UNC CHARLOTTE PROFESSOR RANKED AMONG TOP ENTREPRENEURSHIP SCHOLARS WORLDWIDE
Franz Kellermanns, the Addison H. and Gertrude C. Reese Endowed Chair in International Business, is among the leading scholars worldwide in entrepreneurship, according to the Journal of Small Business Management.
In the article “Contributing Forces in Entrepreneurship Research: A Global Citation Analysis,” the journal ranked the top entrepreneurship scholars globally. Kellermanns is the only scholar in North Carolina included among the top 25; he is listed at No. 13.
Kellermanns has received multiple awards for his research, which includes international business, strategic management and entrepreneurship with a focus on family business research. He was ranked as the third most productive researcher on family firms worldwide. He also was named the most productive German-speaking business professor under age 40 by the German newspaper Handelsblatt.