We are pleased to announce that Jan-Philipp Ahrens, Baris Istipliler, Andrew Isaak and Suleika Bort received a Best Paper Award for the paper entitled “Rethinking the Merits of Family Firm Exposure of the CEO prior to Family Business Succession” at the 18^th EIASM Workshop on Family Firm Management Research (2-3 October, 2023).

We are delighted for this outstanding achievement and congratulate all contributors.