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Francesco Debellis is Assistant Professor in the Department of Marketing and International Business at the University of Vienna.
He was previously a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Family Business Management at the Free University of Bolzano (Italy). He has also been a visiting scholar at the University of Leeds (UK), Witten/Herdecke University (Germany), Old Dominion University (USA), and Zhejiang University (China).

Beyond academia, he has worked as a business consultant, advising numerous family businesses on succession and internationalization processes. He is regularly invited as a keynote speaker at practice-oriented events (e.g., KPMG Family Business Summit) and as a guest lecturer at international universities (e.g., Copenhagen Business School, St. Petersburg University).

His research focuses on the governance and internationalization of family firms. He has published and served as reviewer and guest editor in leading international business and entrepreneurship journals. For his research, he has received several awards, including the Lazaridis Institute Prize for the EIBA Best Paper in International Entrepreneurship.

Selected Publications

• Paolone, F., Debellis, F., Muhammad, H., Migliori, S. (2025) Women directors and R&D investment in family firms: The mediating role of debt financing. Journal of Product Innovation Management (FT 50, ABS 4) doi.org/10.1111/jpim.12799
• Vastola, V., Campopiano, G., Debellis, F., & Cambrea, D. R. (2025). “If you like it Green, put a ring on it”: Married women directors and environmental performance in family and non-family businesses. Journal of Business Ethics (FT50, ABS 3), 1-17. doi.org/10.1007/s10551-025-05981-3
• Debellis, F., Rondi, E., Buckley, P. J., & De Massis, A. (2024). Family firms and the governance of global value chains. Journal of International Business Studies (FT50, ABS 4*). doi.org/10.1057/s41267-024-00716-4
• Rondi, E., Magrelli, V., Debellis, F., & De Massis, A. (2024). The evolution of craft work in the strategic development of a family enterprise. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal (FT50, ABS4). doi.org/10.1002/sej.1503
• Pinelli, M., Debellis, F., & De Massis, A. (2024). Long-term orientation, family-intensive governance arrangements, and firm performance: An institutional economics perspective. Small Business Economics (ABS 3). doi.org/10.1007/s11187-024-00877-4
• Debellis, F., Pinelli, M., Hülsbeck, M., & Heider, A. (2023). Ownership, governance, and internationalization in family firms: A replication and extension. Small Business Economics (ABS3). doi.org/10.1007/s11187-023-00736-8
• Debellis, F., Torchia, M., Quarato, F., & Calabrò, A. (2023). Board openness and family firm internationalization: A social capital perspective. Small Business Economics (ABS 3). doi.org/10.1007/s11187-022-00670-1
• Rondi, E., Debellis, F., Bettinelli, C., & De Massis, A. (2022). Family multinationals: A systematic literature review to take stock and look ahead. International Marketing Review (ABS 3) doi.org/10.1108/IMR-01-2021-0025
• Debellis, F., Rondi, E., Plakoyiannaki, E., & De Massis, A. (2021). Riding the waves of family firm internationalization: A systematic review, integrative framework, and research agenda. Journal of World Business (ABS 4). doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2020.101144
• Debellis, F., De Massis, A., Messeni Petruzzelli, A., Frattini, F., & Del Giudice, M. (2021). Strategic agility and international joint ventures: The willingness–ability paradox of family firms. Journal of International Management (ABS 3). doi.org/10.1016/j.intman.2020.100739