2018 Scholars

"Financing Decisions by Family Owned Business: A Closer Look"

• George Chang - Grand Valley State University

"Professionalization of Supply Chain & Operations management Practices in West Michigan Family Owned Businesses"

• Daniel Pellathy - Grand Valley State University

2017 Scholar

“Procrastination and Improvisation in Family Business”

• Anton Fenik - Grand Valley State University

2015 Scholars

"Family Firm Governance in an Emerging Market:  How Family Firms Navigate Institutional Voids and Corruption"

• Kimberly Eddleston - Northeastern University
• Ellie Banalieva - Northeastern University
• Jay Mulki - Northeastern University

"Exploring the Role of Family Legacy on Decisions within Family Firms"

• Nathan Hammond - Mississippi State University
• Allison Pearson - Mississippi State University

Scholar in Residence

• Josip Kotlar - Lancaster University (Click here to read more about FOBI's first Scholar in Residence)

2014 Scholars

“From Research to Practice: Planning for New Futures in Family Business Education”

• Alfredo De Massis - Lancaster University 
• Josip Kotlar - Lancaster University

“Bridging the Gap in Family Firm Innovation Research: Understanding Differences by Integrating Absorptive Capacity”

• Joshua J. Daspit - Mississippi State University
• Rebecca G. Long - Mississippi State University

“Philanthropy in Family Firms: Understanding the Governance of and Motivation for Philanthropic Efforts of Family Firms”

• Isabel C. Botero - University of Kentucky
• Neus Feliu - ESADE/Lansberg Gersick and Associates

“Organizational Crises in Family Firms: The Effects on Intergenerational Innovation”

• Francesco Barbera - Stetson University
• Isabell Stamm - University of California, Berkeley
• Rocki-Lee DeWitt - University of Vermont

2013 Scholars

“Investigative Long-Term orientation and Entrepreneurial Orientation in Multi-generational Family Firms”

• Justin Craig - Northeastern University
• Eric Clinton - Dublin City University
• Vanessa Diaz - Dublin City University

“The Buck Stops Here…and Here: A Study of Co-CEOs in Family Business”

• Annette Rahael - George Washington University

“Good Practices in Family Business Governance Structure and Its Impact on Financial Performance”

• Jorge Isaac Moreno Gomez - Corporación Univesidad de la Costa, Colombia

“Understanding the Effects of the External Environment on Family Firms”

• Laurel Ofstein - Western Michigan University
• Derrick McIver - Western Michigan University
• John Mueller - Western Michigan University

2012 Scholars

“Exploring the Role of Spiritual Leadership within Family Firms”

• Kristen Day - University of Tennessee
• Franz Kellermanns - University of Tennessee

“Family Capital – the Theoretical and Practical Solution for Entrepreneurial Capacity over Generations in Family Businesses”

• Leif Melin - Jönköping International Business School
• Ethel Brundin - Jönköping International Business School

“Family Ownership, Succession Intentions, and Professionalization”

• Hanqing Fang - Mississippi State University
• Esra Memili - University of North Carolina–Greensboro
• Robert Van de Graaff Randolph - Mississippi State University
• James J. Chrisman - Mississippi State University
• Tim Barnett - Mississippi State University

“The Role of Family Capital in Impoverished Settings”

• Robert S. Nason - Syracuse University
• David Gras - Syracuse University
• G.T. Lumpkin - Syracuse University

2011 Scholars

“Family Offices and the Future”

• Dianne H.B. Welsh - University of North Carolina
• Kirby Rosplock - Gen Spring Family Offices
• Juan Luis Segurado - Spain

 
“Measuring Performance in Family Businesses: The State of the Art and Roadmap for Advancing Family Business Research and Practice”

• Daniel Holt - Mississippi State University
• Jon Carr - Texas Christian University

“Understand Hybrid Identity Organizations: The Case of Publicly Listed Family Business”

• Borje Boers - Jönköping International Business School – Sweden
• Mattias Nordgvist - Jönköping International Business School – Sweden

“Family Business Identity and Information Exploration”

•  Mahendra Joshi - Grand Valley State University

2010 Scholars

“Human Capital Impacts on Innovation in Entrepreneurial Family Firms”

• Richard Gottschall - Concordia University
• Alexandra Dawson - Concordia University
• Pramodita Sharma - Concordia University

“Contextualizing Organizational Boundary Decisions: Management Consulting in Family Business”

• David Hanisch - European Business School
• Sabine B. Klein - WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management

“A Case Study Analysis of Logistics and Supply Chain Management Strategies in Small and Medium Enterprise Family Owned Businesses in India”

• Jayanth Jayaram - University of South Carolina
• Jaideep Motwani - Grand Valley State University
• Mita Dixit - BITS Pilani University

“Toward a Theory of Accountability in Family Businesses”

• Torsten M. Pieper - Kennesaw State University
• Rebecca Guidice - University of Nevada
• Neal Mero - Kennesaw State University

“Inherent Family Business Brand Equity and Consumers’ Product Preferences”

• Tim Hasso - Bond University

“The Impact of Family Involvement on Productivity of the Firm”

• Francesco Barbera - Bond University
• Ken Moores - Bond University

2009 Scholars

“Dynamic Capabilities in Family Firms: A Knowledge-Based Approach”

•  Francesco Chirico - University of Lugano
• Carl Salvato - University of Bocconi – Italy

“The Succession Process: An Examination of Perceptions from Stakeholders' Perspectives”

• Sonia Dalmia - Grand Valley State University
• Nancy M. Levenburg - Grand Valley State University

“The House of: When Family Businesses and Business Families Rise, Stand, Fall, and Rise Again”

• Reg Litz - University of Manitoba

“Non-family Managers' Compensation in Family Firms: Tournament and Game Theory Perspectives”

• Esra Memili - Mississippi State University
• Kaaustav Misra - Mississippi State University
• James J. Chrisman - Mississippi State University

“Does Work-Family Integration or Segmentation Work Better: Evidence from Family Businesses”

• John Perry - Wichita State University

2008 Scholars

“The Impact of Family Business Ownership and Management on Families”

• William Gibb Dyer - Brigham Young University
• William Justin Dyer - University of Illinois

“Stakeholder Management, Ethical Behavior, and Performance of Family Businesses: A Systems View”

• Sanjay Goel - University of Minnesota

“To Develop a Family Orientation Scale”

• George T. Lumpkin - Texas Tech University
• Wendy L. Martin - Trinity International University

“Family Ties: For Love or Money?”

