The Second Tel Aviv Family Business Research Conference

Monday, June 26

 8:30 – 9:00

Registration

 9:00

 Moshe Zviran

Dean's greetings

Session I

Chair:

Yishay Yafeh – The Hebrew University

 9:10 – 9:50

Michael Hitt – Texas Christian University

The International Strategies of Family Firms Paper: Why Is Family Firms’ Internationalization Unique? A Meta-Analysis

 9:50 – 10:30

Lloyd Steier – University of Alberta

Family Enterprises as Adaptive Systems:  The Creation, Organization and Evolution of Homesteader Farm Families in Canada 2013-2017

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee break

Session II

Chair:

Annalisa Prencipe – Bocconi

11:00 – 11:40

Vanessa Strike – UBC

Mediated Sensemaking: Most Trusted Advisors and Family Business Entrepreneurs

11:40 – 12:20

Michael Carney – Concordia University

Who Cares About Socioemotional Wealth?  SEW and Rentier Perspectives on the 1% Wealthiest Business Households

12:20 – 13:00

Daniel Wolfenzon –

Columbia Business School

Drivers of Effort: Evidence from Employee Absenteeism

13:00 – 14:00

Lunch

Poster session

14:00 – 14:20

TBA

Session III

Chair:

Peter Bamberger – Coller School of Management

14:20 –15:00

Itai Ater – Coller School of Management

The Impact of Founding Couples on Family Businesses 

15:00 – 15:40

Morten Bennedsen – Insead

Exit of Families in Japanese Firms