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58
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66263
World Ranking
591
National Ranking
260

Overview

Raphael Amit is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States and has a research focus in the field of Business, Management, and Accounting. Their published work primarily addresses various aspects of business strategy, innovation, corporate governance, and entrepreneurship.

The scientist has explored multiple subfields within their research domain, including:

  • Accounting
  • Strategy and Management
  • Management of Technology and Innovation
  • Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
  • Economics and Econometrics

Their research covers a range of topics such as:

  • Private Equity and Venture Capital
  • Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
  • Family Business Performance and Succession
  • Corporate Finance and Governance
  • Innovation and Knowledge Management
  • Firm Innovation and Growth
  • Business Strategy and Innovation

Some recent papers authored or coauthored by Raphael Amit include:

  • "Family ownership," 2020, Oxford Review of Economic Policy
  • "Managing the Value Appropriation Dilemma in Business Model Innovation," 2020, Strategy Science
  • "Poised for growth: Exploring the relationship between accelerator program design and startup performance," 2024, Strategic Management Journal
  • "Business Models and Lean Startup," 2024, Journal of Management
  • "Hedge fund activism in family firms," 2024, Strategic Management Journal

Raphael Amit has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Valentina Assenova
  • Christoph Zott
  • Belén Villalonga
  • Yuliya Snihur

Their work has been published in various academic venues with notable frequency in:

  • Academy of Management Proceedings
  • Strategic Management Journal
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Oxford Review of Economic Policy
  • Strategy Science

Best Publications

  • Strategic assets and organizational rent

    Raphael Amit;Paul J. H. Schoemaker

  • Value creation in E-business

    Raphael Amit;Christoph Zott

  • The Business Model: Recent Developments and Future Research

    Christoph Zott;Raphael H Amit;Lorenzo Massa

  • How do family ownership, control and management affect firm value?

    Belen Villalonga;Raphael Amit

  • Business Model Design: An Activity System Perspective

    Christoph Zott;Raphael Amit

  • The fit between product market strategy and business model: implications for firm performance

    Christopher Zott;Raphael H Amit

  • Business Model Design and the Performance of Entrepreneurial Firms

    Christoph Zott;Raphael Amit

  • WHY DO VENTURE CAPITAL FIRMS EXIST? THEORY AND CANADIAN EVIDENCE

    Raphael Amit;James Brander;Christoph Zott

  • Venture‐Capital Syndication: Improved Venture Selection vs. The Value‐Added Hypothesis

    James A. Brander;Raphael Amit;Werner Antweiler

  • Learning About Failure: Bankruptcy, Firm Age, and the Resource-Based View

    Stewart Thornhill;Raphael Amit

  • The Business Model: Recent Developments and Future Research

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  • CHALLENGES TO THEORY DEVELOPMENT IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESEARCH

    Raphael Amit;Lawrence Glosten;Eitan Muller

  • How Do Family Ownership, Control, and Management Affect Firm Value?

    Belen Villalonga

  • Entrepreneurial ability, venture investments, and risk sharing

    Raphael Amit;Lawerence Glosten;Eitan Muller

  • The Dynamics of Innovative Activity and Competitive Advantage: The Case of Australian Retail Banking, 1981 to 1995

    Peter W. Roberts;Raphael Amit

  • Diversification strategies, business cycles and economic performance

    Raphael Amit;Joshua Livnat

  • The business model: Theoretical roots, recent developments, and future research

    Christoph Zott;Raphael Amit;Lorenzo Massa

  • The Business Model: A Theoretically Anchored Robust Construct for Strategic Analysis

    Christoph Zott;Raphael H Amit

  • “PUSH” AND “PULL” ENTREPRENEURSHIP

    Raphael Amit;Eitan Muller

  • Opportunity costs and entrepreneurial activity

    Raphael Amit;Eitan Muller;Iain Cockburn

  • Entrepreneurship and firm formation across countries

    Leora Klapper;Raphael Amit;Mauro F. Guillén;Juan Manuel Quesada

  • Business Model Innovation

    Christoph Zott;Raphael Amit

Frequent Co-Authors

Joshua Livnat
Joshua Livnat New York University
Eitan Muller
Eitan Muller New York University
James A. Brander
James A. Brander University of British Columbia
Michael A. Hitt
Michael A. Hitt Texas A&M University
Mauro F. Guillén
Mauro F. Guillén University of Pennsylvania
Leora Klapper
Leora Klapper World Bank
Iain M. Cockburn
Iain M. Cockburn Boston University
Ian Domowitz
Ian Domowitz National Bureau of Economic Research
Shouyang Wang
Shouyang Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Reuben R. McDaniel
Reuben R. McDaniel The University of Texas at Austin

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