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Lorenzen, S., Gerken, M., Steinmetz, H., Block, J., Hülsbeck, M., & Lux, F. S. (2024). Environmental Sustainability of Family Firms: A Meta-Analysis of Handprint and Footprint. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 10422587231221799.
Maggi, B., Pongelli, C., & Sciascia, S. (2023). Family firms and international equity-based entry modes: A systematic literature review. Multinational Business Review, 31(1), 38-63.
Maine, J., Florin Samuelsson, E., & Uman, T. (2022). Ambidextrous sustainability, organisational structure and performance in hybrid organisations. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, 35(3), 734–769
Malki, B. (2024). Financial ambidexterity of the immigrant family businesses: The role of boundary work and behavioral complexity. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 53(1), 21-41.
Malki, B., Uman, T., & Pittino, D. (2022). The entrepreneurial financing of the immigrant entrepreneurs: A literature review. Small Business Economics, 58, 1337–1365.
Manzi, M. A., Cirillo, A., Mussolino, D., & Uman, T. (2024). Early adoption of non‐financial disclosure in family firms. European Management Review.
Markowska, M., Ahl, H., & Naldi, L. (2025). “My Child Has Two Parents”: Swedish Women Entrepreneurs Doing and Undoing Their Motherhood. Gender, Work & Organization.
Martínez-Alonso, R., Martínez-Romero, M. J., Rojo-Ramírez, A. A., Lazzarotti, V., & Sciascia, S. (2023). Process innovation in family firms: Family involvement in management, R&D collaboration with suppliers, and technology protection. Journal of Business Research, 157, 113581.
Melander, A., Brunninge, O., Andersson, D., Elgh, F., & Löfving, M. (2024). Management innovation in SMEs – taking psychological ownership of Hoshin Kanri. Production Planning & Control, 35(14), 1687-1705.
Michiels, A., & Binz-Astrachan, C. (2024). Money education in the business family: A perspective article. Journal of Family Business Management.
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: Researching Entrepreneurship, 40(6), 768–798.
Naldi, L., Nordqvist, M., Chirico, F., Gómez-Mejia, L., Ashforth, B. E., Swartz, R., & Melin, L. (2024). From FIBER to FIRE: Construct validation and refinement of the socioemotional wealth scale in family firms. Entrepreneurship & Regional Development.
Pinelli, M., Chirico, F., De Massis, A., & Zattoni, A. (2023). Acquisition relatedness in family firms: Do the environment and the institutional context matter? Journal of Management Studies, 61(4).
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.
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(2023), 101412.
Quigley, T. J., Chirico, F., & Baù, M. (2022). Does the CEO effect on performance differ in private versus public firms? Strategic Organization, 20(3), 652–673.
Ramírez-Pasillas, M., Lundberg, H., & Nordqvist, M. (2021). Next generation external venturing practices in family owned businesses. Journal of Management Studies, 58(1), 64–90
Sandgren, M., Uman, T., & Nordqvist, M. (2024). The role of the strategic apex in shaping the disclosure strategy: A family firm in crisis. The British Accounting Review, 56(1), Article 101302.
Sandino Vargas, E., Ramirez-Pasillas, M., & Achtenhagen, L. (2025). The perceived utility of owning an agricultural family business: Disentangling the role of emotional attachment in divestment and reinvestment decisions. Entrepreneurship Research Journal.
Sieger, P., Akhter, N., & Chirico, F. (2023). Rural and Urban Family Business Portfolio Growth: The Role of Entrepreneurial Legacy. Family Business Review, 36(4), 375–401.
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, 100425
Strano, S. M., Botero, I. C., Fediuk, T. A., & Pisano, V. (2024). Understanding customer’s post-M&A intentions and behaviors: The role of the family business brand and previous reputation of the acquiring firm. Journal of Family Business Management.
Symeonidou, N., DeTienne, D. R., & Chirico, F. (2022). The persistence of family firms: How does performance threshold affect family firm exit? Small Business Economics, 59, 477–489.
Tessema, D. A., Brunninge, O., & Cestino, J. (2024). Transmission of entrepreneurial values in enterprising families: A systematic literature review. Journal of Family Business Management.
Waldkirch, M., Belschner, R., & Kammerlander, N. (2025). Taking charge: A configurational perspective on post-succession change in family firms. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 49(4), 992–1036.
Waldkirch, M., Kammerlander, N., & Wiedeler, C. (2021). Configurations for corporate venture innovation: Investigating the role of the dominant coalition. Journal of Business Venturing, 36, 106137.
Wu, S., Chirico, F., Fan, D., Ding, J., & Su, Y. (2024). Foreign market exit in family firms: Do historical military and cultural frictions matter? Journal of World Business, 59, 101504.
Wu, Z., & Naldi, L. (2025). Developing the workforce: Exploring the impact of female directors on male-led new ventures. Journal of Business Venturing, 40, 106504.
Wu, Z., Naldi, L., Wennberg, K., & Uman, T. (2024). Learning from their daughters: Family exposure to gender disparity and female representation in male-led ventures. Management Science, 70(2), 671-693.
Yang, T., Kacperczyk, A., & Naldi, L. (2024). The motherhood wage penalty and female entrepreneurship. Organization Science, 35(1), 27-51.