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June 19, 2026
Congratulations to the 2026 FBR Award Recipients
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ne of the hallmarks of FFI is its ongoing commitment to advance the field through publishing, practice, and research. Today, we are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2026 Family Business Review Awards. These awards will to be presented at the 2026 Global Conference in October.

Best Family Business Review Article
Sarah Burrows

Sarah Burrows

Queen’s University
Craig Crossley

Craig Crossley

University of Central Florida
Catherine Faherty

Catherine Faherty

Dublin City University
James G. Combs

James G. Combs

University of Central Florida
Recipients of the Best Article Award for an article published in Family Business Review in 2025 are Sarah Burrows, Craig Crossley, Catherine Faherty, and James G. Combs for their article “Guardians of Reputation: How Stewardship Climate Mobilizes Nonfamily Employees to Defend Against Reputational Threats,” which appeared in the December 2025 issue of Family Business Review.
Thanks to Lansberg Gersick Advisors (LGA) for sponsorship of this award.
Honorable Mentions
This year, Honorable Mention recognition went to three articles:
“Family Control and Sustainable Competitive Advantage,” from the June 2025 issue of Family Business Review
Hanqing “Chevy” Fang, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Josip Kotlar, Politecnico di Milano
James J. Chrisman, Mississippi State University
“Resilience Behaviors and Temporal Orientation in Family Firms,” from the September 2025 issue of Family Business Review
Vanessa Diaz-Moriana, Universidad Pablo de Olavide
Eric Clinton, Dublin City University
Catherine Faherty, Dublin City University
Colm O’Gorman, Dublin City University
“Family Lives in Motion: Toward a Life Course Process Theory of Ownership Transfer in Business-Owning Families,” from the September 2025 issue of Family Business Review
Susan Lanz, Aston University
Gary Burke, University of Bristol
Kajsa Haag, Jönköping University
Omid Omidvar, The University of Warwick
Outstanding Reviewer
Alexandra Bertschi-Michel

Alexandra Bertschi-Michel

Freiburg University
The recipient of the Outstanding Reviewer Award is Alexandra Bertschi-Michel, who has received the award for her 2025 reviews.
Thank you to D. Randolph Waesche for sponsorship of this award.
FBR Excellent Reviewers
Maria Bracamonte Larios, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Hanqing “Chevy” Fang, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Josh Wei-Jun Hsueh, Jönköping University
David Jang, Elon University
Thanks to the FBR Award Committees
Best Article
Donald. O. Neubaum, chair
James H. Davis
Rocki-Lee DeWitt
Natalia Vershinina
Outstanding and Excellent Reviewers
Evelyn Micelotta, FBR Editor
FBR Associate Editors
About FBR
The 2025 Journal Citation Reports were just released, and FBR had a great showing: a two-year impact factor of 7.7, ranking 34 out of 323 journals in the “Business” category.

Published as a refereed journal since 1988, Family Business Review (FBR) is the leading scholarly publication devoted exclusively to exploration of the dynamics of family-controlled enterprise, including firms ranging in size from the very large to the relatively small. FBR, which is owned by the Family Firm Institute (FFI), is focused not only the entrepreneurial founding generation, but also on family enterprises in the 2nd and 3rd generation and beyond, including some of the oldest companies in the world. In addition, the journal publishes interdisciplinary research on families of wealth, family foundations and offices.

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In 1992, to further enhance its multidisciplinary and global approach to family enterprise advising, consulting, and research, FFI began to establish awards for professional achievement. Today there are four: Richard Beckhard Practice Award, Barbara Hollander Award, Interdisciplinary Award, and International Award.
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