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HONORIFIC PRESIDENT

PhD. TOMÁS BAÑEGIL PALACIOS

Full University Professor | Director of the Family

Enterprise Department

University of Extremadura, Spain

CHAIRMAN

PhD. RAMÓN SANGUINO GALVÁN

Head of the Department of Business

Administration and Sociology,

University of Extremadura, Spain

CO-CHAIRWOMAN

PhD. ASCENSIÓN BARROSO MARTÍNEZ

Associate Professor

Department of Business Administration and

Sociology, University of Extremadura, Spain

CO-CHAIRWOMAN

PhD. CLAIRE SEAMAN

Reader in Enterprise and Family Business, Queen

Margaret University, Edinburgh, U.K.

VOCAL

PhD. João Leitão

University of Beira Interior, C-MAST (UBI) &

CEG-IST, University of Lisbon, Portugal

CONFERENCE MANAGER

Ms. Monica Martins

CEO & Founder

Theorem Conferences & Events, Edinburgh,

United Kingdom

CONFERENCE ASSISTANT

Mr. Miguel Rasquinho

Theorem Conferences, Portugal Office

CONFERENCE ASSISTANT

Ms. Gloria Rodríguez González

Organising Committee

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Organised by

www.theorem-conferences.co.uk

info@theorem-conferences.com

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• Ana Isabel Pérez Molina, PhD.

(Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain)

• Ascensión Barroso Martínez, PhD.

(University of Extremadura, Spain)

• Claire Seaman, PhD.

(Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, United

Kingdom)

• Claudio Muller, PhD.

(University of Chile, Chile)

• Cristina Barriuso Iglesias, PhD.

(University of Extremadura, Spain)

• Fernanda Policarpo, PhD.

(Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre, Portugal)

• Francisco M. Generelo Miranda, PhD.

(University of Extremadura, Spain)

• Isabel Sánchez, PhD.

(University of Extremadura, Spain)

• João Leitão, PhD.

(University of Beira Interior, C-MAST (UBI) & CEG-IST,

University of Lisbon, Portugal)

• Juan Luis Tato Jiménez, PhD.

(University of Extremadura, Spain)

• Juan Corona, PhD.

(Family Enterprise Institute, Spain)

• María Buenadicha Mateos, PhD.

(University of Extremadura, Spain)

• María del Mar Fuentes, PhD.

(University of Granada, Spain)

• Maria J. Vilaplana Aparicio, PhD.

(University of Alicante, Spain)

• N. Panchanatham, PhD.

(Annamalai University, India/ North-

West University, South Africa)

• Óscar. R. González López, PhD.

(University of Extremadura, Spain)

• Pedro Eugenio López Salazar, PhD.

(University of Extremadura, Spain)

• Ramón Sanguino Galván, PhD.

(University of Extremadura, Spain)

• Tomás Bañegil Palacios, PhD.

(University of Extremadura, Spain)

• Víctor Gisbert Soler, PhD.

(Polytechnic University of Valencia,

Spain)

Scientific Committee

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Monday, 4th of September 2017

20:00 Welcome Reception (at Casas

Consistoriales, Plaza Alta of Badajoz)

Tuesday, 5th of September 2017 9:00-17:00 Registration

09:30-10:00 Opening session by:

- Ramón Sanguino Galván, PhD. (Chairman

of the Conference, Head of the Department

of Business Administration and Sociology,

University of Extremadura, Spain)

- Luis Marin, PhD. (Vice-dean of

Institutional Relations, Faculty of Economic

and Business Sciences, University of

Extremadura, Spain)

10:00-11:30 Keynote talk:

“Family Business Research: Reflections

and Directions”

by Dr. Joshua J. Daspit, College of Business,

Mississipi State University, U.S.A

(including 30 minutes for Q&A)

11:30-12:00 Coffee-break // Networking

12:00-14:00 Posters session I

14:00-16:00 Lunch // Networking

16:00-17:30 Talk to the editors session

21:00 Gala dinner

GENERAL SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

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Wednesday, 6th of September 2017

9:00-14:30 Registration

9:30-11:00 “Scottish Family Businesses: Research

and Innovative Education Strategies”

by Dr. Claire Seaman, Queen Margaret

University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

(including 30 minutes for Q&A)

11:00-12:30 Posters Session II

12:30-13:00 Coffee Break // Networking

13:00-14:30 Posters Session III

14:30-15:00 Closing Remarks, and kick off for EFERIC

2018 by

- Ramón Sanguino Galván, PhD, chairman

of EFERIC and head of the Department of

the Department of Business Administration

(Faculty of Economic and Business

Sciences, University of Extremadura)

- Ms. Ana María Vega Fernández, General

Director of Companies and

Competitiveness of the Government of

Extremadura

- Maria del Mar Guerrero Manzano, PhD.

