Scientific Articles
2025
AMORE, M. D., MURTINU, S., PELUCCO, V. (2025).Family firms in entrepreneurial finance: The case of corporate venture capital. Journal of Banking & Finance, vol.172, pp.107391
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378426625000123
CORREGGI, C., CAMBREA, D.R., DI TOMA, P., GHINOI, S. (2025). Cash Holdings in Family Firms: Outlines of an Emerging Debate. Entrepreneurship Research Journal.
https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/erj-2024-0211/html
ZONA, F., QUARATO, F., CAMBREA, R.D. (2025). Agent-agent Conflict: Outside Directors and co-Ceos in Family Firms. Accepted for publication at Family Business Review.
2024
AMORE, M. D., D'ANGELO, V., LE BRETON-MILLER, I., MILLER, D., PELUCCO, V., VAN ESSEN M. (2024). Using machine learning to identify and measure the family influence on companies. Journal of Family Business Strategy, vol.15, no.4, pp.100644.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877858524000391
DATAR, A., AMORE, M. D., FOSFURI, A. (2024). Strategic patent disclosure: Unraveling the influence of temporal preferences. Strategic Organization.
https://doi.org/10.1177/14761270241299756
AMORE, M. D., SCHWENEN, S. (2024). Hiring Lucky CEOs. Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization vol.40, no.3, pp.571–596.
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3613544
AMORE, M. D., MILLER, D. (2024). The role of culture in family firms. Small Business Economics, 1-18.
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4402505
AMORE, M. D., EPURE, M., GAROFALO, O. (2024). Organizational identity and performance: An inquiry into nonconforming company names. Long Range Planning, 2024, vol.57, no.1, pp.102396.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0024630123001036
BETTINAZZI, E. L. M., AMORE, M. D., REUER, J. J. (2024). Family Ownership and Alliance Intensity. Journal of Management Studies, vol.61, no.7, pp.3052-3080.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/joms.13001
D’ALLURA, G.M., QUARATO, F., DAGNINO, G.B., MERLO, E. (2024). Detecting the key role of the family in explaining corporate heritage use in family firms. Journal of Management and Governance, 1-33.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10997-024-09709-9#citeas
CALABRÒ, A., TORCHIA, M., QUARATO, F., VALENTINO, A., CAMBREA, D.R., LOHE F.W. (2024). Family firms’ shareholder structure and international acquisitions: A differentiated socioemotional wealth approach. Family Business Review, vol.37, no.2, pp.244-266
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/08944865231205847?icid=int.sj-abstract.citing-articles.8
CAMBREA, D.R., QUARATO, F., D’ALLURA, G.M., PAOLONE, F. (2024). Driving ESG performance: CEO succession impact in European listed firms. Management Decision, vol.63, no.2.
https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/md-10-2023-2005/full/html
KHATAMI, F., RINALDI, F. R., SALVATO, C., FERRARIS, A. (2024). Country‐level analysis of the relationships between sustainability and the textile–clothing–leather– footwear industries. Business Strategy and the Environment, vol.33, no. 8, pp.8668-8678.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/bse.3940
LATELLA, P., VELTRI, S. (2024). The drivers of nonfinancial disclosure quality: A systematic literature review analysis. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. Vol.31, no.6, pp. 5524-5542.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/csr.2880
CAMBREA, D.R., TENUTA, P., NACITI, V. (2024). Family and nonfamily female directors' effect on CSR strategy. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, vol.31, no.6, pp. 6387-6400.
2023
D'ANGELO, V., AMORE, M. D., MINICHILLI, A., CHEN, K. X., SOLARINO, A. M. (2023). Family agents. Journal of Family Business Strategy, vol.14, no.2, pp.100548.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877858522000729
AMORE, M. D., GAROFALO, O., GUERRA, A. (2023). How Leaders Influence (un)Ethical Behaviors Within Organizations: A Laboratory Experiment on Reporting Choices. Journal of Business Ethics, vol.183, no.2, pp.495–510.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10551-022-05088-z
AMORE, M. D., CONTI, A., PELUCCO, V. (2023). Micro venture capital. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, vol.17, no.4, pp.886-924.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/sej.1478
BAUWERAERTS, J., PONGELLI, C., SCIASCIA, S., MAZZOLA, P., MINICHILLI, A. (2023). Transforming entrepreneurial orientation into performance in family SMEs: Are nonfamily CEOs better than family CEOs?. Journal of Small Business Management, vol.61, no.4, pp.1672-1703.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00472778.2020.1866763
CALABRÒ, A., TORCHIA, M., YEZZA, H., QUARATO, F. (2023). CEO successions in times of decline and prosperity: restoring aspiration and performance implications in family firms. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, vol.29, no.9/10, pp.2023-2044.
