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Raffi Amit
Robert B. Goergen Professor of Entrepreneurial Management


Education

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

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; Founder and 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)

Professional Leadership

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

Publications
Raffi Amit, C. Zott (2012), Creating value through business model innovation, Sloan Management Review, Forthcoming
C. Zott, L, Massa, Raffi Amit (2011), The business model: recent developments and future research, Journal of Management, 37(4): 1019 – 1042
B. Villalonga, Raffi Amit (2010), Family Control of Firms and Industries, Financial Management, 39(3): 863-905, Autumn
C. Zott, Raffi Amit (2010), Business Model Design: An Activity System Perspective, Long Range Planning, 43(2-3): 216-226
B. Villalonga, Raffi Amit (2009), How Are US Family Firms Controlled?, The Review of Financial Studies, 22(8): 3047-3091
C. Zott, Raffi Amit (2009), Innovación del modelo de negocio: creación de valor en de cambio, Universia Business Review

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Knowledge@Wharton
Facebook's Future on the Open Market 05/25/2011
The Middle East and North Africa: A Region Gathering Strength 05/18/2011
Overcoming Barriers to Successful Private Equity Investments 05/18/2011
Israeli Venture Capital: Between a Rock and a Hard Place 12/20/2010
Mid-life Crisis? Venture Capital Acts Its Age 07/21/2010
Private Equity: 'Is the Golden Age Behind Us?' 07/14/2010

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Honors And Awards
Elected Fellow of the Strategic Management Society, 2009
The Idea Award for thought leadership. Entrepreneurship Division, the Academy of Management, 2008
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, 2000

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Amit Raffi

Raffi  Amit
2012 SHDH
3620 Locust Walk
Philadelphia, PA19104
Phone: (215) 898-7731
amit@wharton.upenn.edu

Personal Website

Research Interests:
Entrepreneurship; family business; strategic management; venture capital financing; eBusiness