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About TSCFE

The Thomas Schmidheiny Centre for Family Enterprise (ThS_CFE) at ISB, generously funded with support from Thomas Schmidheiny, Founder and Chairman of Spectrum Value Management, Ltd, Switzerland, was launched on February 7, 2015. The Centre combines knowledge, practice and innovation in the field of family business to foster the prosperity and perpetuation of family businesses across generations. The Centre engages closely with leading family businesses in India and Asia, through collaborations, conferences, workshops and forums. These engagements have helped the Centre contribute significantly to the growing body of research on various aspects of family business and emerge as the face of family business scholarship in India.
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8th Asian Invitational Conference on Family Business 

February 04-05, 2023

 

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Family Enterprise Quarterly

Volume 2. Issue 1

January - March, 2023
 

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The Centre's Journey

Chronicling Indian Family Enterprises
 

 

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Journal Publications

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Cases

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White Papers

#22

Books&Book Chapters

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Working Papers

Research - Generating Knowledge that Creates Impact

The Thomas Schmidheiny Centre for Family Enterprise at the ISB conducts and promotes cutting-edge research in the growing field of family business. Despite their significant contribution to the Indian economy, family businesses remain a largely unexplored area of research.
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People

Founded by Professor Kavil Ramachandran in 2015 and presently led by Professor Sougata Ray, the Thomas Schmidheiny Centre for Family Enterprise is supported by a dedicated and experienced team of research and managerial staff who contribute to the research projects, teaching, mentoring and various outreach initiatives. The Centre is also affiliated with faculty and research fellows that contribute to the teaching and research activities at the Centre respectively.
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Practice and Outreach

The Centre undertakes several outreach initiatives that aim at enabling family businesses in India/Asia and other parts of the world to provide thought leadership and develop best practices for sharing among all stakeholders.
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Education - A Platform for Learning and Enrichment

Transformation of family businesses require focused training inputs. To prepare and train family members associated with their businesses, operationally or otherwise to take up higher levels of responsibilities, the Centre offers an array of training programmes on different aspects of family business. The Centre is also supporting ISB in the initiative to run a unique masters level programme MFAB for young family members who wish to enter the family business in the future. In addition, students enrolled in the Post Graduate Programme in Management of the ISB gain extensive theoretical and practical knowledge about family firms from the course, “Strategy, Leadership and Resource Management in Family Business.”
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Knowledge Dissemination and Networking

The Centre disseminates knowledge in the field of family business management through articles in business and popular media vehicles across the world. Several of the articles authored by members of our team have been published in leading publications. The Centre also regularly provides expert comments in media stories and articles on family business. Annually, the Centre also contributes to knowledge dissemination through practice-oriented family business research article summaries in FFI Practitioner – an online newsletter published by the Family Firm Institute, Boston, USA.

The Centre has expanded its impact through establishing a network of academic, industry and institutional linkages in India and abroad through several personal and institutional networks. In academics and research the Centre has built a strong network with faculty members from the Kellogg School of Management, University of Victoria, Ipag Business School, and University of Vermont. The Centre is an institutional member of the Successful Transgenerational Entrepreneurship Practices (STEP) – a global applied research initiative of top B-Schools across the world. The Centre also has strong institutional connect with industry bodies such as CII and FICCI.


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Book Launch - Engineered In India – From Dreams to Billion – Dollar CYIENT. Dr BVR Mohan Reddy

Thomas Schmidheiny Centre for Family Enterprise organised a talk on Entrepreneurship with Dr BVR Mohan Reddy, Founder Chairman & Board Member, CYIENT in the backdrop of his recently released maiden book "Engineered In India – From Dreams to Billion – Dollar CYIENT. Dr BVR Mohan Reddy was in conversation with Professor Sougata Ray, Executive Director, Thomas Schmidheiny Centre for Family Enterprise.

Jan 11, 2023

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Bridging Generational Divide in Family Businesses Through Communication

Nupur Pavan Bang in a co-authored opinion piece in Outlook India underlines that having shared spaces and creating opportunities for interaction can go a long way in facilitating better understanding and trust among family members across generations.

Jan 05, 2023

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As Infosys Turns 40

As Infosys turns 40, Business Standard- Morning Show analysed what may be the future challenges to the tech major. Sharing his thoughts, Professor Kavil Ramachandran underlined that - the responsibility of the new leader is to preserve, protect, and build on the core values of the organisation and pass them over to the next generation.

Dec 16, 2022

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Events

  • 04 - 05

    Feb
    2023

    8th Asian Invitational Conference on Family Business

    To sensitize and build capabilities in family businesses across Asia, the Thomas Schmidheiny Centre for Family Enterprise at the ISB is organising the

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