Empowering Family Enterprise: Professionalisation and Community Impact

“Empowering Family Enterprise: Professionalisation and Community Impact”

The professionalisation of family enterprise is essential for navigating the complexities of governance, family dynamics, succession planning, and societal impact. Aligning business objectives with family values requires a structured approach to managing both financial and socioemotional priorities and challenges. The conference will explore how professional governance frameworks, investment vehicles such as family offices and family investment companies, and social impact strategies and philanthropy can provide diversification opportunities, competitive advantage, and help manage family dynamics and succession challenges thereby ensuring the continuity of family enterprise across generations. 

CONFERENCE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

• Morten Bennedsen (University of Copenhagen and ECGI)
• Janis Berzins (BI Norwegian Business School)
• Valdone Darskuviene (ISM University of Management and Economics)
• Krista Jaakson (University of Tartu)
• Valerija Kozlova (Stockholm School of Economics (Riga))
• Mattias Nordqvist (Stockholm School of Economics)
• Anete Pajuste(Stockholm School of Economics in Riga and ECGI)
• Erik Wetter (Stockholm School of Economics)
• Alminas Zaldokas (National University of Singapore)
• Yupana Wiwattanakantang (NUS Business School, National University of Singapore and ECGI)

ORGANISATION
Conference venue: Stockholm School of Economics (Riga), Riga, Latvia. 
Conference Dates: 9-10 June 2025
The conference dinner will be held on the evening of June 9, 2025. 

The academic track of the conference will take place on June 9-10, 2025. In addition to the academic track, there will be keynote speeches, panel discussions and workshops involving family business members, as well as participants from industry and the public sector. 

Conference participation (including meals) is free for presenters and discussants. Participants are responsible for their travel and accommodation expenses. 

Please see here for information on conference accommodation

Note: It is intended to convene this meeting physically.