dr. G.C (Giuseppe ) Criaco

I am an Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and the Academic Director of the International Management/CEMS MSc program at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM). I hold a PhD from Jönköping International Business School (Sweden) and spent a semester as a visiting PhD student at the Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota.
My research focuses on firms with concentrated ownership, such as new ventures and family firms, exploring how founders' preferences, motivations, and experiences shape their strategies and outcomes.
At RSM, I teach courses and modules in Entrepreneurship and Family Business at various levels.
Publications
Article (14)
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Academic (13)
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Minola, T., Hahn, D., Criaco, G., Pittino, D., & Visintin, F. (2025). Are non-economic goals and financial performance friends or foes in hybrid ventures? A duality perspective on academic spin-offs. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/sej.1529
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Criaco, G., Hahn, D., Minola, T., & Pittino, D. (2024). The role of non-economic goals in academic spin-offs. The Journal of Technology Transfer. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10961-024-10111-8
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Zahra, S. A., Criaco, G., Petricevic , O., & Hashai , N. (2024). Conceptualizing international new ventures as the nexus of entrepreneurship and international business. Journal of International Business Studies, 55(8), 1048-1056. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41267-024-00724-4
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Criaco, G., & Naldi, L. (2024). A chip off the old block: Founders' prior experience and the geographic diversification of export sales in international new ventures. Journal of Business Venturing, 39(1), Article 106343. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusvent.2023.106343
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Criaco, G., Naldi, L., & Zahra, S. A. (2022). Founders’ Prior Shared International Experience, Time to First Foreign Market Entry, and New Venture Performance. Journal of Management, 48(8), 2349-2381. https://doi.org/10.1177/01492063211029701
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Criaco, G., van Oosterhout, J., & Nordqvist, M. (2021). Is blood always thicker than water? Family firm parents, kinship ties, and the survival of spawns. Journal of Business Venturing, 36(6), Article 106161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusvent.2021.106161, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusvent.2021.106161, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusvent.2021.106161
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Naldi, L., Criaco, G., & Patel, PC. (2020). Related and unrelated industry variety and the internationalization of start-ups. Research Policy, 49(10), Article 104050. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2020.104050
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Brieger, SA., Bäro, A., Criaco, G., & Terjesen, SA. (2020). Entrepreneurs’ age, institutions, and social value creation goals: A multi-country study. Small Business Economics, 57, 425. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-020-00317-z
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Chirico, F., Criaco, G., Baù, M., Naldi, L., Gomez-Mejia, LR., & Kotlar, J. (2018). To patent or not to patent: That is the question. Intellectual property protection in family firms. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 44(2), 339-367. https://doi.org/10.1177/1042258718806251
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Criaco, G., Sieger, P., Wennberg, K., Chirico, F., & Minola, T. (2017). Parents’ performance in entrepreneurship as a "double-edged sword" for the intergenerational transmission of entrepreneurship. Small Business Economics, 49(4), 841-864. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-017-9854-x
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Patel, PC., Criaco, G., & Naldi, L. (2016). Geographic Diversification and the Survival of Born-Globals. Journal of Management, 44(5), 2008-2036. https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206316635251
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Minola, T., Criaco, G., & Obschonka, M. (2016). Age, culture, and self-employment motivation. Small Business Economics, 46(2), 187-213. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-015-9685-6
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Criaco, G., Minola, T., Migliorini, P., & Serarols-Tarrés, C. (2014). “To have and have not”: founders’ human capital and university start-up survival. The Journal of Technology Transfer, 39(4), 567-593. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10961-013-9312-0
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Professional (1)
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Criaco, G. (2018). How big should a young firm think? RSM Discovery - Management Knowledge, 34(2), 8-9. http://hdl.handle.net/1765/108775
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Report (1)
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Professional (1)
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Haans, R., Criaco, G., & Jansen, J. (2020). Eindrapportage Groeidynamiek van het Nederlandse MKB. Ondernemen is vooruitzien. Jaarbericht Staat van het MKB 2020. https://www.staatvanhetmkb.nl/jaarbericht/jaarbericht-2020
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Additional activities (2)
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Journal of International Business Studies (Journal)
Editorial work (Academic)
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Journal of Business Venturing (Journal)
Editorial work (Academic)
PhD Tracks (3)

- Role: Daily Supervisor
- PhD Candidate: Yassine Lamrani Abou Elassad
- Time frame: 2019 -
- Role: Co-promotor
- PhD Candidate: Leon Yehuda Anidjar
- Time frame: 2019 -

- Role: Co-promotor
- PhD Candidate: Alexandra Claudia Mariëlle Bul
- Time frame: 2024 -
Event (1)
Address
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Netherlands