Dates: June 2-6, 2016
Host University: Fundação Dom Cabral, Aloysio Faria Campus, Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, BRAZIL
Co-hosts:
- Teresa Roscoe, Fundação Dom Cabral, Brazil; Conference Chair
- Raj Mahto, University of New Mexico, USA; Academic Program Chair
- Claudio G. Müller, University of Chile, Chile; Spanish / Portuguese, Program & Career Academy Chair
Highlights:
- 69 Registrants, about 75 total including guests
- 60 Institutions from19 countries represented
- 87 submissions from 154 authors received
- 97 reviewers
- 49 posters presented including 16 in Spanish and Portuguese
- 37 scholars attended the English Career Academy and 27 attended the Portuguese / Spanish sessions. Presenters included Pramodita Sharma, John Perry, Kincy Madison, Manisha Singal, Ascensión Barros, Melquicedec Lozano, Horacio Arrendondo, Ana Cristina Gonzalez, and Luis Felipe Cisneros.
- The three keynote speakers for the conference were:
- Dr. Paulo Vincente dos Santos Alves, Fundação Dom Cabral, Brazil
- Dr. Allison Pearson, W.L. Giles Distinguished Professor of Management, Mississippi State University, USA
- Dr. Pramodita Sharma, Professor and Sanders Chair in Family Business, Grossman School of Business, University of Vermont, USA
- FERC in the news
Awards Presented:
Five categories of awards worth over $ 25,000 were presented:
- Best English Poster - $ 1500 each (Sponsored by the Foisie School of Business at WPI)
- Differences between how family and nonfamily employees perceive their company’s ethics and their consequences
- John Perry
- (In)visibility – a family business?
- Henrietta Nilson
- An Overview of Family Business Succession Research: A Bibliometric Study
- Mihai Ibanescu, Luis-Felipe Cisneros-Martinez, Odette Lobato, Juan Niebla Zataráin & Naïma Cherchem.
- Differences between how family and nonfamily employees perceive their company’s ethics and their consequences
- Best Portuguese Poster - $1500 (Sponsored by Rich Simmonds and MCS Family Wealth Advisors)
- Política de Investimentos de Empresas Familiares Brazileiras Pos-Crise De 2008
- Thiago Henrique Moreira Goes, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. & Cláudio Antonio Pinheiro Machado Filho, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil.
- Política de Investimentos de Empresas Familiares Brazileiras Pos-Crise De 2008
- Best Spanish Poster - $1500 each (Sponsored by Familias Empresarias Management Consulting and MCS Family Wealth Advisors)
- La Orientación Emprendedora como Variable Dependiente de la Cultura en las Empresas Familiares
- Ramón Sanguino, Ascensión Barroso, Óscar González & María Buenadicha. Universidad de Extremadura, Spain.
- La Orientación Emprendedora como Variable Dependiente de la Cultura en las Empresas Familiares
- FERC Special Drawing - iPad Air 2 (128GB) (Sponsored by the Anderson School of Management at University of New Mexico)
- Fábio Frezatti, Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
- Family Owned Business Institute (FOBI) Awards - $ 17,500 (Sponsored by the Seidman College of Business)
- FOBI Scholar in Residence ($10,000 + $2,500 expense reimbursement for a visit to GVSU)
- Daniel Holt, Mississippi State University, USA
- FOBI Scholar Grant ($5,000)
- Mastering Product Innovation in Family Business: Integrating Theory and Practice
- Josip Kotlar and Alfredo de Massis, Lancaster University, UK
- FOBI Scholar in Residence ($10,000 + $2,500 expense reimbursement for a visit to GVSU)
Journal Special Issues Associated With FERC 2016:
- Journal of Business Research: Family Firm Heterogeneity
Special Issue Co-Editors: James J. Chrisman, Joshua J. Daspit, Raj V. Mahto, Allison W. Pearson, and Pramodita Sharma.
Call for Submissions: http://www.fdc.org.br/hotsites/mail/ferc/index.html#close
- Journal of Small Business Strategy: Strategy in Small Family Firms
Special Issue Co-Editors: Raj V. Mahto, Manisha Singal, Joshua J. Daspit, and Claudio G. Müller
Call for Submissions: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3u1ZgK_V5H3RW9KYmVWSE1Pa3M/view?usp=sharing