Writing
Research, publications, and talks
Angelo researches how firms and information intermediaries shape each other. His work covers media coverage of firms adopting new technologies, analyst flattery and executive communication, text and audio analytics with transformer models, and the future readiness of companies.
1Peer-reviewed
[1]
Graf-Vlachy, L., König, A., Banfield, R., Rauch, M., &
Boutalikakis, A. (2023). The innovator's media dilemma: How journalists cover
incumbents' adoption of discontinuous technologies.
Journal of Product Innovation Management.
doi.org/10.1111/jpim.12651
[2]
Schill, A.-K., Boutalikakis, A., Hawighorst, F., Graf-Vlachy, L.,
& König, A. S. (2022). Analyst flattery, CEO narcissism, and CEO communication
specificity. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2022(1).
doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2022.289
Award: Most Inspirational Paper, Behavioral Strategy track, EURAM 2022.
[3]
Christ, L., Amiriparian, S., Hawighorst, F., Schill, A.-K.,
Boutalikakis, A., Graf-Vlachy, L., König, A., & Schuller, B. W. (2024). This
paper had the smartest reviewers: Flattery detection utilising an audio-textual
transformer-based approach. INTERSPEECH 2024.
arxiv.org/abs/2406.17667
2Practitioner
[4]
Yu, H., Shan, J., Boutalikakis, A., Tempel, L., & Balian, Z.
(March 2022). What makes a company "future ready"?
Harvard Business Review.
Read on HBR
[5]
Yu, H., & Boutalikakis, A. (January 2021). Changing the rules
to control monopolies could see the end of Facebook domination.
The Conversation.
Read on The Conversation
[6]
Espel, P., Rupprecht, F., Herbener, M., Schröpfer, C., Venus, A.,
Boutalikakis, A., et al. (April 2020). How industrial companies can cut their
indirect costs fast. McKinsey & Company.
Read on McKinsey.com
3Dissertation
TitleThe Social-Psychological Interface Between Firms and Infomediaries: Essays on the
Roles of Framing, Flattery, and Technological Discontinuities.
InstitutionUniversität Passau, 2022. Grade: magna cum laude.
SupervisorProf. Dr. Andreas König, Chair of Strategic Management, Innovation and
Entrepreneurship.
The dissertation is cumulative. It builds on the three peer-reviewed papers listed above.
4Teaching and talks
Cost Management in Practice: Real-life evidence from the M&A context
Guest lecture, Managerial Finance · Prof. Dr. Lorenz Graf-Vlachy · Winter term 2026/27
Pan-European payor-provider-integration seminar
Co-organized for C-suite attendees · November 2025
Swiss InsurTech panel
Moderated, co-hosted by McKinsey & Company and the Swiss InsurTech Hub
Conference presentations
Academy of Management (2022) · EURAM (2022) · INTERSPEECH (2024)