Burlington, VT, USA

Dates: JUNE 4 - 7, 2015

Host University: School of Business, University of Vermont http://www.uvm.edu/business

Co-Hosts

  • Pramodita Sharma, University of Vermont, Vermont, USA
  • Manisha Singal, Virginia Tech, USA
  • Alexandra Dawson, Concordia University, Canada
  • Rebecca Long, Mississippi State University, USA
  • Claudio Müller, Universidad de Chile, Chile

Highlights

  • 154 Registrants, 194 including guests
  • 101 Institutions and 27 Countries represented by attendees
  • 104 submissions received, 90 posters presented including 13 in Spanish and Portuguese.
  • Discussants were assigned to each poster.
  • Pre-conference events:
  • Chaired by Rebecca Long, the 1st FERC Career Academy was attended by around 80 participants. While 58 were formally registered, with the spread of buzz of this day, several walk in attendees joined!
    • Presenting scholars - Jim Chrisman, Josh Daspit, Clay Dibrell, Gibb Dyer, Kim Eddleston, Mark Green, Peter Jaskiewicz, Nadine Kammerlander, Claudio Mueller, Allison Pearson, Becky Reuber, Tyge Payne, Pramodita Sharma and Michael Stalker
  • The three keynote speakers for our conference were:
    • Dr. STUART HART, Steven Grossman Endowed Chair for Business Sustainability, UVM: The Sustainable Family and Enterprise
    • Mr. FRED P. KELLER, Founder and Chair, Cascade Engineering: Why family businesses are needed now to solve some of the world's toughest problems
    • Dr. DAVID MITCHELL REEB, Mr. & Mrs. Lin Jo Yan Professor in Banking and Finance National University of Singapore

Awards Presented:

Five categories of awards worth $27,000 were presented during the 2015 FERC:

  1. Best Poster - $1,500 winner each (Sponsored by MCS Family Wealth Advisors)
    • The Earnings Game in Family Firms
      • Joachim Harms, Technische Universität München, Germany
    • The Buck Stops Here....and Here: A Study of Co-CEOS in Family Businesses
      • Annette Rahael, George Washington University, USA
      • Andrea Casey, George Washington University, USA
    • So What is Most Important for you? An Empirical Ranking of Non-financial Goals
      • Maximilian Rupprecht, Technische Universität München, Germany
      • Nadine Kammerlander, University of St Gallen, Switzerland

  2. Best poster Spanish / Portuguese Award - $1,500 winner (Sponsored by Familias Empresarias Management Consulting)
    • Associacao Entre Empresas Familiares: O Caso Do Vale Dos Vinhedos, Rio Grande Do Sul, Brasil
      • Juliana Hernandez, ADEP, Brazil

  3. International Entrepreneurship Award - $1,000 winner (Sponsored by ie-scholars.net)
    • Family Business Sustainability Across Cultures
      • Ricardo Fainsilber, California Institute of Integral Studies, Mexico

  4. Family Owned Business Institute (FOBI) Awards - $5,000 winner each (sponsored by the Seidman College of Business)
    • Exploring the role of Family Legacy on Decisions within Family Firms
      • Nathan Hammond, Mississippi State University
      • Allison Pearson, Mississippi State University
    • Family Firm Governance in an Emerging Market: How Family Firms Navigate Institutional Voids and Corruption
      • Kimberly Eddleston, Northeastern University D'Amore-McKim School
      • Ellie Banalievea, Northeastern University D'Amore-McKim School
      • Jay Mulki, Northeastern University D'Amore-McKim School
    • 1st FOBI Scholar in Residence ($10,000 award)
      • Josip Kotlar, Lancaster University Management School

  5. LIFE TIME INFLUENCE AND IMPACT AWARD - Overview, Process, Citations
    Lifetime Influence and Impact Award presented to individuals who have provided sustained and distinguished leadership toward the growth and development of family businesses and/or family business research and scholars
    • James Chrisman, Mississippi State University, USA
    • Ken Moores, Bond University, Australia
    • Pramodita Sharma, University of Vermont, USA

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