Naveed Akhter

Ireland, R., Chirico, F., Akhter, N., Rondi, E., Ijaz, R. (2025). The Show Must Go On: Preserving the Legacy Business through Exit in Family Business Portfolio Firms Academy of Management Perspectives. More information

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. More information

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). More information

Chirico, F., Salvato, C., Byrne, B., Akhter, N., Arriaga Múzquiz, J. (2018). Commitment escalation to a failing family business Journal of Small Business Management, 56(3), 494-512. More information

Akhter, N., Sieger, P., Chirico, F. (2016). If we can't have it, then no one should: Shutting down versus selling in family business portfolios Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 10(4), 371-394. More information

Sanchez-Famoso, V., Akhter, N., Iturralde, T., Chirico, F., Maseda, A. (2015). Is non-family social capital also (or especially) important for family firm performance? Human Relations, 68(11), 1713-1743. More information

Akhter, N. (2016). Family business portfolios: Enduring entrepreneurship and exit strategies (Doctoral thesis, Jönköping: Jönköping University, Jönköping International Business School). More information

Akhter, N. (2024). Exit. In: C. Howorth and A. D. Cruz (Ed.), Elgar Encyclopedia of Family Business (pp. 171 -172). More information

Konsti-Laakso, S., Rautiainen, M., Pihkala, T., Akhter, N. (2023). Introducing ownership innovation as an approach to study family firms' ownership practices. In: Sascha Kraus, Thomas Clauss and Andreas Kallmuenzer (Ed.), Research Handbook on Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Family Firms (pp. 261 -278). More information

Akhter, N., Lesage, X. (2022). Exit and Resource Management in a Family Business Portfolio. In: Marita Rautiainen, Maria José Parada, Timo Pihkala, Naveed Akhter, Allan Discua Cruz, Kajari Mukherjee (Ed.), The Palgrave Handbook of Managing Family Business Groups (pp. 65 -79). More information

Akhter, N., Cruz, A., Mukherjee, K., Parada, M., Pihkala, T., Rautiainen, M. (2022). Growing, Developing, and Performing Family Business Groups: Introduction to the Handbook. In: Marita Rautiainen, Maria José Parada, Timo Pihkala, Naveed Akhter, Allan Discua Cruz, Kajari Mukherjee (Ed.), The Palgrave Handbook of Managing Family Business Groups (pp. 1 -12). More information

Akhter, N., Cruz, A., Mukherjee, K., Parada, M., Pihkala, T., Rautiainen, M. (2022). Understanding the Dynamics of FBGs: Avenues for Further Research. In: Marita Rautiainen, Maria José Parada, Timo Pihkala, Naveed Akhter, Allan Discua Cruz, Kajari Mukherjee (Ed.), The Palgrave Handbook of Managing Family Business Groups (pp. 619 -630). More information

Pihkala, T., Rautiainen, M., Akhter, N. (2022). The Temporal Evolution of Innovation Management in a Family Business Group. In: Marita Rautiainen, Maria José Parada, Timo Pihkala, Naveed Akhter, Allan Discua Cruz, Kajari Mukherjee (Ed.), The Palgrave Handbook of Managing Family Business Groups (pp. 361 -388). More information

Akhter, N., Rautiainen, M., Pihkala, T., Ikäheimonen, T. (2021). The risk that became true – Cases study of a Pakistani family business portfolio diversification. In: Ho-Don Yan & Fu-Lai Tony Yu (Ed.), The Routledge companion to Asian family business: Governance, succession, and challenges in the age of digital disruption Abingdon, UK: Routledge More information

Parada, M., Akhter, N., Basco, R., Cruz, A., Fitz-Koch, S. (2018). Understanding the Dynamics of Business Group Development: A Transgenerational Perspective. In: M. Rautiainen, P. Rosa, T. Pihkala, M. J. Parada, & A. Discua Cruz (Ed.), The Family Business Group Phenomenon: Emergence and Complexities (pp. 201 -222). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan More information

Konsti-Laakso, S., Heikkilä, J., Rautiainen, M., Rinkinen, S., Akhter, N. (2018). The Contribution of Family Business Groups to the Local Innovation Environment. In: Marita Rautiainen, Peter Rosa, Timo Pihkala, Maria José Parada, Allan Discua Cruz (Ed.), The Family Business Group Phenomenon: Emergence and Complexities (pp. 287 -314). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan More information

