2022 Family Firm Institute Academic Awards

Prepared Exclusively for FFI Members

January 14, 2022

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ubmissions for the 2022 Family Firm Institute Academic Awards are now open.

You are cordially invited to submit recent dissertations or unpublished research papers in the coming weeks. We also encourage you to pass on the details of these opportunities to colleagues in the field. You do not have to be an FFI member to participate—academics from around the world are invited and encouraged to submit.

The Best Doctoral Dissertation and Best Unpublished Research Paper awards have been given annually by the Family Firm Institute (FFI) since 1989.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 awards are briefly summarized below.

The Best Doctoral Dissertation Award

The Best Doctoral Dissertation Award is given to encourage and recognize outstanding academic achievement in the field of family business study. The Best 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 advisors. 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.

View details on the best doctoral dissertation award

Award: Cash prize of $2,500, one-year membership in FFI, and complimentary registration for the 2022 Annual Global Conference in October

Deadline: March 1, 2022

Award Committee chair: Dianne H.B. Welsh, PhD

Submit

The Best Unpublished Research Paper Award

The Best Unpublished Research Paper Award is awarded annually after a blind peer review of all submissions.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 advisors. 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 (or equal journal) for publication consideration.

View Details on the Best Unpublished Research Paper Award

Award: Cash prize of $2,500, one-year membership in FFI, and complimentary registration for the 2022 Annual Global Conference in October

Deadline: Thursday, April 15, 2022

Award Committee chair: Eric Clinton, PhD

Submit

Learn about the award recipients

The most recent Best Doctoral Dissertation Award (2021) was presented to Nathaniel Hammond (Mississippi State University).
The most recent Best Unpublished Research Paper Award (2021) was presented to Eric Clinton (Dublin City University), and Colm O’Gorman (Dublin City University), Dawn R. DeTienne (Colorado State University), and Catherine M. Faherty (Dublin City University).
Scholars who have received both the Best Doctoral Dissertation Award and the Best Unpublished Research Paper Award include Annika Hall, David S. Jiang, Nadine Kammerlander, Pramodita Sharma (Best Unpublished Research Paper Award, Best Dissertation Honorable Mention), and Thomas Zellweger (Best Unpublished Research Paper Award, Best Dissertation Honorable Mention).
Serving on this year’s Best Doctoral Dissertation committee are the following former recipients: Sami Alwuhaibi (2009); Francesco Barbera (2014); Miriam Bird (2015); Mira Bloemen-Bekx (2020); Denise Kenyon-Rouvinez (2001); Alain Praet (2007); Ignacio Requejo (2011); and Elmarie Venter (2003).
Serving on this year’s Best Unpublished Research Paper Award committee are Eric Clinton, chair, William Gartner, and Miruna Radu Lefebvre.

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