Dear colleagues in the AOM ENT Division,
I would like to warmly invite you to submit to EURAM 2026 (Kristiansand, Norway, 16–19 June 2026) and, in particular, to our track T04_06: "Succession, Legacy and Legitimacy in Family and Royal Enterprises."Submissions are open until 7 January 2026.
I am honoured to co-chair this track together with Elham Kalhor and Jannek Sommer.
In this track, I focus on leadership transitions in which legacy and legitimacy become central organising principles across family enterprises, heritage-based organisations, and royal or public-facing institutions. I am particularly interested in work that examines external succession, symbolic and narrative forms of legitimacy, governance adaptation during transitions, and the institutional logics shaping continuity and change.
I welcome conceptual, empirical, and comparative contributions, including (but not limited to) research on succession in (royal) family businesses; legacy preservation under external leadership; symbolic, ritualised, and public transitions; the interplay between succession and religion; and multilevel perspectives on legitimacy, governance, and stakeholder dynamics.
Please feel free to share this call within your networks-especially with scholars working at the intersection of entrepreneurship, family business, institutional theory, and governance. The full Call for Papers is available in the track document.
Warm regards,
Christian Neusser
University of Reading | Henley Business School
Co-Chair, EURAM 2026 Track T04_06
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Christian Neusser
Research Associate
University of Reading
Erlangen
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