A Tribute to the Life and Work of Jess Chua

Chrisman, James J. and Wu, Zhenyu and De Massis, Alfredo and Sharma, Pramodita and Steier, Lloyd P. and Kellermanns, Franz W. and Kotlar, Josip and Rondi, Emanuela and Ge, Bingbing and Fang, Hanqing “Chevy” (2025) A Tribute to the Life and Work of Jess Chua. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 49 (3). pp. 603-619. ISSN 1042-2587

Abstract

Jess Chua was a leading scholar in the field of family business and a major contributor to Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice both as an author and editor. His significant contributions to the field were acknowledged by the Web of Science, which listed him among the world’s most highly cited researchers in Economics and Business in 2017, 2019, and 2020. In this memorial editorial, we pay tribute to him by discussing his influence on the field through his academic work, mentoring, long-term collaborations with other scholars, and the kindness he and his wife, Eva Kan, showed to his colleagues and students.