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Esra Memili

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Associate Professor / Margaret Van Hoy Hill Dean's Notable Scholar

Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Hospitality & Tourism

Email Address: e_memili@uncg.edu

Phone: 336.334.4473

Biography

ESRA MEMILI, PhD is an Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Dean’s Notable Scholar at the Bryan School of Business and Economics, University of North Carolina-Greensboro. She is an Associate Editor at Journal of Business Review, Journal of Small Business Management and Journal of Family Business Strategy and an Editorial Review Board member of Journal of Management Studies, Family Business Review, and Entrepreneurship Research Journal. Dr. Memili has published a co-edited book titled The Palgrave Handbook of Heterogeneity among Family Firms.  

Education

  • Doctoral Degree – Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS
  • Master of Business Administration – Edgewood College, Madison, WI
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and Finance with Highest Standing at Graduation – Marmara University, Istanbul
  • Exchange Student (Full Scholarship in Business Administration) – Carroll College, Waukesha, WI

Research/Publications

Publications
  • Gurlek, M., Memili, E., Koc, B. (Forthcoming 2024) Does high employee performance trigger abusive supervision? Evidence from hotels. Anatolia, (CABS 1).
  • Memili, E., Patel, P., Holt, D., & Swab, G. (2023). Family-friendly work practices in family firms: A study investigating job satisfaction. Journal of Business Research, 164, 114023 (CABS 3, ABDC A).
  • Memili, E., Fang, H. C., & Koc, B. (2023). The antecedents of family firms’ resilience to crisis in hospitality and tourism. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 113, 103526 (CABS: 3, ABDC: A*).
  • Kaciak, E., & Memili, E. (2023). The Critical Role of Assertiveness of Women Business Owners in the Link between Firm Performance and Family Instrumental Support. International Small Business Journal, 02662426231196077 (CABS 3, ABDC A).
  • Vazquez, P., Botero, I. C., Arzubiaga, U., & Memili, E. (2023). What makes Latin American family firms different? Moving beyond cross-cultural comparisons. Journal of Family Business Strategy (CABS 2, IF: 7.2).
  • Kryeziu, L., Krasniqi, B., Bagis, M., Yazici, O., & Memili, E. (2023). Topics, Trends and Theories in Family Business Research. International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 19(4), 1855-1891.
  • Wang, Z. H., Randolph, R., Su, E., Memili, E. (2023). How does the founding family matter in corporate governance? A study of the entrenchment heterogeneity among S&P 1,500 firms. Journal of Business Research, 154, 113362 (CABS 3, ABDC A).
  • Sherlock, C., Dibrell, C., & Memili, E. (2022). The Impact of Family Commitment on Firm Innovativeness: The Mediating Role of Resource Stocks. Journal of Family Business Strategy Special Issue on Enterprising Families https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfbs.2022.100523 (CABS: 2, IF: 7.2).
  • Fang, H. C., Memili, E., Chrisman, J. J, Tang, C. (2021). Narrow‐Framing and Risk Preferences in Family and Non‐Family Firms. Journal of Management Studies. 58(1), 201-235. https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12671 (Financial Times 50, CABS 4, ABDC A*)
  • Randolph, R. V., Memili, E., Koc, B., Young, S., Yildirim-Oktem, O., & Sonmez, S. (Forthcoming 2022) Innovativeness and Corporate Social Responsibility in Hospitality and Tourism Family Firms: The Role of Family Firm Psychological Capital. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 101, 103128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2021.103128 (CABS: 3, ABDC: A*, IF: 11.7).
  • Skorodziyevskiy, V., Fang, H. C., Memili, E., & Chrisman, J. J. (Forthcoming 2022). The Impact of Governance Structure on the Performance of Small Family and Nonfamily Firms: The Moderating Role of Firm Age. Review of Corporate Finance – Corporate Finance and Family Firms Special Issue.
  • Hernández-Linares, R., López-Fernández, M. C., Memili, E., Mullins, F., & Patel, P. (2021, Authors contributed equally). High-performance work practices, socioemotional wealth preservation, and family firm labor productivity. Business Research Quarterly (CABS: 2, IF: 2.9). https://doi.org/10.1177/23409444211002521
