end of the day, however, all these questions are fundamentally one; they all want to know, “What does the way forward look like?”....

10 Capital Succession Errors and 10 Ways to Avoid Them

31.08.2020 | Author: Markus Weishaupt | Reading time: 10 minutes

No competitor, technological disrupter or economic downturn is as great a threat to family business survival as the transition from one generation to the next. We know that on average only two-thirds of family businesses make it to the second generation, and with each subsequent generation, that ratio continues to fall. Only thirty per cent of...

Learning From Crises: 7 Steps to Multigenerational Sustainability Through the Storm

21.05.2020 | Author: Markus Weishaupt | Reading time: 8 minutes

I remember the first few years after the 2008 financial crisis, the hardships that both people and companies had to endure: bankruptcies, unemployment and tragedy for millions of family businesses around the world. Many lost out because of this disruption, but there were also some winners. With the sobering distance of...

Before it's too Late: Five Signs that you Need to Change your Family Business Model

21.06.2019 | Author: Markus Weishaupt | Reading time: 10 minutes

Successful family enterprises are different. Not only do they live the family business model on a foundational level, but they live this model without compromise. That said, adaptability always plays a factor in family business success; the best solutions are continuously and strategically reviewed to allow for their improvement. Here are five signs indicating that the family business model needs reconsideration:...

The DNA of a Successful Family Business – Tharawat Magazin

03.11.2018 | Author: Markus Weishaupt | Reading time: 10 minutes

What makes a family business radically different? Family businesses have now reached a broad public awareness. Finally. 75% of all companies in Europe are family enterprises, which account for almost half of the gross domestic product and account for 50% of all jobs. The macroeconomic importance is just as evident as the social and societal...