The IFERA 2010 Family Business Forum, to be held in Zhuhai, China in January 2010, is a 3-day academic symposium that aims to share leading-edge research and best practice of family business administration, conceptualise theoretical frameworks to better understand family businesses, and explore policy initiatives to enable this unique business sector to accomplish greater success and sustainability in the future advancement.
The Forum, to be jointly hosted by IFERA-International Family Enterprise Research Academy, Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) and Beijing Business Operation Management Association (BBOMA), emphasises the development of family businesses. IFERA is a pioneering international organisation in promoting and disseminating research in the area of family business management. BIT, renowned for its research profiles in China for over 50 years, is a nationally leading and internationally recognised university.
Theme of the Forum: Opportunities and Challenges of Family Business
The theme of the Forum, ‘Opportunities and Challenges of Family Business’, pays particular attention to the interaction of social, economical, political and cultural forces that affect the formation, survival, and growth of family businesses in different economies. Along this direction, many sub-themes are worth investigating and debating. The following are sub-themes, while not exhaustive, are indicative of the research papers the Forum programme aims to cover:
- Emergence and development of family business in transitional economies
- Opportunities and challenges of family business in economic crisis
- Risk taking and risk management
- Family business start-ups and entrepreneurship
- Strategy in family business, including internationalisation
- Regional economy, supporting institutions, and family business
- Family business sustainability and social responsibility
- Corporate governance in family business
- Dynamic leadership of family business, including succession
- Policy initiatives and academic support for family business development
- Other family business related topics
In addition to papers that advance research, papers that offer implications directly to family firms , as well as to policy makers (e.g. government officials at all levels, economic development agencies, etc.) will be most welcome.
