Ph.D. Board

Emanuele Bajo is Full Professor of Finance at the University of Bologna and Associate Dean at the University of Bologna Business School (BBS). He is also Director of the Master in Finance and Fintech and Honorary Professor at the University of Queensland (Australia). In the past he has been Adjunct Professor at the Johns Hopkins University, San Diego State University and Visiting Researcher at Boston College. He is also member of the Consultative Working Group of Risk Standing Committee of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA).

His research interests and major publications are mainly related to IPO, Household Finance and Corporate Risk Management. He has published numerous articles in prestigious finance journals (among others, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Corporate Finance and Journal of Banking and Finance) and two books (Convertible bonds and Corporate risk management).

He is the Executive Editor of the Journal of Economics and Business. In the past he also worked in business consulting and he is the founder of the web site Borse.it, one of the leading financial web sites in Italy.

Maria-Gabriella Baldarelli is Associate Professor of Accounting (Availability for Full Professor) at the Department of Management.  Program coordinator of Business Economics degree course-Campus Rimini. Keynote speaker 2nd International Conference on Economics, Business, Finance and Governance (ICEBFG) by Economics and Business Faculty of University of Bandar Lampung- Bali- Indonesia- Dic. 4-5, 2019; Visiting professor at University of Tirana (2017); Visiting Professor University La Trobe- Melbourne- Australia (2015); University of Vlore(Albania) 2009;  New Bulgarian University of Sofia 2010; Sao Paulo- Brazil-2011; University of Diocese of Buia(UDEB)- Camerun – 2012.. Research interests includes: financial statement in tour operator and travel agencies; corporate social responsibility; ethical, social and environmental accounting and accountability, sustainability in tourist enterprises; responsible and accessible tourism for blind people, economy of communion enterprises, gender(pink) accounting. Member of the Board-Center of Advanced Studies on Tourism. Member of SIDREA council from December 2009.

Massimiliano Barbi is Professor of Corporate Finance at the University of Bologna (Ph.D. in Banking and Finance, 2009, Catholic University, Milan). He was a visiting Ph.D. candidate at Birkbeck, University of London (2006-2007) and Associate Lecturer of Risk Management at Leeds University Business School (2010). His research interests are in the fields of risk management, corporate valuation and governance, entrepreneurial finance, and household finance. He has been teaching several introductory and intermediate corporate finance, corporate valuation, and risk management courses. He has experience in graduate, MBA, and PhD-level courses on the same topics. He also collaborated as an expert consultant in the area of corporate valuation.

Simone Ferriani is Professor of Entrepreneurship & Innovation at the University of Bologna, Honorary Professor at Cass Business School, and Visiting Fellow of the Center on Organizational Innovation at Columbia University. Simone’s current research employs a mix of qualitative techniques and large datasets to study the social sources of innovation. In his current research, he works at the intersection of historical methods, lab experiments, and network analysis to study how the structure of evaluating audiences shapes the social valuation of novelty. His work has been published in various international outlets such as American Sociological Review, Organization Studies, Strategic Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, Organization Science, Research Policy, Industrial and Corporate Change, and Strategic Organization.

Riccardo Fini is Full Professor and Coordinator of the Ph.D. programme in Management at the University of Bologna. He has visiting appointments at Imperial College London (UK), Gent University (BE), and Nord University (NO). He serves as director of the entrepreneurship hub at Bologna Business School. He did research at Mines Paris, Case Western Cleveland, U. Bozen, Imperial College, and Danish Technical University. His research interests include entrepreneurship, science commercialization, and impact. He is a two-time recipient of the EU Marie Curie fellowship. His work has been published in the Academy of Management Journal, Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of Management Studies, Organization Science, Research Policy, and Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal. He's serving as associate editor for the Journal of Technology Transfer, and his research was featured in Il Sole24Ore, Nature, Times Higher Education, and The New York Times. He's a co-founder and CEO of the science-based spin-off Fieldrobotics.

Claudio Giachetti is Full Professor of Strategy at the Department of Management at Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna. He was Full Professor at the Department of Management of Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, where he also received his Ph.D. in Business. He was a visiting researcher at Bayes Business School in London, at the University of Zaragoza, and at Skema Business School, and received a master's degree in International Management at Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia. His primary research interests concern competitive dynamics in rapidly changing technological environments. Claudio's work has been published in various leading journals, including the Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, Journal of Operations Management, Strategic Organization, Research Policy, Long Range Planning, and Global Strategy Journal. Claudio is Associate Editor for Business Research Quarterly and Journal of Industrial and Business Economics. Over the years, he has been consulting on corporate strategy, competitive analysis, and product innovation issues with various clients from the private sector.

