Thanks to a generous donation from the Henry and Sylvia Toft Foundation, CeFEO launched the Toft Visiting Professorship program. The aim was to get internationally leading scholars to CeFEO and Jönköping International Business School as a Toft Visiting Professor in Family Business Studies. This successful program ran for six years, and each visiting professor spent between 1 and 3 months at CeFEO either as one longer visit, or as several shorter visits.
14 well-known scholars from USA, Canada, Australia, UK, Italy, France and Germany have visited CeFEO at Jönköping International Business School.
Professor Pramodita Sharma (John Molson School of Business, Concordia University, now at University of Vermont), August and December
Professor Sabine Klein (WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management), November
Professor Carole Howorth (Centre for Family Business, Lancaster University Management School), December
Professor Sabine Klein (WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management), January
Professor Reg Litz (Asper School of Business School, University of Manitoba), February, April and May/June
Professor Andrew Popp (University of Liverpool Management School), April
Ass. Professor Sanjay Goel (University of Minnesota Duluth), May
Professor Carole Howorth (Lancaster University Management School), May/June
Professor Denise Fletcher (University of Luxembourg), August/September
Professor Shaker Zahra (Carlson School of Management, Minnesota), September
Ass. Professor Alfredo De Massis (Center for Young and Family Enterprise, University of Bergamo), September
Professor Andrew Popp (University of Liverpool Management School), October
Associate Professor Kimberly A. Eddleston (Northeastern University, Boston, MA.), February 28 - March 10
Professor Denise Fletcher (University of Luxembourg), April
Associate Professor Dawn DeTienne (Colorado State University),December
Associate Professor Dawn DeTienne (CANCELLED)
Associate Professor Kimberly Eddleston (Northeastern University, Boston, MA.), March 23 - March 28
Professor Pietro Mazzola (University of Bocconi, Italy), April 28-May 8
Professor Jean-Luc Arregle (EMLYON Business School, France), October 9-30
Professor Kimberly Eddleston (Northeastern University, Boston, MA.), December 4 -10
Assistant Professor Tommaso Minola (University of Bergamo, Italy), December 6-20
Associate Professor Daniel Pittino (University of Udine, Italy), December 6-20