Detailed Curriculum Vitae
CURRENT APPOINTMENTS
2021 – Present: Professor (ING-IND/35) – University of
Bologna, IT
2020 – Present: Coordinator – PhD Program in Management – University of Bologna, IT
2019 – Present: Academic Director – Entrepreneurship Hub – Bologna Business School, IT
2022 – Present: Visiting Professor – Ghent University, BE
2019 – Present: Visiting Professor – Nord University, NO
2016 – Present: Visiting Professor – Imperial College Business School London, UK
PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS
2023 – 2023: Otto Monsted Visiting Professor – Danish Technical University, DK
2019 – 2023: Visiting Professor – Nord University, NO
2015 – 2019: Director of the Global MBA Innovation Management – Bologna Business School, IT
2015 – 2018: Associate Dean for Entrepreneurship and Innovation – Bologna Business School, IT
2014 – 2021: Associate Professor (ING-IND/35) – University of Bologna, IT
2013 – 2023: Director of Executive Master in Entrepreneurship – Bologna Business School, IT
2011 – 2016: Research Fellow – Imperial College Business School, London, UK
2011 – 2014: Assistant Professor (ING-IND/35) – University of
Bologna, IT
2009 – 2010: Researcher with a fixed term contract (SECS-P/08) –
University of Bolzano, IT
2008 – 2009: Post–doc Research Fellow – Case Western
Reserve University, USA
2008 – 2008: Post–doc Research Fellow – University of
Bologna, IT
2003 – 2004: Research Assistant – University of
Bologna, IT
EDUCATION
2005 – 2008: University of Bologna – PhD in Business
Administration
1997 – 2003: University of Bologna
– Laurea Degree in
Management Engineering
WORKING EXPERIENCE (PRIVATE SECTOR)
2022 – Present: Co-founder and CEO – FieldRobotics, Terrestrial and aerial autonomous robots, Bologna, IT
2004 – 2004: Assistant project manager
– Sipe Consortium, Vignola,
Modena, IT
1998 – 2002: Co-founder
– Gardosi & Co., Advanced
mechanics – Optical industry, Modena, IT
VISITING PERIODS
2023 – 2023: Copenhagen University IFRO – Visiting professor (May 2023 – July 2023), Copenhagen, DK
2007 – 2008: Case Western Reserve University – Visiting
scholar (September 2007 – April 2008), Cleveland, USA
2007 – 2007: Ecole des Mines de Paris – Visiting scholar (May – July
2007), Paris, FR
2002 – 2003: UCLA – Visiting student (August 2002 – July 2003),
Los Angeles, USA
GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS and SCHOLARSHIPS
2012 – 2016: EU Marie Curie Fellowship
CIG – University of Bologna
2010 – 2011: EU Marie Curie Fellowship IEF – Imperial College
London
2008 – 2009: IRI Foundation scholarship – Case Western Reserve
University
2005 – 2007: Doctoral scholarship – University of Bologna
RESEARCH PROJECTS
2022 – Present: Principal investigator – Project Circular Innovation Ecosystems – University of Bologna
2018 – 2021: Co-Principal investigator – Project Academic MOBILITY in Italy: Determinants, relevance and impact – with L. Toschi, University of Bologna
2013 – Present: Co-Principal investigator – Project ALMALAUREA on
students entrepreneurship – with M. Sobrero, University of
Bologna
2013 – 2016: Team member – Project FARB Academic
entrepreneurship in Europe: Assessing individual, organizational
and enviromental determinants – coordinated by S. Torrisi, and R.
Grimaldi, funded by University of Bologna
2012 – 2016: Coordinator – Working Group
Entrepreneurship – FoodBest EU Consortium – University of Bologna
2012 - Present: Principal investigator – TASTE
project (TAking STock: External engagement by
academics) – EU grant – with M. Sobrero, University
of Bologna
2010 – Present: Co-Principal investigator – TRACK
project (TRansferring ACademic Knowledge) – EU
grant – with E. Autio and M. Perkmann, Imperial College
London, UK
2010 – 2010: Principal investigator – MUIC project (Mapping
University–Industry Collaborations) – with A. Narduzzo, University
of Bolzano
2008 – 2010: Team member – Who are the academic entrepreneurs in
the US? – financed by the Kauffman Foundation – coordinated by S.
