2019 Family Firm Institute Academic Awards

FFI On Friday | January 11, 2019

Prepared Exclusively for FFI Members

Submissions for 2019 Family Firm Institute Academic Awards are now open.

The Best Doctoral Dissertation and Best Unpublished Research Paper awards have been given annually by the Family Firm Institute (FFI) since 1989. They recognize the research accomplishments of academics around the world and ensure that emerging knowledge continues to be key to the growth and education of FFI members and the family enterprise field.

The Best Doctoral Dissertation Award is given to encourage and recognize outstanding academic achievement in the field of family business study. The Best Doctoral Dissertation is awarded annually after a blind peer review of all submissions. Dissertations may be on any topic of relevance to the understanding and appreciation of family firms and/or family firm advisers. Dissertations must have been written as part of a graduate course of study at an accredited academic institution and defended in the last calendar year.

Award: Cash prize of $2,500, one-year membership in FFI, and complimentary registration for the 2019 Annual Global Conference in Miami in October

Deadline: March 1, 2019

Awards Committee chair: Dianne Welsh, PhD

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The Best Unpublished Research Paper Award is awarded annually after a blind peer review of all submissions. Papers may be on any topic of relevance to the understanding and appreciation of family firms and/or family firm advisers. The manuscript should not have been submitted to a journal at the time it is submitted for the award. Researchers are not allowed to submit more than one paper (per year). The winners are encouraged to submit the award-winning paper to Family Business Review (FBR) or equal journal for publication consideration.

Award: Cash prize of $2,500, one-year membership in FFI, and complimentary registration for the 2019 Annual Global Conference in Miami in October

Deadline: April 15, 2019

Awards Committee chair: Nadine Kammerlander, PhD

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Some interesting statistics about the awards recipients.

Most recent Best Doctoral Dissertation Award (2018) presented to Jeroen Neckebrouck
Serving on this year’s Best Doctoral Dissertation committee are former recipients: Sami Alwuhaibi (2009); Frank Barbera (2014); Miriam Bird (2015); Hanqing Fang (2017); Alberto Gimeno (2005); Annika Hall (2004); David Jiang (2017); Alain Praet (2007); Ignacio Requejo (2011); Denise Kenyon-Rouvinez (2001); Jeroen Neckebrouck (2018); Elmarie Ventor (2003)
Most recent Best Unpublished Research Award (2018) presented to Kristen Madison, Kimberly A. Eddleston, Franz W. Kellermanns, Gary N. Powell
Former Best Unpublished Research Awards recipients who are FFI Fellows: John Davis (2015); Annika Hall (2005); Rania Labaki (2012); Isabel LeBreton-Miller (2007, 2009); Nava Michael-Tsabari (2012); Danny Miller (2007, 2009); Mattias Nordqvist (2005, 2011); Pramodita Sharma (1999, 2002, 2003)
Countries represented by the winners of these two awards include Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, and United States