Kotlar Josip
Professore Ordinario
Josip Kotlar è Professore Ordinario di Strategia, Innovazione e Family Business presso il Politecnico di Milano. Esperto di temi di strategia e governance per guidare processi di trasformazione, innovazione ed evoluzione delle imprese familiari e famiglie imprenditoriali.
La sua ricerca approfondisce come proprietari e leader aziendali bilancino obiettivi finanziari e non finanziari, guidando innovazione e cambiamento strategico. Autore di oltre 50 pubblicazioni scientifiche citate più di 10.000 volte, i suoi studi compaiono su riviste accademiche internazionali quali Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, Family Business Review e Journal of Family Business Strategy. È Associate Editor di Family Business Review e membro degli Editorial Review Boards di Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice e Journal of Family Business Strategy. Attualmente è Presidente dell'International Family Enterprise Research Academy (IFERA) ed è stato riconosciuto tra i "Top 25 Most Influential Academics in Family Enterprise" dalla rivista Family Capital. I suoi contributi sono stati ripresi da Forbes, The Financial Times e principali pubblicazioni italiane come Il Sole 24 Ore, La Repubblica e Corriere della Sera.
Direttore del Gruppo di Ricerca Innovation, Strategy & Family Business (ISF) della School of Management del Politecnico di Milano, guida diversi progetti di ricerca applicati tra i quali l'Osservatorio Family Office, l'Osservatorio Purpose in Action e l'Osservatorio Open Innovation Lookout.
Carriera
Ph.D. in Economics and Management of Technology (University of Bergamo, Italy)
Master of Science Degree, Management Engineering (University of Bergamo, Italy)
Ricerca
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.
Pubblicazioni Selezionate
Manelli, L., Benedetti, C., Kotlar, J., & Frattini, F. (2025). Bridging moral aspirations and the mundane reality: A grounded study of the process of radical purpose adaptation in a business school. Journal of Management Studies.
Magrelli, V., Kotlar, J., De Massis, A., Frattini, F., & Petruzzelli, A. M. (2025). Making the old new again through the process of recombinant innovation. Journal of Product Innovation Management.
Fang, H. C., Kotlar, J., & Chrisman, J. J. (2025). Family control and sustainable competitive advantage. Family Business Review, 38(2), 84-120.
Cho, J., De Massis, A., & Kotlar, J. (2025). The Mixed Gamble of Competitive Dynamics in Family‐Controlled Firms. Journal of Management Studies.
Capella, F., Manelli, L., Frattini, F., Kotlar, J., & Chiesa, V. (2024). Navigating the politics of innovation in family firms: The role of political capital. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 41(3), 548-573.
Magistretti, S., Dell’Era, C., Cautela, C., & Kotlar, J. (2023). Design Thinking for Organizational Innovation at PepsiCo. California Management Review, 65(3), 5-23.
Manelli, L., Magrelli, V., Kotlar, J., Messeni Petruzzelli, A., & Frattini, F. (2023). Building an Outward-Oriented Social Family Legacy: Rhetorical History in Family Business Foundations. Family Business Review, 36(1), 143-168.
Servizio alla comunità
Progetti di ricerca
Tradition-driven Innovation: Historical and cultural heritage as a source of innovation for Italian firms
Scheda progetto