Prof. Dr. Jan-Philipp Ahrens
Head of the Interdisciplinary Research Group Family Firms at University of Mannheim
Forschungsschwerpunkte
- Strategisches und Internationales Management
- Nachhaltigkeit & Nachhaltiges Management
- Leadership
- Familienunternehmensforschung
- Entrepreneurship & Innovation Management
- Crisis Management
Lebenslauf
| 2008 | Diplom-Kaufmann (M.Sc.in Business Administration), Universität Mannheim |
| 2010–2013 | Dr. rer. pol. (PhD in Business Administration), Universität Mannheim, visiting researcher at Humbolt University Berlin and Ludwig-Maximillians-University Munich |
| 2016–2024 | PD Dr. habil. rer. pol. (Habilitation), Universität Mannheim |
| 2021- | Head of the Interdisciplinary Research Group Family Firms, Universität Mannheim |
| 2024- | Visiting Scholar, Stanford University |
Preise, Auszeichnungen, Ehrungen
- [31] 18th European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management Workshop on Family Firm Management Research (2023), Nomination for Best Article Award
- [30] 27th Interdisciplinary Annual Conference on Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Mittelstand (2023), Nomination for Best Article Award
- [29] 27th Interdisciplinary Annual Conference on Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Mittelstand (2023), Nomination for Best Article Award II
- [28] Nomination “Student council award for good teaching, summer term 2023”, Fachschaft Philo (student council of the philosophical faculty), University of Passau
- [27] Nomination “Award for merits in internationalization 2023”, University of Passau
- [26] “Award for outstanding engagement 2023”, University of Passau
- [25] European Academy of Management, 23th Annual Conference (2023), Nomination for the Most Innovative Article Award of the Family Business Research SIG
- [24] Global Family Business Summit (2023), STEP Project Global Consortium for Family Enterprising, Nomination for the Best Paper Award
- [23] 5th International Family Business Research Forum (2022), Best Contribution to Practice Award
- [22] European Academy of Management, 20th Annual Conference (2020), Best Article of the Family Business Research SIG, Nomination for the EURAM Overall Best Paper Award
- [21] 18th Interdisciplinary European Conference on Entrepreneurship Research – IECER (2020), Best Article Award
- [20] 24th Interdisciplinary Annual Conference on Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Mittelstand (2020), Nomination for Best Article Award
- [19] Publons (Journal Review Platform) (2020), Excellent Reviewer 2020
- [18] 17th Interdisciplinary European Conference on Entrepreneurship Research – IECER (2019), Best Article Award
- [17] 23th Interdisciplinary Annual Conference on Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Mittelstand (2019), Nomination for Best Article Award
- [16] 23th Interdisciplinary Annual Conference on Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Mittelstand (2019), Nomination for Best Article Award (second article)
- [15] Academy of Management, 79th Annual Meeting (2019), Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings 2019
- [14] 4th International Family Business Research Forum (2019), Rosemont International Best Article Award
- [13] Junior Management Science (2019), Best Reviewer Award (Journal)
- [12] 9th Annual Conference of German Family Business Research Institutes (2019), Nomination for the Best Article
- [11] 22th Interdisciplinary Annual Conference on Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Mittelstand (2018), Nomination for the Best Family Firm Article
- [10] European Academy of Management, 18th Annual Conference (2018), Best Article Award of the Strategic Management SIG
- [09] 21th Interdisciplinary Annual Conference on Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Mittelstand (2017), Nomination for the Best Family Firm Article
- [08] 5tes Forum Mittelstandsforschung (2017), Best Article Award
- [07] 2nd International Family Business Research Forum (2016), Best Article Award
- [06] European Academy of Management, 16th Annual Conference (2016), Nomination for Best Article Award of the Family Business Research SIG, Honorable Mention of the Family Business Research SIG
- [05] Woven Publish Prize (2015), University of Mannheim, 2015 (award is given for publications in diversity research)
- [04] Academy of Management, 75th Annual Meeting (2015), Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings 2015
- [03] Family Firm Institute (FFI) – Global Conference (2014), FFI Best Unpublished Research Award 2014
- [02] Family Enterprise Research Conference, 10th Annual Conference (2014), Best Article Award
- [01] European Academy of Management, 13th Annual Conference (2013), Best Article Award of the Family Business Research SIG
Ausgewählte Herausgeber-Aktivitäten
- Associate Editor, Journal of Family Business Strategy
Ausgewählte Publikationen
- Ahrens, J.-P., Onneken, F., Rottler, M., Strohmeyer, R. und Torchia, M. (2024). Gender equality in firm leadership worldwide: Where are we now and how do family and non-family firms differ? In Women in family business : New perspectives, contexts and roles (S. 21–62). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Ahrens, J.-P. und Hauer, A. (2023). Die 500 größten Familienunternehmen in Deutschland. In Die volkswirtschaftliche Bedeutung der Familienunternehmen (S. 37–70). München: Stiftung Familienunternehmen.
- Istipliler, B., Ahrens, J.-P., Bort, S. und Isaak, A. (2023). Is exposure to the family firm always good for the next CEO? How successor pre-succession firm experience affects post-succession performance in family firms. Journal of Business Research : JBR, 167, 1–15.
- Istipliler, B., Ahrens, J.-P., Hauer, A., Steininger, D. M. und Woywode, M. (2023). Heroes of the Green Room – How Able Successors Revitalize and Reinvent Family Firms. Journal of Small Business Management, tba.
- Istipliler, B., Hauer, A., Keese, D., Woywode, M. und Ahrens, J.-P. (2023). Childhood exposure to family firm and transgenerational orientation: Moderated mediation of affective commitment. Journal of Small Business Management, 1–44.
- Kowalzick, M., Ahrens, J.-P., Lauterbach, J. G. und Tang, Y. (2023). Overconfident CEOs in dire straits: How incumbent and successor CEOs’ overconfidence affects firm turnaround performance. Journal of Management Studies : JMS, 1–48.
- Zybura, J., Zybura, N., Ahrens, J.-P. und Woywode, M. (2021). Innovation in the post-succession phase of family firms: Family CEO successors and leadership constellations as resources. Journal of Family Business Strategy, 12.