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Kotlar Josip

Full Professor

Kotlar Josip

Full Professor

Josip Kotlar is Full Professor of the Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering of Politecnico di Milano, with expertise in strategy, innovation, governance and family business.

His research on these topics has been published in leading academic journals, receiving more than 6,000 citations, several awards, and frequent features in business press and media.

He is Associate Editor of Family Business Review and member of the Editorial Review Boards of Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice and Journal of Family Business Strategy. He serves as the President of the International Family Enterprise Research Academy (IFERA).

He is Associate Dean for Strategic Projects of the POLIMI Graduate School of Management.

Research

Josip Kotlar conducts interdisciplinary research at the intersection of strategy, innovation, family business and governance.

His main research contributions relate to understanding how family business owners and leaders balance financial and non-financial goals in strategic decision-making, and how family owners can drive business transformation and innovation to build long-term success.

Current projects address the development of ownership competencies in multi-generational enterprising families, the distinctive role of family legacy in value creation and capture processes, and emerging forms of family and family business business governance.

Selected Publications

Manelli L. Magrelli V. Kotlar J. Messeni Petruzzelli A. & Frattini F. , "Building an Outward-Oriented Social Family Legacy: Rhetorical History in Family Business Foundations. ", Family Business Review

Mazzelli A. Miller D. Breton-Miller L. De Massis A. & Kotlar J., "Outcome-based imitation in family firms’ international market entry decisions.", Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice

Ge B. De Massis A. & Kotlar J. , "Mining the past: History scripting strategies and competitive advantage in a family business.", Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 46, 223-251

Magrelli V. Rondi E. De Massis A. & Kotlar J. , "Generational brokerage: An intersubjective perspective on managing temporal orientations in family firm succession. ", Strategic Organization, 20, 164-199

De Massis A. Kotlar J. & Manelli L. , "Family firms, family boundary organizations, and the family-related organizational ecosystem. ", Family Business Review, 34, 350-364