Volume 2 · Issue 1 · 2026
Governance, succession and the decisions that keep responsibility visible.
A note to the reader
Read original research alongside separately attributed practical companions. Source findings and proposed practices are different kinds of evidence; every article retains its original attribution and publication date.
Contents
1–12 of 47 articles
Governance & succession · Research source
Muhammad Kamal Subhani; Marie Mikušová; Lech Nierostek
Future Business Journal · 2026-02-16 · CC BY 4.0
Informs bounded delegation, technology experimentation and next-generation development in family-owned portfolio companies.
Governance & succession · Research source
Mengjuan Ling; Xiaoting Wang; Mingjun Wang
Future Business Journal · 2026-01-02 · CC BY 4.0
Helps family offices assess execution capacity when operating companies diversify and expand internationally at the same time.
Governance & succession · Research source
Vasco M. C. E. Prazeres; Fernando A. F. Ferreira; Neuza C. M. Q. F. Ferreira; João J. M. Ferreira; Ieva Meidutė-Kavaliauskienė
Journal of Family and Economic Issues · 2024-08-23 · CC BY 4.0
Provides a structured basis for making succession dependencies, decision rights and learning tasks inspectable.
Governance & succession · Research source
Francesco Debellis; Michele Pinelli; Marcel Hülsbeck; Anne Heider
Small Business Economics · 2023-03-09 · CC BY 4.0
Helps family offices evaluate board capability rather than relying on ownership percentages when overseeing cross-border operating investments.
Governance & succession · Research source
Dominik van Aaken; Maximilian Göbel; Daniel Meindl
Schmalenbach Business Review · 2020-04-24 · CC BY 4.0
Provides a governance lens for separating advisory value from independent oversight in family-controlled operating assets.
Governance & succession · Research source
Rolf Wilmes; Leif Brändle; Andreas Kuckertz
Small Business Economics · 2023-12-22 · CC BY 4.0
Informs practical next-generation learning assignments with explicit resources and protection for existing operating obligations.
Governance & succession · Research source
Cristina Cruz; Hana Milanov; Judit Klein
Journal of Business Ethics · 2023-06-03 · CC BY 4.0
Informs coherent stewardship across family foundations and operating companies while preserving distinct purposes and accountability.
Governance & succession · Research source
Stefanie Einhorn; Xaver Heinicke; Thomas W. Guenther
Journal of Business Economics · 2020-10-03 · CC BY 4.0
Helps family offices evaluate whether operating-company controls work together rather than adding disconnected reporting tools.
Governance & succession · Research source
Anna Hogan; Jessica Gerrard; Elisa Di Gregorio
The Australian Educational Researcher · 2022-04-20 · CC BY 4.0
Informs family-foundation education grant design, recipient dignity, access and accountability.
Governance & succession · Research source
Evelyn Stommel; Nicole Gottschalck; Andreas Hack; Kimberly A. Eddleston; Franz Kellermanns; Nils Kraiczy
Small Business Economics · 2024-02-22 · CC BY 4.0
Informs investment-committee discussion, behavioral awareness and transparent decision rationales.
Governance & succession · Research source
Keratiloe Sishoma Mogotsi; Tyler Dale Hauger
VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations · 2024-11-11 · CC BY 4.0
Informs family-foundation grant governance, community authority and accountability for participation claims.
Governance & succession · Research source
Muhammad Umar Boodoo; Irene Henriques; Bryan W. Husted
Journal of Business Ethics · 2021-04-10 · CC BY 4.0
Informs geographic need and access audits for family-foundation health portfolios without claiming demonstrated health impact.