# Professor Belen Villalonga discusses the growing interest in studying family businesses

1 Faculty News October 23, 2016 ![Crain's New York logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_031171.jpg?itok=74z5O7mn)>

Excerpt from [Crain's New York](http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20161023/OPINION/161029947/what-makes-a-family-business-different) -- "'There is a growing consciousness that family businesses are different and should be studied separately,' said [Belen Villalonga](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/Belen%20Villalonga), who teaches family business management at NYU’s Stern School of Business."

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