Annual Report 2021

Awards

2021 Axiom Business Book Awards

Silver Medal
Category: Philanthropy/Non-profit/Sustainability

Family Philanthropy
Navigator: The Inspirational Guide for Philanthropic Families on Their Giving Journey

Peter Vogel, Etienne Eichenberger and Malgorzata Kurak

Peter Vogel

2020 EFMD Case Writing Awards

Winner
Category: Bringing Technology to Market

SAM 100: Will Construction Robotics Disrupt the US Bricklaying Industry?
Dominique Turpin, Douglas Quackenbos and Martin Roth

2021 International Family Enterprise Research Academy Annual Conference

Winner
Category: Best Teaching Case Study Award

Brown-Forman: Nothing Better in the Market
Benoît Leleux, Marta Widz and Marc Chauvet

Winner
Category: Best Paper on Gender Diversity Award

Toward a Reconciliation of Discrepant Perspectives on Debt in Female-led Firms
Alfredo de Massis et al

Winner
Category: Best Research on Diversity in the Family Award

Women’s Leadership and Leverage Decisions: Exploring the Nature of Family Firms and Their Governance
Alfredo de Massis et al

Women’s Leadership and Leverage Decisions

Winner
Category: Best Paper on Conference Theme Award

Family Business and the Natural Environment
Ivan Miroshnchenko, Alfredo De Massis et al

2021 Academy of Management Annual Meeting

Winner
Category: Best Empirical Paper Award

Slack and Performance in Family-owned SMEs: An Agency Theory Perspective
Alfredo De Massis et al

Family Firm Institute

Winner
Family Business Review, Excellent Reviewer Award 2021
Ivan Miroshnychenko

Swiss Academy of Marketing Science

Honourable mention
Category: Rigor & Relevance Research Award 2021

How CEO/CMO Characteristics Affect Innovation and Stock Returns: Findings and Future Directions
Amit Joshi

How CEO/CMO Characteristics Affect Innovation and Stock Returns

Faculty recognitions

Thinkers50 Radar 2021

Thinkers50 Radar 2021
Alyson Meister

Poets & Quants 40 Under 40 MBA Professors

Poets & Quants 40 Under 40 MBA Professors
Ina Toegel

Thinkers50 2021 Ranking

Thinkers50 2021 Ranking
Michael Watkins

100 Digital Shapers in Switzerland

100 Digital Shapers in Switzerland
Öykü Işık

Fellow of the Game Theory Society

Fellow of the Game Theory Society
Karl Schmedders

Most influential and productive author

Most influential and productive author in family firm research in last 10 years
European Journal of Family Business bibliometric study

Alfredo De Massis

Digital Shapers Hall of Fame

CEO Today Magazine top 10 books to help CEOs thrive in the new world of work
Resetting Management by Stéphane Girod and Martin Králik