Paola Giuri is Full Professor of Management at the University of Bologna. She also serves as Associate Dean for Professional Masters at the Bologna Business School.

Her research focuses on the economics and management of innovation, entrepreneurship, university-industry technology transfer, economic and strategic uses of patents, social innovation, and organizational change.

She coordinated and was responsible for several international research projects funded by the European Commission and the European Investment Bank.

She has published articles in several journals, including Research Policy, Review of Economics and Statistics, R&D Management, Technological Forecasting, and Social Change, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Industrial and Corporate Change, Journal of Technology Transfer, Industry and Innovation, and Frontiers in Psychology.

She was the recipient of the 2010 Richard R. Nelson Prize Award and the Best Paper Award at the Druid Summer Conference 2007.

Rosa Grimaldi is Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management at Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna (Bologna, Italy). She is the Municipality of Bologna's Delegate for Innovation, Attractiveness, and Economic Promotion. She is also the Director of the Executive Master in Technology and Innovation Management (EMTIM) at BBS (Bologna Business School – University of Bologna), a one-year program targeting executives of the most important innovative industries and SMEs. She is on the board of directors of MAPS SpA (2021-now) and BolognaFiere SpA (2022-now). From 2014 to 2016, she was the Coordinator of the International Ph.D. programme in Management at the University of Bologna. From November 2015 to October 2021, she was Vice-Rector for Entrepreneurship and Relations with Companies at the University of Bologna.

Marcello Mariani is Associate Professor of Management, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Marketing. His research interests revolve around the digital transformation of business, the antecedents and business outcomes of Industry 4.0 technologies (including Big Data, Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, and robots), digital business models and digital entrepreneurship, eWOM, customer satisfaction, consumer behavior, inter-organizational relationships, and performance measurement. He is well-versed in quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods. His research has been published in leading academic journals. He has authored almost 200 publications, including more than 110 journal articles, 6 books, 20 book chapters, and more than 100 conference papers.

Position: Full Professor of Marketing

PhD: London Business School, UK.

Selected Publications:

Elisa Montaguti;Scott A. Neslin;Sara Valentini, Can Marketing Campaigns Induce Multichannel Buying and More Profitable Customers? A Field Experiment, «MARKETING SCIENCE», 2016, 35, pp. 201 - 217 [Scientific article]

Elisa Montaguti ; Scott A. Neslin ; Sara Valentini, Do Marketing Campaigns Produce Multi-channel Buying and More Profitable Customers? A Field Test, in: Thought Leaders in Marketing Channels Conference, parigi, Groupe HEC, 2014, pp. 1 - 2 (atti di: Thought Leaders in Marketing Channels Conference, Parigi, 3-4 June) [Abstract]

Maria Cristina Cito ; Elisa Montaguti ; Alessandra Zammit ;, Identity Transition and Consumer Behavior, in: paradigm shifts and interactions, Valencia, Universitat de Valencia, 2014, 43, pp. 1 - 7 (atti di: Paradigm shifts and interactions, Valencia; Spain, June, 3-6) [Contribution to conference proceedings]

Scott A. Neslin; Kinshuk Jerath; Anand Bodapati; Eric T. Bradlow; John Deighton; Sonja Gensler; Leonard Lee; Elisa Montaguti; Rahul Telang; Raj Venkatesan; Peter C. Verhoef; Z. John Zhang, The interrelationships between brand and channel choice, «MARKETING LETTERS», 2014, 25, pp. 319 - 330 [Scientific article]

Elisa Montaguti; Alessandra Zammit, It is Not Me! So I Customize It!, in: 42th Emac Conference Proceedings, Istanbul, EMAC Proceedings, 2013, 42, pp. 1 - 7 (atti di: Lost in Translation: Marketing in an Interconnected World, Istanbul Technical University, 4-7 giugno 2013) [Contribution to conference proceedings]

Valentini S.; Montaguti E.; Neslin S. A., Decision Process Evolution in Customer Channel Choice, «JOURNAL OF MARKETING», 2011, 75 (6), pp. 72 - 86 [Scientific article]