https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/ijebr-03-2022-0299/full/html
DEBELLIS, F., TORCHIA, M., QUARATO, F., CALABRÒ, A. (2023). Board openness and family firm internationalization: A social capital perspective. Small Business Economics, vol.60, no.4, pp. 1431-1448.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11187-022-00670-1
CAMBREA, D.R., PONOMAREVA, Y., QUARATO, F., TENUTA, P. (2023). CEO as board chair in listed family firms: A test of the performance effects during an economic crisis. European Management Review.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/emre.12613
SPENCER, B., SALVATO, C., RERUP, C. (2023). Routine regulation as a source for managing conflict within alliances: an integrative framework. Industrial and Corporate Change, vol.32, no.6, pp.1333-1351.
https://academic.oup.com/icc/article-abstract/32/6/1333/7331466?redirectedFrom=fulltext
CAMBREA, D.R., PAOLONE, F., CUCARI, N. (2023). Advisory or monitoring role in ESG scenario: Which women directors are more influential in the Italian context?. Business Strategy and the Environment, vol.32, no.7, pp. 4299-4314
2022
AMORE, M. D., MASTROGIORGIO, M. (2022). Technological Entry, Redeployability, and Firm Value. Journal of Management Studies, vol.59, no.7, pp.1688-1722.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/joms.12795
AMORE, M. D., PELUCCO, V., QUARATO, F. (2022). Family ownership during the Covid-19 pandemic. Journal of Banking & Finance, vol.135, pp.106385.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378426621003368
AMORE, M. D., MARZANO, R. (2022). Corporate Ownership and Antitrust Violations. The Journal of Law and Economics, vol.65, no.2, pp.369-394.
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/717642?journalCode=jle
AMORE, M. D., GAROFALO, O., MARTIN-SANCHEZ, V., BAKER, R. (2022). Dispositional optimism and business recovery during a pandemic. Plos One, vol.17, no.6, pp.e0269707.
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0269707
MILLER, D., AMORE, M. D., QUARATO, F., CORBETTA, G. (2022). Family Ownership Dispersion and Dividend Payout in Family Firms. Journal of Family Business Strategy, vol.13, no. 3, pp.100436.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877858521000176
CAMBREA, D. R., PONOMAREVA, Y., PITTINO, D., MINICHILLI, A. (2022). Strings attached: Socioemotional wealth mixed gambles in the cash management choices of family firms. Journal of Family Business Strategy, vol.13, no. 3, pp.100466.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877858521000474
MINICHILLI, A., PRENCIPE, A., RADHAKRISHNAN, S., SICILIANO G. (2022). What’s in a name? Eponymous private firms and financial reporting quality. Management Science, vol.68, no.3, pp.2330-2348.
https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/10.1287/mnsc.2021.3974
TENUTA, P., CAMBREA, D.R. (2022). Corporate social responsibility and corporate financial performance: The role of executive directors in family firms. Finance Research Letters, vol.50, no.6, pp. 103195
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1544612322004019
CAMBREA, D.R., CALABRÒ A., LA ROCCA, M., PAOLONE, F. (2022). The impact of boards of directors’ characteristics on cash holdings in uncertain times. Journal of Management and Governance, vol.26, no.1, pp.189-221.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10997-020-09557-3
2021
AMORE, M.D., CORINA, M. (2021). Political elections and corporate investment: International evidence. Journal of International Business Studies, vol.52, no.9, pp.1775-1796.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41267-021-00421-6
AMORE, M. D., GAROFALO, O. (2021). Pay inequality and gender dynamics in top executive positions. Corporate Governance: An International Review, vol.29, no.6, pp.526-540.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/corg.12389
AMORE, M. D., BENNEDSEN, M., LE BRETON-MILLER, I., MILLER, D. (2021). Back to the future: The effect of returning family successions on firm performance. Strategic Management Journal, vol.42, no.8, pp.1432-1458
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/smj.3273
AMORE, M. D., MURTINU, S. (2021). Tobit models in strategy research: Critical issues and applications. Global Strategy Journal, vol.11, no.3, pp.331-355.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/gsj.1363
AMORE, M. D., GAROFALO, O., MARTIN-SANCHEZ, V. (2021). Failing to Learn from Failure: How Optimism Impedes Entrepreneurial Innovation. Organization Science, vol.32, no.4, pp.940-964.
