Mario Daniele Amore

Full Professor
AreaStrategy and Operations
Research domainsCorporate Governance
Teaching domainsFamily Business, Corporate Governance
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Biography

Mario Amore is Full Professor at the Department of Management & Technology at Bocconi University and at SDA Bocconi, where he serves as Director of the Master in Corporate Strategy (MISA). He earned his PhD from Copenhagen Business School and is Research Affiliate at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), Research Member at the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI), and board member of the International Corporate Governance Society (ICGS).

His research primarily focuses on corporate governance and family business, with broader interests in the interactions between strategy, finance, and innovation, as well as in the behavioral aspects of corporate decision-making. His work has been published in leading journals in management, economics, and finance, including Journal of Financial Economics, Management Science, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal, and Journal of Law & Economics. The findings of his research are also frequently featured in international business and finance media outlets.

He serves as Associate Editor of Management Science and the Journal of Corporate Finance, and as a member of the Editorial Review Board of the Strategic Management Journal.

He has taught numerous courses in Management, Family Firms, and Econometrics across undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, and executive programs.

Recent Publications

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  • 2025
    The role of culture in family firms
    AMORE, M. D., D. MILLER, "The role of culture in family firms", Small Business Economics, 2025, vol. 64, pp. 261–278
  • 2025
    Family firms in entrepreneurial finance: The case of corporate venture capital
    AMORE, M. D., S. MURTINU, V. PELUCCO, "Family firms in entrepreneurial finance: The case of corporate venture capital", Journal of Banking & Finance, 2025, vol. 172, pp. 107391
  • 2025
    CEO Succession and Patenting in Family Firms
    AMORE, M. D., M. BENNEDSEN, B. BORDEERATH, N. FOSS, "CEO Succession and Patenting in Family Firms", Strategy Science, 2025, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 185-206
  • 2025
    Family CEO mentoring and post-CEO succession performance
    QUARATO, F., M. J. SANCHEZ‐BUENO, D. R. CAMBREA, F. MUÑOZ‐BULLÓN, M. D. AMORE, "Family CEO mentoring and post-CEO succession performance", Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 2025, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 508-528
  • 2025
    Nordic Waste: Are Wealthy Owners More Accountable for Environmental Accidents
    BENNEDSEN, M., M. D. AMORE, B. HENRY - "Nordic Waste: Are Wealthy Owners More Accountable for Environmental Accidents" - 2025, The Case Centre, Great Britain
  • 2024
    Hiring Lucky CEOs
    AMORE, M. D., S. SCHWENEN, "Hiring Lucky CEOs", Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization, 2024, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 571–596
  • 2024
    Using machine learning to identify and measure the family influence on companies
    AMORE, M. D., V. D'ANGELO, I. LE BRETON-MILLER, D. MILLER, V. PELUCCO, M. VAN ESSEN, "Using machine learning to identify and measure the family influence on companies", Journal of Family Business Strategy, 2024, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 100644
  • 2024
    Time Tells: Unraveling the Temporal and Risk Dynamics of Venture Capitalists
    AMORE, M. D., O. GAROFALO, C. GUTIERREZ, V. MARTIN-SANCHEZ, V. PELUCCO, "Time Tells: Unraveling the Temporal and Risk Dynamics of Venture Capitalists" in 84th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, August 9-13, 2024, Chicago, IL, United States of America
  • 2024
    Strategic Patent Disclosure: Unraveling the Influence of Temporal Preferences
    DATAR, A., M. D. AMORE, A. FOSFURI, "Strategic Patent Disclosure: Unraveling the Influence of Temporal Preferences", Strategic Organization, 2024
  • 2024
    Limited Partners in the VC Industry
    AMORE, M. D., A. FOSFURI, V. PELUCCO, "Limited Partners in the VC Industry" in The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Private Equity., Douglas Cumming, Benjamin Hammer (Eds.), Springer International Publishing, pp. 1-9, 2024

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Grants & Honors

  • Excellence in Research Award, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, 2023

  • Excellence in Research Award, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, 2022

  • Excellence in Research Award, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, 2021

  • Best Reviewer Award, Corporate Governance: An International Review, 2020

  • Best Reviewer Award, Strategic Management Journal, 2019

  • Nomination for Best Paper Award, International Corporate Governance Society, 2019

  • Nomination for Best Paper Award, International Corporate Governance Society, 2018

  • Best Reviewer Award, Strategic Management Journal, 2018

  • Excellence in Research Award, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, 2017

  • Excellence in Research Award, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, 2014

  • Runner-Up Award, Auckland Finance Conference, 2014