Papers

Period

• 2020 - in press
• 2015 - 2019
• 2010 - 2014
• 2005 - 2009

Selected papers

In bold are indicated CeFEO members.

In press

• Achtenhagen, L., Haag, K., Hultén, K., Lundgren, J. (in press). Torn between individual aspirations and the family legacy – individual career development in family firms. Career Development International.
  
• Almlöf, H.(*), Sjögren, H. (in press). Owner-manager when death do us part - roles of a widow in sudden succession in family firms. External link, opens in new window. Journal of Family Business Management.
  
• Bauweraerts, J., Pongelli, C., Sciascia, S.(*), Mazzola, P., & Minichilli, A. (in press). Transforming entrepreneurial orientation into performance in family SMEs: Are nonfamily CEOs better than family CEOs? Journal of Small Business Management.
  
• Bauweraerts, J., Rondi, E., Rovelli, P., De Massis, A., & Sciascia, S.(*) (in press). Are family female directors catalysts of innovation in family SMEs? Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal.
• Brundin, E., & Languilaire, J. C.(*) (in press). When the display of emotion is not enough: An emotion boundary management perspective on the quality of strategic decisions. Long Range Planning, 102245.
• Brundin, E., Liu, F., & Cyron, T. (in press). Emotion in strategic management: A review and future research agenda. Long Range Planning, 102144.
• Caccamo, M.(*), Pittino, D., & Tell, F. (in press). Boundary objects, knowledge integration, and innovation management: A systematic review of the literature. Technovation, 102645.
• Chavan, M., Chirico, F., Taksa, L., Alam, M. (in press). How Do Immigrant Family Businesses Achieve Global Expansion? An Embeddedness Perspective. Academy of Management Discoveries.
  
• Chirico, F., & Kellermanns, F. W. (in press). When does time enhance family firm performance? Examining family generation in control and family control dispersion through a mixed-gamble logic. Long Range Planning, 102272.
• Coad, A., Karlsson, J. (in press). A field guide for gazelle hunters: Small, old firms are unlikely to become high-growth firms. Journal of Business Venturing Insights.
  
• D'Allura, G., Woolum, A., Foulk, T., Erez, A., Pittino, D. (in press). Event-sampling method with experimental design: A promising method for investigating microfoundational phenomena within family businesses, Journal of Family business Strategy, 100537
• Gillmore, E. (in press). Mandate dynamics and the importance of mandate loss for subsidiary evolution. International Business Review, 101994.
• Gillmore, E., Andersson, U., & Dellestrand, H. (in press). Between a rock and a hard place: The consequences of complex headquarters configurations for subsidiary R&D activities. Global Strategy Journal.
• Gómez-Mejia, L R., Chirico, F., Martin, G., Baù, M. (in press). Best Among the Worst or Worst Among the Best? Socioemotional Wealth and Risk- Performance Returns for Family and Non-Family Firms Under Financial Distress. Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice.
  
• Hsueh, J. W. J., Campopiano, G., Tetzlaff, E., & Jaskiewicz, P. (in press). Managing non-family employees’ emotional connection with the family firms via shifting, compensating, and leveraging approaches. Long Range Planning, 102274.
  
• Maine, J., Florin-Samuelsson, E., Uman, T (in press). Ambidextrous sustainability, organisational structure and performance in hybrid organisations. Accounting, Accountability and Auditing Journal.
  
• Maggi, B., Pongelli, C., & Sciascia, S. (*) (in press). Family firms and international equity-based entry modes: a systematic literature review. Multinational Business Review.
• Querbach, S., Kammerlander, N., Singh, J., & Waldkirch, M.(*) (in press). Pragmatic learning in family SMEs: a qualitative study of functional overload among family SME owner-managers. Journal of Knowledge Management.
  
• Sandgren, M., Uman, T., & Nordqvist, M. (in press). Accountants in family firms—a systematic literature review. Small Business Economics, 1-40.
• Smith, E. M., Uman, T., & Collin, S. O. (in press). Exploring Board Behaviour in a Public Context-Experiences from a Swedish Municipal Corporation. Public Performance & Management Review.

