Andrea Calabrò

Professor of Practice
Knowledge groupStrategy and Operations
Research domainsEntrepreneurship & Family Business
Teaching domainsFamily Business, Corporate Governance
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Andrea Calabrò

Biography

Andrea Calabrò is Professor of Practice in Family Business & Entrepreneurship at SDA Bocconi. 

Before joining SDA, he was 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. He also has strong expertise in entrepreneurship and in guiding start-ups from inception through development and growth. He serves as advisor and coach for family businesses across different parts of the globe.

Recent Publications

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  • 2026
    Board Gender Diversity and Firm Financial Performance: Exploring the role of Directors’ Family Affiliations
    PONOMAREVA, Y., D. R. CAMBREA, A. CALABRÒ, M. TORCHIA, "Board Gender Diversity and Firm Financial Performance: Exploring the role of Directors’ Family Affiliations", Journal of Management Studies, 2026
  • 2026
    Mindset matters! The active involvement of women in family businesses: harnessing context through the STEP project
    SAMARA, G., N. P. BANG, E. CONTI, I. MEJRI, A. CALABRÒ, T. JAYAKUMAR, R. M. JIMENEZ, M.-J. HERNÁNDEZ-ORTIZ, F. P. ZAMORA, "Mindset matters! The active involvement of women in family businesses: harnessing context through the STEP project", Journal of Business Research, 2026, vol. 205, pp. 115866
  • 2025
    Family Business Sustainability Case Studies Across the World
    JAYAKUMAR, T., E. CONTI, A. CALABRÒ, A. A. AMAYA RIVAS, Y. E. RODRÍGUEZ (Eds.), "Family Business Sustainability Case Studies Across the World" - 2025, Edward Elgar Publishing, Great Britain
  • 2025
    Panta Rhei! Disentangling the temporal dynamics of nascent and future entrepreneurship
    GAIES, B., M. VESCI, C. CRUDELE, A. CALABRÒ, A. MAALAOUI, "Panta Rhei! Disentangling the temporal dynamics of nascent and future entrepreneurship", International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 2025, vol. 21, no. 1
  • 2024
    A multi-voiced account of family entrepreneuring research: expanding the agenda of family entrepreneurship
    AL-DAJANI, H., N. P. BANG, R. BASCO, A. CALABRÒ, J. C. Y. CHENG, E. CLINTON, J. J. DASPIT, A. DE MASSIS, A. DISCUA CRUZ, L. GARCIA-LORENZO, W. B. GARTNER, O. GERMAIN, S. GHERARDI, J. HELIN, M. IMAS, S. JACK, M. MCADAM, M. RADU-LEFEBVRE, P. ROVELLI, M. TILLMAR, M. TORCHIA, K. VERDUIJN, F. WELTER, "A multi-voiced account of family entrepreneuring research: expanding the agenda of family entrepreneurship", International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research , 2024, vol. 30, no. 9, pp. 2185-2233
  • 2024
    Commitment Helps: The Positive Effects of Long-Term Orientation and Family Ownership on Firms’ International Expansion
    FRERICH, S., A. CALABRÒ, M. TORCHIA, "Commitment Helps: The Positive Effects of Long-Term Orientation and Family Ownership on Firms’ International Expansion", Entrepreneurship Research Journal, 2024, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 1887-1920