Congratulations to Prof. Alfredo De Massis on receiving the Academy of Management Perspectives (AMP) Decade Award! 🎉
This well-deserved recognition celebrates outstanding scholarship and its impact on advancing management research. We are delighted to see this achievement!
📢 Join us for an insightful presentation: Leading a Family Business into the Future, featuring Rob Keeping, Managing Director of Bells of Lazonby.
🗓 23 April 2026 | 6.15pm - 7.15pm
🌟This is a #CFB Sponsored Event!
Find out more and register:
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🎉 Congratulations to our colleague Prof. Alfredo De Massis!
His co-authored article on @FamilyBusinessOrg, “Consumers Love Local Brands. That’s Good News For Family Buinsess”, has been selected as a recipient of the 2024/25 Schulze Publication Award (Research Insight)!
🎉 Congratulations to our colleagues Prof. Sarah Jack, Dr. Bingbing Ge and Prof. Paul Hughes!
Their article on @FamilyBusinessOrg, “ESG Essentials for Family Firms”, has been selected as a recipient of the 2024/25 Schulze Publication Award in the Applied & Practice category.
Named after Richard M. Schulze, Founder of Best Buy, this award recognises outstanding contributions based on readership and engagement, celebrating work that makes a meaningful impact on the global family business community!👏🏻🌍
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We’re incredibly proud to celebrate Professor @AlfredoDeMassis our former director and current member of @CFBLUMS for being ranked #1 globally once again by the Texas State University Family Business Research Productivity Ranking.
🔗 Read his full post: mccoy.txst.edu/family-busine…
Many congratulations to Andreas Strobl steering group member of the Centre for Family Business (UK) Lancaster University Management School for his new role as co-editor of EMJ.
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It is with deep respect that we announce the latest publication by Professor Jess Chua in Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (ETP): "Misconceptions About the Theoretical Support for Family Firm Long-Term Orientation".
As we reflect on his legacy, our centre remains committed to advancing rigorous research in the field he helped shape. We invite colleagues, students, and practitioners to engage with this significant work and reflect on Professor Chua's remarkable contributions to the field.
Congratulations to all MSc students in the Department of Entrepreneurship and Strategy for completing the teaching segment of the module Family Business - Stewardship, Entrepreneurship and Strategy. This module was developed by staff of the Centre for Family Business.
👨🎓 A final seminar presentation and student challenge by LUMS alumnus 🧀 Matthew TB Hall 🧀 Hall, member of the fourth generation leading BUTLERS FARMHOUSE CHEESES LIMITED

