Family Business Scholars Pay Tribute to Outgoing Family Business Review Editor

Family Business Review opened its 2026 volume with an editorial honoring Donald O. Neubaum of Florida Atlantic University, the journal’s outgoing editor. The piece is titled “Looking Backward and Looking Forward.” It was published online on February 9, 2026, and appears in volume 39, issue 1, on pages 4 to 13.

Joshua J. Daspit, Professor of Management at the McCoy College of Business at Texas State University, is one of the eleven co-authors. Daspit studies family businesses and entrepreneurship. He is a Fellow of the Family Firm Institute and has published in Family Business Review and other outlets in the field.

What the editorial is

This is a tribute, not a research paper. It reports no study, data, or findings. Its purpose is to recognize Neubaum’s service as editor and to look ahead to the journal’s next chapter.

The co-authors are family business scholars from North America and Europe. Alongside Neubaum and Daspit, they are Peter Jaskiewicz of the University of Ottawa, Mattias Nordqvist of the Stockholm School of Economics and Jönköping University, Evelyn Micelotta and Pramodita Sharma of the University of Vermont, G. Tyge Payne of Oklahoma State University, Keith Brigham of the University of Oklahoma, Cristina Cruz of IE Business School, Nadine Kammerlander of WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management, and Philipp Sieger of the University of Bern.

Why it is listed here

Family Business Review is one of the main scholarly journals devoted to family firms. Editorials of this kind mark leadership transitions at the journal and often set out its priorities. Daspit’s authorship reflects McCoy College’s presence in the family business research community.

This summary is based on the article’s citation and publication record. The editorial’s text was not available to us, so its contents are not described here.

What it means for managers

• This item is an editorial, not a research paper. It contains no study, sample, or empirical findings.
• The editorial marks a leadership change at Family Business Review, a leading journal in the family business field.
• McCoy College's Joshua J. Daspit, a family business researcher, is among the eleven scholars who wrote the tribute.

Jaskiewicz, P., Neubaum, D. O., Nordqvist, M., Micelotta, E., Payne, G. T., Sharma, P., Brigham, K., Cruz, C., Daspit, J. J., Kammerlander, N., & Sieger, P. (2026). Looking backward and looking forward: A tribute to Don Neubaum, the outgoing editor of the Family Business Review. Family Business Review, 39(1), 4-13. 10.1177/08944865251414284