Family Business Review
Journal of the Family Firm Institute
eISSN:
17416248 | ISSN:
08944865 | Current volume: 37 | Current issue: 4
Frequency: Quarterly
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 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. The journal covers areas such as but not limited to the following:
- Succession planning
- Impact of family dynamics on managerial behaviors
- Estate and tax planning
- Liquidity issues
- Financial management
- Generation and gender issues
- Internationalization and Globalization of family enterprises
- Organizational structures
- Strategic planning and organizational changes in family firms
In order to continually expand the topical reach of the field and FBR, the editorial team is particularly interested in and encourages submissions using different theoretical and empirical lenses to examine the following topics that deeply impact family enterprises around the world:
- Advising and advocacy of family firms
- Heterogeneity and differences between family enterprises – public vs. private firms, large vs. small etc.
- Behavioral issues related to family enterprises such as trust, loyalty, conflict, identity, goals, values, motivation, commitment, leadership, emotions
- Addiction in family firms
- Family dynamics influencing family enterprises
- Family roles and relationships
- Law & family business
- Non-economic and economic outcomes
- Philanthropy and the family enterprise
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Family Business Review (FBR) provides a scholarly forum to publish conceptual, theoretical and empirical research aimed to advance the understanding of family enterprise around the world. FBR publishes insightful articles that address issues at the interface of family and business systems. It is not tied to any particular discipline, methods, or topics.
Published since 1988, Family Business Review is an SSCI listed refereed journal devoted exclusively to exploration of the dynamics of family enterprise. Its interdisciplinary forum captures the insights of professions from diverse fields such as accounting, behavioral sciences, entrepreneurship, finance, management, family business and family wealth consulting, law and public policy.
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Editor
| Evelyn Micelotta | University of Vermont, USA |
| Donald O. Neubaum | Florida Atlantic University, USA |
Associate Editors
| Keith H. Brigham | University of Oklahoma, USA |
| Cristina Cruz Serrano | IE University, Spain |
| Josh Daspit | Texas State University, USA |
| Alfredo De Massis | IMD Business School, Switzerland and Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy |
| Peter Jaskiewicz | University of Ottawa Telfer School of Management, Canada |
| Nadine Kammerlander | WHU Otto-Beisheim School of Management, Germany |
| Josip Kotlar | Politecnico di Milano, Italy |
| Mattias Nordqvist | Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden |
| Philipp Sieger | University of Bern, Switzerland |
| Matthias Waldkirch | EBS Universität, Germany |
Social Media Editor
| Sara Davis | Kennesaw State University, USA |
Advisory Editorial Board
| Michael Carney | Concordia University, Canada |
| James J. Chrisman | Mississippi State University, USA |
| W. Gibb Dyer Jr. | Brigham Young University, USA |
| Eileen Fischer | York University, Canada |
| Luis Gomez-Mejia | Arizona State University, USA |
| R. Duane Ireland | Texas A & M University, USA |
| G. T. Lumpkin | University of Oklahoma, USA |
| Leif Melin | Jönköping International Business School, Sweden |
| Danny Miller | HEC Montréal, Canada |
| Becky Reuber | University of Toronto, Canada |
| Pramodita Sharma | University of Vermont, USA |
| Shaker Zahra | University of Minnesota, USA |
Past Editors
| Ivan Lansberg, 1988-1993 | |
| Kelin E. Gersick, 1990-1993 | |
| Max S. Wortman Jr., 1993-1995 | |
| Joseph H. Astrachan, 1995-2008 | |
| Pramodita Sharma, 2008-2017 | University of Vermont, USA |
| Tyge Payne, 2018-2020 | Texas Tech University, USA |
Review Board
| Jan-Philipp Ahrens | University of Mannheim, Germany |
| Matt Allen | Northwestern University, USA |
| Thomas H. Allison | Texas Christian University, USA |
| Unai Arzubiaga | University of the Basque Country, Spain |
| Kevin Au | Chinese University of Hong Kong, China |
| Yannick Bammens | Hasselt University, Belgium |
| Frank Barbera | Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada |
| Sami Basly | University of the Antilles, France |
| Fabian Bernhard | EDHEC Business School, France |
| Cristina Bettinelli | University of Bergamo, Italy |
| Joern Block | Universität Trier, Germany |
| Tim Blumentritt | Kennesaw State University, USA |
| Isabel C. Botero | University of Louisville, USA |
| Jasper Brinkerink | University of Edinburgh, UK |
| Chris Broberg | Wichita State University, USA |
| Sarah Burrows | Queen's University in Kingston, Canada |
| M. Katiuska Cabrera-Suarez | Universidad de Las palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain |
| Andrea Calabrò | IPAG Business School, France |
| Giovanna Campopiano | University of Bergamo, Italy |
| Donella Caspersz | The University of Western Australia, Australia |
