News

• Understanding Family Businesses

  01 June 2012

  This document reports some of the actions which European Family Businesses supports
• Fostering Entrepreneurship

  01 August 2011

  This paper outlines EFB's view on how to foster entrepreneurship.
• EFB Fiscal Issues

  03 October 2010

  EFB describes the fiscal issues related to family businesses. 
• EFB Expert Group

  01 May 2010

  EFB summarizes the European Commission’s Report of the Expert Group on Family Businesses.
• EFB EU2020 position paper

  01 April 2010

  EFB gives its position on the Commission's EU 2020 strategy. 
• Family Business in the Netherlands: Characteristics and Success Factors

  25 January 2010

  A study presenting the characteristics and success factors of family businesses in the Netherlands.
• FBs in the News: The Five Attributes of Enduring Family Businesses

  01 January 2010

  McKinsey's Christian Caspar, Ana Karina Dias, and Heinz-Peter Elstrodt abalyse what a family business needs in ... Read more
• Blood ties serve business well during the crisis

  28 December 2009

  FT article describing how the financial crisis has affected family businesses.
• Commission Recommendation on the Transfer of Business

  01 December 2009

  Commission's recommendations to support the transfer of SMEs.
• Communication on the Transfer of Business

  01 December 2009

  1998 Commission follow up on 1994 recommendations concerning gift and inheritance tax.