"Sometimes I sits and thinks, and sometimes I just sits." Leroy Robert Paige

My job is to teach and carry out research on the economics and management of family businesses and sustainability, with a focus on how to manage growth dynamics, nurture environmental champions, and design successful family-business governance mechanisms.

Recent Work

Are family firms green?

The study examines environmental management practices of family and nonfamily firms around the world.

1. Best Paper in the Organisations and the Natural Environment Division (ONE) of the 2021 Academy of Management Meeting (AOM).

2. Nomination for the Best Paper on Conference Theme at the 2021 International Family Enterprise Research Academy (IFERA) Conference.

The COVID-19 pandemic and family business performance

The study examines the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on corporate financial performance using a unique, cross-country and longitudinal sample of firms.

1. One of the 10 Most Downloaded Papers 2023 in Small Business Economics: An Entrepreneurship Journal

2. Honorable Mention for the 2022 Family Firm Institute (FFI) Best Unpublished Research Paper Award.

3. Nomination for the Best Pitch Award at the 2021 Financial Management Association (FMA) European Conference.

Talk or walk? The board of directors and firm environmental strategies

The study examines the nexus between green communication and the implementation of green practices.

Fight or flight? Understanding family firm internationalization when the rules of the game change

The study examines firms' propensity to increase or decrease their internationalization in response to different sources of risk.

Family Control, Political Risk and Employment Security: A Cross-National Study

The study examines job security in family and nonfamily firms in countries with varying degrees of political risk.

1. Nomination for the Best Paper on Conference Theme at the 2021 International Family Enterprise Research Academy (IFERA) Conference.

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