Shane, Case Western Reserve University, USA
2005 – 2013: Co–Founder (with R. Grimaldi and M. Sobrero)
of OSIRIDE
Observatory – Academic Spin–offs in Emilia Romagna
2006 – 2010: Team member – IRIS
project (Italian Research Innovation Systems) – FIRB grant
– coordinated by M. Sobrero, University of Bologna
WORKSHOP AND CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION
2024: Conference – Inclusive or Exclusive? Diversity and Inclusion in Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Research (with I. Nikiforou, E. Rasmussen, J. Wiklund, S. Marlow, M. Renko) 9-11/6/24, Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen, DK
2023: Conference – Fostering Innovative Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: Implications For Theory And Practice (with I. Nikiforou, E. Rasmussen, J. Wiklund), 5-7/6/23, Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen, DK
2022: Conference – Boosting entrepreneurial skills and mindsets: theories, methods and impact (with E. Rasmussen, J. Wiklund), 22/11/21; 16/2/22; 18-20/5/22, Bologna Business School, Bologna, IT
2020: Summit – Triple Helix International Summit, 24-26/11/20, Bologna, IT
2020: Conference – 10th Strategy, Entrepreneurship & Innovation (SEI) Faculty Workshop and Doctoral Consortium, 6-8/11/20, University of Bologna, IT
2020: Conference – Invention to Innovation: Creating the conditions for impact, R&D Management Symposium – (with E. Maine, S. Lubik et al.) 4-5/8/20, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, CA
2019: Conference – The Future of Conducting and Publishing Research in Entrepreneurship, Innovation Management and Strategy - A Paper Development Workshop for Early-Career Scholars – (with E. Rasmussen, J. Wiklund), 22-24/05/19, Bologna Business School, Bologna, IT
2018: Symposium – Exploring the multi-faceted non-economic goals of entrepreneurial firms (with L. Cassia, A. Colombelli, D. Hahn e T. Minola), 12/10/18, XXIX Conference AIIG, Varese IT
2018: Symposium – It’s All About Impact: Commercialization, Academic Engagement, and Entrepreneurship – (with M. Wright), 08/08/18, Academy of Management, Chicago, USA
2018: Symposium – Leveraging open innovation to improve society (with Ahn J., Mortara L. e Roijakkers N.), 2-4/7/2018, R&D Management Conference, Milano, IT
2017: Research Workshop – University-Industry Collaborations and Academic Entrepreneurship: East meets West – (with E. Rasmussen, M. Takata, R. Tijssen and P.K. Wong), 5-6/06/17, Bologna Business School, Bologna, IT
2017: Research Seminar – Imprenditorialità: il ruolo chiave delle competenze trasversali – (with E. Luppi, D. Bolzani, R. Grimaldi and D. Guglielmi), 30/01/17, Department of Management, University of Bologna, IT
2016: Research Seminar – Management meet ICT and Return: New trends in data science, 25/10/16, Department of Management, University of Bologna, IT
2016 - 2023: Practitioner Conference – Entrepreneurial Start-up Ecosystem Day, Bologna Business School, Bologna, IT
2016: Symposium – The commercialization of science: An integrative research agenda on managing the science-business interfaces – (with E. Rasmussen, D. Siegel e J. Wiklund), 08/08/16, Academy of Management, Anaheim, USA
2016: Research Seminar – Transferring Academic Knowledge at Imperial College London, TRIC workshop – (with M. Perkmann), 20/05/16, Imperial College London, London, UK
2016: Practitioner Conferences - A context of excellence, the excellence in the context - Fintech (31/3/16), Automazione (28/4/2016) e Agro-Alimentare (26/5/16), San Lazzaro di Savena, Bologna, IT
2015: Conference – Science-based Entrepreneurship Workshop – (with R. Grimaldi, E. Rasmussen, J.
Wiklund and M. Wright), 6-8/05/15, University of Bologna
Business School, Bologna, IT
2014: XXV AIIG Conference – (with A. Zanoni, M. Sobrero et
al.), 16/10/14, Bologna, IT
2014: Symposium – Boosting economic growth: entrepreneurship and corporate entrepreneurship in manufacturing and related industries - (with A. Colombelli, F. Frattini,
T. Minola and A. Petruzzelli), 16/10/14, XXV Conference AIIG,
Bologna, IT
2014: Research Workshop – Entrepreneurship in the EU: new data, methods and approaches - (with E. Rasmussen and J.
Wiklund), 18-20/05/14, Bodo University, NO
2014: Research Seminar - Fifteen years of Academic Entrepreneurship in Italy: Evidence from the Project TASTE - (with D. Bolzani, R. Grimaldi e M. Sobrero), 12/05/2014, Alma Graduate School, Bologna, IT
2014: Research Seminar – Imprenditorialità nel nord-est Italia - (with C. Boari and S.
Torrisi), 17/01/14, University of Bologna, IT
2013: Symposium – The development of high-tech entrepreneurial ventures: the role of founders - (with D. Iacobucci, T. Minola and E.
