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Genedy, M., Hellerstedt, K., Naldi, L., & Wiklund, J. (2024). Growing pains in scale-ups: How scaling affects new venture employee burnout and job satisfaction. Journal of Business Venturing, 39, 106367.
Genedy, M., Naldi, L., Hellerstedt, K., & Wiklund, J. (2026). Scaling With Bias? The Role of Founders’ HR Knowledge and Experience in Hiring and Managerial Appointments. Human Resource Management.
Gillmore, E., Reilly, M., & Clinton, E. (2026). From roots to reach: How family SMEs balance and leverage social capital while reconciling the paradoxes of internationalization. Entrepreneurship & Regional Development. https://doi.org/10.1080/08985626.2026.2674674
Gil, M., Thor, K., & Gemheden, A. (2024). Managing the tensions between tradition and innovation in family firms. Journal of Family Business Management.
Gil, M., Uman, T., Hiebl, M. R. W., & Seifner, S. (2024). Auditing in family firms: Past trends and future research directions. Journal of Small Business Management.
Gjergji, R., Brunelli, S., Sanseverino, A., Sciascia, S., & Lazzarotti, V. (2026). Managing with CARE: Family-level outcomes of environmental, social, and governance practices in family firms. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. https://doi.org/10.1002/csr.70556
Gjergji, R., Brunelli, S., & Sciascia, S. (2025). A systematic literature review on family business capabilities. Journal of Business Research, 201, 115731.
Gjergji, R., Vena, L., Campopiano, G., Sciascia, S., & Cortesi, A. (2024). Strategy disclosure and cost of capital: The key role of women directors for family firms. Journal of Family Business Strategy, 15(1), 100570.
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Gómez-Mejía, L. R., Chirico, F., Withers, M. C., Martin, G. P., & Wiseman, R. M. (2025). Are Family Owners Willing to Risk “Rocking the Boat”? A Blended Socioemotional Wealth-Implicit Theory Framework. Journal of Management.
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Jungk, S., & Waldkirch, M. (2024). When crises meet grand environmental challenges: Navigating intertemporal tensions in European manufacturing family firms. Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 36(3-4), 535-559.
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