Talk:Raphael Amit

de-Orphaned

Please remove the orphan tag from this article. I have created a link from this page. HRShami (talk) 07:39, 2 July 2025 (UTC)

 Done Dahawk04 (talk) 12:15, 2 July 2025 (UTC)

Lead Section

Please update the lead to the text below.

I have removed a misplaced "and", removed wikilinks from family office and business model as they were superfluous, and removed he sentence of his citations on Scopus.

Raphael ("Raffi") Amit is an economist, author, and academic. He is the Marie and Joseph Melone Professor and professor of management at the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School.

Amit's research focuses on family firms, family offices and on business model innovation strategy. He received the 2007 Thought Leader Award from the Academy of Management and is an elected fellow of the Strategic Management Society. HRShami (talk) 10:13, 10 July 2025 (UTC)

 Question: Are you saying that you already made the changes? You shouldn’t be editing if you have a COI unless approved by an independent editor Dahawk04 (talk) 20:13, 10 July 2025 (UTC)

You’re correct, but it doesn’t look like they’ve done so in this case. GoldRomean (talk) 22:35, 10 July 2025 (UTC)

@Dahawk04. I meant to say that in the text above these are changes I have made. Sorry about the confusion. I should have written: "these are the changes I am requesting to make". Anyway, I haven't made these edits on the page. HRShami (talk) 08:47, 14 July 2025 (UTC)

 Partly done: Fixed the and. Left the wikilinks. Meepmeepyeet (talk) 03:33, 2 September 2025 (UTC)

Career Section Update

Original text

Please update text below with the text in subheading edits:

Following the completion of his PhD, Amit began his professional career as a senior energy economist at Data Resources. He then worked on the faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management of the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology. Between 1984 and 1990, he was on the faculty at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, and from 1990 to 1999, he taught at the Faculty of Commerce, University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. He founded and worked as director of the Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Research Center in 1992, and was appointed the Peter Wall Distinguished Professor in 1994. In 1999, he joined the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania as the Robert B. Goergen Professor of entrepreneurship and Professor of Management, a role he held until 2016. In 2016, he became the Marie and Joseph Melone Professor and professor of management at Wharton.

Amit was the chair of the board of directors of Creo Products for six years from 1996 to 2001.

Edits

In this request, I have made minor changes for better flow of the text. And added two lines at the end of the first paragraph:

Following the completion of his PhD, Amit began his professional career as a senior energy economist at Data Resources. He then served on the faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management of the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology. Between 1984 and 1990, he was on the faculty at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, and from 1990 to 1999, he taught at the Faculty of Commerce, University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. In 1992, he founded and worked as director of the Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Research Center. He was appointed the Peter Wall Distinguished Professor in 1994. In 1999, he joined the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania as the Robert B. Goergen Professor of entrepreneurship and Professor of Management, a role he held until 2016. In 2016, he became the Marie and Joseph Melone Professor and professor of management at Wharton. Amit served as the academic director of Wharton Entrepreneurship from 1999 to 2015 and director of the Wharton Electronic Business Initiative from 2000 to 2004. In 2004, he founded and acted as academic director and chairman of the executive committee of the Wharton Global Family Alliance, a position he continues to hold.

Amit was the chair of the board of directors of Creo Products for six years from 1996 to 2001.

References

HRShami (talk) 08:52, 3 September 2025 (UTC)

 Not done for now: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. Meepmeepyeet (talk) 22:54, 5 September 2025 (UTC)

 Go ahead: I have reviewed these proposed changes and suggest that you go ahead and make the proposed changes to the page. Meepmeepyeet (talk) 00:36, 9 September 2025 (UTC)

Thank you. HRShami (talk) 04:10, 9 September 2025 (UTC)

Research and work

Please change the original text below with the updated text.

Original Text: Amit's studies on family enterprises have centered on the performance and governance of family-controlled public firms, examining their sales growth, returns on assets, and executive compensation practices. He has advised families on matters such as the establishment of family offices by hosting gatherings.

Amit's research on business model innovation addresses the content and process of designing and implementing business model innovation. His book, co-authored with Christoph Zott, entitled Business Model Innovation Strategy: Transformational Concepts and Tools for Entrepreneurial Leaders, was called a "must-read for anyone interested in the business model field, and much beyond" by Robin Roselender. In a review for R&D Management, Irina Saur-Amaral described the book as "useful" and "relevant"; however, she also stated that it "could have included more tools."

As of July 2025, Amit's work has received 25,753 citations as per Scopus.

Updated text: Amit's research focuses on family firms, family offices and on business model innovation strategy. His studies on family enterprises have centered on family enterprises have centered on ownership structures, managerial practices, governance, wealth management, and on family offices. He has advised families on matters such as the establishment of family offices by hosting gatherings.

Amit's research on business model innovation addresses the content and process of designing and implementing business model innovation. He has co-authored the book Business Model Innovation Strategy: Transformational Concepts and Tools for Entrepreneurial Leaders with Christoph Zott.

Amit's work has been widely cited, having received over 80,000 citations according to Google Scholar as of September 2025.

