Profile
I am an Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and serve as the Academic Director of the International Management/CEMS MSc program at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM). I earned my PhD from Jönköping International Business School in Sweden and spent a semester as a visiting PhD student at the Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota.
My research focuses on owner-managed firms, particularly new ventures and family businesses. I study how owners’ preferences, motivations, and experiences shape firm strategies and outcomes.
At RSM, I teach Entrepreneurship and Family Business across a range of programs, including pre-experience courses (BSc and MSc), post-experience executive education, and PhD-level seminars.
Publications
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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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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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Academic (14)
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Hahn, D., Criaco, G., Minola, T., Pittino, D., & Vismara, S. (2025). Embracing duality in academic spin-offs: A systematic review and agenda for future research. International Journal of Management Reviews, 163-186. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijmr.12398
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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, 50(2), 668-691. 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
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
Report (1)
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
Activities
Additional positions (1)
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Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus UniversityStart date approval: 30 Oct 2022End date approval: 29 Oct 2025Place: 3062 PADescription: Teaching, supervision, and assessment at RSM BV
Additional activities (2)
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Journal of International Business Studies (Journal)Giuseppe Criaco (Member of editorial board)01 Jan 2023
Activity: Editorial work (Academic)
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Journal of Business Venturing (Journal)Giuseppe Criaco (Member of editorial board)01 Jan 2023
Activity: Editorial work (Academic)
Courses
IM/CEMS cohort 2023-2024 Year 2
- Study year: 2024/2025
- Code: BM-IMCEMS2324
International Corporate Finance
- Study year: 2025/2026, 2024/2025
- Code: BM-IM13CC
Block seminar
- Study year: 2025/2026, 2024/2025
- Code: BM-IMBS
Entrepreneurship
- Study year: 2025/2026, 2024/2025, 2023/2024
- Code: B3MIN1015
Global Strategy
- Study year: 2025/2026, 2024/2025
- Code: BM-IM01CC
Business Analytics for Intl Managers
- Study year: 2025/2026, 2024/2025
- Code: BM-IM15CC-1
Management Control
- Study year: 2025/2026, 2024/2025
- Code: BM-IM12CC
Innovation Management
- Study year: 2025/2026, 2024/2025
- Code: BM-IM09CC
Global Citizenship Seminar
- Study year: 2025/2026, 2024/2025
- Code: BM-IM-GSC
Global supply chain management
- Study year: 2025/2026, 2024/2025
- Code: BM-IM03CC
Professional Competencies Programme
- Study year: 2024/2025
- Code: BM-IM-PROFCOMP
Master thesis
- Study year: 2025/2026, 2024/2025
- Code: BM-IM-CEMSTHESIS
IM Research clinic
- Study year: 2025/2026, 2024/2025
- Code: BM-IM-RC
International business project CEMS
- Study year: 2025/2026, 2024/2025, 2023/2024
- Code: BM-IMBP
Climate change
- Study year: 2024/2025
- Code: BM-IM10FE
Global Leadership
- Study year: 2025/2026, 2024/2025
- Code: BM-IM02CC
Marketing Strategy in the Age of AI
- Study year: 2025/2026, 2024/2025
- Code: BM-IM16CC
IM/CEMS cohort 2425
- Study year: 2024/2025
- Code: BM-IMCEMS2425
Corporate Venturing
- Study year: 2025/2026, 2024/2025
- Code: BM-IM11CC
Past courses
Entrepreneurship
- Study year: 2025/2026, 2023/2024
- Code: BERMASC049
IM/CEMS cohort 2025-2026 Year 1
- Study year: 2025/2026
- Code: BM-IMCEMS
Leading Entrepreneurship and Venturing
- Study year: 2025/2026
- Code: GEMBA26-M2-GEL
Professional Competencies Programme
- Study year: 2025/2026
- Code: BM-IMPCPFALL
Professional Competencies Programme
- Study year: 2025/2026
- Code: BM-IMPCPSPRING
WASHINGTON STUDY TRIP 2025
- Study year: 2025/2026
- Code: MBA26-IST-WASH
Research Clinic
- Study year: 2023/2024
- Code: BMRCSE-SM