Family Capitalism: Past and Present

Modern capitalism is often associated with faceless institutional investors and dispersed ownership, but globally family ownership is, by far, the most common form of ownership. But what is “family capitalism”, and how are family businesses and their varieties best studied and understood? 

Program: Jeppe Nevers (SDU): Introduction
Morten Bennedsen (Copenhagen): The state of economic research on family businesses
Andrew Popp (CBS): Family capitalism in business history
Kristoffer Jensen (Grundfos): The use of history in family businesses
Louise Skyggebjerg & Anders Ravn Sørensen (CBS): Grønbech – a family-owned business through 200 years
Panel (chair: Paul Sharp)