Vice-chancellor of Institutional

Relations, Faculty of Economic and

Business Sciences, University of

Extremadura, Spain. (To be confirmed)

- Claire Seaman, PhD, Queen Margaret

University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

- Ms. Monica Martins, Conference

Manager, CEO & Founder Theorem

Conferences

15:00 Delivery of tickets for lunch in LA

ECONOMICA

19:00 Free walking tour

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Tuesday, 5th of September 2017

9:00-17:00 Registration

9:30-10:00 Opening session by:

- Ramón Sanguino Galván, PhD. (Chairman

of the Conference, Head of the Department

of Business Administration and Sociology,

University of Extremadura, Spain)

- Luis Marin, PhD. (Vice-dean of

Institutional Relations, Faculty of Economic

and Business Sciences, University of

Extremadura, Spain)

10:00-11:30 Keynote talk. Room A1

“Family Business Research: Reflections

and Directions”

by Dr. Joshua J. Daspit, College of Business,

Mississipi State University, U.S.A

(including 30 minutes for Q&A)

11:30-12:00 Coffee-break // Networking

12:00-14:00 Posters session I. Room A2

Poster I.001 A Framework of Understanding the

Professionalization of Family Business:

An Organizational Life Cycle Perspective

Petru Sandu

Elizabethtown College, U.S.A.

Poster I.002 Features of a successful entrepreneur: a

perspective of family and non-family

firms

Beata Żukowska, Ada Domańska, Robert

Zajkowski

Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Poland

Poster I.003 Family environment and academic

entrepreneurial intentions: an analysis of

the Spanish case

F. I. Vega-Gómez, F. J. Miranda, J. A. Pérez

Mayo

University of Extremadura, Spain

Poster I.004 Morocco's adhesion to ECOWAS and its

impact on SMEs activity

Hamza El Guili

University of Abdelmalek Essadi, Morocco

DETAILED SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME

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Poster I.005 Savings Mobilisation for Poverty

reduction in Zimbabwe’s Masvingo

District

Stephen Mago

Durban University of Technology, South

Africa

Poster I.006 Entrepreneurial profile of small business

owners in Extremadura (Spain). A

multiple case study

Francisco Manuel Generelo Miranda, Pedro

Eugenio López Salazar

University of Extremadura, Spain

Poster I.007 Importance of individual characteristics

of entrepreneurs and perception of

factors determining starting a business

Ada Domańska, Robert Zajkowski, Beata

Żukowska

Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Poland

Poster I.008 Successor Selection in Family Firms -

Advantage of being first

Shital Jayantilal, Sílvia Ferreira Jorge, Tomás

M. Bañegil Palacios

University of Extremadura, Spain

Poster I.009 The effect of Project Management

approaches in enhancing Entrepreneurial

Growth: a study using the Theory of

Planned Behaviour as a Lens to

understand

Akunna Uchenna Agunwah, Kevin

Gallimore, Kathryn Kinnmond

Manchester Metropolitan University, United

Kingdom

Poster I.010 Organizational Ambidexterity and

Entrepreneurship: the moderating role

of environmental uncertainty

M.C. Barriuso, T.M. Bañegil, A. Barroso

University of Extremadura, Spain

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Poster I.011 Are Polish Family firms different in their

Goals from Non-Family Firms?

Jerzy Weclawski, Helmut Pernsteiner

Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria

Poster I.012 Family and Non-Family High Growth

Firms In Spain

Alejandro Hernández-Trasobares, Carmen

Galve-Górriz

University of Zaragoza, Spain

Poster I.013 Technical analysis and usage of their

signals in support of low risk investment

strategies

Luis Lamani

Polytechnic University of Tirana, Albania

Poster I.014 Measuring Employer Brand Image and

Scale Development for the IT Service

Industry

A. Clipa, C. Stoian, M.Danileț, O. Tugulea

Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Romania

Poster I.015 Impact of entrepreneurial attitude on

the performance of labour companies

Francisco Manuel Generelo Miranda, Pedro

Eugenio López Salazar

University of Extremadura, Spain

Poster I.016 Gender Diversity and Firm Performance

Rocío Martínez-Jiménez; María J. Martínez-

Romero; Alfonso A. Rojo-Ramírez

University of Almeria, Spain

14:00-16:00 Lunch // Networking

16:00-17:30 Talk to the editors session

Room A3

21:00 Gala dinner

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Wednesday, 6th of September 2017 9:00-14:30 Registration

9:30-11:00 “Scottish Family Businesses: Research and

Innovative Education Strategies”

by Dr. Claire Seaman, Queen Margaret

University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

(including 30 minutes for Q&A)

11:00-12:30 Posters Session II. Room A2

Poster II.001 Research results and academic

entrepreneurship in Spain

F. I. Vega-Gómez, F. J. Miranda, J. A. Pérez

Mayo

University of Extremadura, Spain

Poster II.002 Social Entrepreneurship Between American

and Chinese Millennials

Kern K. Kwong, Veena P. Prabhu, Stephen J. J.

