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Exploring the Family Business Histories Spotlight Series: Stories from MENASA family businesses
AbstractThe Family Business Histories Project proudly launched the Spotlights Series - a collection of 60 case studies, each documenting the history of a regional family business. www.familybusinesshistories.org/spotlights As a first-of-its-kind endeavor in the MENASA...
The Founding Story of the Alsuhaimi Group Holding
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...
Family Businesses in Emerging and Developed Countries: A Historical Perspective of the Different Pathways and Opportunities for the Future
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...
Tradition and Innovation – How a 100-year-old business legacy inspires entrepreneurship
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...
Family Heritage | The Nehmeh Group and How History Shapes the Future
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....
Family Business in Historical Perspective : An Interdisciplinary Conversation
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,...
Intergenerational Entrepreneurship in Algeria: NCA-Rouiba
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...
Family Businesses Responding to Crisis: A Historical Perspective
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.
The 60-Year Journey of the Almajdouie Group
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...
Exploring the 100 Year Legacy of the Jashanmal Group
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...
Port City Environments in Global Asia
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...
Global Perspectives on Family Capitalism
Abstract We were delighted to announce our inaugural lecture of the Family Business Histories lecture series with guest speaker Prof. Dr. Hartmut Berghoff from University of Göttingen, as part of the ongoing collaboration between New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD)...
The Founding Years
ABSTRACTAs part of the ongoing collaboration between Tharawat Family Business Forum and New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), we were delighted to announce our second joint event around family business history and legacy.This session explored some of the fascinating...
Capturing Entrepreneurial Heritage
ABSTRACTAs part of the ongoing collaboration between Tharawat Family Business Forum and New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), we were delighted to announce our first joint event around family business history and legacy.The program included an interactive workshop,...