"Over my many years of developing and building enterprises, I have been fortunate to cross paths and interact with some brilliant people and have learnt a lot from all of them. In many of these discussions, a huge latent gap on higher structured education for Entrepreneurship in general, and Family Business in particular, came about. I also felt, that in a world, where 80% businesses are driven by family and entrepreneurial instincts, there is a strong need for research based, business cases driven, education edifice that not only provides a sharing based platform, but helps entrepreneurs excel and successfully navigate the various challenges that they come up against as they progress on their entrepreneurial journeys. AIFB, is a tribute to all of them. We will make AIFB as 'THE' platform, for all Entrepreneurial and Family Business Research and Education, in Asia. I thank the many out there, who have inadvertently, made this happen."
Bikram Dasgupta Founder & Chairman, AIFB
Founded in 1986 as a professional membership association, the Family Firm Institute (FFI) has grown to become the premiere international body for advising and research in the family business and family wealth fields. FFI’s founders - a group of pioneering professionals and family business executives - recognized the need for interdisciplinary collaboration in the
family business field. It serves as a think tank for the sharing of skills and knowledge, facilitates essential connections both domestically and cross-culturally, and provides vital interdisciplinary education for the advisors, consultants, educators and researchers dedicated to advancing the family enterprise.
As the dominant form of business organization worldwide, family enterprises play a leading role in the social and economic wealth creation of communities and countries. FFI is the leader for professional education and academic research in a field that is a driving force in the global economy. Nearly 75% of the members are advisors or consultants in family business or family wealth, 21% are educators or researchers, and 4% are students. Professional members include attorneys, accountants, family business consultants, family office directors, family philanthropy managers, financial services advisors, management consultants, psychologists and therapists. Education members include entrepreneurial/business professors, family business forum directors, and researchers.
FFI is dedicated to creating resources for the researchers in the field of Family Business, and their publication Family Business Review (FBR) is the only scholarly publication in the world devoted exclusively to exploration of the dynamics of family-controlled enterprise of different sizes. The focus of FBR is not only the entrepreneurial founding generation, but also on family enterprises in the 2nd and 3rd generation and beyond.
Asian Institute of Family Business brings these services of FFI for the first time in India, as its International Partner for setting up its India Chapter. Members of family owned businesses as well as professionals with backgrounds in advising and consulting to family businesses can now become members of the chapter and partner with each other.
AIFB through this forum will focus on developing key professional skills among the family business professionals. It will facilitate the exchange of ideas and knowledge as well as issues and concerns faced by family owned businesses. This forum will also create a platform for family business owners to network with peers worldwide and leverage that to create new business avenues.
After becoming a member of FFI an individual will be entitled to the following benefits:
Engage in a multidisciplinary approach to advising family business and family office clients.
Interact with the leaders in the field
Plug in to a highly influential network on the international, domestic, and local levels
Develop business opportunities and other strategic alliances
Find colleagues for research and publishing opportunities
Differentiate yourself with unique professional recognition
Gain a cross-cultural perspective on family business
