Pre-Conference
Family Enterprise Research: Shifting Paradigms
PENN CLUB OF NEW YORK
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1:30PM–6:00PM
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1:30PM–6:00PM
Sponsored by Bertarelli Institute for Family Entrepreneurship, Babson College; SAGE Publishing; and University of Alberta
This preconference explores emerging perspectives and evolving approaches in family enterprise research, bringing together leading scholars, editors, and media voices for an engaging afternoon of discussion and exchange.
- 1:30PM Welcome and Presentation of Academic and FBR Awards
Matthew Knight, University of Alberta with Christopher Gibson, Suffolk University, 2086 Society FFI Scholar-in-Residence, Debbie Bing (CFAR), Rebecca Meyer (Relative Solutions), and Neus Feliu (LGA Global)- Best Dissertation Award: Three Essays on Family Office: Examining the Relationship between Family Firms and Direct Entrepreneurial Investments of Single Family Offices: accepted by author Myung-Seon (“Lydia”) Song
- Best Unpublished Research Award: Balancing Dual Ownership Logics—How Family Firms Dynamically Recalibrate Ownership Competences to Manage Dissonance in Venture Investing: accepted by Till Rosnick
- FBR Best Paper Award: Guardians of Reputation: How Stewardship Climate Mobilizes Nonfamily Employees to Defend Against Reputational Threats: accepted by Catherine Faherty
- 1:45PM Family Enterprise Research as We Know It
Today, family enterprise research is a well-established, multidisciplinary field that has expanded far beyond its early focus on succession and governance. Scholars now recognize family businesses as a distinct organizational form with unique strengths, challenges, and contributions to economies and societies.Presenters:
- Isabella Austin, Publishing Editor, SAGE Publishing
- Evelyn Micelotta, FBR Editor
- Natalie McVeigh, GEN Faculty member, founder of Oikonomia Advisory
- Angela F. Randolph, Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship, Babson College
- 2:45PM Break
- 3:00PM Dissemination Shifts: Digital Media, Podcasts, and Social Media
Today, family research knowledge is shared not only through scholarly journals but also through executive education, practitioner publications, digital platforms, podcasts, webinars, and collaborations with business-owning families and advisors. This shift toward more accessible and impact-oriented dissemination has strengthened the connection between research and practice, ensuring that new insights inform real-world decision-making while advancing the field’s academic foundations.Presenters:
- David Hemenway, Angel Nest Podcasts
- Jordan Rich, Chart Productions
- Jacy Dawn Valeras, Platinum Circle Media
- 4:10PM Keynote: Shifting Paradigms: Research on Culture, Inequality, Gender, and Elites
A conversation with Shamus Khan, Willard Thorp Professor of Sociology and American Studies at Princeton University. Interviewed by Vern Glaser, University of Alberta. - Reception to follow at the Penn Club