RESOURCES
Resources
To better help you prepare for the Schlesinger Global Family Enterprise Case Competition, we have provided the practice cases below as well as several resources which you may find helpful in your preparations.
- De Agostini: Repurposing the Business & the Family [SG-FECC 2020 case]
- Pentland Group: A Family of Brands [SG-FECC 2020 case]
- Red Collar Group (A): Succession and Strategic Transformation [SG-FECC 2020 case]
- Red Collar Group (B): Succession and Strategic Transformation [SG-FECC 2020 case]
- Ruma’s Fruit and Gift Basket [SG-FECC 2013 case]
- Mid-State Trucking [SG-FECC 2013 case]
- Ed’s Dilemma (For teaching note, please send a note to Dita Sharma)
Family Business Case resources:
- Harvard Business Publishing: Several family business cases (and educator notes) are available through this link.
- North American Case Research Association – various family business cases available for purchase.
- In the Journal of Family Business Strategy, a published case study on CimberSterling, a family-owned airline from Denmark, that looks at how they dealt with increasing competitive and environmental pressures is available for purchase.
- Analyzing Family Business Cases: Tools and Techniques by Pramodita Sharma
Other materials: