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Barbara Murray

September 1, 2003

There is nothing like working with real family businesses to keep you in touch with the challenges they face

Suzy Bibko is Editor-in-Chief of Families in Business magazine.

There is nothing like working with real family businesses to keep you in touch with the challenges they face

Dr Barbara Murray, founding director of the Centre for Family Enterprise (CFE) at Glasgow Caledonian University in Scotland has recently been appointed as Executive Director of the Family Business Network (FBN). In the coming year, she hopes to awaken the 'sleeping giant' and put into practice what the FBN preaches.

Family business in Honduras

April 1, 2003

Honduras is pulling itself up by its own bootstraps from being a third world state and demonstrating that it can manage the first world’s forces of globalisation

Barbara Murray is Consultant Editor of Families in Business magazine.

Honduras is pulling itself up by its own bootstraps from being a third world state and demonstrating that it can manage the first world's forces of globalisation

Editor’s note

April 1, 2003

We set out to significantly raise awareness of, and respect for, family entrepreneurship around the world. Barbara Murray passes the editorial baton to Suzy Bibko, and reviews the progress Families in Business has made since its launch

The approaches to growth

January 1, 2003

Growth is a relative thing, and achieving growth means different things to different families and their businesses.

The value of family business networking

September 1, 2002

As a young researcher over 10 years ago, I remember feeling a little perplexed when family business leaders and family business successors I interviewed described life in the business as “lonely”.

As a young researcher over 10 years ago, I remember feeling a little perplexed when family business leaders and family business successors I interviewed described life in the business as "lonely".

At first, it seemed strange to hear that people who were working with their family, who were in charge of their own business and masters of their own destiny were feeling lonely? What on earth did that mean? The next question was irresistible: Why?

Family business – the debate continues

June 1, 2002

In the last three months, my travels in the family business world have taken me to events in Trier, Paris and Chicago, so I have covered a lot of ground in the pursuit of learning and sharing new family business knowledge. But I think I have covered some new ground, too. I'm referring to what might be at the root of the polarized perceptions that family business observers hold about what "family business" is and what it stands for.

Progress in the family business world

April 1, 2002

It’s a good idea, every now and again, to look back in time and reflect on how far things have come or to pause and think about where things appear to be heading.

It's a good idea, every now and again, to look back in time and reflect on how far things have come or to pause and think about where things appear to be heading. The world of family business is no exception.

Facing challenges in family business

February 1, 2002

The evening of Friday, 5th October 2001 in Rome was warm and sultry, reminiscent of long summer evenings in the capital.

The evening of Friday, 5th October 2001 in Rome was warm and sultry, reminiscent of long summer evenings in the capital. The plazas were full of people in their finery absorbing the history and beauty of the capital along with the food, wine and culture that is distinctively Italian and so typically Roman.

Setting the record straight about family business

January 1, 2002

Welcome to the first edition of Families in Business. This is the first international magazine dedicated to the special interests of business owning families.