About Family Business Review

Published as a refereed journal since 1988, Family Business Review (FBR) is the leading scholarly publication devoted exclusively to exploration of the dynamics of family-controlled enterprise, including firms ranging in size from the very large to the relatively small. FBR is focused not only on the entrepreneurial founding generation, but also on family enterprises in the second and third generations and beyond, including some of the oldest companies in the world. In addition, the journal publishes interdisciplinary research on families of wealth, family foundations, and family offices.

A refereed journal published by SAGE, FBR has a 2 year impact factor of 8.8, with a ranking of 28 out of 154 journals in Business. Source: Journal Citation Report® (Source Clarivate, 2023).

FFI members receive an annual subscription to Family Business Review.

Publication of Family Business Review is made possible, in part, by a generous contribution from D. Randolph Waesche.

FFI members receive complimentary access to Family Business Review published by SAGE. To access current and archived issues follow these instructions:
1. Log in to your FFI member account
2. Then click: https://my.ffi.org/page/family-business-review
3. Click the link on this page to go to Family Business Review and you will automatically be redirected and logged in to FBR to begin reading.

For future access, please follow the same instructions as above. Please note: if you visit or bookmark the link, you will not have access to your full complimentary FBR subscription, you must click the link from https://my.ffi.org/page/family-business-review to have full access.