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Claudia Pongelli is an Associate Professor at Link Campus University in Rome and an Adjunct Professor of International Business at LUISS University. She holds a Ph.D. in Management from LUISS University and was a Post-doctoral Research Fellow at its Department of Business and Management until 2021. Previously, she served as an Assistant Professor at the European University of Rome (2022–2024). She is also an Affiliate Research Fellow at IPAG Entrepreneurship & Family Business Center in Nice, France. Her research focuses on family firms' internationalization, succession dynamics, and board governance, with a particular emphasis on socioemotional wealth theory and global expansion strategies.
Her academic affiliations include teaching and research roles at multiple institutions, combining theoretical contributions with practical insights into family business management. Her work bridges family business studies with international management, exploring how family-centered goals influence strategic decisions, international entry modes, and organizational performance.
Key research interests include intrafamily succession, board characteristics driving internationalization, and the role of socioemotional wealth in ownership choices. Her articles frequently address topics like transgenerational growth, cross-border expansion, and governance structures in family SMEs. She has published in journals such as Journal of World Business and Small Business Economics.
Her recent work highlights themes such as leveraging board diversity for global growth, the impact of family ownership concentration on FDI location choices, and the interplay between cultural distance and family firm internationalization. She actively engages in qualitative investigations to deepen understanding of family firms' global strategies.
No scientific awards are explicitly mentioned in the provided text. Her advising activities are not detailed here, though her research focuses on mentoring future scholars in family business studies. She has contributed to research teams exploring family firm sustainability and internationalization challenges.
