Christina Theodoraki

Full professor, IAE Aix-Marseille Graduate School of Management/ Program Chair ENT Divison (Academy of Management)/ Editor Small Business Economics/ Associate editor Journal of Small Business Management/ Revue internationale PME/ Management & Prospective (Gestion 2000)
68
Documents
Contact

Présentation

Christina Theodoraki is Full professor (HDR) in Entrepreneurship & Strategy at IAE Aix-Marseille University. She is elected Program Chair at the Academy of Management, Entrepreneurship Division. Her PhD was supported by the Labex Entrepreneurship at the University of Montpellier. She defended her HDR (Habilitation to Supervise Research, which is the highest academic qualification that a person can receive and corresponds to the highest level of French diploma) on September 4th, 2023 at IAE Paris Pantheon Sorbonne, entitled Building Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Sustainably (BEES). She is Affiliate professor at the International University of Monaco, Member of the Advisory Board at the Institute for Development Strategies at Indiana University (No. 1 in the best ranking universities in US News & World Report), Research associate at the Chair of Entrepreneurship Territory Innovation (ETI) – IAE Paris-Sorbonne, Business Development Manager at the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Research Network (EERN), Editor of Small Business Economics, Associate editor of the Journal of Small Business Management, Management & Prospective – Gestion 2000, and Revue internationale PME, and member of the editorial boards of Review of Managerial Science (RMS), Entrepreneurship Research Journal, Journal of Enterprising Communities, Journal of the Knowledge Economy. She also co-leaded the Babson Collaborative research group on entrepreneurial ecosystems and co-supervised 4 PhD/DBA theses. Her teaching areas are Management, Strategy, Business Plan and Entrepreneurial Support. She coordinates the Business Specialization Course on Entrepreneurship. Her areas of research include entrepreneurial ecosystem, entrepreneurial support, and inter-organizational strategies with a focus on business incubators. Her work has been presented at Anglo-Saxon conferences such as: AOM, SMS, RENT, EURAM, ICSB, etc. She has also participated in research entrepreneurial events such as the Babson Doctoral Consortium. Her work is published in Small Business Economics, European Management Review, Journal of Business Research, R&D Management, IEEE TEM, M@n@gement, Journal of Technology Transfer, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Revue Internationale PME, etc. She received the Babson Collaborative Member of the Year 2021 Award; the ICSB’21 Best Policy Paper Award, 2 ICSB’20 Best webinar and Best Article Resiliency Awards and 2 best dissertation awards (AEI’18, AIREPME’18).


Compétences

Entrepreneurship Strategic management Entrepreneurial ecosystems Incubators/Accelerators

Publications

44
24
7
4
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
7
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

Publications

Deposit thumbnail

Mapping ESG-Driven sustainable development: A retrospective review and future research agenda

Slimane Ed-Dafali , Mitesh Patel , Zahra Adardour , Christina Theodoraki

Innovation and Green Development, 2026, 5 (1), pp.100326. ⟨10.1016/j.igd.2026.100326⟩

Article dans une revue hal-05456150v1
Deposit thumbnail

Preincubation practices as sourcing in entrepreneurial ecosystems: A dynamic capability perspective

André Nana , Eric Michaël Laviolette , Christina Theodoraki

Journal of Business Research, 2026, 203, pp.115829. ⟨10.1016/j.jbusres.2025.115829⟩

Article dans une revue hal-05444936v1
Deposit thumbnail

Opening entrepreneurial ecosystem black boxes

Erik Stam , Christina Theodoraki , Niels Bosma , Didier Chabaud , Grégory Guéneau

Small Business Economics, 2025, 65 (3), pp.1535-1545. ⟨10.1007/s11187-025-01037-y⟩

Article dans une revue hal-05403606v1
Deposit thumbnail

Managing the semiformal organization: A hybrid design for ambidextrous innovation

Amadou Lô , Victor dos Santos Paulino , Christina Theodoraki

Journal of Business Research, 2025, 201, pp.115644. ⟨10.1016/j.jbusres.2025.115644⟩

Article dans une revue hal-05444942v1
Deposit thumbnail

Family business background and entrepreneurial intention: A cross-country and cultural factors-based moderated mediation model

Muhammad Arshad , Sarfraz Zaman , Sadia Afzal , Christina Theodoraki

Journal of Small Business Management, 2025, pp.1-31. ⟨10.1080/00472778.2025.2517182⟩

Article dans une revue hal-05444975v1
Deposit thumbnail

From flashlight to spotlight: Illuminating gray shadows that shape entrepreneurship’s dark sides

April J Spivack , Amitabh Anand , Anders Örtenblad , Dieter Bögenhold , Christina Theodoraki et al.