| Erick Chang | Arkansas State University, USA |
| Hsiang-Lan Chen | National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology, Taiwan |
| Francesco Chirico | Macquarie University, Australia |
| Jess H. Chua | Unviersity of Calgary, Canada |
| Hsi-Mei Chung | I-Shou University, Taiwan |
| Alessandro Cirillo | University of Naples, Italy |
| Eric Clinton | Dublin City University, Ireland |
| Andrea Colli | Bocconi University, Italy |
| Christina Constantinidis | ESG UQAM, Canada |
| Rafel Crespí-Cladera | Universidad des les Illes Balears, Spain |
| James H. Davis | Utah State University, USA |
| Alexandra Dawson | Concordia University, Canada |
| Bart Debicki | Towson University, USA |
| Julia DeGroote | WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management, Germany |
| Dianna Dempsey | MacEwan University, Canada |
| Cinzia Dessi | University of Cagliari, Italy |
| Rocki-Lee DeWitt | University of Vermont, USA |
| Clay Dibrell | University of Mississippi, USA |
| Marleen Dieleman | IMD Business School, Switzerland |
| Kimberly A. Eddleston | Northeastern University, USA |
| Paula Englis | Berry College, USA |
| Robert Evert | US Air Force Academy, USA |
| Hanqing "Chevy" Fang | Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA |
| Patrick Raymund James Garcia | Macquarie University, Australia |
| Elena Giovannoni | University of Birmingham, UK |
| Luca Gnan | Università degli studi di Roma Torvergata, Italy |
| Sanjay Goel | University of North Dakota, USA |
| Ana Gonzalez | Grand Valley State University, USA |
| Chris Graves | The University of Adelaide, Australia |
| Vipin Gupta | California State University, San Bernardino, USA |
| Walter Hendriks | Hasselt University, Belgium |
| Josh Wei-Jun Hsueh | Jönköping International Business School, Sweden |
| David Jiang | Elon University, USA |
| Ranjan Karri | University of Illinois, Springfield, USA |
| Franz W. Kellermanns | University of North Carolina Charlotte, USA |
| Alexander Kessler | WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria |
| Dmitry Khanin | University of New Mexico, USA |
| Roland E. Kidwell | Florida Atlantic University, USA |
| Oskar Kowalewski | IÉSEG School of Management, France |
| Rania Labaki | EDHEC Business School, France |
| Eddy Laveren | University of Antwerp, Belgium |
| Isabelle Le Breton-Miller | HEC Montreal, Canada |
| Max Leitterstorf | Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Germany |
| Yan Ling | Oakland University, USA |
| Rebecca Long | Mississippi State University, USA |
| Kristen Madison | Oklahoma State University, USA |
| Raj Mahto | University of New Mexico, USA |
| Curtis Matherne | The University of Southern Mississippi, USA |
| Pietro Mazzola | IULM University, Italy |
| Alexander McKelvie | Syracuse University, USA |
| Benjamin D. McLarty | Louisiana Tech, USA |
| Michele Medina-Craven | Mississippi State University, USA |
| Esra Memili | University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA |
| Nava Michael-Tsabari | Tel Aviv University, Israel |
| Alessandro Minichilli | Bocconi University, Italy |
| Vincent Molly | KU Leuven, Belgium |
| Curt Moore | Oklahoma State University, USA |
| Ken Moores | Bond University, Australia |
| Donata Mussolino | University of Naples Federico II, Italy |
| Mervi Niskanen | University of Eastern Finland, Finland |
| Pankaj Patel | Villanova University, USA |
| John Perry | Wichita State University, USA |
| Torsten M. Pieper | University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA |
| Shameen Prashantham | China Europe International Business School, China |
| Amedeo Pugliese | University of Padua, Italy |
| Mia Raynard | University of British Columbia, Canada |
| Melanie Richards | TUM School of Management, Germany |
| J. Kirk Ring | Louisiana Tech University, USA |
| Paul Robson | Royal Holloway University of London, UK |
| Matt Rutherford | Oklahoma State University, USA |
| Carlo Salvato | Bocconi University, Italy |
| María José Sánchez Bueno | University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain |
| Maria Andrea Santiago | De La Selle University, Philippines |
| Shruti Sardeshmukh | University of South Australia, Australia |
| Elke Schroeder | Ludwigsburg University of Education, Germany |
| William Schulze | University of Utah, USA |
| Salvatore Sciascia | LIUC Università Cattaneo, Italy |
| Jeremy S. Short | University of North Texas, USA |
| Ritch L. Sorenson | University of St. Thomas, USA |
| Lloyd Steier | University of Alberta, Canada |
| Tensie Steijvers | Hasselt University, Belgium |
| Alex Stewart | Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada |
| Lori Tribble Trudell | Clemson University, USA |
| Elmarie Venter | Nelson Mandela University, South Africa |
| Wim Voordeckers | Hasselt University, Belgium |
| Justin W. Webb | University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA |
| Zhenyu Wu | University of Manitoba, Canada |
| Kai Xu | University of Texas at San Antonio, USA |
| Andy Yu | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, USA |
| Thomas Zellweger | University of St. Gallen, Switzerland |
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