Most articles or speeches about family businesses start with some version of the “three-generation rule,” which suggests that most don’t … More
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New Ideas in Family Firms
The New Ideas in Family Firms Academic – Practitioner Conference, co-hosted online with Columbia’s Global Family Enterprise Program and INSEAD’s … More
Essentials for Beneficiaries
Written by adjunct professor and managing director Patricia Angus, who has more than 25 years’ experience working with families to … More
ESG Investing for Family Offices
ESG investing is here to stay. In this article, Professor and Managing Director Patricia Angus and Senior Associate Director, Camille … More
What’s the relationship between emotions and health in a family?
To reconcile empirical inconsistencies in the relationship between emotionally-negative families and daughters’ abnormal eating, this article hypothesizes a critical moderating … More
How does paid family leave impact father’s leaves and dual-earner households?
This paper provides evidence on the impact of paid leave legislation on fathers’ leave-taking, as well as on the division … More
Grandma Knows Best
How does family interaction impact age of autism spectrum disorder diagnosis? This pilot study, conducted by Professor Nachum Sicherman and … More
How do equal opportunity and family-friendly policies impact women in the labor market?
Although the gender wage gap in the U.S. has narrowed, women’s career trajectories diverge from men’s after the birth of … More
What is a family office?
Columbia’s Global Family Enterprise Program asked world-renowned family advisor Kathryn McCarthy to explain how family offices serve families.