Montaguti E.; Neslin S. A.; Valentini S., Does Multichannel Produce More Profitable Customer?, in: The Day After - Inspiration, Innovation, Implementation, BRUSSELS, M.M. Brencic, T. Dmitrovic, M. Lapanja, A. Senicar. Proceedings of the 40th European Marketing Academy (EMAC) Conference, 2011, pp. 340 - 345 [Chapter or essay]

Montaguti E.; Neslin S. A.; Valentini S., Does Multichannel Usage Produce More Profitable Customers?, in: Marketing Science Proceedings, HANOVER, MD, INFORMS, 2011, pp. 47 - 47 (atti di: Marketing Science Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, 9-11 June 2011) [Abstract]

A. Zammit; E. Montaguti, CONTEXTUAL CUES AND DESCRIPTIVE NORMS: DO PEOPLE STICK TO CONTEXT WHEN THEY KNOW WHAT OTHERS CHOOSE?, in: Advances in Consumer Research Volume 37, eds. Margaret C. Campbell and Jeff Inman and Rik Pieters, Duluth, MN : Association for Consumer Research., DULUTH, MN, eds. Campbell and Inman and Pieters, 2010, pp. 1 - 23 (atti di: “A World of Knowledge At the Point of Confluence.” The Association for Consumer ResearchAnnual North American ConferenceOctober 22 – 25, 2009Pittsburgh, PA, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, October 22 – 25, 2009) [Contribution to conference proceedings]

Montaguti E.; Neslin S.; Valentini S., Does Multichannel Usage Produce More Profitable Customers?, in: Crossplatform & Multichannel Customer Behavior, PHILADELPHIA, PA, Wharton Interactive Media Initiative, 2010, pp. 1 - 15 (atti di: Crossplatform & Multichannel Customer Behavior, Wharton School, Philadelphia, PA (USA), December 9-10, 2010) [Contribution to conference proceedings]

Valentini S.; Montaguti E.; Neslin S. A., The Impact of Customer Multichannel Choices on Revenues and Retention, in: Marketing Science Proceedings, HANOVER, MD, Informs, 2010, pp. 1 - 1 (atti di: Marketing Science Conference, Cologne, 16-19 Giugno) [Abstract]

E. Montaguti; A. Zammit, Contextual Cues and Socially Relevant Information: Are Consumers Sticking to Context When They Know What Others Choose?, in: Marketing & the Core Disciplines: Rediscovering References?, Proceedings of the 38th Annual Conference of the European Marketing Academy (EMAC), 2009, May 26-29, Audencia Nantes School of Management, Nantes, France, p. 163., BRUXELLES, Helfer &Nicolas (eds.) Proceedings- 38th EMAC, 2009, pp. 1 - 5 (atti di: Marketing & the Core Disciplines: Rediscovering References?, Proceedings of the 38th Annual Conference of the European Marketing Academy (EMAC), 2009,, Audencia School of Business Nantes - France, May 26-29 2009) [Contribution to conference proceedings]

Valentini S.; Neslin S.; Montaguti E., Customer Evolution in Sales Channel Migration., in: Festschrift Celebration in honor of John D.C. Little, ANN ARBOR, Informs, 2009, pp. 1 - 49 (atti di: Marketing Science- Festschrift Celebration in honor of John D.C. Little, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 6-7 Giugno 2009) [Contribution to conference proceedings]

S. Valentini; E. Montaguti; S.A. Neslin, Do Multichannel Customers Really Outperform? Retention, Revenues, and Multichannel Usage in a Contractual Setting, in: Proceedings of the Emac Conference, BRUSSELS, EMAC, 2009, 1, pp. 1 - 5 (atti di: EMAC Conference, Nantes (Francia), 26-29 Maggio 2009) [Contribution to conference proceedings]

S. Valentini; S.A. Neslin; E. Montaguti, Do Multichannel Customers Really Outperform? Retention, Revenues, and Multichannel Usage in a Contractual Setting., in: Marketing Science Proceedings, HANOVER, MD, INFORMS, 2009, pp. 234 - 234 (atti di: Marketing Science Conference, Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA), 4-6 Giugno 2009) [Abstract]

valentini S.; neslin a. s.; montaguti e., Customer Evolution in Sales Channel Migration, in: Marketing Science Proceedings, HANOVER, MD, INFORMS, 2008, pp. 32 - 32 (atti di: Marketing Science Conference, Vancouver, Canada, June, 12-14, 2008) [Abstract]

valentini s.; neslin s. a.; montaguti e., Customer evolution in sales channel migration, in: Marketing landscapes : a pause for thought; 37th EMAC Conference, 27-30 May 2008, University of Brighton, Brighton Business School, BRUSSELS, EMAC, 2008, pp. 1 - 5 (atti di: EMAC conference, Brighton, UK., 27-30 May 2008) [Contribution to conference proceedings]

