Dear all, Special Session: join us in our open special session (33) "Family Firms, Hidden Champions and Regional Development: The Way Ahead" at the 2021 Regions in Recovery E-Festival; online: 02 June 2021 to 18 June 2021; the deadline for abstract submissions to the #RinR21 Regions in Recovery E-festival: March 17, 2021. Find all details here: https://www.regionalstudies.org/news/202-ssrinr/#! Special Issue: This session is linked to a special issue in an impact-factor peer-reviewed journal, submitting authors will be informed about this possibility in detail. Authors only interested in the special issue are requested to directly contact the editors. Open Access Edited Collection: Finally, we want to raise your attention to a recently published open access book dealing with the topic to be free downloadable from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/349548010_Family_Business_and_Regional_Development Submitting papers: The abstract submission deadline is 17th March 2021. You can submit your abstract of 250-500 words in length via the following link: https://members.regionalstudies.org/lounge/Meetings/Meeting?ID=307 Please choose Special Session 33 "SS33. Family Firms, Hidden Champions and Regional Development: The Way Ahead" from the Gateway Theme during the submission process. Organisation: Jan-Philipp Ahrens (Universität Mannheim, Germany) Rodrigo Basco (American University of Sharjah, UAE) Lech Suwala (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany) Best regards , Philipp, Rodrigo & Lech *Rodrigo Basco, Ph.D.* Associate Professor, Sheikh Saoud bin Khalid bin Khalid Al-Qassimi Chair in Family Business at American University of Sharjah Chairman at STEP Project Global Consortium <https://thestepproject.org/> Associate Editor at Journal of Family Business Strategy <https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-family-business-strategy> Open access to the latest Edition of "Family Business and Regional Development" <https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/family-business-regional-development-rodrigo-basco-roger-stough-lech-suwala/e/10.4324/9780429058097> Read the latest reports "Ownership Concentration in Listed Firms in the GCC: Implication for Corporate Governance" <https://familyfirmblog.files.wordpress.com/2020/09/ownership-concentration-report.pdf> "Student Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in UAE" report <https://familyfirmblog.wordpress.com/2019/11/16/41-of-all-surveyed-uae-students-intend-to-become-an-entrepreneur-five-years-after-graduation/> "Family Business Ecosystem in UAE" <https://familyfirmblog.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/family-business-ecosystem-in-uae.pdf> ____ AIB-L is brought to you by the Academy of International Business. For information: http://aib.msu.edu/community/aib-l.asp To post message: [log in to unmask] For assistance: [log in to unmask] AIB-L is a moderated list.