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AbstractWe were delighted to welcome Adel A. Alsuhaimi, Author, CEO,  Senior Consultant, Adel Alsuhaimi Business Bureau (AABB), KSA, as our keynote speaker. Adel Alsuhaimi has recounted his family’s story in the book "Semm Yubah – An Arabian Son’s Journey" (AABB...

AbstractFamily businesses are neither standard nor universal business organizations that operate without historical context. Families vary within the same territory over time, and so do the businesses in which they invest. The respective economical, political, and...

AbstractWe were delighted to welcome fourth-generation family business member Abdulrahman AlBassam, as our keynote speaker. During the session, Abdulrahman shared about his family business history and discussed his own role in following a rich legacy. Abdulrahman also...

AbstractNehmeh is a trading and manufacturing group of companies focused on providing industrial solutions with its roots dating back to 1955 in Doha, Qatar by its Lebanese founder Antoine Nehme. Following their slogan “We treasure the past. We celebrate the present....

AbSTRACTHistory is pervasive in family business settings, where values, beliefs, narratives, and artifacts of the founding family are handed down from generation to generation. The history of a family and its business, therefore, pervades family business goals,...

AbstractOur publications consist of a series of case studies which explore the historical evolution of selected leading family businesses in the MENASA region.The historical narratives shed a light on the businesses' multi-generational quest for longevity in spite of...

The Family Business Histories project is delighted to welcome Dr. Andrea Schneider-Braunberger for our upcoming webinar. Andrea is CEO of the Gesellschaft für Unternehmensgeschichte (GUG) (Business History Society), established in 1976.

AbstractFamily Business Histories publications consist of a series of case studies which explore the historical evolution of selected leading family businesses in the MENASA region.The historical narratives shed a light on the businesses' multi-generational quest for...

AbstractOur publications consist of a series of case studies which explore the historical evolution of selected leading family businesses in the MENASA region.The historical narratives shed a light on the businesses' multi-generational quest for longevity in spite of...

AbstractThe NYUAD Global Asia Initiative is an interdisciplinary network of faculty working on Asia in global, connected frameworks.It is a platform for scholars to come together to discuss each other’s work, host talks by external speakers, or collaborate on...