M. Colucci; E. Montaguti; U. Lago, Managing brand extension via licensing: An investigation into the high-end fashion industry., «INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MARKETING», 2008, 25, pp. 185 - 198 [Scientific article]

Montaguti E.; Zammit A., The Evolution of Compromise Effect: The Moderating Role of Socially Relevant Information, in: Atti del V convegno annuale della società italiana marketing, "Mercati competitività e sviluppo sostenibile", Milano 2008, PARMA, Società Italiana Marketing, 2008, pp. 1 - 5 (atti di: V convegno annuale della società italiana marketing, "Mercati competitività e sviluppo sostenibile", Milano 2008, Milano, Italia, 3-4 Ottobre 2008) [Contribution to conference proceedings]

E. Montaguti; A. Zammit, The Evolution of Compromise Effect: The Moderating Role of Socially Relevant Information, in: Emac 2008 Proceedings, BRUXELLS, EMAC, 2008, pp. 1 - 5 (atti di: EMAC 2008 "Marketing Landscapes: A Pause for Thought" University of Brighton UK 27-30 May 2008, Brighton, UK, 27-30 May 2008) [Contribution to conference proceedings]

Zammit A.; Montaguti E., An analysis of time evolution of compromise effect: the moderating role of pioneering advantage and product category familiarity, in: European Advances in Consumer Research, s.l, EACR, 2007, 8, pp. 23 - 23 (atti di: EACR 2007 European Conference of the Association for Consumer Research, Milano, 10-14 luglio 2007) [Abstract]

E. Montaguti; M. Visentin, Are Physicians Just Learning or Also Forgetting about Drugs?, in: 2007 INFORMS Marketing Science Conference Proceedings, SINGAPORE, Informs, 2007, 1, pp. 32 - 32 (atti di: Manketing Science Conference, Singapore, 28-30 Giugno 2007) [Abstract]

a. zammit ; e. montaguti, New Product Entry: the Moderating Role of Compromise Effect on Pioneering Advantage, in: Atti IV CONVEGNO ANNUALE DELLA SOCIETA' ITALIANA MARKETING "IL MARKETING DEI TALENTI", PARMA, società italiana di marketing, 2007, pp. 1 - 23 (atti di: "IL MARKETING DEI TALENTI", Roma, 5-6 ottobre 2007) [Contribution to conference proceedings]

Zammit A.; Montaguti E., Time evolution of compromise effect: an analysis of the moderating role of pioneering advantage, in: EMAC 2007 Conference Proceedings, BRUXELS, EMAC, 2007, pp. 1 - 10 (atti di: European Marketing Conference, Reykjavik University, 22-25 maggio 2007) [Contribution to conference proceedings]

Montaguti E. ; Orsingher C., Customer Satisfaction ed Eterogeneità delle Preferenze: Il Contributo dei Modelli Mistura, «MERCATI E COMPETITIVITÀ», 2006, 4, pp. 137 - 154 [Scientific article]

E.Montaguti ; A. Zammit, Dynamic Analysis of Compromise-Effect: the Role of Attribute Number, in: Emac Conference Proceedings, BRUXELS, EMAC, 2006, pp. 1 - 7 (atti di: European Marketing Conference, Athens, 24-27 May 2006) [Contribution to conference proceedings]

E.Montaguti ; B.G.S. Hardie, Il Posizionamento dei Marchi a Bassa Quota di Mercato: un’Analisi Multi-Categoria”, «MERCATI E COMPETITIVITÀ», 2006, 4, pp. 19 - 37 [Scientific article]

E.Montaguti; M. Colucci; U.Lago, Make or License Decisions: Assessing the Role of Transaction Cost Economics and Product Category Similarity within Firm Boundary Decisions,”, in: Egos, s.l, Egos, 2006(atti di: EGOS, Bergen Norway, 6-8 July 2006) [Contribution to conference proceedings]

E. Montaguti; P. Stern; M.Visentin, Medical prescribing behavior: the role of generics, in: Marketing Science Conference Proceedings, ATLANTA, Informs, 2005, pp. 1 - 2 (atti di: Informs Marketing Science Conference, Atlanta, June 16-19) [Abstract]

