EFB Expert Group
EFB summarizes the European Commission’s Report of the Expert Group on Family Businesses.
EFB EU2020 position paper
EFB gives its position on the Commission’s EU 2020 strategy.
Family Business in the Netherlands: Characteristics and Success Factors
A study presenting the characteristics and success factors of family businesses in the Netherlands.
FBs in the News: The Five Attributes of Enduring Family Businesses
McKinsey’s Christian Caspar, Ana Karina Dias, and Heinz-Peter Elstrodt abalyse what a family business needs in order to guarantee long term development and success
Blood ties serve business well during the crisis
FT article describing how the financial crisis has affected family businesses.
Communication on the Transfer of Business
1998 Commission follow up on 1994 recommendations concerning gift and inheritance tax.
Commission Recommendation on the Transfer of Business
Commission’s recommendations to support the transfer of SMEs.
FBs in the News: Why Family Firms are the Business
The Independant’s Helen Brown investigates the ups and downs of being part of a family business.
Family-run businesses more robust
This article describes the strengths of a Family-run businesses compared to other companies, and how they have reacted to the current recession.
Keeping kin in the firm
The concept of “emotional ownership” and the attachment of families to their businesses.