Baù, M., Chirico, F., Pittino, D., Backman, M., & Klaesson, J. (2019). Roots to grow: Family firms and local embeddedness in rural and urban contexts. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 43(2), 360–385

Baù, M., Karlsson, J., Haag, K., Pittino, D., & Chirico, F. (2024). Employee layoffs in times of crisis: Do family firms differ? Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 36(5-6), 722-744 (open access).

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. Journal of Family Business Strategy, 11, 100379.

Bearzi, M., Pittino, D., Visintin, F., & Battistella, C. (2025). Corporate venturing in family firms: A systematic literature review and future research agenda. Journal of Family Business Strategy, 16, 100685. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfbs.2025.100685

Caicedo-Leiton, A. L., Garcés-Galdeano, L., Larraza-Kintana, M., & Pittino, D. (2026). Bridging generations: The impact of family collective psychological ownership on succession in family businesses. European Management Journal. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emj.2026.03.006

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, 100466

Chirico, F., Ireland, R. D., Pittino, D., & Sanchez-Famoso, V. (2022). Radical innovation in (multi)family owned firms. Journal of Business Venturing, 37, 106194.

Chirico, F., Ireland, R. D., Pittino, D., & Sanchez-Famoso, V. (2024). Resource orchestration, socioemotional wealth, and radical innovation in family firms: Do multifamily ownership and generational involvement matter? Research Policy, 54(1), 105106.

Engström, A., Pittino, D., Mohlin, A., Edh, N., & Johansson, A. (2025). A paradox perspective on early AI adoption: Understanding temporal and relational tensions. Journal of Organizational Change Management.

Flamini, G., Pittino, D., & Visintin, F. (2022). Family leadership, family involvement and mutuality HRM practices in family SMEs. Journal of Family Business Strategy, 13, 100468.

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.

Malki, B., Uman, T., & Pittino, D. (2022). The entrepreneurial financing of the immigrant entrepreneurs: A literature review. Small Business Economics, 58, 1337–1365.

Pittino, D., Barroso Martínez, A., Chirico, F., & Sanguino Galván, R. (2018). Psychological ownership, knowledge sharing and entrepreneurial orientation in family firms: The moderating role of governance heterogeneity. Journal of Business Research, 84, 312–326.

Pittino, D., Chirico, F., Baù, M., Villasana, M., Naranjo-Priego, E. 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, 100338.

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.

Pittino, D., Henssen, B., & Visintin, F. (2025). Antecedents of collective psychological ownership in family firms: A multilevel configurational approach. Journal of Business Research, 198, 115494.

Pittino, D., Visintin, F., & Lauto, G. (2018). Fly away from the nest? A configurational analysis of family embeddedness and individual attributes in the entrepreneurial entry decision by next-generation members. Family Business Review, 31(3), 271–294.

Pittino, D., Visintin, F., Lenger, T., & Sternad, D. (2016). Are high performance work practices really necessary in family SMEs? An analysis of the impact on employee retention. Journal of Family Business Strategy, 7(2), 75–89.

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.

Sanchez-Famoso, V., Pittino, D., Chirico, F., Maseda, A., & Iturralde, T. (2019). Social capital and innovation in family firms: The moderating roles of family control and generational involvement. Scandinavian Journal of Management, 35(2), 101043.