Dates: June 7 - 9, 2018
Host University: Escuela de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Universidad Panamericana Campus Guadalajara, Mexico

Co-hosts

  • Fernanda Canale Segovia, Universidad Panamericana, Mexico
  • Josh Daspit, Texas State University, USA
  • Luis Díaz-Matajira, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
  • Luis Jiménez-Castillo, Universidad Panamericana, Mexico
  • Héctor Ramírez-Pérez, Universidad Panamericana, Mexico

Highlights

  • 71 attendees
  • 50 Institutions and 20 Countries represented by attendees.
  • 58 reviewers who provided three reviews each
  • 77 submissions received, 55 posters presented including 11 in Spanish.
  • Career Academy was attended by over 50 scholars. It was chaired by Cristina Cruz and Tyge Payne. Presenters are listed alphabetically below:
    • Ricardo Aparicio, IPADE Business School, Mexico
    • Horacio Arredondo, Universidad Adolfo Ibañez, Chile
    • Rodrigo Basco, American University of Sharjah, UAE
    • Isabel Botero, Stetson University, USA
    • Joshua Daspit, Texas State University, USA
    • Devin DeCiantis, Kellogg School of Management, USA
    • Daniel Holt, Mississippi State University, USA
    • Albert James, Dalhousie University, Canada
    • María Concepción López-Fernández, Universidad de Cantabria, Spain
    • Eleanor Hamilton, Lancaster University, UK
    • Claudio Müller, Universidad de Chile, Chile
    • Donald Neubaum, Florida Atlantic University, USA
    • Ramón Sanguino, Universidad de Extremadura, Spain
    • Pramodita Sharma, University of Vermont, USA
    • Tyge Payne, Texas Tech University, USA
  • 10 scholars attended the STEP Meeting, where North and South American academics meet.
  • The keynote speakers for our conference were:
    • Mr. Devin DeCiantis, Adjunct Lecturer of Family Enterprise, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.
    • Dr. Ivan Lansberg, Adjunct Professor of Family Enterprise and Academic co-director of Family Enterprise Programs, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. Co-founder: Lansberg, Gersick & Associates.
    • Dr. Eleanor Hamilton, Professor of Entrepreneurship, Lancaster University Management School.
    • Dr. Kelin Gersick, Professor Emeritus of Organizational Psychology, California School of Professional Psychology. Co-founder: Lansberg, Gersick & Associates.

Awards Presented:

Ten categories of awards worth more than $21,750 were presented:

  1. Best Overall English Poster Award - $1,500 winner (2) - $1,500 each (sponsored by MCS Family Wealth Advisors) Best overall project and poster.
    The Impact of Socioemotional Wealth on the Relationship between the Dark Triad of Personality (Narcissism, Psychopathy, and Machiavellianism) and Family Firm Employee Job Performance
    • Benjamin D. McLarty, Mississippi State University
    • Daniel T. Holt, Mississippi State University
    Are Family Firms the Same “Animal” but a Different “Beast”? An Experiment on Decision-Making in Family and Non-family Organizations
    • Ivona Ljumic, USI, Switzerland
    • Gianluca Colombo, USI, Switzerland
  2. Best Applied Poster Award - $1,500 winner (sponsored by MCS Family Wealth Advisors) Best overall project and poster with valuable practical application.
    Resolving the Paradox between Tradition and Innovation in Family Firms
    • Irmak Erdogan, Altınbaş Üniversitesi, Turkey
    • Emanuela Rondi, Free University of Bozen - Bolzano, Italy
    • Alfredo De Massis, Free University of Bozen - Bolzano, Italy
  3. Best Spanish Poster - $1,000 winner (Sponsored by Familias Empresarias Management Consulting) Best project and poster presented in Spanish.
    El rol de las dificultades percibidas para cooperar en empresas familiares internacionales
    • Myriam Cano-Rubio, University of Jaen, Spain
    • Valeriano Sanchez-Famoso, University of the Basque Country, Spain
    • Guadalupe Fuentes-Lombardo, University of Jaen, Spain
  4. Best Practice-Oriented Spanish Poster Award - $750 winner (Sponsored by Grupo LORSA) Best project and poster with practical implications presented in Spanish.
    El Emprendimiento Transgeneracional: El caso del programa de creación de valor de la empresa familiar en el Tec de Monterrey
    • Fernando Sandoval-Arzaga, ITESM, Mexico
  5. Best Innovation and Entrepreneurship Poster Award - $1,000 winner (Sponsored by Grupo HAZ) Best project and poster presented that contributes to Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Family Firms.
    Achieving the Right Balance: A Paradoxical View of Socioemotional Wealth
    • Horacio Arredondo, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile
    • Cristina Cruz, Instituto de Empresa, Spain
  6. Best STEP Poster Award - $1,000 winner (sponsored by the STEP Research Project) Best project and poster using data from STEP.
    Women’s involvement in family businesses and its effect on performance
    • Ana González, Grand Valley State University, USA
    • Yeny Rodriguez, Universidad Icesi, Colombia
    • Carol Sanchez, Grand Valley State University, USA
  7. UP Gold Award – One gold coin winner (sponsored by Universidad Panamericana Campus Guadalajara) Best project and poster that contributes to family business education.
    The Collaborative Family Business: Toward a Rational Theory of Family Firm Longevity
    • Jackie Milbrandt, University of St. Thomas, USA
    • Ritch Sorenson, University of St. Thomas, USA
    • Jeffrey Chandler, Texas Tech University, USA
  8. Best Reviewer Award - $500 winner (sponsored by Florida Atlantic University) Single best overall conference reviewer.
    • Myriam Cano-Rubio, University of Jaen, Spain
  9. Family Owned Business Institute (FOBI) Scholar in Residence - $12,500 winner (sponsored by FOBI at Grand Valley State University) One individual selected each year to travel to Grand Valley State University and work with faculty, students, and community members on researching and teaching family business.
    • Anneleen Michiels, University of Hasselt, Belgium
  10. FERC Lifetime Influence and Impact Award for providing sustained and distinguished leadership toward the growth and development of family businesses and/or family business research and scholars
    • IVAN LANSBERG, Adjunct Professor of Family Enterprise and Academic co-director of Family Enterprise Programs, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University; Lansberg, Gersick & Associates.
    • KELIN GERSICK, Professor Emeritus of Organizational Psychology, California School of Professional Psychology. Lansberg, Gersick & Associates.

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