Mario Daniele Amore
Full Professor

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
- 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