• Torsten M. Pieper - Kennesaw State University
• Ann B. Gillette - Kennesaw State University
• Lucy F. Ackert - Kennesaw State University

“Interest Alignment and CEO Compensation in Family Controlled Firms”

• Vijay Singal - Virginia Tech University
• Manisha Singal - Virginia Tech University

“Effects of Hedge Fund Investment in Founding Family Controlled Firms”

• Sridhar Sundaram - Grand Valley State University

2007 Scholars

“The Effects of Human Resources Management, Manufacturing and Marketing Strategies on Competitive Strategy and Firm Performance in an Emerging Economy: A Comparative Analysis”

• Moses Acquaah - University of North Carolina
• Kwasi Amoako-Gyampah - University of North Carolina
• Jayanth Jayaram - University of South Carolina

“The Development of Entrepreneurial Strategies in Family Business”

• Joe Astrachan - Kennesaw State University
• Gaia Marchisio - Kennesaw State University
• Pietro Mazzola - IULM University – Italy

“Stakeholder Salience in the Family Firm”

• James J. Chrisman - Mississippi State University
• John Kirk Ring - Mississippi State University

“Beyond Principal-principal Agency Theory: The Rising Influence of Foreign Minority Principals Versus Dominant Family Owners in an Emerging Economy”

• Robert E. Hoskisson - Rice University
• Heechun Kim - Georgia State University

“The Impact of Family Influence Level and Family Influence Type on the Performance of Family Businesses in Germany and France”

• Peter Jaskiewicz - University of Alberta – Canada

“A Typology for Capturing the Heterogeneity of Family Firms”

• Pramodita Sharma - Concordia University – Canada
• Mattias Nordgvist - Jönköping International Business School – Sweden

“Hispanic Family-Owned Businesses in Kent County, Michigan”

• Carol M. Sanchez - Grand Valley State University

2006 Scholars

“The Evolution of Social Responsibility in Family-Owned Firms”

• W. Gibb Dyer - Brigham Young University

“Toward a Stewardship Theory of Family Firms”

• Franz W. Kellermanns - Mississippi State University
• Kimberly A. Eddleston - Northeastern University

“Toward a Theory of Intergenerational Creativity with Help from the Marsalis Family”

• Reg A. Litz - University of Manitoba

“Benchmarking Family Business Research with Other Disciplines: Implications from a Satisfied Meta Analysis of Papers Published in Flagship Journals”

• Jaideep Motwani - Grand Valley State University

2005 Scholars

“The Impact of Organizational Culture onto the Board Size of Family Businesses”

• Sabine B. Klein - WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management

“Family Ownership and Worker Compensation”

• Henrik Cronqvist - Claremont McKenna College
• Mattias Nilsson - Worcester Polytechnic Institute

“Commitment as a Competitive Advantage in Family Business”

• James H. Davis - University of Notre Dame
• David H. Hayes - University of Notre Dame
• Stephen McClure - Purdue University

“FFOBS: A Proposal to Develop a Culturally Sensitive Scale to Measure Family Dynamics, Business Dynamics and their Interface”

• Nancy Levenburg - Grand Valley State University

“The Impact of Lean Manufacturing on Family Firm Performance and Internal Stakeholder Relationships”

• Alan G. Robinson - University of Massachusetts
• Bill Wooldridge - University of Massachusetts

2004 Scholars

“The Impact of Spousal Support and Involvement on Family Business Start-Ups”

• Sharon M. Danes - University of Minnesota

“Calling of the Farm: Case Studies of Successors and their Children in New Zealand”

• Patricia and Paul Frishkoff - Leadership in Family Enterprise

"Operational Effectiveness as a Source of Strategic Advantage in Family Owned Businesses: An Analytical and Empirical Study”

• Ashok Kumar - Grand Valley State University
• Vipin Gupta - Simmons College

“Do Agency Costs Inhibit Foreign Collaborations by Family Firms: An Empirical Investigation”

• Hari Singh - Grand Valley State University

2003 Scholars

“Governance in Family Business: Managing Identities and Boundaries”

• Sid Barton - University of Cincinnati 
• Glen Kreiner - Pennsylvania State University
• Chamu Sundaramurthy - San Diego State University

“Family Businesses and Employment Stability: An Empirical Examination”

• Jim Lee -  Texas A&M University Corpus Christi

2002 Scholars

“Investigation of Differences in Management of Founding Family Controlled Firms between Founders and their Descendants Based Upon Performance, Risk, and Value”

• Yatin Bhaqwat - Grand Valley State University

“A Framework for Evaluating E-Business Applications for Family-Owned Businesses”

• Nancy Levenburg - Grand Valley State University
• Simha Magal - Grand Valley State University

2001 Scholars

“Succession Planning Practices in SME’s: An Empirical Analysis of West Michigan Family Businesses”

• Jaideep Motwani - Grand Valley State University

“Is Market Orientation Related to Performance? An Empirical Analysis of Family Owned Businesses”

• Ram Subramanian - Montclair State University