Akhter, N., Ning, E. (2018). Resourcefulness and Informal Economy:: From Pluriactivity to Portfolio Entrepreneurship. In: Marita Rautiainen, Peter Rosa, Timo Pihkala, Maria José Parada, Allan Discua Cruz (Ed.), The Family Business Group Phenomenon: Emergence and Complexities (pp. 145- -174). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan More information

Akhter, N. (2017). Portfolio entrepreneurship in family firms: Taking stock and moving forward. In: Franz W. Kellermanns, Frank Hoy (Ed.), The Routledge companion to family business (pp. 311 -328). More information

Baboukardos, D., Akhter, N. (2017). Financial performance of family versus non-family firms in the context of an economy in turmoil: A market from 'developed' to 'emerging'. In: Marcela Ramírez Pasillas, Ethel Brundin and Magdalena Markowska (Ed.), Contextualizing Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies and Developing Countries (pp. 288 -303). More information

Akhter, N. (2015). Kinship and the family business. In: Mattias Nordqvist, Leif Melin, Matthias Waldkirch and Gershon Kumeto (Ed.), Theoretical perspectives on family businesses (pp. 175 -190). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing More information

Akhter, N., Ijaz, R., Chirico, F. (2024). The Community of Social Entrepreneurs and Their Collective Psychological Ownership. The 20th Annual Social Entrepreneurship Conference, 18-20 April 2024, Lausanne, Switzerland. More information

Akhter, N. (2024). Creation of Abundance from Scarcity: Social Bricoleurs’ Inner Resourcefulness and Sustainable Venture Creation. 24th Annual Conference of The European Academy of Management, 25-28 June, 2024, Bath, UK. More information

Akhter, N., Edwards, M., Ijaz, R. (2021). (Extreme) Inner Resourcefulness: The Social Bricoleur and the Sustainable Creation of Abundance from Scarcity. SMS 41st annual conference, Toronto, Canada, September 18-19, 2021. More information

Rautiainen, M., Parada, M., Pihkala, T., Discuacruz, A., Akhter, N. (2020). More than meets the eye: managing complex dynamics in family business groups. 80th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, 7-11 August, 2020, Vancouver, Canada. More information

Akhter, N., Brundin, E. (2020). Activities of compassion: How owner entrepreneurs develop a sustainable organization. 80th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, 7-11 August, 2020, Vancouver, Canada. More information

Akhter, N., Edwards, M., Ijaz, R., Chirico, F. (2020). Rich at heart and empty pockets: Bricoleuring entrepreneurial resourcefulness in extreme contexts. 2020 Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Knoxville, USA. More information

Akhter, N., Chirico, F., Sieger, P., Fitz-Koch, S. (2020). Portfolio entrepreneurship in family firms: A review and agenda for future research. IFERA 2020 Annual Conference, 24-26 June, 2020, Santander, Spain. More information

Akhter, N., Steigenberger, N. (2020). From prison to prominence: Occupational resilience and resilience work. 36th EGOS Colloquium 2020, July 2-4, 2020, Hamburg, Germany. More information

Fitz-Koch, S., Nordqvist, M., Akhter, N. (2019). Portfolio Entrepreneurship as Pathway for Positive Identity Development in Family Businesses. AOM Annual Meeting Proceedings, August 9-13 2019, Boston, USA. More information

Fitz-Koch, S., Nordqvist, M., Akhter, N. (2019). Positive Identity Development and Portfolio Entrepreneurship: The Role of Entrepreneurial Identity in Family Businesses. International Family Enterprise Research Academy (IFERA) 17-21 of June, Bergamo, Italy. More information

Lesage, X., Akhter, N., Jacquemin, A. (2018). Dialectic of emancipation and control: towards a critical approach to coaching practices in business incubators. 38th Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC), June 6-9, 2018, Waterford, Ireland. More information

Lorenzo Gómez, J., Núñez-Cacho Utrilla, P., Akhter, N., Chirico, F. (2018). Boundaries in innovation and path dependence in family business. 28th ACEDE Conference, June 24th-26th, Valladolid, Spain. More information

Lesage, X., Akhter, N., Jacquemin, A. (2018). Coach (es)! Let go! A critical approach to coaching practices in an incubator. Workshop, Repenser l’accompagnement entrepreneurial : formes, facettes et nouveaux enjeux, 30 and 31 January, 2018, Mons, Belgium. More information

