Academic department

Strategy, Entrepreneurship and International Business

Main campus

Lyon

Areas of research

  • Strategic Management
  • International Entrepreneurship
  • Family Business

Areas of teaching

  • Management

Grants and awards

2024

2023 Recipient: Scholarships for Certificates in Family Business (CFBA), Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) Scholarship
Family Firm Institute, Boston, United States of America

2022

Best article published in Family Business Review: GORJI, Y., CARNEY, M. et PRAKASH, R. Celebrity Couples as Business Families: A Social Network Perspective.
Family Firm Institute, Boston, United States of America

2019

JMSB Dobson Practicum Competition - Top 5 Students entrepreneurial Business Plan,
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Publications from the last 5 years

Articles

GORJI, Y., CARNEY, M. and PRAKASH, R. (2021). Celebrity Couples as Business Families: A Social Network Perspective. Family Business Review, 34(4), pp. 365-384.

GORJI, Y., CARNEY, M. and PRAKASH, R. (2020). Indirect nepotism: Network sponsorship, social capital and career performance in show business families. Journal of Family Business Strategy, 11(3), pp. 100285.

GORJI, Y. (2020). Do Family Members of Oscar Winners Win Too? A StatusShift Spillover Effect Analysis. Nordic Journal of Media Management, 1(4), pp. 481-493.

Conference proceedings

GORJI, Y., CARNEY, M. and SIMARASL, N. (2024). Celebrity Capital in Entrepreneurial Teams: Understanding Venture Performance in Cultural Industries. In: AOM Annual Meeting. Chicago: Proceedings - Academy of Management (AOM).

Conferences and other contributions

BORSI, B., GORJI, Y. and VALDEMARIN, S. (2025). Evolution of Thrash Metal Bands: A Network Perspective for Entrepreneurial Survival. In: AMD Publishing and Paper Development Workshop. Zurich.

GORJI, Y., CARNEY, M. and BORSI, B. (2025). Family Legacies Under Siege: A Four-Decade Review of the Impact of Public Disputes on Business Families. In: International Family Enterprise Research Academy (IFERA 2025). Zadar.

CHRYSOSTOME, E.V., GORJI, Y., KOROPOGUI, S.T. and BOAFO, C. (2025). From Refugee Entrepreneurship to Diaspora Entrepreneurship: Toward a Social Network Model. In: AIB 2025. Louisville.

GORJI, Y. (2023). How to publish in "Family Business Review". In: 2023 FERC Family Enterprise Research Conference. Delray Beach.

GORJI, Y. and SIMARASL, N. (2023). How Business Families Advance Their Members’ Careers: The Case of Show Business Families. In: Michael Carney and Marleen Dieleman (ed.). De Gruyter Handbook of Business Families. 1st ed. Berlin: De Gruyter, pp. 397-410.

GORJI, Y. and CARNEY, M. (2022). Celebrity Couples as Business Families: A Social Network. In: Family Firm Insitute (FFI) Global Conference. Boston.

GORJI, Y. and SIMARASL, N. (2021). Entrepreneurial Team Formation: A study on Antecedents, Processes, and Outcomes of Production Companies. In: Congrès de l’ASAC (Administrative Sciences Association of Canada). Université de Concordia.