Leading Scientific Research on Family Enterprise

Research at the Family Enterprise Center (FEC) is equivalent to an R&D or Innovation Department in a corporation. The knowledge generated from this area of focus is the driving force behind all the center鈥檚 education programs and services. The intellectual powerhouse created at the FEC has resulted in more research in our 36 year history than any other family business program. It has literally helped families from around the globe grow and advance, allowing them to continue supporting both their families and their communities.

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Peer Reviewed Journal Publications

  • Daspit, J.J., Chrisman, J.J., Skorodziyevskiy, V., Davis, S.E., & Ashton, T. (2023). Researching family firm heterogeneity: A guide to identifying firm-level categorical and variational differences. The Field Guide to Family Business Research. Editors: Tyge Payne and Keith Brigham.
  • Davis, S.E., Nadkarni, R., Sharma, P., & Chrisman, J.J. (2021). Transgenerational succession in family firms: A psychological perspective. In Theory and Practice of Business Families and Family Businesses. Editor: Tom A. R眉sen. 
  • Medina-Craven, M.N., Marett, E.G., & Davis, S.E. (2021) The willing successor: An exploration of grit and situational cues in family firms. Journal of Family Business Management.  
  • Wang, Z., Randolph, R., Yu, E., Memili, E. (2023) 鈥淗ow does the founding family matter in corporate governance? A study of the entrenchment heterogeneity among S&P 1,500 firms鈥� Journal of Business Research, 154(1), 113362
  • Randolph, R., Alexander, B., Madison, K., & Barbera, F. (2022) 鈥淲hen Family Business Meets Social Enterprise: An Integrative Review and Future Research Agenda鈥� Family Business Review, 35(3), 219-245
  • Randolph, R., Memili E., & Koc, B., Young, S., & Sonmez. (2022) 鈥淚nnovativeness and Corporate Social Responsibility in Hospitality and Tourism Family Firms: The Role of Family Firm Psychological Capital鈥� International Journal of Hospitality Management, 101, 103-128
  • Randolph, R., Memili, E., Fang, H., & Nayir, D. (2021) 鈥淔amily and Non-Family Sources of Knowledge Diversity in Family Firms: The Role of Causation Logics鈥� International Small Business Journal, 39(1), 64-85
  • Randolph, R., Hu, H., & Silvernail, K. (2020) 鈥淏etter the Devil you know: Inter-Organizational Information Technology and Network Social Capital in Coopetition Networks.鈥�  Information & Management, 57(6), 103344
  • Randolph, R., Alexander, B., Debicki, B., & Zajkowski, R. (2019) 鈥淯ntangling Non-Economic Objectives in Family & Non-Family SMEs: A Goal Systems Approach.鈥� Journal of Business Research, 98, 317-327
  • Randolph, R., Wang, Z., & Memili, E.  (2018) 鈥淓ntrenchment in Publicly-traded Family Firms: Evidence from the S&P 500.鈥� Long Range Planning, 51(5), 736-749
  • Randolph, R., Li, Z., & Daspit, J. (2017) 鈥淭oward a Typology of Corporate Entrepreneurship in Family Firms鈥� Journal of Small Business Management, 55(4), 530-546
  • Debicki, B., Randolph, R., Sobczak, M. (2016) 鈥淪ocioemotional Wealth and Family Firm Performance: A Stakeholder Approach鈥� Journal of Managerial Issues: Special Issue on Strategic Issues in the Family Firm, 29(1), 82-111