Akhter, N., Brundin, E., Hartel, C. (2017). Prodigies of Beliefs: Compassion and Positive organization. Paper Development Workshop, EU Asia Institute, October 13, 2017, Angers, France. More information

Lesage, X., Akhter, N., Jacquemin, A. (2017). Dialectic of Emancipation and Control: Towards a Critical Approach to Coaching Practices in Business Incubators. RENT XXXI, November 15-17, 2017, Lund, Sweden. More information

Akhter, N. (2017). Pluriactivity and Portfolio Entrepreneurship in Informal Economies. Conference on Portfolio Entrepreneurship, Business Groups and Business Families: Conceptual issues and empirical cases. June 7-8, 2017, Lahti, Finland. More information

Akhter, N., Xavier, L. (2017). Should I Stay or Should I Leave: Founders Emotional Hangover and Exit Delay. ISBE, Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship Conference, Belfast, Ireland, November 8-9. More information

Akhter, N., Chirico, F., Sieger, P., Ramirez-Pasillas, M. (2017). Transgenerational growth in family business portfolios: Strategies and the rural and urban context. 2017 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, August 4-8, 2017, Atlanta, Georgia, United States. More information

Akhter, N. (2016). Portfolio entrepreneurship in family firms: Taking stock and moving forward. USASBE Conference, January 7-9, 2016, San Diego, California, USA. More information

Akhter, N., Chirico, F., Sieger, P. (2015). If we cannot have it then no one should: Shutting down versus selling in family business portfolios. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Vancouver, August 7-11, 2015.. More information

Akhter, N., Chirico, F. (2015). If we cannot have it then no one should: Business exit and re-entry. Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, June 10-13, 2015, Babson College, Boston, USA. More information

Akhter, N., Nordqvist, M. (2014). Entrepreneurial exit in family firm portfolios. The Academy of Management Meeting, Philadelphia, USA, August 2014. More information

Akhter, N., Chirico, F., Nordqvist, M. (2014). Exit strategies in family firm portfolios. EIASM 10th Workshop on Family Firm Management Research, May 23-24, 2014, University of Bergamo, Italy. More information

Akhter, N., Chirico, F. (2014). Harvest and after: Entrepreneurial recycling in family firm portfolios. Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, June 4-7, 2014, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada. More information

Akhter, N. (2014). Portfolio entrepreneurship in family firms. Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, June 4-7, 2014, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada. More information

Akhter, N., Chirico, F., Nordqvist, M. (2013). Entrepreneurial exit strategies in family firm portfolios. Marcus Wallenberg Entrepreneurial Exit Conference, September 27-28, 2013, Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden. More information

Akhter, N. (2013). Exit in the context of portfolio firms. IFERA 2013 Conference: Ownership, Governance, and Value in Family Firms, July 2nd, 2013, St. Gallen, Switzerland. More information

Akhter, N., Chirico, F. (2012). Accepting and implementing change in family firms within and across generations. EIASM 8th Workshop on Family Firm Management Research – The family business: a beauty or a beast? Jönköping, Sweden, May 31st – June 2nd, 2012. More information

Akhter, N. (2012). Portfolio entrepreneurship in the context of family firms role of kinship ties. IFERA 2012 Conference: Emotional Dynamics in the Family Business, June 26, 2012, Bordeaux, France. More information

Akhter, N. (2012). Portfolio entrepreneurship in growing family firms. Young Researchers Workshop “Family Business and Innovation” University of Bergamo, June 22, 2012, Bergamo, Italy. More information

Akhter, N. (2011). Firm growth and entrepreneurs: Role of kinship ties. RENT XXV – Research in Entrepreneurship and Small Business – 25th Anniversary Conference, November 19 -21, 2011, University of Nordland, Bodo, Norway. More information

Akhter, N. (2016). Transgenerational growth: Family business portfolios in rural and urban contexts. More information

Akhter, N., Brundin, E., Härtel, C. . Transgenerational moral emotions: Activating compassion to develop a positive organization. More information

Akhter, N., Chirico, F., Nordqvist, M. . Surviving the legacy: Sensemaking of emotions and exit in portfolio firms. More information

(2022). The Palgrave Handbook of Managing Family Business Groups. More information