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Entrepreneurship

Succession in the age of Generation Z

Generational differences are particularly evident when it comes to company succession. What makes Generation Z tick?
Apps
Entrepreneurship

Insatiable app-etite: big business on small screens

Without them, smartphones wouldn't really be smart. Apps, the small programs that offer a seemingly infinite variety of games, entertainment, information and productivity tools, are at the heart of today's connected life. After reading about Worm, Shazam and ICQ in the first part of...
Businessplans - an essential tool for entrepreneurs.
Entrepreneurship

How to write a strong business plan

One of the first tasks when starting a business is writing a business plan. There's a common perception that business plans are only useful for fundraising. But there is another essential purpose: to organize your thoughts and clarify your plan. For future business owners, a plan "helps...
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Entrepreneurship

Insatiable app-etite: early pioneers of digitization

Without them, smartphones wouldn’t really be smart. Apps, the small programs that offer a seemingly infinite variety of games, entertainment, information and productivity tools, are at the heart of today's connected life. Since almost three-quarters of the global population aged 10 and older...
The future of food : From fields to bioreactors?
Entrepreneurship

The future of food: From fields to bioreactors?

The healthiest tomatoes never see the light of day. They grow in containers, warehouses and factories on the outskirts of cities. The plants flourish under LED lights whose color and intensity are fine tuned to their needs. The combination of the temperature, humidity and an irrigation system...
Realität oder Fiktion: HBO-Serie Succession und die Realität in Familienunternehmen
Entrepreneurship

Does the hit series Succession offer real lessons on how to run a dynasty?

Why Succession is so enthrallin “You bust in here, guns in hand. And now you find they’ve turned to f*cking sausages,” thunders media mogul Logan Roy. His avaricious offspring have just attempted a hostile takeover of Waystar Royco, the fictional conglomerate he owns in the HBO show Succession.
Robots in the operating room: How deep tech is revolutionizing medicine
Entrepreneurship

Robots in the operating room: How deep tech is revolutionizing medicine

The groundbreaking step started with a small incision near the belly button. At the beginning of April 2021, Professor Lutz Mirow, Chief Physician at Chemnitz Hospital in Germany, sat in front of a control console and reached for his scalpel with a robotic hand. For the experienced surgeon...
Successful business succession: From founder to mentor
Entrepreneurship

Successful business succession: From founder to mentor

Professor Zellweger, what fascinates you about family-owned companies? They are a type of company that stands in contrast to what they normally teach you when you study business administration: These are companies that do not have purely financial goals, that have a long-term focus. They have...
Why a family constitution, charter, code or pact is particularly important for entrepreneurial families.
Entrepreneurship

Family constitutions - the glue that holds families together?

Many large dynasties have a family constitution that sets out important guidelines on how certain family-related matters and values are handled - the Princely Family of Liechtenstein is one of them. Benjamin Vetterli knows just how important this is for high-net-worth families. But according...

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