McGuire, Yang Zhang

California State University, U.S.A.

Poster II.003 The effect of culture on the relationship

between Entrepreneurial Social Identity

Theory and Effectuation Theory

M. Estrada de la Cruz, A. J. Verdu Jover, J.M.

Gómez Gras, L. Alós Simo

University Miguel Hernández de Elche, Spain

Poster II.004 Online business beat the store

Rini Aswari Putri, Rizal Aji

Islamic University of Indonesia, Indonesia

Poster II.005 Family’s influence on the relationship

between corporate reputation and financial

performance

Mª Pilar Martín-Zamora, Mª Jesús Moreno-

Domínguez, Isabel Serrano-Czaia, Lázaro

Rodríguez-Ariza, Yolanda Pelayo-Díaz

University of Huelva, Spain

Poster II.006 How to prepare for succession in a small

family enterprise: a Mexican case study

Blanca Carballo-Mendívil, Alejandro Arellano-

González, Nidia Josefina Ríos-Vázquez, Josué

Alejandro Olivas-Méndez

Technological Institute of Sonora, Mexico

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Poster II.007 The Role of Social Capital in Regional

Entrepreneurship: the case of the Greek

Services Sector

Vasilios Kanellopoulos, Georgios Fotopoulos

University of Peloponnese, Greece

Poster II.008 Leadership in microorganizational,

entrepreneurial settings: some preliminary

thoughts

Rafael Alé-Ruiz, Águeda Gil López

Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Spain

Poster II.009 Family Firms and Corporate Social

Responsibility: A Meta-Analysis

Sergio Canavati, Adele Santana, Dirk Libaers

Sonoma State University, U.S.A.

Poster II.010 What kind of value added (smartmoney)

could the Venture Capital add to the

entrepreneurs startups in which one they

invest?

Luis Alberto Ruano Marrón, Ruben Fernández

Ortiz, Luisa Alemany Gil, Eduardo Rodriguez

Osés

University of La Rioja, Spain

12:30-13:00 Coffee Break // Networking

13:00-14:30 Posters Session III. Room A2

Poster III.001 Analysis of the mediating effect of

absorptive capacity in international

entrepreneurial orientation the family firms

Felipe Hernández-Perlines

University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain

Poster III.002 Absorbing, coopeting and innovating in

Knowledge Service Firms

Joao Leitão, Dina Pereira

University of Beira Interior & CEG-IST, Portugal

Poster III.003 Exploring the effect of independent

directors on corporate reputation. Family

Firms versus Non-Family Firms

Mª Jesús Moreno-Domínguez, Mª Pilar

Martín-Zamora, Isabel Serrano-Czaia, Lázaro

Rodríguez-Ariza, Yolanda Pelayo-Díaz

University of Huelva, Spain

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Poster III.004 Family enterprises and Corporate

Governance. The Portuguese Sociedade por

Quotas

Alexandre de Soveral Martins

University of Coimbra, Portugal

Poster III.005 Subjective Value For Young Romanian

Negotiators: Factors Influencing The

Willingness To Negotiate Again With The

Same Counterpart

A. Clipa, M. Danilet, C. Clipa

Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Romania

Poster III.006 Tourism development strategy and its

impact in touristic demand and supply,

case: Sarande, Albania

Olta Kapllani Proda

University of Tirana, Albania

Poster III.007 The impact of the family on the operational

planning system in medium and large-sized

Polish family firms

Robert Zajkowski, Ada Domańska, Beata

Żukowska

Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Poland

Poster III.008 Entrepreneurship Education of Women: A

Panacea for Sustainable Family Lifestyle

Adaku Sandra Umeh

Michael Okpara University of Agriculture,

Nigeria

Poster III.009 Innovation and Socioemotional Wealth:

Literature Review and Future Research

Avenues

Martínez Alonso, Rubén; Martínez Romero,

María José; Rojo Ramírez, Alfonso A.

University of Almeria, Spain

Poster III.010 Applying Social Cognitive Career Theory to

entrepreneurship: The moderating role of

entrepreneurship education

Mª Carmen Pérez-López, María José González-

López, Lázaro Rodríguez-Ariza

University of Granada, Spain

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14:30-15:00 Closing Remarks, and kick off for EFERIC

2018 by

- Ramón Sanguino Galván, PhD, chairman of

EFERIC and head of the Department of the

Department of Business Administration

(Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences,

University of Extremadura)

- Ms. Ana María Vega Fernández, General

Director of Companies and Competitiveness of

the Government of Extremadura

- Maria del Mar Guerrero Manzano, PhD. Vice-

chancellor of Institutional Relations, Faculty of

Economic and Business Sciences, University of

Extremadura, Spain. (To be confirmed)

- Claire Seaman, PhD, Queen Margaret

University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

- Ms. Monica Martins, Conference Manager,

CEO & Founder Theorem Conferences

15:00 Delivery of tickets for lunch in LA ECONOMICA

19:00 Free walking tour

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