How 100-Year-Old Companies Survive

One of my student researchers, Alison Meshkin, has put together our first "scrubbed" list of U.S. companies over 100 years old and...

According to CNN Money.com more than 45,000 businesses closed their doors for good in 2009, including some that survived for longer than a c...

Humans have learned what behaviors increase longevity: a balanced diet, regular exercise, monitoring blood pressure and cholesterol, etc. B...

Not all old companies are family-owned, but a significant number are privately-held. The majority of 100-year-old local companies I have st...

For several years I have been interested in learning about very old companies (those with at least 100 years of independent operation) to se...