Vanessa Diaz-Moriana is an associate professor of entrepreneurship at Pablo de Olavide University (Spain) and member of the Centre for Family Business at Dublin City University (Ireland). Her research lies at the intersection between strategic entrepreneurship and family business and her work is focused on how entrepreneurial firms make decisions and eventually act. Vanessa’s research includes topics such as long-term orientation, innovation, non-economic goals, strategic management or digitalization in family firms.

Eric Clinton is an associate professor of entrepreneurship and director of the Centre for Family Business at Dublin City University, Ireland. His research primarily focuses on strategic entrepreneurial practices within family firms. In seeking to understand continuity and longevity in family firms, Eric explores topics including legacy, organizational goal tensions, entrepreneurial learning, trust dynamics, and long-term strategic thinking. Eric serves as an associate editor at the Journal of Business Research.

Catherine M. Faherty is an assistant professor of enterprise at Dublin City University, Ireland, and associate director of the Centre for Family Business. Her research sits at the intersection of organizational behavior and family business, with a particular focus on trust dynamics, leadership, and intergenerational relationships. Catherine’s work explores how behavioral and relational factors shape the unique challenges and opportunities within family-owned enterprises.

Colm O’Gorman is a full professor of entrepreneurship at DCU Business School and director of the DCU Institute for Business and Society, Ireland. His research focuses on entrepreneurship, necessity entrepreneurship, innovation, and growth in new firms and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Specifically, he has studied the growth strategies of SMEs, the nature of managerial work in high-growth SMEs, mission statements in SMEs, and internationalization processes in international new ventures and SMEs.

Susan Lanz is an impact research fellow in the Centre for Research in Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship (CRÈME) at Aston University. Her research, using qualitative research, focuses on how family life course events, unrelated to business management, shape intra-family ownership transfers. Her current work involves building more inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystems for ethnic minority entrepreneurs. Her research interests include, business-owning families, female and ethnic minority entrepreneurship, and creating impact within complex adaptive system contexts.

Gary T. Burke is associate professor of strategy and organization studies at the University of Bristol, UK. His research uses qualitative and ethnographic methods, informed by practice and process philosophy, to explore how actors navigate complex problems. His work has been published in Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Management Studies, and Organization Studies, among other journals.

Kajsa Haag is an associate professor in business administration at Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping University, Sweden. She is a member of the Centre for Family Entrepreneurship and Ownership (CeFEO). Her research interests include succession and strategic renewal of family firms, strategizing and organizing as practice, ownership dynamics, purpose-driven organizations, family enterprise foundations, and the role of family firms in sustainable development. She is a recipient of the 2025 FBR Best Article Award.

Omid Omidvar is an associate professor of organization studies at Warwick Business School. His research examines the complex interplay between digital and computational technologies and organizational processes. Drawing on sociological and process theories, his studies span multiple contexts including financial institutions, open collaboration initiatives, and public-private partnerships. His research has appeared in leading journals including Academy of Management Annals, Journal of Management Studies, and MIT Sloan.

Ying Fu is an associate professor whose research centers on family business and entrepreneurship, with a special emphasis on intergenerational entrepreneurship and the cross-generational social responsibility of family firms. His work has appeared in journals including Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility, among others, and he earned a nomination for the 2024 Academy of Management (AOM) Best Paper Award.

Jinzhan Li, a postgraduate in Business Administration from Nanchang University, is currently working in the Human Resources Department at 15MCC International Engineering Co., Ltd.

Emma Su is an associate professor of management in the School of Business Administration at the University of Dayton. Her research focuses on family business, entrepreneurship, and strategic management. Her work has been published in leading academic journals, including Family Business Review, Journal of Family Business Strategy, and Journal of Business Ethics, among others.