Who We Serve
BFF, in partnership with its network of affiliate Centres for Family Enterprise, serves three primary groups:
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Business Family members including: owners; founders; siblings; spouses; next generations; and CEOs
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Professional Advisors including: family business advisors; accountants; lawyers; estate planners; other professionals serving business families; and, non-family executives working in the family business
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Students, both undergraduate and graduate, who may be the next generation of entrepreneurs or advisors as BFF believes more can be done to prepare them for the unique range of experiences that entrepreneurial families face
The Family Enterprise Model
You can click on each group to learn more.
- Family Member *
- Family Executive or Employee *
- Non-family Executive or Employee
- Family Shareholder Executive or Employee *
- Family shareholder *
- Professional advisors to business families * e.g. accountants, lawyers, etc.
- Non-family shareholder Executive or Employee
- Non-family shareholder
- Undergraduate
& Graduate Students *
* Main clienteles served by BFF
Source of model : Adapted from Tagiuri & Davis (1982)
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Family Member *
Who this is: a member of the enterprising family not directly involved in the business or the ownership.
How BFF helps: understanding your key leadership and stewardship roles in protecting and enhancing the family’s intellectual capital, social capital and human capital including Family Reunions, Family Values, philanthropic role in your community; etc.
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Family Executive or Employee *
Who this is: a member of the enterprising family directly involved in the business but not an owner.
How BFF helps: understanding your key leadership role in successfully managing the boundaries and interactions between the family and the enterprise; supporting you with tools to succeed in your roles.
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Non-family Executive or Employee
Who this is: a CEO, senior executive or manager who is not a member of the enterprising family nor an owner.
How BFF helps: understanding how you can interact with the family and the owners; supporting you with tools to succeed in your role.
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Professional Advisors to Business Families* e.g. Accountants, Lawyers, etc.
Who this is: an external advisor providing specialist services to a business family.
How BFF helps: understanding the interdependence of family, business and ownership issues; supporting you with tools to succeed in your role.
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Undergraduate & Graduate Students *
Who this is: an undergraduate or graduate student interested by the field of Family Business.
How BFF helps: understanding the dynamics of family, business and ownership issues – as a field of study and/or possible career.
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Did you know?
More than two-thirds of all businesses around the world are owned or controlled by families
More than a quarter of the Fortune 500 companies and most medium-sized companies are family-owned or controlled
Family businesses pay half the salaries earned in North America and, annually, create two-thirds of all new jobs
And yet, only a limited number of family businesses successfully make the transition to the second or third generation because of a lack of support
