Every management scholar is keenly aware of the need for contemporary research to make a theoretical contribution to the literature. As editors and reviewers, we wear the hat of “gatekeepers of the quality of the journal” (Chrisman et al., 2017, p. 214) and our assessment of the theoretical contributions of the manuscripts we appraise significantly color our editorial recommendations and decisions. As authors, we recognize the magnitude of this threshold and invest (or should invest) considerable effort in developing, expressing, and highlighting the theoretical contribution(s) of our own work. Despite this effort, more than 90% of the manuscripts submitted to journals like Family Business Review (FBR) are rejected, and the majority of those ill-fated submissions suffer from unclear or underdeveloped theoretical contributions.

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通缉——理论贡献：关于家族企业研究的陷阱和途径的社论

每一位管理学者都敏锐地意识到当代研究对文献做出理论贡献的必要性。作为编辑和审稿人，我们戴着“期刊质量守门人”的帽子（Chrisman 等人，2017 年，第 214 页），我们对我们评价的手稿的理论贡献的评估显着影响了我们的编辑建议和决定. 作为作者，我们认识到这一门槛的重要性，并投入（或应该投入）相当多的努力来开发、表达和突出我们自己工作的理论贡献。尽管如此，仍有 90% 以上的手稿提交给Family Business Review ( FBR)等期刊) 被拒绝，并且大多数命运多舛的提交都存在不明确或不发达的理论贡献。