2023

• Pongelli, C., Majocchi, A., Bauweraerts, J., Sciascia, S.(*), Caroli, M., & Verbeke, A. (2023). The impact of board of directors’ characteristics on the internationalization of family SMEs. Journal of World Business, 58(2), 101412.

2022

• Almlöf, H.(*) (2022). Regulation of Shareholder Exits in Closely Held Companies–Reflections from Sweden. European Company and Financial Law Review, 19(2), 175-202.
• Cambrea, D. R., Ponomareva, Y., Pittino, D., & Minichilli, A. (2022). Strings attached: Socioemotional wealth mixed gambles in the cash management choices of family firms. Journal of Family Business Strategy, 13(3), 100466.
• Carnes, C., Hitt, M.A., Sirmon, D.G., Chirico, F., Wook Huh, D., (2022). Leveraging Resources For Innovation: The Role Of Synchronization. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 39(2), 160-176.
• Cirillo, A., Maggi, B., Sciascia, S.(*), Lazzarotti, V., & Visconti, F. (2022). Exploring family millennials’ involvement in family business internationalization: Who should be their leader? Journal of Family Business Strategy, 13(3), 100455.
• Chirico, F., Ireland, R., Pittino, D., Sanchez-Famoso, V. (2022). Radical Innovation in (Multi)family Owned Firms. Journal of Business Venturing, 37(3), 106194.
• Criaco, G., Naldi, L., & Zahra, S. A. (2022). Founders’ Prior Shared International Experience, Time to First Foreign Market Entry, and New Venture Performance. Journal of Management, 48(8), 2349-2381.
  
• Flamini, G., Pittino, D., & Visintin, F. (2022). Family leadership, family involvement and mutuality HRM practices in family SMEs. Journal of Family Business Strategy, 13(2), 100468.
• Kimjeon, J., & Davidsson, P. (2022). External enablers of entrepreneurship: A review and agenda for accumulation of strategically actionable knowledge External link, opens in new window.. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 46(3), 643-687.
• Lin, N., Wilden, R., Chirico, F., Ghasrodashti, E., & DeTienne, D. R. (2022). Persist or Let it Go: Do Rational Entrepreneurs Make Decisions Rationally? Journal of Business Venturing, 37(4), 106210.
• Malki, B. (2022). The financial ambidexterity of the immigrant entrepreneurs: a conceptualization. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, 28(9), 242-267.
• Malki, B., Uman, T., Pittino, D. (2022). The entrepreneurial financing of the immigrant entrepreneurs: a literature review. Small Business Economics, 58, 1337–1365.
  
• Minola, T., Baù, M., Brumana, M., & De Massis, A. (2022). Under which circumstances do family SMES achieve high growth? A behavioural perspective. International Small Business Journal, 40(6), 768-798.
• Ponomareva, Y., Uman, T., Bodolica, V., & Wennberg, K. (2022). Cultural diversity in top management teams: Review and agenda for future research. Journal of World Business, 57(4), 101328.
• Lorenzo, D., Núñez-Cacho, P., Akhter, N., Chirico, F. (2022). Why are some family firms not innovative? Innovation barriers and path dependence in family firms. Scandinavian Journal of Management, 38(1), 101182.
• Patel, P., Lenka, S., Parida, V. (2022). Caste-Based Discrimination, Microfinance Credit Scores, and Microfinance Loan Approvals Among Females in India. Business & Society, 61(2), 372–388.
  
• Ponomareva, Y., Uman, T., Bodolica, V., & Wennberg, K. (2022). Cultural diversity in top management teams: Review and agenda for future research. Journal of World Business, 57(4), 101328.
• Quigley, T., Chirico, F., Baù, M. (2022). Does the CEO effect on performance differ in private versus public firms? Strategic Organization, 20(3), 652-673.
• Segaro, E. L.(*), & Haag, K. (2022). Good Intentions Gone Awry: Government Intervention and Multistakeholder Engagement in a Frontier Market. Journal of Business Ethics, 180(4), 1019-1040.
• Shen, W., Ponomareva, Y., Uman, T. (2022). Can you catch two birds with one stone? The impacts of nominating committee composition on board monitoring and resource provision. Long Range Planning, 55(3), 102127.
• Stendahl, E., Tippmann, E., & Yakhlef, A. (2022). Practice creation in multinational corporations: Improvisation and the emergence of lateral knowledge. Journal of World Business, 57(3), 101287.
• Symeonidou, N., DeTienne, D. R., & Chirico, F. (2022). The persistence of family firms: How does performance threshold affect family firm exit? External link, opens in new window.. Small Business Economics, 59(2), 477-489.
  
