Welcome!


I am delighted to share with you the latest issue of our newsletter, 'Family Business Briefs.' This issue contains some riveting facts and information about family businesses that you may find interesting. The briefs have been organized into the following sections:

- Summaries of research articles on Family Firm Franchisors, R&D Decisions, and Development of Socioemotional Wealth within Next-Generation Members
- Summary of a family business case on Dabur
- Inspirations from the life of K. P. Paul
- Interesting insights on Sudarshan Chemical Industries
- Infographic on Market Valuation Trends of Family and Non-Family Firms in India

Please also find below, the link to my recent article in the Harvard Business Review Ascend.

Making Career Choices - Should you Join the Family business or Work Elsewhere First?

We hope that you will find these insightful and stimulating.

I encourage you to send your feedback and share suggestions about something interesting and relevant, which you may want us to include in future.

Best regards,
Ram

Kavil Ramachandran, PhD
Professor & Executive Director
Thomas Schmidheiny Centre for Family Enterprise
Indian School of Business


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