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Family Business Review (FBR) is the leading scholarly publication devoted exclusively to exploration of the

dynamics of family-controlled enterprises, including firms ranging in size from the very large to the

relatively small. FBR is focused not only the entrepreneurial founding generation, but also on family

enterprises in the 2nd and 3rd generation and beyond, including some of the oldest companies in the

world. FBR is inherently a multidisciplinary journal and publishes articles on a wide variety of topics from

the business field. Published by SAGE, FBR has a 2016 Impact Factor of 4.229.

FBR is pleased to announce it is now accepting special issue proposals for a special issue to be published

in 2020. The deadline for submitting a proposal is May 15, 2018. Special issue proposals should have the

potential to make a substantial impact on an important area of research on a topic area pertaining to

family businesses, as defined by the aims and scope of the journal, found at the link below.

While proposals from all scholars on all topics related to family businesses are welcome, the editorial team

will be particularly interested in receiving proposals from editorial teams who do not typically publish in

family business journals. Novel, understudied topics pertaining to family enterprises are particularly

encouraged. Editorial teams should anticipate a publication date of September 2020.

Proposals submission guidelines include:

1) A summary of the topic of the special issue. Please be sure to justify the need for special issue and

how the topic is under-researched. This section should be no more than 2 pages.

2) Names and affiliations of the guest editorial team. Please be sure to provide details about the team's
prior reviewing/editing experience, as well as a statement regarding each member's expertise and
experience publishing in the domain of the special issue. Please note that the team may include one
member that is a current editor at FBR, but we are open to all types of teams from a variety of backgrounds
(see https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/journal/family-business-review#editorial-board for the current
list). Please limit this section to one page per editorial team member.

3) A detailed timeline for the special issue. Please be sure to include due dates for submissions, revisions,

decision letters, and final versions of the accepted papers. Although not required, please be sure to

include any details about paper development workshops/activities that might be associated with your

specific proposal. The timeline should be geared towards having papers finalize by May, 2020.

4) A draft CALL FOR PAPERS. This one-page (front and back) call should be ready for distribution and

appropriate to announce and advertise the special issue on printed flyers, websites, listserves, etc.

Please note the guest editorial team will write an introduction to the special issue, but are forbidden from

being part of the author team on any other submissions for the special issue.

Please submit any questions regarding this call for special issue proposals to Donald Neubaum, Senior

Associate Editor at dneubaum@fau.edu. Proposal submissions should also be submitted to this email by

May 15, 2018.