References

HRShami (talk) 08:34, 11 September 2025 (UTC)

@HRShami:, can you double check the sourcing as there appears to be WP:OR involved with your request. For instance, the first two sentences about centering "on family enterprises have centered on ownership structures, managerial practices, governance, wealth management, and on family offices" does not list things like governance, managerial practices, ownership structure in the source (unless I missed something - if so, please point it out). The third sentence says that "he has advised" but the source says that the Alliance, founded and led by Amit, hosts gatherings which is not the same. You can ping me here when you have more information and I will come back to review the request, but please also check the rest of your request to ensure it is accurate according to the sourcing. --CNMall41 (talk) 20:46, 11 September 2025 (UTC)

Hi @CNMall41. Thank you for taking the time to review my request. I am sorry my request was not clear. It is also a little confusing because some sources are later in the section. I did not use them at every instance where information was taken from them to avoid a hodgepodge of references spread through the text. I have updated some parts of the request and highlighted where I have taken the information from the sources.

Amit's research focuses on family firms, family offices (this talks about his research on family firms and family offices) and on business model innovation strategy (this is taken from a source cited later. I can add it here as well if that's preferred). His studies on family enterprises have centered on ownership, managerial practices, governance, wealth management, and on family offices.(This references talks about these in this sentence: Dr. Amit’s award winning research on family firms, which centers on issues that relate to ownership, management, control and governance of family businesses, on wealth management, and on family offices is widely cited. and this Dr. Amit’s current research and teaching interests center on family business management, governance, and finance, on Family wealth management, on venture capital and private equity investments, on entrepreneurship, on the design of innovative business models and on business strategy.) He has advised families on matters such as the establishment of family offices. (You are write the source says that the Alliance holds gatherings, and that he founded the Alliance. So I have removed 'hosting gatherings'. This source confirms this through this sentence: Amit has been studying and advising ultra-high net-worth (UHNW) families and their businesses for over 25 years. The Wharton management professor and co-founder of the Wharton Global Family Alliance says meeting these unique challenges most often falls to the family office, a strategic hub where financial management intersects with the needs and wants of family members who represent a range of interests, lifestyles, risk tolerances, tax situations, and more. In the U.S., single-family offices are typically set up by those with investable assets of $250 million or more.)

Amit's research has also focused on designing business models and on business strategy.(this source confirms this in the sentence: Dr. Amit’s current research and teaching interests center on family business management, governance, and finance, on Family wealth management, on venture capital and private equity investments, on entrepreneurship, on the design of innovative business models and on business strategy.) He has co-authored the book Business Model Innovation Strategy: Transformational Concepts and Tools for Entrepreneurial Leaders with Christoph Zott.

Amit's work has been widely cited, having received over 80,000 citations according to Google Scholar as of September 2025.

This is a clean version of the edit request:

Amit's research focuses on family firms, family offices and on business model innovation strategy. His studies on family enterprises have centered on family enterprises have centered on ownership, managerial practices, governance, wealth management, and on family offices.

Amit's research has also focused on designing business models and on business strategy. He has co-authored the book Business Model Innovation Strategy: Transformational Concepts and Tools for Entrepreneurial Leaders with Christoph Zott.

Amit's work has been widely cited, having received over 80,000 citations according to Google Scholar as of September 2025.

Yes, you will need to use WP:INCITE. One cannot assume a reference later on in the body supports a sentence in the beginning. I just checked your "clean version" and the same issues exist. The two sources you provided for the first two sentences do not address the context. To avoid confusion or having a long thread, I am going to close this request as "not done." Feel free to open a new request in a new section once you are able to cite the sources inline with the text you want changed. --CNMall41 (talk) 18:04, 13 September 2025 (UTC)

References

HRShami (talk) 05:11, 12 September 2025 (UTC)

 Not done: CNMall41 (talk) 18:04, 13 September 2025 (UTC)

Photo

Please add this photo to the article: Raphael_Amit.jpg HRShami (talk) 11:34, 12 September 2025 (UTC)

 Done pending Wikimedia clearance. Meepmeepyeet (talk) 05:29, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

Edit to research and work

Hi @CNMall41. I have now aligned all the references with the correct text. Please take a look when you have time. Please change the original text below with the updated text.

Original Text: Amit's studies on family enterprises have centered on the performance and governance of family-controlled public firms, examining their sales growth, returns on assets, and executive compensation practices. He has advised families on matters such as the establishment of family offices by hosting gatherings.

Amit's research on business model innovation addresses the content and process of designing and implementing business model innovation. His book, co-authored with Christoph Zott, entitled Business Model Innovation Strategy: Transformational Concepts and Tools for Entrepreneurial Leaders, was called a "must-read for anyone interested in the business model field, and much beyond" by Robin Roselender. In a review for R&D Management, Irina Saur-Amaral described the book as "useful" and "relevant"; however, she also stated that it "could have included more tools."

As of July 2025, Amit's work has received 25,753 citations as per Scopus.

Updated text: Amit's research focuses on family firms, family offices and on business model innovation strategy. His studies on family enterprises have centered on ownership, managerial practices, governance, wealth management, and on family offices. He has advised families on matters such as the establishment of family offices.

Amit's research has also focused on designing business models and on business strategy. He has co-authored the book Business Model Innovation Strategy: Transformational Concepts and Tools for Entrepreneurial Leaders with Christoph Zott.

Amit's work has been widely cited, having received over 80,000 citations according to Google Scholar as of September 2025. HRShami (talk) 07:38, 15 September 2025 (UTC)