Surveys and Perspectives

Recent Surveys on Family Business

• American Family Business Survey, 2007 The current survey in a series started in 1993, the American Family Business Survey continues to raise visibility about the unique features of family businesses and their professional advisors in the press and in the general public. Sponsored by Family Firm Institute/ MassMutual Financial Group/Kennesaw State University
• Australia's Top 100 Family Firms, 2008, Deakin University
• The UK Family Business Sector by Capital Management on behalf of the Institute for Family Business 2008
• Connecticut Family Business Survey  focusing on Connecticut family businesses, conducted by t he University of Connecticut in conjunction with the Connecticut Business & Industry Association.
• MGI New Zealand Family & Private Business Survey 2006
• Laird Norton Tyee Family to Family Survey 2008
• Life Cycles of the UK Family Business, Credit Suisse, 2008
• Making a Difference:  A US Perspective The PricewaterhouseCoopers Family Business Survey 2007/08
• Wealth Insights Volume 8: Family Business: In Safe Hands?, Barclays Wealth & the Economist Intelligence Unit, 2009
• Natural Philanthropists:  Findings of the Family Business Philanthropy and  Social Responsibility Inquiry Institute for Family Business 2009
• The Family Business Survey, ICFIB & Praxity 2008/2009
• KPMG and Family Business Australia Survey of Family Businesses 2009
• The MassMutual FamilyPreneurship Study:  What every entrepreneur wants to know about being in business with a family member (2010).
• Who are America's Oldest Family Businesses?
• The World's Oldest Family Companies
• America's 150 Largest Family Businesses
• The World's 250 Largest Family Businesses

Selected Articles on Family Business

Family Businesses' Contribution to the U.S. Economy:  A Closer Look (Myths & Realities revisted and updated), Family Business Review, 2003

Myths & Realities:  Family Businesses' Contribution to the US Economy - A Framework for Assessing Family Business Statistics, Family Business Review, 1996

Megatrends in Family Business, Family Business Review, 1998

Rough Corporate Justice, Family Business Review, 1998

Stages and Transitions:  Managing Change in the Family Business, Family Business Review, 1999
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You can find a list of the top downloaded articles from Family Business Review in 2009 here and 2008 here.