Julia de Groote

Julia de Groote is Merck Finck Assistant Professor of Family Business Management. Before joining WHU, she was Assistant Professor of Family Business Management at the Institute for Human Resources and Organization at the University of Bern, Switzerland (non-tenure track). In research, teaching and practice transfer, Julia de Groote focuses on the question of how companies can be sustainably successful leveraging innovation and leadership. She has conducted research and taught on these topics at various universities, including the LMU in Munich (Germany), the Università della Svizzera italiana in Lugano (Switzerland) and Aarhus University (Denmark). Her work regularly appears in renowned academic journals such as Organization Studies, the Journal of Product Innovation Management, the Journal of Vocational Behavior, and Long Range Planning as well as practice-oriented publications. She is past chair of the strategic interest group of family business research of the European Academy of Management and a member of the DFG-sponsored research network “venturing together”.

Research interests

• Family Business Management, Innovation, Leadership, Managerial and Organizational Cognition

Companies

• Merck Finck Assistant Professor of Family Business WHU Institute of Family Business & Mittelstand (2020)
• Assistant Professor University of Bern (2015 — 2020)
• Senior Research Assistant (Oberassistentin) University of Bern (Official) (2013 — 2015)
• Visiting Researcher USI Università della Svizzera italiana (2013 — 2013)
• Research Assistant LMU - Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (2012 — 2013)
• Research Assistant WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management (2010 — 2011)