Full Professor of Strategy, Innovation and Family Business, Politecnico di Milano - School of Management
Josip Kotlar is Full Professor of Strategy, Innovation and Family Business at Politecnico di Milano. Founder and Director of the Innovation, Strategy, & Family Business research group, he brings together scientific research and business practice to understand how family businesses and entrepreneurial families create value over time.
His work focuses on strategy, governance, innovation and entrepreneurship, with particular attention to family businesses and entrepreneurial families. On these topics, he has published numerous articles in leading international journals, receiving over 11,000 citations, academic awards and broad national and international media attention. Alongside his research, he designs and coordinates university and executive education programs and develops advisory projects with companies and entrepreneurial families. The distinctive feature of his work is turning rigorous knowledge into ideas, tools and pathways that help entrepreneurs, managers and next-generation leaders make better decisions, innovate with vision and build the future.
