Philipp Jaufenthaler is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Family Business at WU Vienna and at the Institute for Management and Marketing at the University of Innsbruck. He received his doctorate from the University of Innsbruck in 2023 and was a visiting researcher at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte during that time. After completing his doctorate, he initially worked as a strategy consultant before returning to academia full-time in 2025.

His research focuses primarily on the reputation of family businesses and entrepreneurial families. Among other things, he examines how these are perceived in different contexts, such as by different stakeholder groups, across cultural boundaries, or in crisis situations, and what opportunities and risks this presents for the strategic positioning of family businesses.

His work has been published in journals such as Family Business Review, Journal of Small Business Management, and Journal of Family Business Strategy. He is also a member of the review board of the Journal of Family Business Strategy and regularly reviews articles for leading journals such as Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, Family Business Review, and the Journal of Business Research, as well as for international conferences such as the International Family Enterprise Research Academy.

He has received several awards for his research, including the Wetherbe Thought Leadership Award, the Best Dissertation Award in Family Firm Research from the Family Firm Institute (FFI), the Rudolf Sallinger Award, and other prizes from the University of Innsbruck and the Tyrol Chamber of Commerce.

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