The month of June was a most bountiful period for Alfredo De Massis, IMD Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Business, Wild Group Chair in Family Business. He was the recipient of the prestigious Barbara Hollander Award, named after the founder and first president of the Family Firm Institute, as well as of three Schulze Publication Awards.
The Schulze Foundation honored articles co-authored by De Massis and published on FamilyBusiness.org, the leading online resource for family businesses, of which he is also an editorial board member. The three articles have received more than 20,000 views so far:
- A Family Firm Can Be Both an Innovator and a Great Place to Work by Alfredo De Massis, Emanuela Rondi, Leopold von Schlenk-Barnsdorf, Marcel Hülsbeck, Ruth Überbacher
- Using Family History for Competitive Advantage by Alfredo De Massis, Bingbing Ge, Josip Kotlar
- Women Can Help Family Firms Innovate – but Socioemotional Factors Matter by Alfredo De Massis, Emanuela Rondi, Jonathan Bauweraerts, Paola Rovelli, Salvatore Sciascia
“These awards serve as a testament to the impact and influence of my publications, recognizing and honoring the significant efforts that I put in being an ‘engaged scholar’, aimed to achieve both academic rigor and impact on practice,” said De Massis.
