Materials
Browse articles, interviews and research from the Family Business Research Programme
Executive summaries of our reports and research
- Emotional Ownership: The Critical Pathway between the Next Generation and the Family Firm (PDF, 880KB)
- Ready, willing and able: the next generation in family business, 2007 (PDF, 59KB)
- Leadership, culture and change in UK family firms, 2003 (PDF, 163KB)
- Highlights from the Family Business Leadership Inquiry 2005 (PDF, 210KB)
- The London Business School/FFI family business advisors and educators survey report (PDF, 142KB)
Selected book chapters & articles
- Björnberg, Å. & Coyle-Shapiro, J. (2009). The role of exchange and communal processes in understanding co-entrepreneurial relationships. Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings, Entrepreneurship Division. August, 2009, Chicago, Ill.
- Nicholson, N. & Björnberg, Å. (2008). 'The shape of things to come - Emotional ownership and the next generation in the family firm'. In: J. Tapies & J. Ward (Eds.) Family values and family creation. How do family-owned businesses foster enduring values? London: Palgrave.
- Nicholson, N. (2008). Evolutionary psychology, corporate culture and family business. Academy of Management Perspectives, 22, 73-84.
- Nicholson, N. (2008). Evolutionary psychology and family business: A new synthesis for theory, research and practice. Family Business Review, 21: 103-118.
- Nicholson, N. (2008). Succession for Success. Business Executive.
- Nicholson, N. (2008). Blood ties. Management Today, March, 53-60
- Björnberg, Å. & Nicholson, N. (2007). Family climate: The development of a new measure for use in family business research. Family Business Review, 20, 3, 229-246.
- Nicholson, N. & Björnberg, Å. (2006).'Critical leader relationships in family firms'. In: P. Poutziouris, K.X. Smyrnios & S. B. Klein (Eds.). Handbook of Research on Family Business. Cheltenham (UKJ) and Northampton (Mass.): Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Shams, M. & Björnberg, Å. (2006). 'Issues in Family Business: an International Perspective'. In: P. R. Jackson & M. Shams (Eds.) Developments in Work and Organizational Psychology: Implications for International Business. London: Elsevier.
- Nicholson, N. & Björnberg, Å. (2004). 'Evolutionary psychology and the family firm: structure, culture and performance'. In S. Tomaselli & L. Melin (Eds.), Family Firms in the Wind of Change. Research Forum Proceedings, IFERA, Lausanne.
Articles from the Families in Business Magazine
- The story of leadership in family firms by Professor Nigel Nicholson and Asa Bjornberg, Mar-April 2006 (PDF, 11.02 MB)
- Teamwork is a better way forward for the company by Professor Nigel Nicholson, Sept-Oct 2005 (PDF, 600 KB)
- Debate and transparency are key to good decisions by Professor Nigel Nicholson, July-Aug 2005 (PDF, 1.50 KB)
- Set your thermostat on low and see your firm flourish by Professor Nigel Nicholson, May-Jun 2005 (PDF, 864 KB)
- Family ties - binding, bonding or breaking? by Professor Nigel Nicholson, Mar-Apr 2005 (PDF, 640 KB)
- Culture - don't reach for your gun! by Professor Nigel Nicholson, Jan-Feb 2005 (PDF, 1.41 KB)
- Leadership in family business - the what, who and how by Professor Nigel Nicholson, Nov-Dec 2004 (PDF, 640 KB)
- Familiness - fatal flaw or inimitable advantage? by Professor Nigel Nicholson and Asa Bjornberg, Mar-Apr 2004 (PDF, 1.36 MB)
- Beyond the gene lottery - leadership in family firms by Professor Nigel Nicholson, Apr 2002 (PDF, 9.89 MB)
Online articles
- LIFBRI: The Leadership in Family Business Research Initiative at London Business School by Nigel Nicholson, Professor of Organisational Behaviour, and Asa Bjornberg, in the Academy of Management Management Consulting Division Newsletter, Summer 2005 (PDF, 620KB).
- Keeping your business in the family by Professor Nigel Nicholson, BBC online, July 2003
Interviews
Action research from the IFB National Conferences
Family Business Honours reports & case studies
The Family Business Research Programme at London Business School is associated with the JPMorgan Private Bank & IFB Family Business Honours Programme. The reports and case studies on the awarded family companies are listed below:
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2009 winners
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2008 winners
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2006 winners
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2005 winners
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2004 winners
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2003 winners
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