Dear Colleagues, My apology for cross-posting. Just a quick reminder: the deadline for the Family Business in Global Economy special issue of the Multinational Business Review is April 16, 2007. Please see Call for Papers below or at
http://www.loyola.edu/sellinger/news/articles/mbr.html . =============================================================== Call for Papers Special Issue on Family Firms in Global Economy The focus of this special issue of Multinational Business Review is on the topic of Family Firms in Global Economy. Original scholarly papers that study the relationship between internationalization of business activities and the management of family firms and practitioner papers that offer managerial insights to this topic are welcome. Family firms are broadly defined as business organizations owned, managed, or controlled by one or multiple families. We encourage research on the internationalization of functional activities, human capital, strategic alliances, complementors, and corporate governance practices in family firms to submit to this special issue. We are particularly interested in papers that highlight the impact of family value, culture, experiences, power, and the level of commitment on the choices and performances of internationalization activities. This special issue is also interested in studies on the impact of internationalized domestic business environment on family firms. Finally, MBR welcomes papers on both entrepreneurial and established family firms, in so far as they deal with the theme of the special issue. Submission Guidelines Articles can be either conceptual or empirical. MBR welcomes pluralism in approach, methods, and disciplines. When the MBR receives your article, it will be logged and an e-mail will be sent to the corresponding author confirming receipt. An article log number will be provided for tracking purposes. Please follow the guidelines for authors of the Multinational Business Review at
http://biib.slu.edu/MBRSubmission.html Submit manuscripts by email to:
mbrjournal@loyola.edu The final date for submission of manuscripts is Monday, April 16, 2007. Guest Editor Hung-bin Ding Assistant Professor, Sellinger School of Business and Management, Loyola College in Maryland, USA.