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Global Family Business Center

Enabling families to build a stronger family business ecosystem by addressing their societal, business, ownership, family, and individual strategies and well-being.

Global Family Business Center

Enabling families to build a stronger family business ecosystem by addressing their societal, business, ownership, family, and individual strategies and well-being.

Established in 1988, we are a world-leading center of excellence in research, education, and outreach for family enterprises globally. We help family businesses, their boards, and executives become the best version of themselves to ensure family unity and multi-generational success. The IMD Global Family Business Center’s work informs a series of open educational programs in addition to a more customized approach focusing on the needs of your family, ownership group, or business.

Featured research & insights

Our research and in-depth thought leadership content is informed by the work we have done over the last 30 years with many of the world’s leading families and enterprises.

What impact does mental health have on the family enterprise ecosystem?

by Elizabeth Tetzlaff, Peter Vogel, Peter Jaskiewicz

Carvajal: Building a holistic family enterprise

By Peter Vogel and Anouk Lavoie Orlick

Why a family charter can ‘minimize misunderstanding’
Why a family charter can ‘minimize misunderstanding’

Marleen Dieleman speaks with Dato’ Yong Yoon Li and Chen Tien Yue

Featured book

Family Office Navigator

In today’s complex world, family offices play a pivotal role in safeguarding a family’s heritage and unity while preserving and growing generational wealth. As the world around us evolves, so too must family offices adapt to meet the changing needs of their families. Family Office Navigator is your essential guide for establishing and managing a family office, equipping you with practical frameworks and actionable insights for every step of your journey.

News & events
OWP program
How to successfully do business with Asian family firms

Marleen Dieleman, Peter Lorange Chair in Family Business at IMD, shared her extensive knowledge of family businesses in Asia on Day 2 of OWP Singapore.

 

 

Research
New global partnership to study mental health and implications on business families

The Global Family Business Center (GFBC) at IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland and the Family Enterprise Legacy Institute (FELI) at the Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa, Canada – in collaboration with Family Business Network (FBN) – are pleased to announce a new research partnership focused on the implications of enterprising families’ mental health on the family and business. 

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