B.Bus. (QUT) B.Econ. (QUT) M.Soc.Sc.(U of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK) Ph.D (U of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK) Dr. Moores is currently Professor in Management (Family Business) and Director of the Australian Centre for Family Business that he founded in 1994. However, as a founding academic member of Bond University, Ken Moores initially undertook the responsibilities of Professor of Accounting and sometimes Dean and Associate Dean of the School of Business. Prior to resuming Directorship of the Centre in 2004, Professor Moores served as Vice-Chancellor and President of Bond University from 1997 to 2003. Dr. Moores pioneered research and recognition of family business in Australia and has achieved international recognition for his work. His 2003 book based on involvement with Australia’s entrepreneurial family business community, co-authored with Mary Barrett, "Learning Family Business: Paradoxes and Pathways", has been widely acclaimed for its insightful observations about family businesses. Professor Moores’ research interests have included management accounting, finance, strategic planning, corporate governance, and leadership development in family businesses. He has published widely in these fields in academic journals ranging from Accounting, Organizations and Society, Journal of Management Accounting Research, British Accounting Review, Accounting and Business Research, to Human Relations and Family Business Review. Professor Moores was Foundation editor of Pacific Accounting Review. As a highly regarded Professor of Accounting, Dr. Moores served both the academic and professional communities of his discipline in various capacities. He served as Australian President of the Accounting Association of Australian and New Zealand (now AFAANZ) in 1994-95 and has served on committees of both CPA Australia and ICAA. In 2002 he was a joint runner-up in the ICAA/Zurich Business Leader of the Year Award. He currently serves as an External Member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee, Queensland Audit Office. In 2003 he was honoured by Gold Coast City as one of its “unsung heroes” and in 2005 was he made a Member in the Order of Australia for his service to academia and the accounting profession.
Articles
Clarifying the strategic advantage of familiness: Unbundling its dimensions and highlighting its paradoxes (with Wayne J. Irava), Journal of family business strategy (2010)
Using a resource-based theoretical lens we clarify familiness by identifying the dimensions of this unique...
Resources supporting entrepreneurial orientation in multigenerational family firms (with Wayne Irava), International journal of entrepreneurial venturing (2010)
We examine entrepreneurship in multigenerational family firms. Specifically, we employ theoretical lenses drawn from both...
Fostering women’s entrepreneurial leadership in family firms: Ten lessons (with Mary Barrett), Management online review (2009)
Women’s potential to lead a firm – whether one started by a family member or...
Spotlights and shadows: Preliminary findings about the experiences of women in family business leadership roles (with Mary Barrett), Journal of management & organization: Family business: Theory and practice (2009)
In an earlier study (Moores & Barrett 2002) we found successful CEOs had learned leadership...
Paradigms and theory building in the domain of business families, Family business review (2009)
This article argues the bona fides of the study of family business as a standalone...
Books
Understanding family enterprise: A book of readings (with Justin B. Craig), Justin B. Craig (2011)
This collection of papers, written over a span of about 16 years by researchers associated...
Women in family business leadership roles: Daughters on the stage (with Mary Barrett), Women in family business leadership roles: Daughters on the stage (2009)
‘Barrett and Moores delve into the real essence of women in leadership roles, specifically but...
Learning Family Business: Paradoxes and Pathways (with Mary Barrett), Ken Moores (2003)
Based upon original research, this book examines how family-owned businesses differ from other businesses.
The...
Book Chapters
Australia’s Dennis Family Corporation (with Justin B. Craig), Business papers (2008)
This paper details how the Australia Dennis family has been able to professionalize their family...
Organizational life cycle stage and controls in Australian family firms (with J. M. Mula), Business papers (2008)
Despite their numerical and economic significance to Australia, family businesses have not been extensively researched....
Women learning business leadership: Journeys in the family firm (with Mary Barrett), Business papers (2008)
The family-business literature has thus far not devoted much attention to understanding female vantage points...
From vision to variables: A scorecard to continue the professionalization of a family firm (with Justin Craig), Handbook of research on family business (2006)
This chapter builds on previous projects we have conducted that have concentrated on the key...
Understanding Tensions and Conflict: A Phases of Learning Approach for Leading Family Businesses (with Mary Barrett), Managing the Family Business (2006)
Managing the Family Business is a timely and thought provoking book that should encourage greater...
Conference Papers
Championing family business issues to influence public policy: Evidence from Australia (with Justin B. Craig), 9th International Family Enterprise Research Academy (IFERA) world family business research conference: Global perspectives on family business developments: Theory - practice - policy (2009)
This paper proposes a strategy for the family firm sector to gain the attention of...
Overcoming liability of newness through legitimacy: A stakeholder salience perspective (with Clay Dibrell, Aaron Johnson, and Justin B. Craig), Paper presented at the 21st ANZAM (2007) conference: Managing our intellectual and social capital (2007)
Findings are presented on how start-up ventures in search of legitimacy are affected by internal...