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Matriarch ascendancy

March 8, 2012

Are women better at running companies? Whatever the answer, there is little doubt that women are playing a bigger role in family businesses.

Dominique Hériard Dubreuil didn’t plan on joining the family business. As a drinks company, Rémy Cointreau operated in a male-dominated industry and she had three brothers – who seemed like natural successors in 1960s and 1970s France.

Profile: German family businesses

March 4, 2012

Family businesses are the driving force of Germany’s economy and behind much of its success as the second biggest exporter in the world. CampdenFB takes a look at some of the leading German family businesses in an interactive graphic.

Family businesses are the driving force of Germany’s economy and behind much of its success as the second biggest exporter in the world. They come in all shapes and sizes and include two of the country’s iconic car makers, Volkswagen and BMW.

But many of them are the famed Mittelstand companies – small and mid-sized firms, controlled by the founder or the founder’s family, that drive forward Germany’s economy, which is Europe’s largest.

Marie-Christine Coisne-Roquette: Excellence in leading

February 23, 2012

Marie-Christine Coisne-Roquette is one of the world’s top family business leaders. CampdenFB finds out what’s behind her success.

The right thing

February 21, 2012

Bob Rich, sportsman, author and chairman of one of the US’s biggest family-controlled food businesses, explains why ethics matter, family members can’t be complacent and why he'll never retire.

Sitting in his office one afternoon, Bob Rich received a frantic call from an employee. The man, tasked with heading up the family business’s operations in an emerging economy, had just spoken to border officials, who were demanding bribes to get Rich Products’ goods into the nation. The manager didn’t know what do to.

The yin and yang of family business profits

January 11, 2012

Dramatic profit rises or falls are relatively uncommon in family businesses thanks to their long-term approach, but two family-controlled businesses have gone against the grain this week, reporting results at the opposite ends of the spectrum.

Dramatic profit rises or falls are relatively uncommon in family businesses thanks to their long-term approach, but two family-controlled companies have gone against the grain this week, reporting results at the opposite ends of the spectrum.

In Europe, watchmaker Swatch Group, controlled by the Hayek family, said on 10 January that sales reached a record high of CHF7.14 billion (€5.89 billion) last year, up 21.7% at constant rates compared to 2010 figures.

Family businesses score big in luxury awards

November 15, 2011

Half of the winners at this year’s awards for British companies in the luxury industry were family businesses, with names such as Goring hotel group and department store Selfridges prominent.

Organised by Walpole, the non-profit lobby group for the British luxury sector, the awards ceremony saw five of the 10 awards going to family businesses.

The world's 50 fastest growing family businesses

November 10, 2011

The world economy may be suffering some serious problems, but many family businesses are growing faster than ever. Which family businesses are likely to challenge for the top positions in the years ahead? CampdenFB lists the top 50.

At the time of writing, traders’ screens around the world are turning a nasty shade of red. Stock markets are plummeting everywhere and there is much talk of developed economies slipping back into recession.

You would be forgiven for wondering if it might be a good time to retreat to a cave with a weapon and a crate of tinned food. But away from the trading floors, there is another story about the world economy - one that moves more slowly and involves fewer people panicking, and so gets less attention.

Profile: Australian family businesses

November 8, 2011

Small-scale businesses dominate Australia's family business sector, but the country was also the birthplace of some of the world's most famous family business names, such as Rupert Murdoch. CampdenFB takes a look at some of the leading Australian family businesses in an interactive graphic.

Small-scale businesses dominate Australia's family business sector, but the country was also the birthplace of some of the world's most famous family business names, such as Rupert Murdoch. However, unlike Europe and Asia, the country's family business history is relatively short. Lionel Samson & Sons, thought to be Australia's oldest continuing family business, is six generations old.

10 years of family businesses - from Aldi to Zegna

July 15, 2011

Ten years for a family business is no time at all – but when it comes to covering the subject there’s plenty to talk about during that time. To celebrate 50 issues of the magazine, CampdenFB presents an interactive graphic to reflect family businesses in their full glory.

Succession breeds success

July 8, 2011

Handing control of a family business over to the next generation is perhaps the biggest challenge facing any family business, and the way it is handled decides if a company will thrive or fail. Katie Barker, with an eye on 50 editions of FB, speaks to a number of family business luminaries on how they have dealt with succession.

The family Ford probably know a thing or two about succession. After all Bill Ford – the great-grandson of one of the main architects of global capitalism, Henry Ford – is the executive chairman of the company his illustrious predecessor founded more than 100 years ago.