Claudia PONGELLI

Affiliate Researcher at IPAG Business School

Contact

Email : c.pongelli@ipag.fr

Education

2015: LUISS University: Ph.D. Management
2011: LUISS University: MSc. in General Management
2008: LUISS University: BSc. in General Management 
 

  • Biography
  • Selected publications


Claudia Pongelli holds a Ph.D. in Management from LUISS University where she has also been a Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Business and Management until 2021 and Adjunct Professor in international business until 2024. After two years (2022-2024) as Assistant Professor at European University of Rome, she is currently Associate Professor at Link Campus University (Rome). Her research focuses on international and strategic decision-making in family firms. Her studies have been published, among the others, on Journal of Management Studies, Journal of World Business and Small Business Economics. 

  • Pinelli, M., Pongelli, C. (2025) Leading across generations: how succession can drive the family business growth. Palgrave, Cham, Switzerland. ISBN 978-3-031-95730-7

  • Calabrò, A., Torchia, M., Gomez-Mejia, L., Pongelli, C., Lohe, F. (2025) What are family firms all about? Advancing the family business field through Socioemotional Wealth Theory, Journal of Management Studies, in press. 

  • Pinelli, M., Debellis, F., Pongelli, C., Vallone, T. (2025) Top management teams, work experience diversity and the speed of international entrepreneurship: an upper echelons perspective. Review of Managerial Science, in press. 

  • Pongelli, C., Majocchi, A., Bauweraerts, J., Caroli, M., Sciascia, S., Verbeke, A. (2023) The impact of board of directors’ characteristics on the internationalization of family SMEs,  Journal of World Business, 58(2), 101412. 

  • Bauweraerts, J., Pongelli, C., Sciascia, S., Minichilli, A., Mazzola, P. (2023) Transforming entrepreneurial orientation into performance in family SMEs: are nonfamily CEOs better than family CEOs?, Journal of Small Business Management, 61(4), 1672-1703. 

  •   Pongelli, C. (2022) Family firms into international markets: Research trajectories and empirical insights on entry mode decisions, Palgrave Pivot, Palgrave, Cham, Switzerland. ISBN 978-3-031-05398-6 

  • 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. 

  •   Pongelli, C., Calabrò, A., Minichilli, A., Quarato, F.,   Corbetta, G. (2021) Out of the comfort zone! Family leaders’ subsidiary ownership choices and the role of vulnerabilities. Family Business Review, 34(4), pp.404-424 

  •   Pongelli, C., Valentino, A., Calabrò, A., Caroli, M. (2021) Family-centered goals, geographic focus, and family firms’ internationalization: a study on export performance. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 33(7-8), pp. 580-598. 

Research Areas

  • Family business
  • International business
  • Supply chain management
  • Strategic management
     

Teaching Areas

  • International business
  • Business management
  • International marketing