reports
Berlin, 2013-04-17
Foundation for Family Businesses: Cyprus rescue seeds distrust in the currency
Foundation for Family Businesses: Cyprus rescue seeds distrust in the currency

| The Chairman of the Executive Board of the Foundation for Family Businesses, Prof. Dr. Dr. hc Brun-Hagen Hennerkes spoke at the WELT-Monetary Conference, organized by the Foundation for Family Businesses and the daily newspaper"Die Welt". He warned about the serious consequences of the Cyprus-rescue for confidence in the euro. "Whoever strips all savers, up to a certain threshold, of responsibility does something very serious: He sows distrust in the reliability of money. This is a terrible prognosis for future financial crises,". It is not surprising therefore that some bank account holders in Germany are currently withdrawing their deposits. » Pressrelease for download (PDF) » read more |
Stuttgart, 2013-01-21
Country Index of Family Businesses - Germany's economic robustness only a perceived strength
Country Index of Family Businesses - Germany's economic robustness only a perceived strength

| The best location for family businesses is Switzerland, Germany is only in midfield. This is the result of the Country Index, which has listed for the fourth time the countries where it is particularly worthwhile to invest. » Pressrelease for download (PDF) » 4th Edition of the Country Index of the Foundation for Family Businesses for download (PDF, german) » read more |
Berlin, 2012-11-22
Foundation for Family Businesses on the readiness for reform in Germany - study describes the way to an "Agenda 2030"
Foundation for Family Businesses on the readiness for reform in Germany - study describes the way to an "Agenda 2030"

| "Germany needs a new reform program for the coming years. Voters across many fields have begun to show the first signs of a willingness for change," said the Chairman of the Foundation for Family Businesses, Prof. Brun-Hagen Hennerkes, in Berlin. Under the title "Agenda 2030", the Centre for European Economic Research in Mannheim (ZEW), on behalf of the Foundation for Family Businesses, has examined how the German population feels about reform. » Pressrelease for download (PDF) » Study - The way to an "Agenda 2030" for download (PDF, german) » read more |
A brief introduction
Our Goals
The non-profit Foundation for Family Businesses pursues three key goals: to promote the exchange of ideas between family businesses, support for research activities and institutions who study this particular type of enterprise and the improvement for acceptance of family businesses in politics and public relations.
About Us
The Foundation for Family Businesses is an economically and politically independent initiative of family businesses.
What we do
We regularly make studies in the relation to family businesses. Furthermore, the foundation supports the establishment and management of related research and teaching institutions. In addition, the foundation can be contacted by media and political decision makers in regards to legal, tax and economic policy issues related to the special interests of this business type.
The non-profit Foundation for Family Businesses pursues three key goals: to promote the exchange of ideas between family businesses, support for research activities and institutions who study this particular type of enterprise and the improvement for acceptance of family businesses in politics and public relations.
About Us
The Foundation for Family Businesses is an economically and politically independent initiative of family businesses.
What we do
We regularly make studies in the relation to family businesses. Furthermore, the foundation supports the establishment and management of related research and teaching institutions. In addition, the foundation can be contacted by media and political decision makers in regards to legal, tax and economic policy issues related to the special interests of this business type.
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