Department of Management & Entrepreneurship

House #49, Office #211	770.423.6045
jastrach@kennesaw.edu

Research & Teaching Areas
- Family Business Strategy
- Family Business Governance
- Family Business Communication and Conflict
- Family Business Finance

Corporate Board Memberships
- Beaulieu of America
- Foley Equipment Company
- Banner Properties
- All Medical Personnel
- Devin Properties

Academic Positions
- Loyola University Chicago
- Babson College
- Wharton, University of Pennsylvania
- IMD
- Yale University

Professional Experience, Leadership & Service
- Editor, Journal of Family Business Strategy
- Editor, Family Business Casebook Annual
- Editor, Family Business Review (1995-2008)
- Family Firm Institute Board
- Family Enterprises USA, Board Chair
- Family Business Network International, Executive Committee
- International Family Enterprise Research Academy Board
- Southern Arts Federation Board

Representative Publications

Sciascia, S., Mazzola, P., Astrachan, J., Pieper, T. (2009). The role of family ownership and family involvement in international entrepreneurship: Exploring non linear effects. Small Business Economics Journal, (in press).

Astrachan, J. (2009). La Cohesión Familiar es Esencial Para la Empresa. Actualidad de la Empresa Familiar(45), 12.

Astrachan, J., Zellweger, T. (2008) Die Performance von Familien-unternehmen: Literaturübersicht und Orientierungshilfe für künftige Forschungsarbeiten. ZfKE Zeitschrift für KMU und Entrepreneurship, Dunker & Humblot, 1./2. Heft(56), 83-112.

Astrachan, J., Jaskiewicz, P. (2008) Emotional Returns and Emotional Costs in Privately held Family Firms: Advancing Traditional Business Valuation. Family Business Review, 21(4).

Astrachan, J., Blumentritt, T., Keyt, A.D. (2007). Creating an Environment for Successful Non-Family CEO's: Building Good Principals. Family Business Review, 20(4), 321 - 335.

Astrachan, J., McMillan, K. S., Keyt, A. D., Lane, S. (2007). Family Business Governance: Perspectives, Research and Recommendations. Journal of Corporate Ownership & Control, 5(2).

Astrachan, J., Hoy, F., Sharma, P., Koiranen, M. (2007). The Practice Driven Evolution of Family Business Education. Journal of Business Research, 60, 1012-1021.

Astrachan, J., Lane, S., Keyt, A. D., McMillan, K. S. (2006). Guidelines for Family Business Boards of Directors. Family Business Review, 19(2), 147-167.

Astrachan, J., Klein, S. B., Smyrnios, K. X. (2005). The F-PEC Scale of Family Influence: Construction, Validation, and Further Implication for Theory. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 29(3), 321-339.