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- Giving back – Engaging in Philanthropy
- Governance System
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- Conversation with Business Families
- Conversation with Young Successors
- Family Communication and Conflict Management
- Family Entrepreneurship and Community Building
- Family Franchise
- Family Meetings and Councils
- Family Office
- Family Relations and Code of Conduct
- Giving back – Engaging in Philanthropy
- Governance System
- Innovation in Family Business
- Leadership Skills
- Ownership System
- Recurring Challenges and Trends
- Rural Family Business Development
- Shareholders Agreements & Relations
- Succession and Transitions
- Women in Family Business
Affiliates
BFF works with a network of autonomous, university-based Centres for family enterprises devoted to creating unique, enduring and respected learning experiences in their markets for business family members, those who advise them and students in the field.
Centre for Family Business and
Regional Prosperity,
Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia
Alberta Family Business Institute,
School of Business,
University of Alberta
Business Families Centre,
Sauder School of Business,
University of British Columbia
International Business Families
Centre, HEC Montreal / McGill
University
Business Families Centre,
Richard Ivey School of Business,
University of Western Ontario
Instituto de Empresas
Familiares, Universidad Virtual del
Technológico de Monterrey
Goering Center for Family and
Private Business,
University of Cincinnati

Governed – and often funded – by an independent board of directors comprising committed local family business members and community leaders, each Centre is unique.
The Benefits of an International Network
The BFF network of university-based Centres for Family Enterprises benefit from:
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Sharing experiences and practices
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Using licenses for the BFF educational products and services
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Cooperating in teaching and/or research programs
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Working together in joint educational programs
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Sharing faculty
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Organizing exchange programs for the next generation of business families
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Applying jointly for international grants

