A list of websites you can visit to learn more about family businesses and entrepreneurship.*

Center for Family Enterprises

The Center for Family Enterprises is part of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. The center's focus "is on teaching, research and case writing about family business strategy, family business governance, family business succession, entrepreneurship in the family business, family foundations, family offices and family business culture."

"Challenges in Managing a Family Business" (PDF Document)

This is a paper in the U.S. Small Business Administrations's Management and Planning Series.

Family Business Magazine

Family Business Magazine calls itself "The Guide for Family Companies." Its website offers articles, newsletters, an adviser directory, and more.

Family Firm Institute (FFI)

FFI bills itself as "The International body for Family Business Professionals." The professional association advises family businesses and also conducts research on family business and family wealth.

"The History of Family Business, 1850-2000" (PDF Document)

This 2003 report is copyrighted by The Economic History Society and was published by the Cambridge University Press. It includes a discussion of the nature and structure, development, and role of family firms.

UMass Amherst Family Business Center (FBC)

The FBC "assists family companies to recognize common problems and find solutions to their unique challenges."

*If you click these links, you will be taken off the NBR website on PBS.org. NBR has no affiliation with these sites.