8th Annual IFERA Conference 2008
‘The Entrepreneuring Family’
Breukelen, The Netherlands
July 2nd-5th, 2008
The International Family Enterprise Research Academy (IFERA) and Nyenrode Business Universiteit
invite you to participate in the IFERA 2008 Conference, to be held at the beautiful Nyenrode campus,
near Amsterdam and Utrecht, from 2nd-5th July, 2008.
This global conference aims to advance scholarship in the family business area while providing an inspiring
and unique atmosphere for networking and exchanging ideas. In 2007, the
IFERA conference hosted by the
European Business School in Germany brought together 124 participants from 32 countries.
This year, the best papers fitting into the conference theme, ‘The Entrepreneuring Family’ will be considered
for inclusion in a special issue of Small Business Economics Journal. Please note however that submissions
to IFERA 2008 are encouraged on all issues related to family business and subscribing to a wide variety
of research paradigms.
We are also proud to announce a world-class researcher in the area of entrepreneurship who will be our keynote
speaker this year on the intersection of entrepreneurship and family business:
- Frank Hoy, Chair for the Study of Trade in the Americas and Director, Centers for Entrepreneurial Development,
Advancement, Research and Support, University of Texas at El Paso.
We are also pleased to announce that in our panel discussion will participate three well-know researchers in the family business field:
- Daniela Montemerlo, Associate Professor of Family Business and Business Administration at the University of Insubria, Professor of Family Business Strategic
Management, Bocconi University; SDA Professor, Strategic Management Department, SDA Bocconi School of Management
- Lloyd Steier, Distinguished Chair, Entrepreneurship & Family Enterprise
Professor, Strategic Management & Organization, Academic Director, Centre for Entrepreneurship & Family Enterprise, Academic Director, Alberta Business Family Institute
- Thomas Zellweger, Co-founded and current Director of the Center for Family Business at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
The panel discussion will be facilitated by Lorraine Uhlaner, Professor of Entrepreneurship, Centre for Entrepreneurship, Nyenrode Business Universiteit, The Netherlands.
ABOUT THE IFERA 2008 CONFERENCE THEME: ‘The Entrepreneuring Family’
The IFERA 2008 theme, ‘The Entrepreneuring Family’, targets the intersection of entrepreneurship and
family business research. One aim of entrepreneurship research is to understand the creation and exploitation
of economic opportunities. Family business scholarship aims, in part, to understand factors of family business
growth, survival, and longevity. At the intersection of these goals lie many interesting research questions to
pursue.
For more information on the IFERA 2008 theme please go to Call for Papers.
ABOUT THE IFERA 2008 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE AND RELATED EVENTS
- July 2nd – Pre-conference: 2nd Annual IFERA Doctoral Consortium.
- July 3rd-4th – 8th Annual IFERA Academic Research Conference; round tables, paper sessions, and keynotes
- July 5th – Post-conference: Family Business Day, organized jointly with Family Business Network of
the Netherlands (FBNed). Insight into the Netherlands Family business community, panel discussions and
company visits.
- A really exciting social program both on the campus of Nyenrode Business Universiteit and in Amsterdam.
IFERA 2008 CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
Conference Co-Chairs: Roberto Flören and Lorraine Uhlaner, Nyenrode Business Universiteit
Research Program Chair: Kimberly Eddleston, Northeastern University
Doctoral Consortium Chair: Sanjay Goel*, University of Minnesota, Duluth
Conference Committee member: Sabine Klein*, European Business School
Family Business Day Co-Chairs: Roberto Flören, Albert Jan Thomassen and Lorraine Uhlaner
Awards Committee Chair: Panikkos Poutziouris, Cyprus International Institute of Management
*IFERA Board Representatives to the IFERA 2008 Conference Committee
More details to come in the upcoming IFERA newsletters.
