About
My teaching and research center on the challenges faced by founders, owners, and next generation members of family-run businesses.
I am interested in how family business owners and potential successors identify and develop entrepreneurial opportunities, navigate generational transitions, and how they communicate with each other along the way.
Alongside my academic work, I am increasingly engaging with family businesses, and contributing to conversations beyond the university.
Research interests
- Entrepreneurship in family businesses
- Next gen entrepreneurship
- Succession and generational transition
- Transition conversations
Engagement
I am keen to connect with members of the family business community in Scotland and beyond who are interested in discussing the challenges they face in practice.
This includes topics such as succession, next-generation involvement, and entrepreneurial initiatives within family firms. I also welcome opportunities for outreach, collaboration, and knowledge exchange.
Links
Email: jasper.brinkerink@ed.ac.uk
Jasper Brinkerink, PhD 