Small Business Economics, 2025, ⟨10.1007/s11187-025-01089-0⟩

Article dans une revue hal-05444982v1
Deposit thumbnail

Conceptualizing Entrepreneurial Mindfulness – A Review and Agenda

Amitabh Anand , Kanika Kohli , Christina Theodoraki

Revue de l'Entrepreneuriat, 2025, 24 (3), pp.11-59. ⟨10.3917/e.entre.pa.0015⟩

Article dans une revue hal-05444560v1
Deposit thumbnail

Building a space entrepreneurship industry: The role of entrepreneurial support programs for startup growth

Angelo Cavallo , Christina Theodoraki , Alessandro Lucini-Paioni

Small Business Economics, 2025, ⟨10.1007/s11187-025-01135-x⟩

Article dans une revue hal-05444526v1
Deposit thumbnail

Environmental uncertainty and corporate performance: Can R&D investments provide a silver lining to this cloud?

Efstathios Magerakis , Christina Theodoraki

Review of Managerial Science, 2025, ⟨10.1007/s11846-025-00923-9⟩

Article dans une revue hal-05444971v1
Deposit thumbnail

Viewpoint: Exploring the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the Metaverse

Rauf Mammadov , Christina Theodoraki

Management & Prospective (Gestion 2000), 2025, 41 (4), pp.194 - 211. ⟨10.3917/g2000.414.0194⟩

Article dans une revue hal-05444967v1
Deposit thumbnail

The future of entrepreneurial ecosystems research: Toward a policy-oriented research agenda

Sophia Hess , Bernd Wurth , Erik Stam , Ferran Giones , Riccardo Fini et al.

Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 2025, 23, pp.e00538. ⟨10.1016/j.jbvi.2025.e00538⟩

Article dans une revue hal-05444989v1
Deposit thumbnail

The role of traceability technologies in the sustainable evolution of the luxury industry

Martine Hlady-Rispal , Benjamin Adam , Christina Theodoraki , Vincent Jolivet

Journal of Technology Transfer, 2025, ⟨10.1007/s10961-025-10277-9⟩

Article dans une revue hal-05444940v1
Deposit thumbnail

Stagnating or flourishing? How entrepreneurial support organizations navigate constraints in nascent ecosystems

Giovanni Negri , Giacomo Ciambotti , Christina Theodoraki , David Littlewood

Small Business Economics, 2025, 65 (3), pp.1651-1679. ⟨10.1007/s11187-025-01042-1⟩

Article dans une revue hal-05444998v1
Deposit thumbnail

Scaling women-owned entrepreneurial ventures: past, present and future

Vrinda Khattar , Upasna A Agarwal , Christina Theodoraki

International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship, 2025, ⟨10.1108/IJGE-04-2024-0119⟩

Article dans une revue hal-05444983v1
Deposit thumbnail

Les écosystèmes entrepreneuriaux en pratique, Cécile Fonrouge, Frédéric Laurin et Josée St-Pierre, Éditions des Presses de l’Université du Québec, 2e trimestre 2025

Christina Theodoraki

Revue Internationale PME, 2025, 38 (3-4), pp.211-213. ⟨10.7202/1122006ar⟩

Article dans une revue hal-05444933v1
Deposit thumbnail

Innovation newness shaping venture legitimation strategy choices in the entrepreneurial ecosystem: An empirical analysis based on fsQCA

Jonathan Mukiza Kansheba , Abdollah Mohammadparast Tabas , Christina Theodoraki , Clavis Nwehfor Fubah

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, 2025, ⟨10.1177/14657503251330088⟩

Article dans une revue hal-05444990v1
Deposit thumbnail

Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Typologies for Entrepreneurial Dynamism: A Configurational Theorizing

Ravi Roshan , Krishna Chandra Balodi , Christina Theodoraki

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, In press, ⟨10.1080/08985626.2025.2475898⟩

Article dans une revue hal-04985140v1
Deposit thumbnail

Micro and macro factors of firm scaling

David Audretsch , Maksim Belitski , Christina Theodoraki

Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2024, 202, pp.123312. ⟨10.1016/j.techfore.2024.123312⟩

