BOSTON, June 22, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Family Firm Institute (FFI) has announced the recipients of the 2018 Academic and Family Business Review (FBR) Awards. These awards will be presented at the FFI Global Conference in London at the Park Plaza Riverbank on Friday, October 26, 2018.

Best Doctoral Dissertation Recipient
Jeroen Neckebrouck, Vlerick Business School, for The Effects of Ownership Heterogeneity on the Governance of Private Firms: Insights from family firms and private equity.

This award is given to encourage and recognize outstanding academic achievement in the field of family business study.

Best Unpublished Research Paper Recipients
Kristen Madison, Mississippi State University; Kimberly A. Eddleston, Northeastern University; Franz W. Kellermanns, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Gary N. Powell, University of Connecticut, for Kinship and Sex in Family Firms: Who Reciprocates the CEO's Altruistic Behavior?

Honorable Mention Recipients
Morten Bennedsen, INSEAD; Sterling Huang, Singapore Management University; Hannes E. Wagner, Bocconi University; Stefan Zeume, University of Michigan, for Family Firms and Labor Market Regulation.

This award is presented annually 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
Daniel Holt and Kristen Madison, Mississippi State University; Franz W. Kellermanns, University of North Carolina-Charlotte, for Variance in Family Members' Assessments: The importance of dispersion modeling in family firm research.

Outstanding Reviewer
Hanqing Fang, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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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