FFI On Friday | June 08, 2018

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Congratulations to the 2018 Academic and FBR Award Recipients

One of the hallmarks of FFI is its ongoing commitment to advance the field both through practice and through research.

On May 18 we were pleased to announce the 2018 Awards for Achievement. Today we celebrate scholarly work by announcing the 2018 recipients of the Academic and Family Business Review (FBR) awards. These awards will all be presented at the London conference, October 24-26.

Academic Awards

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.

Go here to see a complete list of Best Doctoral Dissertation Award recipients.

The 2018 award-winning dissertation is:

The Effects of Ownership Heterogeneity on the Governance of Private Firms: Insights from family firms and private equity by Jeroen Neckebrouck.

Jeroen Neckebrouck
Vlerick Business School

Many thanks to this year’s sponsor, Relative Solutions, LLC.

Best Unpublished Research Paper Award

The Best Unpublished Research Paper Award is awarded annually after a blind peer review of all submissions.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 advisers.

Go here to see a complete list of Best Unpublished Research Paper Award recipients.

The 2018 award-winning paper is:

Kinship and Sex in Family Firms: Who Reciprocates the CEO’s Altruistic Behavior?
Authors are:

Kristen Madison
Mississippi State University

Kimberly A. Eddleston
Northeastern University

Franz W. Kellermanns
University of North Carolina-Charlotte

Gary N. Powell
University of Connecticut

An Honorable Mention is awarded to:

Family Firms and Labor Market Regulation
Authors are:

Morten Bennedsen
INSEAD

Sterling Huang
Singapore Management University

Hannes F. Wagner
Bocconi University

Stefan Zeume
University of Michigan

Family Business Review Awards

Best Article

Recipients of the Best Article Award for an article published in 2017 are Daniel Holt, Kristen Madison, and Franz W. Kellermans for their article, “Variance in Family Members’ Assessments: The importance of dispersion modeling in family firm research.”

Go here to see a complete list of FBR Best Article Award recipients.

Daniel Holt
Mississippi State University

Kristen Madison
Mississippi State University

Franz W. Kellermanns
University of North Carolina-Charlotte

Thanks to Lansberg, Gersick & Associates (LGA) for its sponsorship of this award.

Outstanding Reviewer

The recipient of the Outstanding Reviewer Award is Hanqing Fang, who has received the 2018 FBR Outstanding Reviewer Award for his 2017 reviews.

Go here to see a complete list of FBR Outstanding Reviewer Award recipients.

Hanqing Fang
Missouri University of Science and Technology

Recipients of the FBR Excellent Reviewer awards are:
Tim Barnett, Jasper Brinkerink, Giovanna Campopiano, Josip Kotlar, Aaron McKenney, Evelyn Micelotta, and John Perry.

Thanks to Resource Management, LLC for its sponsorship of this award.

Thanks to the 2018 Academic and FBR Award Committees

Best Doctoral Dissertation

Dianne H.B. Welsh, chair, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro; Sami Alwuhaibi, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals; Francesco Barbera, University of Adelaide; Miriam Bird, University of St. Gallen; Erick Chang, Arkansas State University; Alfred De Massis, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano; Julio DeCastro, IE Business School; Hanqing Fang, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Ercilia García-Álvarez, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV); Denise Kenyon-Rouvinez, IMD Global Family Business Center; Izabela Koladkiewicz, Kozminski University; Michael Meeks, Louisiana State University; Nava Michael-Tsabari, Tel Aviv University; Caroline Minialai, Economia, Hem Research Center; Ken Moores, Bond University; Lucia Naldi, Jönköping International Business School; Pankaj Patel, Villanova University; Alain Praet, University of Brussels; Ignacio Requejo, University of Salamanca; Tarja Romer-Paakanen, Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics; Elmarie Venter, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University; Thomas M. Zellweger, University of St. Gallen.

Best Unpublished Research Paper

Peter Jaskiewicz, chair, University of Ottawa; James Combs, University of Central Florida; Nadine Kammerlander, WHU- Otto Beisheim School of Management.

FBR Best Article

Pramodita Sharma, University of Vermont, chair; Becky Reuber, University of Toronto; Carlo Salvato, Bocconi University; Eileen Fischer, York University; Josip Kotlar, Lancaster University.

FBR Outstanding Reviewer

The FBR Editorial team.

Dates to remember

June 11

London Regional Meeting – Park Plaza Riverbank
5:30PM – 7:30PM

July 1

Deadline for case study submissions for FECC

July 2

Q3 Enrollment for GEN courses opens

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