Article dans une revue hal-04677871v1
Deposit thumbnail

Unraveling the Urban Ecosystem: An Ethnographic Study of Logistics Service Providers

Hugo de Tarragon , Christina Theodoraki , Martine Hlady-Rispal , Gauthier Casteran

Journal of Supply Chain Management, 2024, ⟨10.1111/jscm.12333⟩

Article dans une revue hal-04714543v1
Deposit thumbnail

Inside-out and outside-in: How entrepreneurial ecosystems can build legitimacy through signaling

Colin Donaldson , Jorge Villagrasa , Christina Theodoraki

Journal of Small Business Management, 2024, pp.1-42. ⟨10.1080/00472778.2024.2394499⟩

Article dans une revue hal-04713306v1
Deposit thumbnail

Entrepreneurial support organizations in sustainable knowledge-driven ecosystems

Aveline Cloitre , Christina Theodoraki , Victor dos Santos Paulino

Journal of Technology Transfer, 2024, ⟨10.1007/s10961-024-10117-2⟩

Article dans une revue hal-04676738v1
Deposit thumbnail

Navigating the storm: the SME way of tackling the pandemic crisis

Gagan Deep Sharma , Sascha Kraus , Amogh Talan , Mrinalini Srivastava , Christina Theodoraki

Small Business Economics, 2023, 63 (1), pp.221-241. ⟨10.1007/s11187-023-00810-1⟩

Article dans une revue hal-04676728v1
Deposit thumbnail

Resilience and entrepreneurial decision-making: the heterogeneity among Italian innovative start-ups

Sara Baroncelli , Andrea Caputo , Erica Santini , Christina Theodoraki

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 2023, 36 (5-6), pp.798-815. ⟨10.1080/08985626.2023.2295959⟩

Article dans une revue hal-04676731v1

What restricts SMEs from adopting sophisticated capital budgeting practices?

Riya Sureka , Satish Kumar , Deepraj Mukherjee , Christina Theodoraki

Small Business Economics, 2022, 60 (1), pp.265-290. ⟨10.1007/s11187-022-00648-z⟩

Article dans une revue hal-04676726v1

Widening the borders of entrepreneurial ecosystem through the international lens

Christina Theodoraki , Alexis Catanzaro

Journal of Technology Transfer, 2022, 47 (2), pp.383-406. ⟨10.1007/s10961-021-09852-7⟩

Article dans une revue halshs-04006129v1

The role of innovation and internationalization support in small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises’ export performance

Evangelos Pastelakos , Christina Theodoraki , Alexis Catanzaro

European Management Review, 2022, ⟨10.1111/emre.12513⟩

Article dans une revue halshs-04006125v1

The Evolution of Entrepreneurship Research: The Importance of Places

Christina Theodoraki

Revue de l'Entrepreneuriat, 2022, Vol. 21 (Hors Série), pp.75-87. ⟨10.3917/entre.hs1.0075⟩

Article dans une revue hal-04676718v1
Deposit thumbnail

The quadruple/quintuple helix model in entrepreneurial ecosystems: an institutional perspective on the space case study

Aveline Cloitre , Victor dos Santos Paulino , Christina Theodoraki

R&D Management, 2022, 53 (4), pp.675-694. ⟨10.1111/radm.12547⟩

Article dans une revue hal-04676722v1

Achieving Interorganizational Ambidexterity Through a Nested Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

Amadou Lo , Christina Theodoraki

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 2021, 68 (2), pp.418-429. ⟨10.1109/TEM.2020.3022465⟩

Article dans une revue hal-04676710v1

The Effectiveness of Incubators’ Co-Opetition Strategy in the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: Empirical Evidence From France

Christina Theodoraki , Karim Messeghem , David Audretsch

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 2020, pp.1-14. ⟨10.1109/TEM.2020.3034476⟩

Article dans une revue hal-03053306v1

A social capital approach to the development of sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystems: an explorative study

Christina Theodoraki , Karim Messeghem , Mark Rice

Small Business Economics, 2018, 51 (1), pp.153-170. ⟨10.1007/s11187-017-9924-0⟩

Article dans une revue hal-02091761v1

Exploring the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the field of entrepreneurial support: a multi-level approach

Christina Theodoraki , Karim Messeghem

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 2017, 31 (1), pp.47. ⟨10.1504/IJESB.2017.083847⟩

