The 4th Tel Aviv Family Business Research Conference
Monday, June 22, 2026 Zohar Zisapel Lecture hall (403) – 4th
Zohar Zisapel Lecture hall (403) – 4th Floor
8:30 – 9:00 Registration
9:00 – 9:15 Yael Steinhardt
Dean's greetings
Session I
9:15 – 10:00 Ruth Aguilera, Northeastern University, US
Heroes or Villains? Family Firms, Wage Inequality, and the Global South-North Divide
10:00 – 10:45 Ruth Rooz, Ariel University, Israel
Index Inclusion and Information Environment: Evidence from
Family-Owned Indices Assignments
10:45 – 11:15 Coffee break
Session II
11:15 – 12:00 Jim Combs, University of Central Florida, US
How Business Families Shape Family Firms: A Configurational Approach
12:00 – 13:00 Meni Abudy, Efrat Shust, Eli Amir, Bar Ilan University,
Open University, Tel Aviv University The audit of family firms:
A new perspective
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
Session III
14:00 –14:45 Nava Michael-Tsabari, Tel Aviv University
The Ties that Bind Over Time: Socioemotional Wealth as an
Evolving Endowment
14:45 – 15:30 Avi Carmeli, Tel Aviv University
External Shocks and the Resilience of Micro-Businesses
15:30 – 16:15 Shaker Zahra, University of Minnesota, US (over zoom)
Persistent challenges in the study of family firms and what to do about them
Registration
Conference co-organizers:
Professor Itai Ater ater@tauex.tau.ac.il
Dr. Nava Michael Tsabari navamichael@tauex.tau.ac.il
Conference administrative assistant: Roy Goren strausscent@tauex.tau.ac.il
