Gaia Marchisio

Gaia Marchisio is a tenured Associate Professor of Management at the Coles College of Business, at Kennesaw State University (GA, USA), and Executive Director of the Cox Family Enterprise Center. Gaia brings a unique combination of knowledge and experience from the fields of strategic management, behavioral science and entrepreneurship to her work with family businesses, combined with a growing expertise in family dynamics and conflict management.

Education

• Dottorato di ricerca Università di Pavia (2002 — 2005)
• CLEA Università Bocconi (1991 — 1998)

Companies

• Founder and Managing Partner Family Enterprise Clinic (2021)
• Associate Professor of Management Kennesaw State University Department of Management and Entrepreneurship (2006)
• Executive Director Cox Family Enterprise Center (2014 — 2022)
• Executive Director Cox Family Enterprise Center, Kennesaw State University (2014 — 2021)
• Chief Learning Officer FBN Asia (2013 — 2014)
• Coordinator "AIdAF - Alberto Falck" Chair in Strategic Management in Family Business (2004 — 2006)
• Lecturer SDA BOCCONI (1998 — 2006)

Research Interest

• Family business
• Strategy
• Communication

Publications

• Game Theory and Family Business Succession: An Introduction
• Narcissism in Organizational Contexts
• The OODA loop: A new strategic management approach for family business
• From “Burning Out” to “Being on Fire”: A Conceptual Model of Burnout in Family Business
• Corporate Venturing in Family Business: The Effects on the Family and its Members

Presentations

• Annual Retreat - Family Business
• Business Family Foundation Academy - Advising Family Business
• Family Business
• 25th FBN International World Summit - Born and Bred in Pewter Dust. A multi-generational business building on a proud past
• FBN Asia Academy - The Art of Letting Go: Looking at Succession from the Other Side

Awards

• Honorable Mention for the BEST PAPER WINNERS FOR ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN 2013
• Best Paper - June