Portland, Oregon, USA
Dates: June 6-8, 2014
Host University: Oregon State University http://oregonstate.edu/
Co-Chairs:
- Don Neubaum, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA
- Sherri Noxel, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA
The Organizing Committee also included:
- Kim Eddleston, D'Amore-McKim School of Business, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Alex Stewart, Kohler Center for Entrepreneurship, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Conference Highlights:
- 85 Scholars attended
- 60 Universities represented
- 49 Posters presented
- 14 Countries represented: Brazil, Canada, Chile, Columbia, France, Ireland, Japan, Mexico, Peru, Spain, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, United Kingdom, U.S.
- 20 Scholars and 9 faculty participated in the Doctoral and Early Career Consortium
- Research Advice
- Writing to get Published & Handling an R&R, Pramodita Sharma
- Methodology Trends: Micro and Macro Issues Allison Pearson (Micro Issues), Clay Dibrell (Macro Issues)
- Teaching Advice
- Creative Teaching Techniques, Roland Kidwell
- Involving Family Businesses, Ritch Sorenson
- Managing the Tenure Process
- Handling the 3rd Year Review, Esra Memili
- Strategies for T&P Success, Gibb Dyer
- An Administrator's Perspective, Don Neubaum
- Closing, Kimberly Eddleston
Awards Presented:
Five categories of awards worth $31,500 were presented during the 2014 FERC.
- Best Poster on Family Business Education - $500 winner
- A teaching model for Family Entrepreneurship
- Kathleen Randerson, University of Grenoble - Alps
- Alain Fayolle, EMLYON Business School
- A teaching model for Family Entrepreneurship
- Best Doctoral Student Contribution - $500 winner
- Long-Term Orientation and Innovativeness in Multi-Generational Family Firms
- Vanessa Diaz Moriana, Dublin City University
- Eric Clinton, Dublin City University
- Justin Craig, Northeastern University
- Long-Term Orientation and Innovativeness in Multi-Generational Family Firms
- Best Poster - $1,500 winner each
- The Untimely Death of a Founder: A Case Study on Intergeneration Innovation and Human Resource Practices
- Francesco Barbera, Stetson University
- Isabell Stamm , University of California Berkeley
- Rocki-Lee DeWitt, University of Vermont
- Facilitator or chock block: Do active predecessors inhibit organizational change in family business successions?
- Jan Zybura, Mannheim University
- Bridge and Buffer: Evidence of the Role of the Board of Directors in Family Firms
- Cristina Bettinelli, University of Bergamo
- Manisha Singal, Virginia Tech University
- John Davis, Harvard Business School
- The Untimely Death of a Founder: A Case Study on Intergeneration Innovation and Human Resource Practices
- "Practitioner Focused" awards - $2,000 each
- Leveraging tradition to innovate the family firm: Lessons for family business practitioners
- Josip Kotlar, Lancaster University Management School
- Exploring Effects of Family Involvements and HPWS on Managerial Turnover and Firm Performance Linkage
- Miao-Ju Wang, National University of Tainan
- Impact of Pay Satisfaction and Organizational Justice Perceptions on Family Firm Blue Collar Workers
- Daniel Holt, Mississippi State University
- Corporate Brand Identity: The Use of Social Media by Family Firm
- John Perry, Wichita State University
- Benefit Corporations and Family Businesses
- Isaac Ison, Jackson State University
- Leveraging tradition to innovate the family firm: Lessons for family business practitioners
- Family Owned Business Institute Award Winners - $5,000 each
- Bridging the Gap in Family Firm Innovation Research: Understanding Differences by Integrating Absortive Capacity.
- Joshua J. Daspit, Mississippi State University
- Rebecca G. Long, Mississippi State University
- From Research to Practice: Planning for New Futures in Family Business Education
- Alfredo De Massis, Lancaster University Management School
- Josip Kotlar, Lancaster University Management School
- Philanthropy in Family Firms: Understanding the governance of and the motivation for philanthropic efforts of family firms.
- Isabel C. Botero, Gatton College of Business and Economics; University of Kentucky
- Neus Feliu, Lansberg Gersick & Associates, New Haven, CT.
- 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
- Bridging the Gap in Family Firm Innovation Research: Understanding Differences by Integrating Absortive Capacity.