https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/10.1287/orsc.2020.1359
AMORE M. D., EPURE M. (2021). Riding out of a financial crisis: The joint effect of trust and corporate ownership. Journal of Comparative Economics, vol.49, no.1, pp.92-109.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S014759672030041X
PONGELLI, C., CALABRÒ, A., QUARATO, F., MINICHILLI, A., CORBETTA, G. (2021). Out of the Comfort Zone! Family Leaders’ Subsidiary Ownership Choices and the Role of Vulnerabilities. Family Business Review, vol.34, no.4, pp.404-424.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/08944865211050858
CALABRÒ, A., FRANK, H., MINICHILLI, A., SUESS-REYES, J. (2021). Business families in times of crises: The backbone of family firm resilience and continuity. Journal of Family Business Strategy, vol.12, no.2, pp.100442.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877858521000231
PITTINO, D., VISINTIN, F., MINICHILLI, A., COMPAGNO, C. (2021). Family involvement in governance and firm performance in industrial districts. The moderating role of the industry’s technological paradigm. Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, vol.33, no.7-8, pp.514-531.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08985626.2021.1925848
QUARATO, F., CAMBREA, D.R., CALABRÒ, A. (2021). Investment decisions of family firms in the three largest euro countries: the role of the financial crisis. Finance Research Letters, vol.42, pp.101980.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1544612321000611
RUBINO, F.E., TENUTA, P., CAMBREA, D.R. (2021). Five shades of women: evidence from Italian listed firms. Meditari Accountancy Research, vol.29, no.7, pp.54-74.
https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/medar-10-2020-1057/full/html
CAMBREA, D.R. (2021). Jonas Gabrielsson, Wafa Khlif and Sibel Yamak (eds.): Research handbook on board of directors. Journal of Management and Governance, vol.25, pp.307-315.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10997-021-09564-y
Amore, M. D., Pelucco, V., & Murtinu, S. (2021). Families in Corporate Venture Capital, https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=16159
Bauweraerts, J., Pongelli, C., Sciascia, S., Mazzola, P., & Minichilli, A. (2021). Transforming entrepreneurial orientation into performance in family SMEs: Are nonfamily CEOs better than family CEOs? Journal of Small Business Management. https://doi.org/10.1080/00472778.2020.1866763
Miller, D., Amore, M. D., Quarato, F. & Corbetta, G. (2021) Family Ownership Dispersion and Dividend Payout in Family Firms. Journal of Family Business Strategy, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfbs.2021.100436
2020
Amore, M. D., & Epure, M. (2020). Riding out of a financial crisis: The joint effect of trust and corporate ownership. Journal of Comparative Economics.
Amore, M. D. (2020). Innovation disclosure in times of uncertainty. Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 29(4), 792-815.
Amore, M. D., Garofalo, O., & Martin-Sanchez, V. (2020). Failing to Learn from Failure: How Optimism Impedes Entrepreneurial Innovation. Organization Science.
Amore, M. D., & Failla, V. (2020). Pay dispersion and executive behaviour: evidence from innovation. British Journal of Management, 31(3), 487-504.
Bettinazzi, E. L., Miller, D., Amore, M. D., & Corbetta, G. (2020). Ownership similarity in mergers and acquisitions target selection. Strategic Organization, 18(2), 330-361.
Calabrò, A., Quarato, F., & Torchia, M. (2020). What Drives Family Firms’ Overseas Acquisitions? A Differentiated Socioemotional Wealth Approach. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2020, No. 1, p. 19387). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management.
Corbetta, G., & Morosetti, P. (2020). Corporate Strategy for a Sustainable Growth: Alignment, Execution, and Transformation. EGEA, Milano.
Minichilli, A., Prencipe, A., Radhakrishnan, S., & Siciliano, G. (2020). What’s in a Name? Eponymous Private Firms and Financial Reporting Quality, Accepted for publication in Management Science
Nielsen, S., Minichilli, A., Zattoni, A., & Huse, M. (2020). The Impact of Actual and Perceived Human Capital Diversity on Board Process and Performance. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2020, No. 1, p. 18496). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management.
