Andrea Calabrò
Professor of Practice

Biografia
Andrea Calabrò è Professor of Practice in Family Business & Entrepreneurship presso SDA Bocconi.
Prima di entrare in SDA, è stato Direttore della Chair of Sustainable Family Business & Entrepreneurship presso l’IPAG Business School, Francia. È Global Academic Director del STEP (Successful Transgenerational Entrepreneurship Practices) Project Global Consortium. Ha conseguito un dottorato di ricerca in Management e Governance presso l’Università di Roma Tor Vergata ed è stato Professore/Titolare di Cattedra di Business Administration and Family Entrepreneurship presso l’Università di Witten/Herdecke (2011-2017).
Ha fondato il Family Business Research Strategic Interest Group (FBR SIG) presso l’European Academy of Management (EURAM) ed è fondatore e organizzatore dell’International Family Business Research Forum (IFBRF).
Ha pubblicato articoli accademici sulle imprese familiari, l’internazionalizzazione e la corporate governance in importanti riviste scientifiche internazionali peer-reviewed, tra cui: 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 e Journal of Business Research. Ha inoltre una solida competenza in imprenditorialità e nella guida di start-up dalla fase di creazione fino allo sviluppo e alla crescita. Svolge il ruolo di consulente e coach per imprese familiari in diverse parti del mondo.
Pubblicazioni recenti
- 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

