Family business experts

What really happens behind the boardroom doors of family-run empires? Ask these researchers at the Stockholm School of Economics who study succession planning, conflict management, high-stakes decision-making, and much more in family firms.

Mattias Nordqvist

Professor, House of Innovation, Department of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technology

Areas of expertise:

  • Entrepreneurship, governance and succession in family-owned firms
  • Succession planning in family firms: Challenges and best practices in passing leadership to the next generation and how transition in leadership can open opportunities for innovation and strategic renewal
  • Social and cultural aspects of family entrepreneurship including diversity and inclusion within family-owned firms
  • The role and organization of family offices

Email: mattias.nordqvist@hhs.se
Phone: +46 (0)73 651 7610
Languages: English, Swedish


Marco Mismetti

Assistant Professor, House of Innovation, Department of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technology

Areas of expertise:

  • Conflict and conflict management within family-owned businesses
  • Succession planning and family business leadership
  • Family dynamics and family business approaches to digital transformation and innovation

Email: marco.mismetti@hhs.se
Languages: English, Italian


Erik Wetter

Assistant Professor, House of Innovation, Department of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technology

Areas of expertise:

  • Entrepreneurship, governance and succession in family-owned firms
  • Succession planning in family firms: Challenges and best practices in passing leadership to the next generation and how transition in leadership can open opportunities for innovation and strategic renewal
  • Social and cultural aspects of family entrepreneurship, including diversity and inclusion within family-owned firms
  • The role and organization of family offices

Email: erik.wetter@hhs.se
Phone: +46 (0)708 938 837
Languages: English, Swedish