Andrea Calabrò

Full Professor of Family Business & Entrepreneurship | Director of the Chair of Sustainable Family Business & Entrepreneurship

Contact


Email: a.calabro@ipag.fr

Telephone: +33 4 9313 3900

Campus: Nice

Education


2010: Ph.D. in Management & Governance, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy

2006: Master in Innovation & Management, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy

  • Biography
  • Selected publications
  • Professional experiences


Andrea Calabrò is Full Professor of Family Business & Entrepreneurship and Director of the Chair of Sustainable Family Business & Entrepreneurship at IPAG Business School, France. He is Global Academic Director of the STEP (Successful Transgenerational Entrepreneurship Practices) Project Global Consortium. He holds a Ph.D. in Management and Governance from the University of Rome Tor Vergata and has been Professor/Chairholder of Business Administration and Family Entrepreneurship at University of Witten/Herdecke (2011-2017). He founded the Family Business Research Strategic Interest Group (FBR SIG) at the European Academy of Management (EURAM) and is founder and organizer of the International Family Business Research Forum (IFBRF). He has published journal articles on family firms, internationalization, and corporate governance in leading international peer-reviewed journals such as: Strategic Management Journal, Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, Journal of International Business Studies, Family Business Review, Harvard Business Review, Journal of Business Ethics, Corporate Governance: An International Review, and Journal of Business Research.


Calabrò, A., Torchia, M., Quarato, F., Valentino, A., Cambrea, D., & Lohe, F.W. (2023). Family firms’ shareholder structure and international acquisitions: A differentiated socioemotional wealth approach. Family Business Review. Online first.

Calabrò, A., Chrisman, J., & Kano, L. (2022). Family-Owned Multinational Enterprises in the Post-Pandemic Global Economy. Journal of International Business Studies, 53, 920–935.

Gimenez, D., Edelman, L., Minola, T., Calabrò, A. and Cassia, L. (2021). An Intergenerational Solidarity Perspective on Succession Intentions in Family Firms.  Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, 45(4), 740-766.

-Dinh, T. Q., Calabrò, A., Campopiano, G., & Basco, R. (2021). The Impact of Politically Connected CEOs and Boards of Directors on Firm Performance: A Study of Vietnamese Family and Nonfamily Firms. Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, 46(5).

Campopiano, G., Calabrò, A., & Basco, R. (2020). The “Most Wanted”: The Role of Family Strategic Resources and Family Involvement in CEO Succession Intention. Family Business Review, forthcoming.

Calabrò, A., Cameran, M., Campa, D. and Pettinicchio, A. (2020). Financial Reporting in Family Firms: A Socioemotional Wealth Approach toward Information Quality. Journal of Small Business Management, 1-35.

Ahrens, J. P., Calabrò, A., Huybrechts, J. and Woywode, M. (2019). The Enigma of the Family Successor–Firm Performance Relationship: A Methodological Reflection and Reconciliation Attempt. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 43(3), 437-474.

Dinh, T.Q. and Calabrò, A. (2019). Asian Family Firms through Corporate Governance and Institutions: A Systematic Review of the Literature and Agenda for Future Research. International Journal of Management Reviews, 21(1), 50-75.

Calabrò, A., Vecchiarini, M., Gast, J., Campopiano, G., De Massis, A. and Kraus, S. (2019). Innovation in Family Firms: A Systematic Literature Review and Guidance for Future Research. International Journal of Management Reviews, 21(3), 317-355.

Calabrò, A., Minichilli, A., Amore, M.D. and Brogi, M. (2018). The Courage to Choose! Primogeniture and Leadership Succession in Family Firms. Strategic Management Journal, 39(7), 2014-2035.

 

Since 2017: Professor of Family Business & Entrepreneurship at IPAG Business School

Since 2018: Global Academic Director of the STEP (Successful Transgenerational Entrepreneurship Practices) Project Global Consortium

Since 2017: Founder of the International Family Business Research Forum (IFBRF)

2020: Founder of the ICSB 1st Virtual Family Business Research & Practice Conference

2014-2020: Associate Editor Journal of Family Business Strategy

2011-2017: Chairholder and Full Professor of Business Administration & Family Entrepreneurship at the University of Witten/Herdecke (Germany)

Research Areas

  • Family Business
  • Entrepreneurship
  • International Business
  • Strategy & Management
  • Corporate Governance

Teaching Areas

  • Family Business Management & Governance
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Strategic Management
  • Family Entrepreneurship