Article dans une revue hal-02279520v1

Ecosystème de l’accompagnement entrepreneurial : une approche en termes de coopétition

Christina Theodoraki , Karim Messeghem

Entreprendre & Innover, 2015, 27, pp.102-111. ⟨10.3917/entin.027.0102⟩

Article dans une revue hal-02050874v1

Écosystème de l'accompagnement entrepreneurial : une approche en termes de coopétition

Christina Theodoraki , Karim Messeghem

Entreprendre & Innover, 2014, 23 (4), pp.10. ⟨10.3917/entin.023.0010⟩

Article dans une revue hal-03053409v1
Deposit thumbnail

Sustainable enterprises in circular entrepreneurial ecosystems: empirical evidence from Uganda

Vittorio Capitani , Marco Minciullo , Giacomo Ciambotti , Christina Theodoraki

R&D Management Conference, Jun 2025, Pise, Italy

Communication dans un congrès hal-05467987v1
Deposit thumbnail

Shaping the Future: Sustainable and Inclusive Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

Christina Theodoraki

ACERE Australasian Consortium for Entrepreneurship Research Excellence, Feb 2025, Melbourne (AUS), Australia

Communication dans un congrès hal-04895075v1
Deposit thumbnail

Deep-tech Startups and Ecosystem Dynamics: Insights from France and Greece

Aliki Nianaki , Christina Theodoraki , Antonis Livieratos

Emerging Tech Conference on Edge Intelligence-ETCEI2025, Oct 2025, Athènes, Greece

Communication dans un congrès hal-05467925v1
Deposit thumbnail

Building a space entrepreneurship industry: The role of entrepreneurial support programs for startup growth

Angelo Cavallo , Christina Theodoraki , Alessandro Lucini-Paioni

EGOS, Jul 2025, Athènes, Greece

Communication dans un congrès hal-05467976v1
Deposit thumbnail

Space Entrepreneurship: The role of entrepreneurial support organizations for startup growth

Angelo Cavallo , Christina Theodoraki , Alessandro Lucini-Paioni

EURAM, Jun 2025, Florence, Italy

Communication dans un congrès hal-05468005v1
Deposit thumbnail

Can Deep Tech Startups Orchestrate Ecosystems to Tackle Grand Challenges? The Case of Nature4Nature Technologies

Antonios D Livieratos , Antonios Angelakis , Aliki Nianaki , Christina Theodoraki

AEI, Jun 2025, Aix-en-Provence, France

Communication dans un congrès hal-05468000v1
Deposit thumbnail

Construisons des écosystèmes entrepreneuriaux durables et inclusifs

Christina Theodoraki

17ème CIFEPME 2024 “Vers un contexte permanent de crises pour l’entrepreneuriat et la PME?”, Oct 2024, Quebec (Canada), France

Communication dans un congrès hal-04892290v1
Deposit thumbnail

Building an Inclusive Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Tacoma-Seattle

Christina Theodoraki

Workshop Inclusive or Exclusive? Diversity and Inclusion in Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Research, Special Issue in Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, DTU, Jun 2024, Copenhagen, Denmark

Communication dans un congrès hal-04892314v1
Deposit thumbnail

A Grounded Model of How Refugee Family Businesses Build Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

Meena Chavan , Francesco Chirico , Muhammad Aftab Alam , Christina Theodoraki

Academy of Management, Aug 2024, Chicago, France. ⟨10.5465/AMPROC.2024.13034abstract⟩

Communication dans un congrès hal-04677628v1
Deposit thumbnail

Ecosystème de l'accompagnement entrepreneurial et stratégies coopétitives des incubateurs : Nouveaux défis stratégiques à relever

Christina Theodoraki , Karim Messeghem

XXVème Conférence de l’AIMS, May 2016, Hammamet, Tunisie

Communication dans un congrès hal-02152839v1

Entrepreneurial Support Ecosystem and Business Incubator Coopetition Strategies

Christina Theodoraki , Karim Messeghem

Strategic Management Society (SMS) – Special Conference, Jun 2016, Rome, Italy

Communication dans un congrès hal-02152885v1

A Holistic Approach of Incubator Strategies in the Entrepreneurial Support Ecosystem

