Papers
Given the many faculty members working as part of CeFEO and the heterogeneity of their research interests, it is no surprise that different research projects, leading to several top-tier publications, have been developed over time.
Below you can find links to scientific publications authored by CeFEO members since 2005, year of incorporation of CeFEO. These reflect the breadth of the research at CeFEO while offering important scientific results in the areas of family business and/or ownership.
Period
Selected papers
In bold are indicated CeFEO members.
In press
- Bahuleyan, A., Chavan, M., Krzeminska, A., Chirico, F. (in press). Process and variance research: Integrating research on university spinoff evolution. Technovation
- Block, J.(*), Eroglu, O. (in press). Cash-Holdings of Single Family Office-Owned Firms. Entrepreneurship Research Journal
- Brumana, M.(*), Madonna, A., Campopiano, G., Boffelli, A. (in press). Orientation towards environmental sustainability in European family versus nonfamily firms: the role of policymaker engagement and incentives. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development
- Brunelli, S., Sciascia, S.(*), Baù, M. (in press). Nonfinancial reporting in family firms: A systematic review and agenda for future research. John Wiley & Sons
- Campopiano, G., Brumana, M.(*), Baù, M., Calabro, A. (in press). External corporate venturing in family firms: a behavioural perspective. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development
- Carbone, E., Manzi, M., Cirillo, A.(*), Sciascia, S.(*) (in press). Tax Avoidance in Family Firms: A Multi-Level Literature Review. Walter de Gruyter
- Chang, F., Webster, C., Alam, M., Chirico, F. (in press). Entrepreneurs’ network bricolage: Reconfiguring social ties for resource creation. Journal of Business Research
- Chirico, F., Eddleston, K., Patel, P. (in press). Does it pay to patent green innovations? Stock market reactions to family and nonfamily firms’ green patents. Journal of Business Ethics
- Chirico, F., Hoskisson, R., Pathak, S., Baù, M. (in press). Calm in the storm: Job security and postmerger performance in family versus non-family firms. Academy of Management Journal
- Cirillo, A.(*), Manzi, M., Bauweraerts, J., Sciascia, S.(*) (in press). Tax Avoidance in Family Business: The Ethical Perspective of CEO Transgenerational Responsibility. Journal of Business Ethics
- Criaco, G.(*), Hahn, D., Minola, T., Pittino, D. (in press). The role of non-economic goals in academic spin-offs. Journal of Technology Transfer
- Eddleston, K., Sieger, P., Chirico, F., Baù, M. (in press). The King Is Dead – Long Live Who?: A family and firm embeddedness perspective on succession after the ceo-owner’s sudden death. Journal of Management Studies
- Gil, M., Thor, K., Gemheden, A. (in press). Managing the tensions between tradition and innovation in family firms. Journal of Family Business Management
- Gil, M., Uman, T., Hiebl, M., Seifner, S. (in press). Auditing in family firms: Past trends and future research directions. Taylor & Francis
- Girma Aragaw, Z., Haag, K., Baù, M. (in press). Contextualizing corporate entrepreneurship: a systematic review and future research agenda. Taylor & Francis
- Gómez-Mejía, L., Chirico, F., Withers, M., Martin, G., Wiseman, R. (in press). Are family owners willing to risk “rocking the boat”?: A blended socioemotional wealth-implicit theory framework. Journal of Management
- Hsueh, J., Richards, M. (in press). Business Groups after Incidents of Wrongdoing: Exploring the Effectiveness of Differentiated Versus Aligned Impression Management Tactics. Journal of Management Studies
- Hussain, S., Vershinina, N.(*), Carey, C. (in press). Defying the odds?: Multiple disadvantage as a source of entrepreneurial action. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research
- Ireland, R., Chirico, F., Akhter, N., Rondi, E., Ijaz, R. (in press). The Show Must Go On: Preserving the Legacy Business through Exit in Family Business Portfolio Firms. Academy of Management Perspectives
- Ivanycheva, D., Schulze, W., Lundmark, E., Chirico, F. (in press). Lifestyle entrepreneurship: Literature review and future research agenda. John Wiley & Sons
- Maine, J. (in press). Municipal corporations in national and disciplinary contexts: A systematic literature review and future research agenda. International Public Management Journal
- Manzi, M., Cirillo, A.(*), Mussolino, D., Uman, T. (in press). Early adoption of non-financial disclosure in family firms. European Management Review
- Minola, T., Hahn, D., Criaco, G.(*), Pittino, D., Visintin, F. (in press). Are non-economic goals and financial performance friends or foes in hybrid ventures?: A duality perspective on academic spin-offs. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal
- Steigenberger, N., Garz, M., Cyron, T. (in press). Signaling theory in entrepreneurial fundraising and crowdfunding research. Journal of small business management
- Strano, S., Botero, I.(*), Fediuk, T., Pisano, V. (in press). 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
- Thurik, A., Audretsch, D., Block, J.(*), Burke, A., Carree, M., Dejardin, M. ... Wiklund, J. (in press). The impact of entrepreneurship research on other academic fields. Small Business Economics
2025
- Block, J.(*), Lambrecht, D., Willeke, T., Cucculelli, M., Meloni, D. (2025). Green patents and green trademarks as indicators of green innovation. Research Policy 54(1),
- Chirico, F., Ireland, R., Pittino, D., Sanchez-Famoso, V. (2025). Resource orchestration, socioemotional wealth, and radical innovation in family firms: Do multifamily ownership and generational involvement matter?. Research Policy 54(1),
- Ehlers, A., Rumble, R., Binz Astrachan, C.(*), Baù, M. (2025). Fulfillment or status: Job seekers’ reward expectations towards family and non-family employers. The Journal of Family Business Strategy 15(4),
- Torp, S., Lien, R., Gil, M., Ramirez-Solis, E. (2025). Strategic renewal influenced by the perception of gender issues and stakeholder pressure: a managerial cognition perspective. Baltic Journal of Management 20(1), 133-152