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Family Business Review

Family Business Review

Journal of the Family Firm Institute

eISSN: 17416248 | ISSN: 08944865 | Current volume: 37 | Current issue: 3 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

This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

All issues of FBR are available to browse online.

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 Business School, 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
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, Spain
Kevin Au Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Yannick Bammens Maastricht University, Netherlands
Frank Barbera Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada
Sami Basly University of Paris Nanterre, 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 Rowan University, 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
Andrea Santiago Asian Institute of Management, 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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