Profile
I am an Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship in the Department of Strategic Management & Entrepreneurship at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. I hold a PhD from the Jönköping International Business School (Sweden). During my PhD studies I have spent some time at the Carlson School of Management (University of Minnesota) as a visiting PhD student.
My research focuses on three main themes: (a) the effect of pre-entry experience and post-entry strategies on new venture outcomes, (b) entrepreneurial dynamics in family firms, and (c) entrepreneurial motivation and behavior in individuals. At RSM, I teach courses and modules in Entrepreneurship and Family Business.
Publications
Article (10)
Academic (9)
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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), [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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Criaco, G., Naldi, L., & Zahra, S. A. (2021). Founders’ Prior Shared International Experience, Time to First Foreign Market Entry, and New Venture Performance. Journal of Management. https://doi.org/10.1177/01492063211029701
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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), [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
Courses
Past courses
Managing the Family Business
- Study year: 2016/2017
- Code: BMME101
- ECTS: 6 Level: Master, Master
Opportunity Creation
- Study year: 2016/2017
- Code: BM01SE
- ECTS: 6 Level: Master
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