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Here are the winners of 2011 Best Paper Awards (for articles published in Family Business Review (FBR) in 2010):
Winner is:
Jörn Block (TechnischeUniversität München, Munich, Germany) for his article entitled Family management, family ownership, and downsizing: Evidence from S&p 500 which appeared in the June 2010 issue of Family Business Review.
"Joern Block" <block@wi.tum.de>
Judging panels' comments: This article is a most interesting study with wide appeal to scholars in strategic management and family business. The panel appreciated the focus on social identity and agency theory driving the research, as well as the author's usage of an impressive sample.
Honorable Mention:
Carlo Salvato (Bocconi University, Italy) and Ken Moores (Bond University, Australia) for their guest editorial entitled Research on Accounting in Family Firms: Past Accomplishments and Future Challenges which appeared in the September Special issue of FBR on Accounting in Family Firms.
carlo.salvato@unibocconi.it
Ken Moores <kmoores@bond.edu.au>
Juding panels' comments: The panel found this to be a thorough review of an interesting and important area. It presents a clear and well organized coverage of accounting issues and family firms which will be of great value to current and future scholars in the field.
Congratulations to our winners!
Awards will be presented at the FFIs Annual Conference in Boston 12-15 October, 2011. This conference celebrates the 25th anniversary of the FFI!
Thanks to the hard working selection committee - Mike Wright, Luis Gomez-Mejia & Jeremy Short
And, to the non-voting co-chairs and FFIs Board members - Jill Thomas & Lloyd Steier
Thanks to SAGE and FFI for providing the links to these winning articles. Hope you enjoy reading them.
warmly,
pramodita
Pramodita Sharma, Ph.D.
Editor, Family Business Review
Director, Global STEP project, Babson College
CIBC Distinguished Professor of Family Business
John Molson School of Business/École de Gestion John-Molson
1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West
Concordia University/Université Concordia
Montréal, QC, H3G 1M8
Phone: 514-848-2424 ext 2995
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Franz W. Kellermanns, Ph.D.
Associate Editor Family Business Review
Associate Professor of Management
Department of Management
404 Stokely Management Center
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37996-0545
Tel: (865) 974-0835
Fax: (865) 974-2048
http://bus.utk.edu/mgt/faculty/personal/swift.asp
kellermanns@utk.edu
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