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International Women's Day: What research says about women in family businesses

March 8, 2013

Today is International Woman's Day and to celebrate CampdenFB is taking a look at the research released over the last year that shows the growing importance of women in family businesses and to the global economy as a whole.

Why Chinese next-gens can learn from family business founders

February 22, 2012

Family businesses in China might not be as old as their western counterparts – Chinese family firms are just nine years old on average – but there is plenty of opportunity for next-gens to learn from founding family members.

Tony Gao Hao, director of executive education at Tsinghua Alumni Association, part of the Tsinghua University, reckons that despite numerous challenges in the Asian country, family businesses in China are powering ahead.

Entrepreneurs are job creators, says report

July 28, 2011

Entrepreneurs around the world have seen buoyant growth in their profits, adding more employees to their firms, according to new research.

The Global Entrepreneur Indicator, which surveyed 1,200 entrepreneurs worldwide, found that almost 60% of them have increased their workforce, up from 42% a year ago. Entrepreneurs have also seen a rise in profits in the six months before the end of May – 60% said their profits rose.

How Russia's entrepreneurs deal with succession and wealth management

May 26, 2010

The image of Russian entrepreneurs in the popular press may be of rapacious capitalists with a penchant for huge yachts and modern art, but the reality is somewhat more complex according to a new report by UBS/Campden Research, writes Marc Smith.

New research gives exclusive insights into Russia's wealth creators

May 26, 2010

A new report released today by UBS and Campden Research reveals exclusive, in-depth insights into the views of Russia’s leading entrepreneurs about the critical issues that they, their businesses and their families will face in the next five years.

A new report released today by UBS and Campden Research reveals exclusive, in-depth insights into the views of Russia's leading entrepreneurs about the critical issues that they, their businesses and their families will face in the next five years.

Russian entrepreneurs enter a new dawn

May 5, 2010

Marc Smith spoke to UBS’s Martha Bigliardi about family business and family wealth in Russia, and what she is advising entrepreneurs to do as they look to the twin challenges of succession planning and wealth management

Marc Smith spoke to UBS's Martha Bigliardi about family business and family wealth in Russia, and what she is advising entrepreneurs to do as they look to the twin challenges of succession planning and wealth management.

Research reveals the challenges facing Russia's entrepreneurs

May 5, 2010

The UBS/Campden Research Russian Entrepreneurs Report provides a unique insight into the critical issues facing entrepreneurs, their firms and their families, reports Katie Barker

The UBS/Campden Research Russian Entrepreneurs Report provides a unique insight into the critical issues facing entrepreneurs, their firms and their families, reports Katie Barker.

Newswire launched to tempt risk-seeking familes with investment opportunities

July 30, 2008

Wealthy families with an appetite for risk have a new service at their disposal that is designed to bring capital-starved entrepreneurs and their companies from around the world together with potential investors.

Growthwire, via their new new investment newswire www.growthwire.com, aims to put those start-up or early-stage companies who are finding it increasingly difficult to source funding in touch with growth and alternative fund managers as well as individual investors of substantial wealth.

New kids on the block entrepreneurs of the future

March 1, 2007

The make-up of the next generation of entrepreneurs is changing, according to a new study. Marc Smith investigates what the future looks like and asks what family businesses should be doing to keep up with the new competition

Marc Smith is deputy editor of Families in Business.

Yesterday they were middle-aged, white males born in a place you could find on a map. Tomorrow they are more likely to be under 25, female and hail from anywhere in the world. These are the entrepreneurs of the future and, if you're thinking that your industry isn't going to change much in the next 20 years, they could be your biggest competitors.

Europe - paradise found for entrepreneurs?

March 1, 2007

The rise of emerging economies in Eastern Europe has caught the eye of many an entrepreneur in recent times. Guy Clapperton assesses the current business environment for entrepreneurs across the continent, with particular reference to the East/West divide

Guy Clapperton is a freelance journalist based in the UK