Raphael ('Raffi") H. Amit

The Wharton School UPENN

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Business Model Innovation: Creating Value in Times of Change

IESE Business School Working Paper No. 870
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 02 Nov 2010
Raphael ('Raffi") H. Amit and Christoph Zott
The Wharton School UPENN and University of Navarra, IESE Business School
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Business Model, Innovation, Activity System, Design, Value Creation

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The Business Model: Recent Developments and Future Research

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 07 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 21 Dec 2011
Christoph Zott, Raphael ('Raffi") H. Amit and Lorenzo Massa
University of Navarra, IESE Business School, The Wharton School UPENN and Business School Aalborg UniversityWorld Economic Forum
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business model, strategy, technology management, innovation, literature review

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

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

AFA 2005 Philadelphia Meetings, EFA 2004 Maastricht Meetings Paper No. 3620, Fifteenth Annual Utah Winter Finance Conference
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 13 Jun 2004
Belen Villalonga and Raphael ('Raffi") H. Amit
New York University (NYU) - Leonard N. Stern School of Business and The Wharton School UPENN
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Family firms, ownership, control, management, value

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

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership Historical Research Reference in Entrepreneurship
Posted: 11 Nov 2009
Belen Villalonga and Raphael ('Raffi") H. Amit
New York University (NYU) - Leonard N. Stern School of Business and The Wharton School UPENN

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Family firms, Firm performance, Founders, Executive succession, Chief executive officers (CEOs), Valuation, Firm control, Management techniques, Shareholders, Firm ownership, Market value

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How are U.S. Family Firms Controlled?

European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Finance Working Paper No. 131/2006
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 11 Jun 2006 Last Revised: 09 Nov 2018
Belen Villalonga and Raphael ('Raffi") H. Amit
New York University (NYU) - Leonard N. Stern School of Business and The Wharton School UPENN
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Family firms, ownership, control, dual-class stock, corporate governance

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Designing Your Future Business Model: An Activity System Perspective

IESE Business School Working Paper No. 781
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 10 Mar 2009
Christoph Zott and Raphael ('Raffi") H. Amit
University of Navarra, IESE Business School and The Wharton School UPENN
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business model, activity system, design

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Family Control of Firms and Industries

Financial Management, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 25 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 21 Dec 2011
Belen Villalonga and Raphael ('Raffi") H. Amit
New York University (NYU) - Leonard N. Stern School of Business and The Wharton School UPENN
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Family firms, ownership, control, dual-class stock, corporate governance

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Entrepreneurship and Firm Formation Across Countries

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4313
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Leora F. Klapper, Raphael ('Raffi") H. Amit, Mauro F. Guillen and Juan Manuel Quesada
World Bank, The Wharton School UPENN, University of Pennsylvania - Management Department and World Bank - Policy Research Department
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E-Business, Business in Development, Competitiveness and Competition Policy, Business Environment, Access to Finance

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The Role of Institutional Development in the Prevalence and Value of Family Firms

Finance and Corporate Governance Conference 2010 Paper, Harvard Business School Finance Working Paper No. 1507823
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 17 Nov 2009 Last Revised: 21 Dec 2011
Raphael ('Raffi") H. Amit, Yuan Ding, Belen Villalonga and Zhang Hua
The Wharton School UPENN, China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), New York University (NYU) - Leonard N. Stern School of Business and China Europe International Business School (CEIBS)
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Family firms, Ownership, Control, Management, Value, Institutional development, China

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Family Firms and the Stock Market Performance of Acquisitions and Divestitures

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 03 Jan 2019
Raphael ('Raffi") H. Amit, Emilie Feldman and Belen Villalonga
The Wharton School UPENN, University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School and New York University (NYU) - Leonard N. Stern School of Business
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acquisitions, divestitures, corporate strategy, shareholder returns, family firms

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Governance of Family Firms

Annual Review of Financial Economics, Vol. 7, pp. 635-654, 2015
Posted: 11 Dec 2015
Belen Villalonga, Raphael ('Raffi") H. Amit, Maria-Andrea Trujillo and Alexander Guzmán
New York University (NYU) - Leonard N. Stern School of Business, The Wharton School UPENN, CESA School of Business and CESA School of Business

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Opportunity Costs and Entrepreneurial Activity

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership Historical Research Reference in Entrepreneurship
Posted: 17 Nov 2009
Raphael ('Raffi") H. Amit, Eitan Muller and Iain M. Cockburn
The Wharton School UPENN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Boston University Questrom School of Business

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Canadian Labor Market Activity Survey, Motivation, Career choices, Individual traits, Risk orientation, Salaried employment, Self-employment, Wage workers, Wages & salaries

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Entrepreneurial Ability, Venture Investments and Risk Sharing

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership Historical Research Reference in Entrepreneurship
Posted: 17 Nov 2009
Raphael ('Raffi") H. Amit, Lawrence R. Glosten and Eitan Muller
The Wharton School UPENN, Columbia Business School - Finance and Economics and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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Signaling, Agency theory, Risk orientation, Information asymmetry, Behavior (individual), Skills, Firm financing, Early stage financing, Startups, Venture capitalists, Moral hazard problem

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How are U.S. Family Firms Controlled?

The Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 22, Issue 8, pp. 3047-3091, 2009
Posted: 05 Aug 2009
Belen Villalonga and Raphael ('Raffi") H. Amit
New York University (NYU) - Leonard N. Stern School of Business and The Wharton School UPENN

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G3, G32

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SUN Brewing (A)

HBS Publishing Case No.: 207-022 Courseware No.: 207-703 Teaching Note No.: 208-074
Posted: 12 Nov 2007 Last Revised: 21 Dec 2011
Belen Villalonga and Raphael ('Raffi") H. Amit
New York University (NYU) - Leonard N. Stern School of Business and The Wharton School UPENN

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Family business, financing, growth, entrepreneurial finance, emerging markets

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SUN Brewing (B)

HBS Publishing Case No.: 207-039 Courseware No.: 207-704 Teaching Note No.: 208-075
Posted: 12 Nov 2007 Last Revised: 21 Dec 2011
Belen Villalonga and Raphael ('Raffi") H. Amit
New York University (NYU) - Leonard N. Stern School of Business and The Wharton School UPENN

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Family business, dual-class stock, voting premium, valuation, joint ventures, acquisitions, emerging markets

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Ayala Corporation

HBS Publishing Case No. 207-041; Courseware No.: 207-705; Teaching Note No.: 207-042
Posted: 12 Nov 2007 Last Revised: 21 Dec 2011
Belen Villalonga, Raphael ('Raffi") H. Amit and Christopher Hartman
New York University (NYU) - Leonard N. Stern School of Business, The Wharton School UPENN and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)

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Family firms, business groups, diversification discount, conglomerate discount, valuation, emerging markets

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Medco Energi Internasional

HBS Publishing Case No.: 207-021; Courseware No.: 207-702; Teaching Note No.: 208-076
Posted: 12 Nov 2007 Last Revised: 21 Dec 2011
Belen Villalonga, Raphael ('Raffi") H. Amit and Christopher Hartman
New York University (NYU) - Leonard N. Stern School of Business, The Wharton School UPENN and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)

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Family firms, corporate control, LBO, emerging markets

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Kohler Co.

HBS Publishing Case No.: 205-034; Courseware No.: 205-707; Teaching Note No.: 205-093
Posted: 09 May 2005
Belen Villalonga and Raphael ('Raffi") H. Amit
New York University (NYU) - Leonard N. Stern School of Business and The Wharton School UPENN

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