News

• 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. 
• FBs in the News: Why Family Firms are the Business

  17 August 2009

  The Independant's Helen Brown investigates the ups and downs of being part of a family ... Read more
• Family-run businesses more robust

  28 February 2009

  This article describes the strengths of a Family-run businesses compared to other companies, and how ... Read more
• Keeping kin in the firm

  06 March 2008

  The concept of “emotional ownership” and the attachment of families to their businesses.