Raphael (Raffi) Amit Faculty Profile

Raphael (Raffi) Amit
Robert B. Goergen Professor of Entrepreneurship; Professor of Management
Academic Director, The Goergen Entrepreneurial Management Programs; Academic Director, The Wharton Global Family Alliance

PhD, Northwestern University, 1977; MA, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel), 1975; BA, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel), 1973

Research Areas
Entrepreneurship; family business; strategic management; venture capital financing; eBusiness

Current Projects
Family Ownership, Control and Management and Firm Performance; Family Office; Business Model Design and Performance; Venture Capital Financing of Entrepreneurial Firms; Growth of Emerging Businesses; Strategic Alliance Activity and Firm Performance.

Academic Positions Held
Wharton: 1999-present (named Robert B. Goergen Professor of Entrepreneurship, 1999; Academic Director, The Goergen Entrepreneurial Management Programs, 1999-present; Director, Wharton Electronic Business Initiative (WeBI), 2000-2004; Academic Director, The Wharton Global Family Alliance, 2004-present). Previous appointments: University of British Columbia; Northwestern University; Technion, Israel Institute of Technology

Other Positions
Director, Personal Computer Products and Services, Data Resources, Inc., Lexington, MA, 1977-82; Senior Energy Economist and Director, Coal Service, 1980-82 (part-time basis)

Career and Recent Professional Awards; Teaching Awards
The Greif Entrepreneurship Research Impact Award, 2007; European Corporate Governance Institute for best paper in Finance prize “Benefits and costs of control: Enhancing Mechanisms in U.S. Family Firms 2007; Strategic Management Journal Best Paper Prize "Strategic Assets and Organization Rents" (with Paul Schoemaker, Volume 14 Number 1, January 1993), 2000; McKinsey & Company/Strategic Management Society Best Conference Paper Prize Honorable Mention; 20th Annual International Conference October 2000, Vancouver, Canada, for "Value Drivers of e-Commerce Business Models" (with C. Zott), 2000; Ascendant Scholar Award, Western Academy of Management, 1993

Professional Leadership 2005-2009
Editorial Board, Strategic Management Journal, 1987-2007; Editorial Board, Organization Science, 1992-2002; Editorial Board, Journal of Business Venturing, 1994-2005; Editorial Board, European Management Journal, 2001-2007

Corporate and Public Sector Leadership 2005-2009
Chairman, Board of Directors, Creo Products Inc. (NASDAQ symbol: CREO), 1996-2001; Board Member, Alvarion (NASDAQ symbol: ALVR), 2003-present

Representative Publications
(with B. Villalonga)
How Are US Family Firms Controlled? Review of Financial Studies (forthcoming 2008).

(with C. Zott)
“Exploring the fit between business strategy and business model: Implications for firm performance.” Strategic Management Journal (Forthcoming 2007).

(with C. Zott)
"Business Model Design and the Performance of Entrepreneurial Firms.” Organization Science 18(2) pp181-199 (March-April 2007).

(with B. Villalonga)
"How Do Family Ownership, Control and Management Affect Firm Value?" Journal of Financial Economics (May 2006).

(with S. Thornhill)
"Learning from Failure: Bankruptcy, Firm Age and the Resource-based View." Organizational Science 14.5: 497-509 (September/October 2003).