Chairs of the IFBRF 2025
Andrea CALABRÒ
- Founder of IFBRF
- STEP Project Global Consortium
- Chair of Sustainable Family Business and Entrepreneurship, IPAG Business School
a.calabro@ipag.fr
Oumaima QUIDDI
- ESCA Ecole de Management
- Research Member, Chair of Family Businesses in Morocco
oquiddi@esca.ma
Badr HABBA
- ESCA Ecole de Management
- Director of the Chair of Family Businesses in Morocco
bhabba@esca.ma
Keynote Speaker
Cristina CRUZ SERRANO
Dr. Cristina Cruz is a Professor of Entrepreneurship and Director of the IE Center for Families in Business. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. She is an internationally recognized expert in the study of family businesses and entrepreneurial families. Her research on corporate governance, philanthropy, and entrepreneurship within family-controlled organizations has been published in leading academic management journals. Her outstanding research contributions have earned her several awards, and she currently serves as Associate Editor of the Family Business Review.
As Director of the IE Center for Families in Business, Dr. Cruz leads numerous applied research projects and supports entrepreneurial families in their primary challenge: creating value across generations. She is a Fellow of the Family Firm Institute, a distinction awarded to professionals who demonstrate ongoing commitment and expertise in the field of family business. Additionally, she is a member of the scientific board of the Family Office Observatory at Politecnico di Milano.
Types of Submission
We warmly encourage international scholars at all stages of their research to submit their ideas, works in progress, and completed studies to the Forum.
Research Ideas and Doctoral Proposals
These should outline the research questions, theoretical frameworks, methodology, andexpected contributions to the field of family business.
Extended Abstracts
They should be no less than 1000 words and include the Research Question and Objectives, the Theoretical Background, Methodology,Findings, Originality, Theoretical, Managerial, and Social Implications, References, and Keywords.
Full papers
Both conceptual and empirical research papers are welcome, whetherin draft form or fully completed.
Teaching case study
We encourage submissions of teaching case studies that present real-world or hypothetical family business scenarios, accompanied by teaching notes.
