Franz Kellermanns

Franz W. Kellermanns is the Addison H. & Gertrude C. Reese Endowed Chair in International Business and Professor of Management in the Belk College of Business at UNC Charlotte. He holds a joint appointment with the Center for Family Business at the WHU–Otto Beisheim School of Management (Germany). In a worldwide study, he was ranked 13th amongst the leading contribution authors in entrepreneurship research (JSBM, 2018). As of January 2024, Kellermanns ranks first in the nation and fourth worldwide for family business research.

His research interests include international business, strategy process and entrepreneurship with a focus on family business research. He is an editor of Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice and former associate editor of Family Business Review. He has published over 100 articles in peer reviewed journals, such as Organization Science, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Business Venturing, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Family Business Review, Academy of Management Learning and Education, etc. He serves on the Editorial Boards of Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, Group and Organization Management, Family Business Review, Journal of Family Business Strategy and Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal. His most recent co-edited books are “Innovating Strategy Process” and the “Family Business Companion.”

Degrees

• Ph.D., University of Connecticut
• M.B.A., Indiana University of Pennsylvania
• Dipl.-Kfm., Gerhard Mercator Universität, Germany

Expertise

• International business
• Strategy process
• Entrepreneurship with a focus on family business