Jess Chua was a leading scholar in the field of family business and a major contributor to Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice both as an author and editor. His significant contributions to the field were acknowledged by the Web of Science, which listed him among the world’s most highly cited researchers in Economics and Business in 2017, 2019, and 2020. In this memorial editorial, we pay tribute to him by discussing his influence on the field through his academic work, mentoring, long-term collaborations with other scholars, and the kindness he and his wife, Eva Kan, showed to his colleagues and students.
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ChrismanJ. J.ChuaJ. H.SharmaP. (2005). Trends and directions in the development of a strategic management theory of the family firm. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 29, 555–575.
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ChuaJ. H.ChrismanJ. J.SteierL. (2003). Extending the theoretical horizons of family business research. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 27, 331–338.
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SharmaP.ChrismanJ. J.ChuaJ. H. (2003). Predictors of satisfaction with the succession process in family firms. Journal of Business Venturing, 18, 667–687.
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SharmaP.ChrismanJ. J.ChuaJ. H.SteierL. P. (2020). Family firm behavior from a psychological perspective. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 44, 3–19.
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