Quarato, F., Calabrò, A., Pongelli, C., Depperu, D., & Corbetta, G. (2020). Nearby or Faraway? Family Firms’ FDI Location Choices under Internal and External Threats. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2020, No. 1, p. 18980). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management.
Salvato, C., Sargiacomo, M., Amore, M. D., & Minichilli, A. (2020). Natural disasters as a source of entrepreneurial opportunity: Family business resilience after an earthquake. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 14(4), 594-615.
2019
Amore, M. D., & Murtinu, S. (2019). Tobit models in strategy research: Critical issues and applications. Global Strategy Journal. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/gsj.1363
Amore, M. D., Bennedsen, M., Larsen, B., & Rosenbaum, P. (2019). CEO education and corporate environmental footprint. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 94, 254-273.
Caselli, S., Corbetta, G., Rossolini, M., & Vecchi, V. (2019). Public credit guarantee schemes and SMEs’ profitability: Evidence from Italy. Journal of Small Business Management, 57, 555-578.
Haynes, K. T., Zattoni, A., Boyd, B. K., & Minichilli, A. (2019). Figureheads or potentates? CEO power and board oversight in the context of Sarbanes Oxley. Corporate Governance: An International Review, 27(6), 402-426.
Salvato, C., Chirico, F., Melin, L., & Seidl, D. (2019). Coupling family business research with organization studies: Interpretations, issues and insights. Organization Studies, 40(6), 775-791.
2018
Amore, M. D. (2018). Peer firms and board appointments in family firms. Regional Studies, 52(9), 1271-1282.
Amore, M. D., & Failla, V. (2018). Pay Dispersion and Executive Behaviour: Evidence from Innovation. British Journal of Management.
Amore, M.D., Minichilli, A. (2018) Local political uncertainty, family control and investment behavior. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (2018), 53: 1-24
Calabrò, A., Minichilli, A., Amore, M.D., & Brogi, M. (2018) The Courage to Choose: Primogeniture and Leadership Succession in Family Firms The courage to choose! Primogeniture and leadership succession in family firms. Strategic Management Journal, 39(7), 2014-2035
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.
Miller, D., Le-Breton Miller, I., Amore, M., Minichilli A. & Quarato, F. (2018). Strategic Distinctiveness in Family Firms: Firm Heterogeneity and Strategic Multidimensionality, Journal of Family Business Strategy, 9: 16-26
Peng, M. W., Sun, W., Vlas, C., Minichilli, A., Corbetta, G. (2018) An institution-based view of large family firms: A recap and overview. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 42(2): 187–205.
Salvato, C., & Rerup, C. (2018). Routine regulation: Balancing conflicting goals in organizational routines. Administrative Science Quarterly, 63(1), 170-209.
Salvato, C., & Vassolo, R. (2018). The sources of dynamism in dynamic capabilities. Strategic Management Journal, 39(6), 1728-1752.
2017
Amore, M.D. (2017) Social Capital and Family Control. Explorations in Economic History (2017), 65: 106-114
Amore, M.D. (2017) Peer Firms and Board Appointments in Family Firms. Regional Studies https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2017.1372568
Amore, M.D., Miller, D., Le-Breton Miller, I., Corbetta, G. (2017) For Love and Money: Marital Leadership in Family Firms. Journal of Corporate Finance, 46: 461-476
Calabrò, A., Minichilli, A. & Brogi, M. (2018) The Courage to Choose: Primogeniture and Leadership Succession in Family Firms The courage to choose! Primogeniture and leadership succession in family firms. Strategic Management Journal. https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.2760
Miller, D., Le-Breton Miller, I., Amore, M.D., Minichilli, A., Corbetta, G. (2017) Institutional Logics, Family Firm Governance and Performance. Journal of Business Venturing, 32 (6): 674-693
Miller, D., Le-Breton Miller, I., Amore, M., Minichilli A. & Quarato, F. (2018). Strategic Distinctiveness in Family Firms: Firm Heterogeneity and Strategic Multidimensionality, Journal of Family Business Strategy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfbs.2018.01.004
Peng, M. W., Sun, W., Vlas, C., Minichilli, A., Corbetta, G. (2018) An institution-based view of large family firms: A recap and overview. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 42(2): 187–205.
