Professor Mat Hughes Podcast

Global innovation phenomena by Professor Mat Hughes Podcast

In this podcast, Professor Mat Hughes is joined by Tanja Leppäaho and Paavo Ritala to learn from their interesting and insightful study into ‘Finnboat’, a traditional family business in Finland, and one that has endured, survived, and prospered through three major crises: the economic recession of the 1990s, the 2008–2009 financial crisis, and the 2020-21 coronavirus pandemic. What is even more interesting is how Finnboat seemed to undertake only modest, if any, innovation during stable times but had an uncanny ability to innovate in crises. This is fascinating and especially meaningful in this highly uncertain world that we live in. Their study is available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfbs.2021.100440

In this podcast, Professor Mat Hughes discuss the findings of his research into family businesses' innovation strategy. The podcast reports the conditions behind when family business leaders come to emphasize one type of innovation strategy over another.

This is a recording of Professor Mat Hughes' keynote talk for the Institute for Family Business Research Foundation and Lancaster University School of Management workshop on 5th February 2021.

In this podcast, Joyce Ong, founder of Marketing Tech and author of the survey and report on “From Corporate Escapee to Business Owner - what it takes” joins Professor Mat Hughes. We discuss key lessons about the journey of leaving a 9-5 job to become a business owner, and key actions for new entrepreneurs to take. These include cultivating a start-up mindset, realizing you are no longer a corporate cog and must lead, researching your intended audience, and leaving the hubris of corporate life at the old desk.

In this podcast, Professor Mat Hughes speaks with Professor Alfredo De Massis, one of the world's foremost experts on family business and family business innovation about his research with family business leaders on the Covid-19 crisis. We discuss its challenges, achieving resilience, and achieving future prosperity.

Professor Mat Hughes speaks with Max Mirho, host of EntrepreNerd, providing insights for budding entrepreneurs and current entrepreneurs on starting businesses under high uncertainty.

Professor Mat Hughes speaks with Peter Harrington, CEO of Venture Simulations Ltd, makers of SimVenture, and the host of the Start-up Survival Podcast about how entrepreneurs and managers can confront uncertainty.

Professor Mat Hughes speaks with Professor Torsten Pieper of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte about the study he is a part of into how family businesses are responding to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Professor Mat Hughes speaks with Karen Lee-Thompson, Founder and Managing director of Beauty Consociare Ltd and the new skincare brand, Wǒ, about her experience in launching a business during the Covid-19 pandemic.