Why family businesses are better equipped to deal with a fractured world

A large number of family businesses have committed themselves to sustainability, adopting an approach that aims to be both principled and long-term. Counterintuitively, it has brought them better financial returns than those of other firms over the last decade, as recent studies have confirmed.

European Family Business Barometer 7th edition

Today we launched the seventh edition of the European Family Business Barometer in partnership with KPMG Enterprise. Our survey, which received more than 1500 contributions from family companies across all the continent, underlines how family businesses are still growing.

The future is female: next generation women in family business part three

Family businesses are on course to be led by more women: while it is still far more common to see men at the top in family business, and the gender pay gap closes at a glacial pace, some research suggests that inequality is less acute within family-controlled companies than other businesses.

EFB Summit – Brussels 2018

EFB is happy to announce that registrations for the EFB Summit 2018 ” The New Europe: Family Business Perspective” are now open.  For more info about the event and the registration please visit our dedicated website. 

Vocational guidance and dual training

This report analyses youth unemployment from the point of view of the skill sets of the human capital as one of the key factors in a country’s competitiveness and social wellbeing. This fact is not new, but it takes on a more central role in a setting of globalisation and digitalisation, and where processes such […]

7th European Family Business Barometer

The 7th European Family Business Barometer is NOW open! Please join us and help strengthen the voice of family businesses across our continent. Please follow this link to begin the survey (in English).