Dr. Sabine Rau / Prof. of Entrepreneurship King’s College

Sabine Rau is Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Business at King’s College London. Before going back to academia again, Dr. Rau founded her own business before joining her family’s business. She re-started her academic career as a Research Fellow at INSEAD in 2001. In 2003 Professor Rau took over the presidency of the international family business researchers, ifera (www.ifera.org) which she led until 2007. She serves on several boards as independent director such as the Aufsichtsrat of Steuler (www.steuler.de), a hidden champion from Germany. 

Professor Rau has published in various journals such as Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Business Venturing, Family Business Review, Journal of Business Research, Entrepreneurship, Theory & Practice, Small Business Economics, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development and others. She wrote one of the first textbooks on family business now published in the 3rd edition. She serves on the board of several academic journals. 

Her research focus is on the influence of family onto the business and vice versa. Topics such as succession, governance, and family specific resources and its influence on performance are central to her research.