ANNOUNCE: First-ever FERC Family Business Doctoral Student Consortium

[entrepreneurship-phd at lists.uni-due.de]

The Family Enterprise Research Conference (FERC) is pleased to  
announce its inaugural doctoral student consortium as part of the 2011  
FERC, hosted by the Seidman School of Business at Grand Valley State  
University in Grand Rapids, Michigan (see http://www.gvsu.edu/ferc/  
for complete information on the 2011 conference).

Objectives: The consortium seeks to encourage doctoral students  
interested in the scholarly study of family business, particularly as  
it relates to meeting and interacting with future colleagues and  
receiving feedback on their research initiatives and potential  
dissertation topics from scholars active in family business research.

Program: The consortium will include presentations and discussions on  
a range of topics related to family business research and education  
including: appreciating the distinctive nature and challenges of  
family  business research, strategies for conceptual bridge-building  
from mainstream management disciplines toward family business,  
possible funding sources for family business research and the  
publication strategies for family business research.

Consortium faculty: The consortium will be co-led by Reg Litz  
(University of Manitoba) and Pramodita Sharma (Concordia University).  
Confirmed faculty include Tom Lumpkin (Syracuse University), Frank Hoy  
(Worcester Polytechnic Institute), Jennifer Jennings (University of  
Alberta), Allison Pearson (Mississippi State University), Manisha  
Singal (Virginia Polytechnic University), Torsten Pieper (Kennesaw  
State University) and Sharon Danes (University of Minnesota) with more  
to be confirmed shortly. We also anticipate a special session with  
representatives from leading outlets of family business research --  
confirmed publications include Journal of Business Venturing, Family  
Business Review and Journal of Family Business Strategy.

Start time: Friday?s activities will begin with a continental  
breakfast at 7:30 am and conclude with a 12:30 luncheon, which will  
launch the regular FERC conference.

How to apply: Interested individuals must be enrolled in a doctoral  
program with an interest in family business research. Attendance is  
limited to 20 students.

Interested individuals should apply by email by January 31, 2011 by  
submitting the following items together in ONE Word document:

(1) a cover letter stating they are applying to the 2011 FERC Doctoral  
Consortium, complete with the name of their doctoral program, major  
and current status in the program,

(2) a CV (1 page maximum) and

(3) a research paper (30 page maximum) from either their dissertation  
research or a current research project (complete with 3-5 keywords  
listed after the abstract).

Please use the applicant?s last name as first word in the document  
using the following file name format: Smith FERC 2011 Doctoral  
Consortium.doc.

Please email your application to Reg Litz at rlitz at cc.umanitoba.ca  
with the phrase ?FERC 2011 Doctoral Consortium? followed by your last  
name in the subject line. Questions concerning the consortium may be  
sent by email to Reg Litz (rlitz at cc.umanitoba.ca).

Participants will be notified of their selection by March 31, 2011.