FAMILY BUSINESS REVIEW: ADVISING FAMILY ENTERPRISE Sponsor: Family Business Review Description: We invite scholarly research papers that give serious consideration to the topic of family enterprise advising. We are particularly interested in encouraging articles that are co-authored by researchers and practitioners (advisors). We also encourage studies that consider international contexts. We welcome a range of articles dealing with important issues concerning the role of family enterprise advisors of all categories as described by the Family Firm Institute – legal, financial, behavioral (including family counseling), and management (including strategic planning). Questions of interest include but are not limited to the following: • Do advisors make a difference to family firm performance? • How can advisors contribute to improved performance for family enterprise? • How do family firms choose the right advisors? Who should be the “most trusted advisors?” • Are there factors (e.g. industry differences, firm size, generation of leadership, etc.) that explain varying degrees of success regarding engagement of advisors? • How do advisors best contribute to processes of succession? For example, should the next generation of leaders engage advisors of their own generation? • How do advisors improve family dynamics? • How do advisors work with the emotional aspects of family dynamics? • What are best practices for advisors in the different disciplines (or in one discipline)? • Are there discernible international differences in successful advisor practices? • What conceptual or consulting models could be adopted to better understand and inform the relationship between advisors and family enterprise? Paper Procedure: Manuscripts must be submitted through the Family Business Review web site:(http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/fbr indicating “Special Issue - Advising” as the manuscript type. FBR is open to many different formats and styles of presentation. Manuscripts should not be more than 35 typed double spaced pages, all inclusive, using 12-point Times New Roman font and one inch margins. All documents submitted should be Microsoft Word files. Please remember to use APA guidelines. Type: Special Issue Call For Papers Deadline: May 31, 2012 Issue Date: September 1, 2013 Website: http://www.sagepub.com/upm-data/36080_FBR_CFP_advising_family_enterprise_finaldoc.pdf Contact Info: Allison Pearson phone: 805-410-7283 email address: allison.pearson@msstate.edu
