Juniorprofessorin Dr. Julia de Groote
Entrepreneurship & Innovation Group

Julia de Groote ist Inhaberin der Merck-Finck Juniorprofessur für Familienunternehmen an der WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management. In Forschung, Lehre und Praxistransfer beschäftigt sich Julia de Groote mit der Frage, wie Unternehmen nachhaltig erfolgreich sein können. Inhaltlich liegen die Schwerpunkte der studierten Psychologin und promovierten Betriebswirtin dabei auf den Themengebieten Innovation und Führung. Sie hat zu diesen Themen an verschiedenen Universitäten geforscht und gelehrt, unter anderem an der Universität Bern (Schweiz), der LMU in München und der Aarhus University (Dänemark). Ihre Arbeiten erscheinen regelmäßig in angesehenen wissenschaftlichen sowie praxisorientierten Publikationen. Sie ist Vorsitzende der strategischen Interessengruppe Familienunternehmensforschung der European Academy of Management und Mitglied des DFG-geförderten Forschungsnetzwerks "venturing together".
Publikationen (peer-reviewed)
Family firm internationalization and top management team collaboration: roles, emotional attachment, and risk perceptions
de Groote, J., Feninger, M., Kammerlander, N. (Pre-Print), Journal of World Business, Vol. 58 (6), Article no. 101489, 16 pages
Breaking with the past to face the future?Organisational path dependence in family businesses
de Groote, J., Kammerlander, N. (2023), Organization Studies, Vol. 44 (5), pp. 713–737
How can family-owned Mittelstand firms use their unique resources to master the age of digitalization?the role of family historical, venture, and collaborative capital
de Groote, J., Soluk, J., Laue, S.-L., Heck, M., Kammerlander, N. (2023), Business Horizons, Vol. 66 (1), pp. 133-152
Recognizing new complementarities before they become common sense: the role of similarity recognition
Gibbert, M., de Groote, J., Högl, M., Mendini, M. (2023), Organizational Dynamics, Vol. 52 (1), Article no. 100915, 9 pages
The role of affect in the selection of nonfamily top management team members in family businesses
Schell, S., de Groote, J., Richard, S., Hack, A., Kellermanns, F. (2023), Long Range Planning, Vol. 56 (5), Article no. 102288, 22 pages
The role of similarity and complementarity in the selection of potential partners for open innovation projects in family firms
de Groote, J., Schell, S., Kammerlander, N., Hack, A. (2023), Small Business Economics, Vol. 60 (4), pp. 1347–1367
The role of trust in family business stakeholder relationships: a systematic literature review
Deferne, M., Bertschi-Michel, A., de Groote, J. (2023), Journal of Family Business Strategy, Vol. 14 (1), Article no. 100501, 22 pages
Everything comes at a price: the influence of job seekers' motives on preference in the trade-off between pay and leisure
de Groote, J., Gruetter, M., Koch, A. (2021), German Journal of Human Resource Management : Zeitschrift für Personalforschung, Vol. 35 (4), pp. 385-408
From intention to trust to behavioral trust: trust building in family business advising
de Groote, J., Bertschi-Michel, A. (2021), Family Business Review, Vol. 34 (2), pp. 132-153
How can family businesses survive disruptive industry changes?Insights from the traditional mail order industry
de Groote, J., Conrad, W., Hack, A. (2021), Review of Managerial Science, Vol. 15 (8), pp. 2239–2273
Similarity perceptions in investor reactions to acquisition announcements
de Groote, J., Kleindienst, I., Högl, M., Schweizer, D., Laamanen, T. (2021), Long Range Planning, Vol. 54 (1), Article no. 101946, 20 pages
Initiating open innovation collaborations between incumbents and startups: how can David and Goliath get along?
de Groote, J., Backmann, J. (2020), International Journal of Innovation Management, Vol. 24 (2), Article no. 2050011, 33 pages
Successor selection in family business: a signaling game
Schell, S., de Groote, J., Moog, P., Hack, A. (2020), Journal of Family Business Strategy, Vol. 11 (3), Article no. 100286, 14 pages
In the eye of the beholder: the role of cognitive style and similarity in the evaluation of brand extensions
de Groote, J., Mendini, M., Gibbert, M. (2019), Journal of Consumer Behaviour, Vol. 18 (1), pp. 63-73
Insights on the self-identity of the descendants of family business owners: the case of German Unternehmerkinder
de Groote, J., Schell, S. (2018), International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Vol. 33 (1), pp. 112-131
Idea selection in suggestion systems: a thematic similarity perspective
Froehlich, J., Högl, M., Gibbert, M. (2016), R&D Management, Vol. 46 (5), pp. 887-899
Thematic thinking and individual performance in research and development
Froehlich, J., Högl, M., Weiss, M. (2015), Journal of Product Innovation Management, Vol. 32 (6), pp. 939-953
Thematic thinking and individual performance in research and development
Froehlich, J., Högl, M., Weiss, M. (2015), Journal of Product Innovation Management, Vol. 32 (6), pp. 939-953
Thematic ideation - antecedents and consequences of individuals' thematic similarity recognition
Froehlich, J., Högl, M. (2012), Creativity and Innovation Management, Vol. 21 (4), pp. 443-456
Socioanalytic theory and work behavior: roles of work values and political skill in job performance and promotability assessment
Blickle, G., Froehlich, J., Ehlert, S., Pirner, K., Dietl, E., Hanes, T., ... Ferris, G. (2011), Journal of Vocational Behavior, Vol. 78 (1), pp. 136-148