Ideas I Keep Having
Some ideas won’t go away. Please see below!
Articles
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Why FFI is Really an Institute
Read more in the September 2023 issue of Olive!
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Not All Created Equal: Examining the Impact of Birth Order and Role Identity Among Descendant CEO Sons on Family Firm Performance
Read more in the June 2023 issue of Olive!
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Longevity in the Family Business Context: Implications for Leadership and Succession
Read more in the June 2023 issue of Olive!
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Four aesthetic models for relevant research in the field of family enterprise
Read more in the March 2023 issue of Olive!
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History of Scholarly Research
FBR Then and Now: An interview by Cynthia Nalevanko
Family Business Review (FBR) is currently in the 28th volume and considered a well-established journal. For the past two years it has been ranked #4 out of 115 journals in the Business Category of the Thomson-Reuters Journal Citation Reports. Since 2010, it has received more than 200 manuscripts from scholars all over the world. Full-text downloads of the articles regularly reach more than 100,000 downloads every year.
Research
History of Scholarly Research
Publishing Qualitative Research: A précis for academics
One of the important constituencies in the family enterprise field is the academic community that provides research, both quantitative and qualitative for the family enterprises themselves and for the advisors and consultants who work with them.
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History of Scholarly Research
Research and Practice: FBR Special Issue
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Leadership and Succession
Seven Powerful Questions to Better Family Firm Consultancy
In the last two decades family enterprise advising has emerged as a distinctive subset of the professional consultant industry. Yet relatively little attention has been given to the behaviors of this new professional group. To begin to address this lack of knowledge, the Family Firm Institute (FFI) responded to a request from scholars at Northeastern University and the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) to survey the FFI membership to better understand the advisors who work on complex and unique problems for their family enterprise clients.
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Next Gen Advisors
Giving New Meaning to the Term “Next Gen Advisory”
Much has been written about succession and transition in family enterprise—and much more has been written about the role of the next generation in the company, the family, and in governance.
Books
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An Aesthetic Model for Education: Abstract
Read more in the March 2023 issue of Olive!
Family Enterprise Book
Understanding Families in Business and Families of Wealth
Read more in the September 2023 issue of Olive!
Family Enterprise Book
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to a Successful Family Business
Read more in the December 2023 issue of Olive!