Family Firm Institute Announces 2019 Academic and Family Business Review (FBR) Award Recipients from Australia, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and USA
The Family Firm Institute (FFI) has announced the recipients of the 2019 Academic and Family Business Review (FBR) Awards.
BOSTON, June 10, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Family Firm Institute (FFI) has announced the recipients of the 2019 Academic and Family Business Review (FBR) Awards. These awards will be presented at the FFI Global Conference at the Miami Marriott Biscayne Bay on Friday, October 25, 2019.
Best Doctoral Dissertation Recipient
Jasper Brinkerink, Maastricht University, for "Innovation Management in Small and Medium-Sized Family Firms: The role of family-induced differences in attitudes and decision models." Dr. Brinkerink is currently a postdoctoral researcher at Free University of Bozen-Bolzano.
This award is given to encourage and recognize outstanding academic achievement in the field of family business study.
Best Unpublished Research Paper Recipients
David S. Jiang, Georgia Southern University; Franz W. Kellermanns, University of North Carolina-Charlotte and WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management; Timothy P. Munyon, University of Tennessee; M. Lane Morris, University of Tennessee for "Family Ties That Bind: How emotion and family system dynamics preserve socioemotional wealth."
Honorable Mention Recipients
Matthias Waldkirch, EBS University; Leif Melin, Jönköping University; Mattias Nordqvist, Jönköping University for "Tonic or Toxin? Investigating the Adoption of 'Professional' Practices in Family Firms."
The Best Unpublished Research Paper Award is awarded annually after a blind peer review of all submissions. Papers may be on any topics of relevance to the understanding and appreciation of family firms and/or family firm advisors.
Family Business Review (FBR) Award Recipients
Best Article Recipients
Francesco Barbera, University of Adelaide; Isabell Stamm, Technical University Berlin; Rocki-Lee DeWitt, University of Vermont for "The Development of an Entrepreneurial Legacy: Exploring the role of anticipated futures in transgenerational entrepreneurship."
Best Article Honorable Mention
Inés Herrero, Universidad Pablo de Olavide for "How Familial is Family Social Capital? Analyzing Bonding Social Capital in Family and Nonfamily Firms."
Outstanding Reviewer
Emanuela Rondi, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Family Business Review, FFI's quarterly journal, is the first scholarly publication in the world devoted exclusively to exploring the dynamics of family-controlled enterprise of all sizes.
About FFI: The mission of FFI is to be the most influential global network of thought-leaders in the field of family enterprise. We provide research-based learning and relevant tools for advisors and consultants, academics and family enterprise members to drive success. Professionals, educators and researchers, as well as family enterprise members from across the globe, belong to FFI. Together they create the oldest and most prestigious multidisciplinary professional association for family enterprise in the world.
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