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Generation to Generation: How to Save the Family Business

Harvard Business Review

Consider this: In the United States alone, family-owned businesses (FOBs) are responsible for 60% of total US employment and generate 78% of all new jobs. A similar percentage held advanced degrees: 75% of FOB directors and 77% of non-FOB directors. Furthermore, less than a quarter of FOB directors (vs. Director Profiles.

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How to Protect Your Professional Edge

Strategy Driven

Just click the fob on your keychain and listen for that telltale beep. Are we willing to risk our livelihoods on our ability to remember the kinds of details that determine our success? Please consider the environment before and after printing this article. If you can’t remember where you parked your car, it’s not a problem.

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