M. Colucci; U.Lago; E.Montaguti, When Should Firms License Their Brands ? An Empirical Investigation on Governance Structure, in: EMAC Proceedings, MILANO, EMAC, 2005, pp. 1 - 6 (atti di: EMAC Conference, Milano, 24-27 May 2005) [Contribution to conference proceedings]

Elisa Montaguti, Donations, Pricing and Country of Origin Effect: An Empirical Analysis, in: 33rd EMAC Conference Proceedings, MURCIA, EMAC, 2004, pp. 1 - 5 (atti di: EMAC Conference, Murcia, Spain, 18-21/05/2004) [Contribution to conference proceedings]

MARZOCCHI G.; MONTAGUTI E., Marketing e sviluppo di nuovi prodotti, in: SOBRERO M., Innovazione tecnologica e gestione di impresa, BOLOGNA, Il Mulino, 2004, pp. 37 - 60 [Chapter or essay]

WORK EXPERIENCE

2015-today Full Professor of Technology and Innovation Management, School of Engineering, University of Bologna, Italy.Member of the Department of Management, University of Bologna

2019-2023 Coordinator of Bachelor and MSc Programs in Engineering Management, School of Engineering, University of Bologna

2004-2015 Associate Professor of Technology and Innovation Management, School of Engineering, University of Bologna, Italy. Member of the Department of Management, University of Bologna

2001-2004 Assistant Professor of Management, School of Engineering, University of Bologna

2005-today Member of the Scientific Committee of the PhD Program in General Management, Department of Management, University of Bologna

2007-2011 Director of the PhD Program in General Management, Department of Management, University of Bologna

2007-2010 Director of the Master in “Gestione della Proprietà Intellettuale” (Management of Intellectual Property), Alma Graduate School, University of Bologna

Teaching

2001-present Responsible for the course “General Management”, Bachelor Degree of Industrial Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Bologna

2003-present Responsible for the course “Technology and Innovation Management”, Master Degree of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Bologna

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

2005 Visiting Researcher at the Cass Business School, City University, London.

2000 Visiting Researcher at the Ecole des Mines de Paris, Paris, France.

1998-99 Visiting Scholar at the Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.

1997-2001 Ph.D. in Business Administration, Department of Management, University of Bologna, Italy.

1996 Degree (summa cum laude) in Industrial Engineering, University of Bologna, Italy.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Supervision of international and national research projects

1) 2015-2017 Coordinator, for the unit University of Bologna, of the Project Progress-TT (“PROs GRowing Europe through best practice SolutionS for Technology Transfer”), funded by the Horizon 2020 Program of the European Commission, Action “Capacity Building in Technology Transfer. Project coordinator: Pera Consulting (UK). Total amount of funding for Unibo: 200000 euro

2) 2012-2014. Co-coordinator (with Prof. Paola Giuri) of the research project “Financing Knowledge Transfer in Europe” (FinKT), Department of Management, University of Bologna, funded by the European Investment Bank under the programme EIBURS. Total amount of funding: 300000 euro (website: finkt.unibo.it).

2) 2006-2009. Principal investigator of the research project “The Economic Valuation of Patents” (EVPAT), Department of Management, University of Bologna, funded by the European Investment Bank, under the programme EIBURS. Total amount of funding: 300000 euro.

3) 2005-2006. Director of the research project “Does private equity foster innovation at the firm level? A study of Western European countries”, funded by the Gate2Growth Academic Network, sponsored by the European Commission.

Chiara Orsingher is Full Professor of Marketing at the University of Bologna.  She is recognized internationally as a leading researcher in Service Marketing. Her research interests include service recovery, customer complaining behavior, customer satisfaction, customer experience, referral-reward programs, and meta-analysis.  She has published articles in the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Journal of Service Research, Academy of Management Perspectives, Psychology & Marketing, Journal of Business Research, and  Journal of Service Management.

Angelo Paletta is Full Professor of Business Administration and Accounting Studies. He teaches and researches Internal controls, Cost management, Corporate performance measurement, Corporate bankruptcy and turnaround, Public Management, Educational Leadership, Governance and accountability of Universities, and Circular economy and business models. He is currently the coordinator of the European Horizon 2020 project "Developing and Implementing Sustainability-Based Solutions for Bio-Based Plastic Production and Use to Preserve Land and Sea Environmental Quality in Europe." 

