The third generation rule is the commonly cited notion suggesting most family businesses don’t survive beyond the third generation. Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer, writing for Harvard Business Review in an article posted July 19, 2021, performed extensive research and shared convincing arguments that this “rule” is a myth without statistical or historical proof.

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