His research in the areas of family business and strategic management has won international awards and has been published in a variety of leading academic journals. Dr. Pieper is co-editor-in-chief of the Elsevier title Journal of Family Business Strategy and former board member of IFERA, The International Family Enterprise Research Academy. Born in Germany, Torsten comes from a family business and was educated internationally. He holds Master of Science degrees from The University of the Saarland (Germany) and EM LYON Business School (France), and a Ph.D. from European Business School in Oestrich-Winkel (Germany).