Gabriele Pizzi is Associate Professor of Marketing at the University of Bologna, and Scientific Director of the International Master in Marketing Management at Bologna Business School. Previously, he was Assistant Professor of Marketing at the Department of Management of the University of Bologna, starting from 2013. In 2009 he spent a visiting period at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland (US).

Manuela Presutti obtained her Ph.D in Management at the University of Bologna, Department of Management. In 2004, she joined the Department of Business Studies, University of Uppsala, as a Visiting Scholar, where she researched the impact of social capital on the internationalization process, together with Prof. Mats Forsgren. From 2005 to 2010, she was an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Economy of the University of Bologna. Since 2010, she has been an Associate Professor of Management. She teaches Management of Tourism at the Faculty of Economy of Rimini (University of Bologna). Manuela Presutti's main research activity was originally focused on small firms and the internationalization process. During the last years, her research interests have included the analysis of social networks, the tie between social capital and new firm creation, and industrial clusters. Most of her scientific production is about New Business Development, Entrepreneurship, and Social Capital. On these topics, she has publications in national journals and international journals.

Marcello Russo is Full Professor of Organizational Behavior at the University of Bologna and the Global MBA director at Bologna Business School in Italy and. He has been Visiting Scholar at Kedge Business School, France, and Teachers College, Columbia University, New York. He is an expert on work-life balance, with a focus on what individual strategies and organizational factors can help individuals accomplish their ideal model of work-life balance, and it has been published in leading scholarly journals, including Harvard Business Review, MIT Sloan Management Review, Journal of Management, and Academy of Management Annals.

Daniele Scarpi is Associate Professor of Marketing at the University of Bologna since 2014. He is the director of the Open Program in Sales & Marketing at Bologna Business School, and former Coordinator of the Master's Degree Course in Economics and Management, he was visiting scholar at Toulouse Business School (FR) and Kingston University, London (UK).

His research activities relate to consumer behavior, analyzing how consumers relate to and interact with technologies, physical and digital store environments, brands, places, and time. His papers have appeared in leading journals such as the Journal of Service Research, Journal of Retailing, Journal of Interactive Marketing, Industrial Marketing Management, Tourism Management, Travel Research, Marketing Letters, Annals of Tourism Research, and several others.

Some of these researches have been divulged by the European Commission - DG Environment News Alert Service, others picked up by The Conversation (UK), and others included by the World Health Organization (WHO) in the COVID-19 Global literature on coronavirus disease database. 

He is an expert in structural equation modeling, experimental design, and qualitative comparative analysis. He received several best-reviewer and best-paper awards, is on the board of several Journals, and is the principal investigator of a Project of Relevant National Interest (PRIN 2022) on new technologies funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research.

Maurizio Sobrero, Ph.D. MIT, BS Università di Bologna, is Professor of Technology and Innovation Management at the University of Bologna. He is the author of over 30 peer-reviewed articles and 5 books on the Economics and Management of Innovation, specifically focusing on inter-organizational collaborations, University-Industry relationships, corporate governance, and R&D investments. He has served as an expert in these matters in several Committees of different public, private, and governmental institutions.

Giuseppe Torluccio is a Professor of Financial Markets and Institutions at the University of Bologna, Director of Yunus Social Business Center, Vice-president of the Grameen Italian Foundation, and member of the Scientific Committee of the University of Bologna “School of Excellence.” Research interests include theoretical and empirical issues in the economics of banking, credit risk models, internal ratings and Basel III, risk management, derivatives, debt instruments, relationship banking, SMEs' financing, innovation financing, R&D, treasury management, corporate governance in banking, FinTech, microfinance, and social business. The last relevant articles are published in the Journal of Financial Intermediation, Journal of Banking and Finance, European Journal of Finance, Journal of Economic Surveys, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, and Journal of Asset Management.

Laura Toschi is Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship & Innovation Management at the University of Bologna and Deputy Director of the Executive Master in Technology & Innovation Management at Bologna Business School.

At UNIBO, she received her Ph.D. in Management in 2009 and a Laurea in Management Engineering in 2004 (100/100 cum Laude). She has been a visiting scholar at Boston University (2008), SPRU (2011), University of Queensland (2017), and Queensland University of Technology (2020).

Her main research interests are environmental and social entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial finance and impact investing, sustainability transitions, innovation management, and technology transfer.

Her research outputs include publications in journals such as Research Policy, Ecological Economics, Journal of Business Venturing, Industrial and Corporate Change, Journal of Technology Transfer, International Small Business Journal, and Technological Forecasting and Social Change.