• Wigren-Kristoferson, C., Brundin, E., Hellerstedt, K., Stevenson, A., Aggestam, M. (2022). Rethinking embeddedness: a review and research agenda. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 34(1-2), 32-56.
  

2021

• Arregle, J., Chirico, F., Kano, L., Kundu, S., Majocchi, A., Schulze, W. (2021). Family firm internationalization: Past research and an agenda for the future. Journal of International Business Studies, 52, 1156-1198.
• Baù, M., Block, J., Discua Cruz, A., Naldi, L. (2021). Bridging locality and internationalization – A research agenda on the sustainable development of family firms. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 33(7-8), 477-492.
• Chirico, F., Welsh, D., Ireland, R., Sieger, P. (2021). Family versus non-family firm franchisors: Behavioral and performance differences. Journal of Management Studies, 58(1), 165-200.
  
• Criaco, G., van Oosterhout, J. H., & Nordqvist, M. (2021). Is blood always thicker than water? Family firm parents, kinship ties, and the survival of spawns. Journal of Business Venturing, 36(6), 106161.
• Eze, N., Nordqvist, M., Samara, G., Parada, M. (2021). Different Strokes for Different Folks: The Roles of Religion and Tradition for Transgenerational Entrepreneurship in Family Businesses. Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, 45(4), 792-837.
• Gillmore, E., Andersson, U., Ekman, P. (2021). The enduring effects of relational attributes on subsidiary evolution after mandate loss. Global Strategy Journal, 11(3), 402-433.
• Ghosh, C., He, F., & Zhou, H. (2021). On the role of foreign directors: Evidence from cross-listed firms. Journal of Empirical Finance, 63, 177-202.
• Hashim, S., Naldi, L., Markowska, M. (2021). “The royal award goes to…”: Legitimacy processes for female-led family ventures. The Journal of Family Business Strategy, 12(3), 100358.
• Larrañeta, B., Naldi, L. (2021). Introduction to the Reflection Forum: Clouds in the business landscape—Reflections on the implications of major worldwide turmoil for management and organizations. BRQ Business Research Quarterly, 24(3), 194-198.
• Naldi, L., Baù, M., Ahl, H., Markowska, M. (2021). Gender (in)equality within the household and business start-up among mothers. Small Business Economics, 56, 903-918.
• Naldi, L., Nilsson, P., Westlund, H., Wixe, S. (2021). Amenities and new firm formation in rural areas. Rural Studies, 85, 32-42.
• Pittino, D., Visintin, F., Minichilli, A., & Compagno, C. (2021). Family involvement in governance and firm performance in industrial districts. The moderating role of the industry’s technological paradigm. Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 33(7-8), 514-531.
• Ramirez-Pasillas, M., Lundberg, H., Nordqvist, M. (2021). Next generation external venturing practices in family owned businesses. Journal of Management Studies, 58(1), 63-103.
  
• Smith, C., Nordqvist, M., De Massis, A., & Miller, D. (2021). When so much is at stake: Understanding organizational brinkmanship in family business. Journal of Family Business Strategy, 12(4), 100425.
• Waldkirch, M.(*), Bucher, E., Schou, P. K., & Grünwald, E. (2021). Controlled by the algorithm, coached by the crowd–how HRM activities take shape on digital work platforms in the gig economy. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 32(12), 2643-2682.
• Waldkirch, M.(*), Kammerlander, N., & Wiedeler, C. (2021). Configurations for corporate venture innovation: Investigating the role of the dominant coalition. Journal of Business Venturing, 36(5), 106137.
  