Pittino, D, Visintin, F, Minichilli, A (2017) Financial performance and non-family CEO turnover in private family firms under different conditions of ownership and governance. Corporate Governance: An International Review, 25 (5): 312-337.
2016
Boellis, A., Mariotti, S., Minichilli, A., Piscitello, L. (2016), Family involvement and firms’ establishment mode choice in foreign markets. Journal of International Business Studies. 47 (8): 929–950.
2015
Learning Patterns and Approaches to Family Business Education Around the World-Issues, Insights, and Research Agenda’
Anno di pubblicazione 2015
Carlo Salvato, Pramodita Sharma, and Mike Wright
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2014
Amore, M. D., Garofalo, O., & Minichilli, A. (2014). Gender interactions within the family firm. Management Science, 60(5), 1083-1097.
Miller, D., Le Breton‐Miller, I., Minichilli, A., Corbetta, G., & Pittino, D. (2014). When do non‐family CEO s outperform in family firms? Agency and behavioural agency perspectives. Journal of Management Studies, 51(4), 547-572.
Minichilli, A., Nordqvist, M., Corbetta, G., & Amore, M. D. (2014). CEO succession mechanisms, organizational context, and performance: A socio‐emotional wealth perspective on family‐controlled firms. Journal of Management Studies, 51(7), 1153-1179.
2013
Miller, D., Minichilli, A., & Corbetta, G. (2013). Is family leadership always beneficial?. Strategic Management Journal, 34(5), 553-571.
2011
'Measuring the effect of M&A on patenting quantity and quality'. Strategic Management Journal, forthcoming
Anno di pubblicazione 2011
Valentini G.
Exploring the Complementarity between Innovation and Export for SMEs’ Growth
Anno di pubblicazione 2011
Golovko E.; Valentini G.
'Are Small Family Firms Financially Sophisticated?', Journal of Banking and Finance
Anno di pubblicazione 2011
Caselli S.; Di Giuli A.; Gatti S.
‘Career Dynamics of CEOs in Family and Non-Family Firms: An Optimal Matching Analysis’
Anno di pubblicazione 2011
Salvato C.; Minichilli A.; Piccarreta R.
‘Board diversity and firm performance: An empirical investigation of the mediating effects of board processes’
Anno di pubblicazione 2011
Nielsen, S., Zattoni, A., Minichilli, A., Huse, M.
‘CEO-board relationship in a post-Sarbanes Oxley era. The moderating effect of board composition on the CEO power-firm performance relationship’
Anno di pubblicazione 2011
Minichilli, A.; Zattoni, A.
'Principal-Agent relationships in family controlled firms: Evidence from Italian co-CEOs’ teams’
Anno di pubblicazione 2011
Minichilli, A.; Berrone, P.
‘Family firm configuration and financial performance: Is family leadership always beneficial?'
Anno di pubblicazione 2011
Corbetta, G.; Miller, D.; Minichilli, A.
‘How do Managerial Successions Shape Corporate Financing Policies in Family Firms?’
Anno di pubblicazione 2011
Amore, M.D.; Minichilli, A.; Corbetta, G.
2010
‘Does the CFO Matter in Family Firms? Evidence from Italy', European Journal of Finance, vol. 6, 2010.
Anno di pubblicazione 2010
Caselli, S.; Di Giuli, A.
2009
'Stock incentive plans in Italian listed companies. Diffusion and characteristics in 2000 and 2006', Corporate Governance: An International Review, 17(2): 224–237.
Anno di pubblicazione 2009
Minichilli, A.; Zattoni, Z.
2008
‘Strategic Planning in Family Business: A Powerful Developmental Tool for the Next Generation’, Family Business Review, Vol. XXI, No. 3, pp.239-258.
Anno di pubblicazione 2008
Mazzola, P., Marchisio, G.; Astrachan, J.H.
2007
'The board advisory tasks in small firms and the event of crises', Journal of Management and Governance, 11(1): 5-22.
Anno di pubblicazione 2007
Hansen, C.; Minichilli, A.
2005
'Il governo delle imprese italiane quotate a controllo familiare: i risultati di una ricerca esplorativa', Economia & Management, Nov-Dic.
Anno di pubblicazione 2005
Corbetta, G. e Minichilli A.