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Passing the Torch: Leadership, Legacy, and the Future of Family Business Scholarship
Weekly Edition • May 20, 2026
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To continue the conversation with Family Business Review editors—Pramodita Sharma, G. Tyge Payne, and Donald Neubaum—join the FFI Practitioner podcast to discuss the evolution of the journal and the growing maturity of the family business field during their tenure. They reflect on increasing submissions, rising impact, and the ongoing effort to maintain the journal’s high standards of rigor and excellence. The conversation also tackles the emerging challenge of AI-generated submissions and what it means for preserving scholarly integrity in academic publishing.
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In this conversation, the editors discuss succession within the journal itself, the generational transition underway across academia and practice as longtime leaders retire and new voices enter the field, and what opportunities may lie ahead if scholarly research is shared through new platforms and distribution channels.
In this reflective Family Business Review editorial, Pramodita Sharma and Tyge Payne examine the evolution of family business scholarship, celebrating the field’s growing maturity while challenging researchers to continue pushing for innovation, rigor, and broader impact.
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In this recent Family Business Review tribute, colleagues and collaborators reflect on Don Neubaum’s editorial leadership and his lasting impact on the journal and the family business field. The piece offers a look at how FBR has advanced in rigor, influence, and scholarly reach under his stewardship while looking ahead to the journal’s next chapter.
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About the Contributors
Pramodita Sharma

Pramodita Sharma

Editor, Family Business Review (2009-2017)

Dita is a Distinguished Professor and Schlesinger-Grossman Chair of Family Business at University of Vermont’s Grossman School of Business. She served as the editor of Family Business Review from 2009 to 2017, founded the Family Enterprise Research Conference (FERC), and the Schlesinger Global Family Enterprise Case Competition (SG-FECC). Dr. Sharma received PhD from the University of Calgary, Canada, and has received honorary doctorates from the Jönköping University, Sweden, and the University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany.

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G. Tyge Payne

Editor, Family Business Review (2018-2020)

Tyge is the Fran D. Jabara Endowed Chair of Business and Professor of Strategic Entrepreneurship in the Spears School of Business at Oklahoma State University. His research currently focuses on communications patterns and signals that impact resource acquisition and organizational growth in entrepreneurial and family businesses. He currently serves as field editor for Journal of Business Venturing and is a past editor-in-chief of Family Business Review.

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Donald Neubaum

Editor, Family Business Review (2020-2026)

Don is the Carl DeSantis Distinguished Professor in Management and the Associate Dean for Faculty and Administration at Florida Atlantic University. He is the outgoing editor of Family Business Review.

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