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Supporting cutting-edge research at the intersection of family business theory and practice, made possible by the Hay Family of Scandinavian Building Services.
  • Open to PhD students and scholars. International research opportunities
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Latest Publications

2024

Theories in family firm research

The intertwining of family relationships with business imperatives provides a fascinating but complex arena for study. This Encyclopedia is a valuable resource because family business studies are necessarily multi-disciplinary and wide-ranging, drawing on entrepreneurship, management, governance, economics, ethics, business history, as well as family studies.

Chrisman, J.J., Fang, H., & Steier, L.P.

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2024

Chatty Actors: Generative AI and The Reassembly of Agency in Qualitative Research

Current and future developments in artificial intelligence (AI) systems have the capacity to revolutionize the research process for better or worse. On the one hand, AI systems can serve as collaborators as they help streamline and conduct our research.

Glaser, V., Sloan, J., and Gehman, J.

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2024

Organizations as Algorithms: A New Metaphor for Advancing Management Theory

According to the ‘Point’ essay, management research’s reliance on corporate data threatens to replace objective theory with profit-biased ‘corporate empiricism’, undermining the scientific and ethical integrity of the field.

Glaser, V., Sloan, J., and Gehman, J.

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2024

Theories in Family Firm Research.

The intertwining of family relationships with business imperatives provides a fascinating but complex arena for study…

Chrisman, J.J., Fang, H., & Steier, L.P. (2024).

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17 January 2024

Organizations as Algorithms: a New Metaphor for Advancing Management Theory

According to the ‘Point’ essay, management research’s reliance on corporate data threatens to replace objective theory with profit-biased ‘corporate empiricism,’ undermining the scientific and ethical integrity of the field.

Vern L. Glaser, Jennifer Sloan, and Joel Gehman

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February 22, 2024

Chatty Actors: Generative Ai and the Reassembly of Agency in Qualitative Research

In this essay, we explore how generative AI can contribute to qualitative research by examining its potential to reassemble agency. Specifically, we suggest that the affordances of Large Language Models and generative AI facilitate three distinct ideal-typical agentic possibilities

Vern L. Glaser and Joel Gehman. In M. Kulkarni (ed.)

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The Terry Hay Research Fellowship is funded by an endowment from the Hay Family of Scandinavian Building Services. This fellowship is valued at $10,000 and intended to attract and retain serving PhD students with an interest in family business. The fellowship is open to PhD students who have been admitted to or are currently registered in the Alberta School of Business PhD Program.
Applications are accepted on a rolling bases, please submit by email to abfi@ualberta.ca with the following Subject: “Terry Hay Research Fellowship application” and include:
  • A research proposal (max. 1,200 words) explaining (a) your interest in Family Business, and (b) the alignment with the research objectives for your PhD thesis (what is the research question/problem, why is this relevant/important to family business
  • An up to date curriculum vitae (CV), including a list of all publications and relevant professional and research experience.
Adjudication is done by ABFI’s Research & Education Committee in conjunction with the Business PhD Program Office.