Christina Theodoraki , Karim Messeghem

Academy of Management (AOM), Aug 2016, Anaheim, United States

Communication dans un congrès hal-02152800v1

A Social Capital Approach of University-based Entrepreneurial Support Ecosystem

Christina Theodoraki , Karim Messeghem

RENT XXIV, Nov 2015, Zagreb, Croatia

Communication dans un congrès hal-02075934v1

Business Incubator Strategy: Towards a Co-opetition Approach

Christina Theodoraki , Karim Messeghem

59th Annual Conference of International Council for Small Business - ICSB 2014, Jun 2014, Dublin, Ireland

Communication dans un congrès hal-02090031v1

Vers l’émergence d’un écosystème de l’accompagnement entrepreneurial

Christina Theodoraki , Karim Messeghem

12e Congrès International francophone en Entrepreneuriat et PME - CIFEPME 2014, Oct 2014, Agadir, Maroc

Communication dans un congrès hal-02089164v1

Coopétition dans l’écosystème de l’accompagnement entrepreneurial : nouvelle perspective stratégique

Christina Theodoraki , Karim Messeghem

Journées AEI/AIREPME - Semaine du Management, May 2014, Marseille, France

Communication dans un congrès hal-02089285v1

Ecosystème de l’accompagnement entrepreneurial : Pour une représentation au cœur de l’écosystème entrepreneurial

Christina Theodoraki , Karim Messeghem

5èmes Journées Georges Doriot, May 2014, Rabat, Maroc

Communication dans un congrès hal-02089250v1

Conclusions and Future Research

Elizabeth Montoya-Martinez , Parisa Baig , Maksim Belitski , Christina Theodoraki , Andrew Godley

Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Resource Acquisition, Flow and Management, Springer Nature Switzerland, pp.273 - 280, 2025, Contributions to Management Science, ⟨10.1007/978-3-031-96169-4_14⟩

Chapitre d'ouvrage hal-05445056v1
Deposit thumbnail

Introduction to Part III: Opportunity evaluation

Christina Theodoraki

Developing Entrepreneurial Mindsets, Ideas, and Opportunities, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp.274-286, 2025, ⟨10.4337/9781035314119.00037⟩

Chapitre d'ouvrage hal-05445064v1
Deposit thumbnail

Sustainable Business Model Canvas (SBMC)

Christina Theodoraki

Developing Entrepreneurial Mindsets, Ideas, and Opportunities, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp.388-397, 2025, ⟨10.4337/9781035314119.00047⟩

Chapitre d'ouvrage hal-05445068v1
Deposit thumbnail

Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

Christina Theodoraki , David B Audretsch

Hardback Thematic Encyclepedia of Regional Science, 2025, 978 1 80037 927 5

Chapitre d'ouvrage hal-05445041v1

Entrepreneurial ecosystems and digitization

Yu Liu , Lei Xu , Christina Theodoraki

Elgar Encyclopedia of Entrepreneurship and Digitalization, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp.107-112, 2025, ⟨10.4337/9781035319299.00026⟩

Chapitre d'ouvrage hal-05445018v1

Introduction

Parisa Baig , Elizabeth Montoya-Martinez , Maksim Belitski , Christina Theodoraki , Andrew Godley

Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: Resource Acquisition, Flow and Management, Springer Nature Switzerland, pp.1-14, 2025, Contributions to Management Science, ⟨10.1007/978-3-031-96169-4_1⟩

Chapitre d'ouvrage hal-05445050v1
Deposit thumbnail

Ecosystème entrepreneurial

Christina Theodoraki

Entreprendre. Une introduction à l'entrepreneuriat, 2025

Chapitre d'ouvrage hal-05445027v1

Entrepreneurial Ecosystem and Quadruple Helix: A Sub-ecosystem Approach

Christina Theodoraki , Karim Messeghem , Elias G Carayannis

De Gruyter Handbook of Rural Entrepreneurship, De Gruyter, pp.117 - 138, 2025, ⟨10.1515/9783110791396-007⟩

Chapitre d'ouvrage hal-05445070v1

Incubators’ coopetition strategy in the start-up incubation ecosystem

Christina Theodoraki , Karim Messeghem

Research Handbook on Start-Up Incubation Ecosystems, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp.224-238, 2020, ⟨10.4337/9781788973533.00019⟩

Chapitre d'ouvrage hal-03053417v1

Building Entrepreneurial Societies Through Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and Business Incubators

Christina Theodoraki

From Industrial Organization to Entrepreneurship, Springer International Publishing, pp.467-477, 2019, ⟨10.1007/978-3-030-25237-3_49⟩

Chapitre d'ouvrage hal-03053420v1