2020

• Astrachan J., Binz-Astrachan C., Campopiano G., Baù, M. (2020). Values, Spirituality and Religion: Family Business and the Roots of Sustainable Ethical Behavior. Journal of Business Ethics, 163, 637–645.
• Banerjee, A., Nordqvist, M., Hellerstedt, K. (2020). The role of the board chair—A literature review and suggestions for future research. Corporate Governance: An International Review, 28(6), 372-405.
• Barbera, F., Shi, H. X., Agarwal, A., & Edwards, M. (2020). The Family That Prays Together Stays Together: Toward a Process Model of Religious Value Transmission in Family Firms. Journal of Business Ethics, 163, 661–673.
• Baù, M., Pittino, D., Sieger, P., Eddleston, K.A. (2020). Careers in family business: New avenues for careers and family business research in the 21st century External link, opens in new window.. Journal of Family Business Strategy, 11(3), 100379.
• Chirico, F., Criaco, G., Baù, M., Naldi, L., Gomez-Mejia, L., Kotlar, J. (2020). To patent or not to patent: That is the question. Intellectual property protection in family firms. Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice 44(2), 339-367.
• Chirico, F., Gómez-Mejia, L., Hellerstedt, K., Withers, M., Nordqvist, M. (2020). To merge, sell or liquidate? Socioemotional wealth, family control, and the choice of business exit. Journal of Management 46(8), 1342-1379.
• Lauto, G., Pittino, D., Visintin, F. (2020). Satisfaction of entrepreneurs: A comparison between founders and family business successors. Journal of Small Business Management 58(3), 474-510.
• Li, H., Terjesen, S., Uman, T. (2020). Corporate Governance in Entrepreneurial Firms: A Systematic Review and Research Agenda External link, opens in new window.. Small Business Economics, 54, 43-74.
  
• Markowska, M., Wiklund, J. (2020). Entrepreneurial learning under uncertainty: exploring the role of self-efficacy and perceived complexity. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development 32(7-8), 606-628.
• Muñoz-Bullón, F., Sanchez-Bueno, M., Nordqvist, M. (2020). Growth intentions in family-based new venture teams: The role of the nascent entrepreneur’s R&D behavior. Management Decision 58(6), 1190-1209.
• Naldi, L., Criaco, G., Patel, P. (2020). Related and unrelated industry variety and the internationalization of start-ups. Research Policy 49(10).
• Naldi, L., Larsson, J., Westlund, H. (2020). Policy entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial orientation in vulnerable Swedish municipalities. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development 32(7-8), 473-491.
• Netz, J., Svensson, M., Brundin, E. (2020). Business disruptions and affective reactions: A strategy-as-practice perspective on fast strategic decision making. Long range planning 53(5).
• Nordqvist, M., & Gartner, W. B. (2020). Literature, Fiction, and the Family Business. Family Business Review.33(2).
• Pittino, D., Chirico, F., Baù, M., Villasana, M., Naranjo-Priego, E., Barron, E. (2020). Starting a family business as a career option: The role of the family household in Mexico. Journal of Family Business Strategy 11(2).
• Pittino, D., Chirico, F., Henssen, B., Broekaert, W. (2020). Does increased generational involvement foster business growth? The moderating roles of family involvement in ownership and management. European Management Review 17(3), 785-801.
• Uman, T., Smith, E., Andersson, W., Planken, W. (2020). Top management teams’ shared leadership and ambidexterity: the role of management control systems External link, opens in new window.. International Review of Administrative Sciences, 86(3): 444-462.
  
• van Helvert-Beugels, J., Nordqvist, M., Flören, R. (2020). Managing tensions as paradox in CEO succession: The case of nonfamily CEO in a family firm. International Small Business Journal 38(3), 211-242.
• Zawadzki, M., Jałocha, B., Mazurkiewicz, G., Pluszyńska, A., Prawelska-Skrzypek, G. (2020). Unrooting management education and entrepreneurial self from neoliberal demands: An action research approach. Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy 3(3), 265-290.
  

(*) CeFEO Affiliated Professor/Researcher indicating CeFEO as affiliation in their publication.