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.

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. "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
  5. 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

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