Over 80% of the businesses in the United States are family-owned and managed. From the corner deli or barbershop to global empires in brewing, media, and cleaning products, family businesses embody the entrepreneurial spirit that drives innovation and economic growth and that represents the...

This is the last case in a series that is appropriate for entrepreneurship and small-business management courses. At issue is how to balance personal financial needs of stockholders in a family business with the business's need for capital. The problems of how to include family shareholders who...

This is the third case in a series that is appropriate for courses in entreneurship and small-business managment. It presents common issues that often arise in situations regarding the choice of a successor to run the family business, including the founder's reluctance to "let go," sibling...

This case is suitable for courses in entrepreneurship and managing small or family business. It is a follow up to the ENT-0123 case and raises further issues about family demands for larger dividends, family business investing in family member businesses, whether family members should have a way...