  • Fang, H.C., Chrisman, J. J, Memili, E. & Wang, M. (2020). Foreign Venture Presence and Domestic Entrepreneurship: A Macro Level Study. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money Special Issue on Cross Country Perspectives in Finance (CABS: 3, ABDC: A). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intfin.2020.101240
  • Randolph, R., Fang, H. C., Memili, E., & Zamantili-Nayir, D. (2020). Family and Non-Family Sources of Knowledge Diversity in Family Firms: The Role of Causation Logics. International Small Business Journal (CABS 3, ABDC: A), 39(1), 64-85.
  • Randerson, K., Frank. H., Dibrell, C., & Memili, E. (2021). Editorial Note: From Family to Families: Pushing Family Entrepreneurship Forward. Entrepreneurship & Regional Development Special Issue on Family Entrepreneurship (CABS: 3, ABDC: A).
  • Memili, E., Patel, P. C., Koc, B., & Yazicioglu, I. (2020). The interplay between socioemotional wealth and family firm psychological capital in influencing firm performance in hospitality and tourism. Tourism Management Perspectives (CABS: 2, ABDC: A, IF: 8.7). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmp.2020.100651
  • Yazici, O., Memili, E., & Patel, P. (2020). Non-family Employees in Family firms and Turnover Intentions: The Relevance of Identification and Justice Perceptions. Entrepreneurship Research Journal (CABS 2). https://doi.org/10.1515/erj-2019-0325.
  • Yazici, O., Memili, E., Patel, P., Ramadani, V. (2020). The Determinants of Non-family Employees’ Turnover Intentions in Family Firms. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business (CABS 2), 68, September 2020, 101240.
  • Randolph, R. V., Fang, H. C., Memili, E., Ramadani, V., & Zamantili Nayir, D. (Forthcoming 2021). The role of strategic motivations and mutual dependence on partner selection in SME coopetition. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business (CABS: 2).
  • Mullins, F., Patel, P. C., Memili, E., Ramadani, V. (Forthcoming 2021). High-performance work practices and labour productivity: the contingent effect of family governance. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business (CABS: 2).
  • Dou, J., Wang, N., Su, E., Fang, H.C., & Memili, E. (2019) Goal complexity in family firm diversification: Evidence from China. Journal of Family Business Strategy, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfbs.2019.100310 (CABS: 2, IF: 5.277), 11(1), 100310.
  • Fang, H. C., Siau, K., Memili, E., & Dou, J. (2019). The Cognitive Antecedents of Family Business Bias in Investment Decisions. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 43(2), 409-416 (Financial Times 50, CABS: 4, ABDC: A*).
  • Madanoglu, M., Memili, E., & De Massis, A. (2020). Home-based family firms, spousal ownership and business exit: a transaction cost perspective. Small Business Economics, 54(4), 991-1006. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-018-00131-8 (CABS: 3, ABDC: A).
Books
  • Memili, E., & Chang, E. P. C. (Co-Editors) (2021-Present). Book Series: Palgrave Studies in Family Business Heterogeneity. Palgrave Publishing, New York, NY.
  • 2 Co-Edited Books in the Series: 1. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-51816-4_1 2. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-78931-2
  • Ramadani, V., Chang, E. P. C.; Palalic, R., & Memili, E. (Co-Authors) (2024). 2nd Edition Textbook: Entrepreneurial Family Business. Springer, Heidelberg, Germany.
  • Ramadani, V., Memili, E., Palalic, R., & Chang, E. P. C. (Co-Authors) (2020). 1st Edition Textbook: Entrepreneurial Family Business. Springer, Heidelberg, Germany.
  • Memili, E., & Dibrell, C. (Co-Editors) (2018). The Palgrave Handbook of Heterogeneity among Family Firms. Palgrave Publishing, New York, NY. Co-edited 34 book chapters submitted by 34 author teams (total 98 authors around the globe).
Book Chapters
  • Memili, E. (Forthcoming 2024). Key Findings on The Heterogeneity of Goals, Strategies, and Family Firm Performance: 2009-2023. In Holger Fleischer & Stefan Prigge (Eds). Family Firms and Family Constitution. Emerald Publishing.
  • Ramadani, V., Memili, E., Dana, L. P., & Ramadani, V. (2020). Women Entrepreneurship in North Macedonia. In Ramo Palalic, Emil Knezevic & Leo-Paul Dana (Eds). Women’s Entrepreneurship in Former Yugoslavia: Historical Framework, Ecosystem, and Future Perspectives for the Region, Cham: Springer.

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