CUHK Business School | Center for Family Business

Community Engagement

【Driscoll’s, the largest berry company in the world】

Driscoll’s is a prominent US company controlling almost 1/3 of the US$6 billion U.S. berry market, including 60% of the organic strawberry market, 46% of blackberries, 14% of blueberries, and nearl...

【Redefining Hong Kong Series 2024】

【From Banking Heiress to Coffee Heroine: The Inspiring Journey of Jennifer W. F. Liu】

We will build a conduit between Hong Kong and Shanghai so that families and professionals in the mainland can interact and exchange with their Hong Kong and international counterparts more readily

【Suntory- A Family Business Under Two Surnames】

【Wish everyone a happy Mid-Autumn Festivial】

Course and Seminars

Seminars

Family Legacy – Curating and Preserving the Family Art Collection

The Rules of Law Family Edition: Structuring Vehicles for Family Investments

Structuring Trusts for Family Legacy Planning

[EQT x CUHKCFB] Shaping Legacy – Impact Strategies Unveiled for Family Offices

What We Do

Our Centre has been a member of the Successful Transgenerational Entrepreneurship Practices (STEP) Project since 2007. We are also a founding member of STEP's Asia Pacific Chapter. Thanks to the dedicated support of the following family businesses, we have created a unique series of case studies and publications advancing understanding of Chinese family businesses.

Courses and workshops

The Centre provides an array of educational programs for business families and their advisors.

The Centre hosts annual conference on family business topics such as family governance, family advisory, family business management and more.

Statistics

200+

Family business affiliates

500+

Research and published articles

$5M+

Support for research

10+

Course offerings

Publications

Family Influence and Environmental Proactiveness of Family Firms in China: A Mixed Gamble Perspective

Bin Liu，Gongming Qian and Kevin Yuk-fai Au

Built upon the mixed gamble perspective, we used a recent survey on Chinese family firms (FFs) and found that increased family influence lowers Chinese FF environmental proactiveness, as they show a peculiar tendency to take a financial view rathe...

Who can facilitate innovation in family firms? Evidence across institutional contexts

Chen, K., Au., K., Cheng, J., & Ng, F.W.

Beyond Charity: Family Foundations Perpetuating Longevity of Family Businesses

Hsi Mei Chung, Kevin Au and Steen Thomsen

Family foundations are prevalent, but seldom have researchers examined its function and influence as an ownership vehicle for family businesses. This paper advances an institutionalized reference-point theory to explain family foundation’s role on...

Family Business Case Studies Across the World: Succession and Governance in a Disruptive Era

Nupur Pavan Bang , Georges Samara , Rodrigo Basco , Andrea Calabrò , Jeremy Cheng , Luis Díaz-Matajira , and Albert E. James

This chapter introduces the STEP Project Global Consortium Casebook and its various benefits, for students, family firm owners, managers, and consultants. Particularly, it emphasises on the need for family firms to learn from the challenges and di...

DC International: riding out of disruption as a third-generation successor

Marshall Jen, Jeremy Cheng , Kevin Au , and Kelly Xing Chen

Ronald Chan was the third-generation heir apparent of a 70-year-old industry leader in Hong Kong. He joined the family-owned cycling business at its toughest time, and witnessed its sales tumble of nearly 50% due to different global crises. Before...

Conclusion: The lessons learned

Rodrigo Basco , Albert E. James , Nupur Pavan Bang , Andrea Calabrò , Jeremy Cheng , Luis Díaz-Matajira , and Georges Samara

The collective journey initiated with STEP Project affiliates, collaborators, and business families a few years ago helps us reflect on how business families react to disruptions and how they develop resilient models to survive across generations....

Family business case learning: How to maximize learnings from this STEP Project Global Casebook

Jeremy Cheng , Andrea Calabrò , Luis Díaz-Matajira , Nupur Pavan Bang , Rodrigo Basco , Albert E. James , and Georges Samara

This chapter proposes a way of analyzing and learning from family business cases, from the perspectives of families, advisors, and scholars. It shares how to "fish" knowledge that will maximize learnings from well-crafted cases, what the case lear...

The regenerative power of family businesses: Transgenerational entrepreneurship. Global family business report: Country benchmarking data – Hong Kong (SAR)

Calabro, A., Au, K., McGuinness, T., & Fong, S

Testimonial

“By 2050, Asia will contribute more than 50% of world economy. More than 70% of Asian economy is built around family businesses. Significant number of family businesses ownership and management will be transitioned for the next few decades....

Corporate Planning Vice President
PT Medion Farma Jaya

I attended several courses of FFI in the collaboration with CUHK a few years ago where I met many of my classmates from various countries, mainly from the Asia Pacific region. Many of us still keep in touch and have...

Anurat Kongtoranin

Executive Director
Bangkok Fastening Co. Ltd.

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