Piva), 17/09/13, XXIV AIIG Conference, Milano, IT
2013: Professional Development Workshop – The Fonts of Entrepreneurship: Individuals, Organisations, Institutional Settings - (with T. Folta
and R. Grimaldi), 10/08/13, Academy of Management, Orlando,
USA
2012: Professional Development Workshop – Research on universities and science: Geography, institutions and disciplinary fields - (with N.
Lacetera, A. Nelson, M. Perkmann and H. Sauermann), 08/08/12, Academy of Management, Boston, USA
2011: Professional Development Workshop – Research on universities and commercialisation: Contributions to management research – (with N.
Lacetera, A. Nelson, M. Perkmann and H. Sauermann), 12/08/10, Academy of Management, San Antonio, USA
2010: Professional Development Workshop – Research on university research commercialization: approaches, methodologies, and data sources - (with N. Lacetera and M. Perkmann), 06/08/10, Academy of Management, Montreal, CA
2010: Research Workshop - Universities on a third mission - DIME Network – (with M. McKelvey,
M. Perkmann and M. Sobrero), 11/02/2010, Alma Graduate School,
Bologna, IT
EDITOR
2018 – Present: Associate Editor - Journal of Technology Transfer
EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERSHIP
2020 – Present: Journal of Business Venturing
2019 – Present: International Small Business Journal
2018 – Present: Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice
2017 – Present: Journal of Management Studies
2017 – Present: Administrative Sciences
2017 – Present: Innovation: Organization & Management
AD HOC REVIEWER
Academy of Management Journal; Academy of Management Perspectives; Business Process Management Journal; Current Psychology; European Management Journal; European Management Review; Industrial and Corporate Change; Industrial Marketing Management; Industry and Innovation; International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing; Journal of Business Ethics; Journal of Industrial and Business Economics; Journal of Small Business Management; Journal of Strategy and Management; Long Range Planning; Organization Science; Plos One; R&D Management; Research Evaluation; Research Policy; Sage Open; Science and Public Policy; Scientometrics; Small Business Economics; Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal; Strategic Management Journal; Technological Forecast and Social Change; Technovation.
BEST PAPER AWARDS AND PROCEEDINGS
2023: Academy of Management Conference (USA) - Best paper proceedings
2015: Triple Helix Conference Beijing (CN) - Best conference paper
2013: Babson College Conference Lyon (FR) - Best paper proceedings
2012: Druid Society Conference Copenhagen (DK) - Best paper proceedings
2010: Babson College Conference Lausanne (CH) - Best paper proceedings
KEYNOTE SPEECHES
2023: University of Bergamo
2022: Open Entrepreneurship Danish Technical University
2021: R&D Management Conference Glasgow
2018: HSE campus Nizhny Novgorod and RUDN University Moscow
2016: Triple Helix Worldwide Webinar on Entrepreneurial Universities
2015: Porto Business School; NUS Entrepreneurship Centre
Singapore; University of Queensland Brisbane
INVITED RESEARCH TALKS
2025: Cunef Madrid
2024: Zhaw Zurich
2022: Cass Bayes Business School; IMT Lucca; DTU Copenhagen
2021: DTU Technical University of Denmark; CNR Italy; University of Cambridge
2020: Warwick Business School; University of Bordeaux
2019: IE Madrid
2018: ISG Paris; IESEG Paris
2017: ETH Zurich; University of Bergamo; Fondazione Bruno Kessler IRVAPP Trento; ANVUR Rome
2016: University of Kassel; Imperial College London; EPFL Lausanne; Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos - Unisinos
2015: Catolica Lisbon; National University of Singapore
Business School; Hong Kong Science and Technology University; National University of Singapore Entrepreneurship Center; Queensland University of Technology; Collegio Carlo Alberto - University of Turin
2014: University of Strathclyde Glasgow; Bodo
University; Leiden University
2013: Purdue University; University of Illinois
Chicago
2012: Bodo University
2011: Polytechnic of Milan; Cass Business School London;
Bocconi University
2010: University of Cambridge; Luiss
Roma; University of Bologna
2009: Universidad Politecnica de Valencia; Imperial
College Business School; EM-Lyon; Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna Pisa;
Case Western Reserve University Cleveland; University
of Bologna; Copenhagen Business School
2008: University of Cambridge; Case Western Reserve
University Cleveland; Polytechnic of Milan
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2024: Academy of Management Annual Meeting (Chicago, USA), T2S (Brussels, BE)
2023: Academy of Management Annual Meeting (Boston, USA)
2022: Academy of Management Annual Meeting (Seattle, USA); AiIG (Roma, IT)
2021: Academy of Management Annual Meeting (Virtual); Egos Colloquium (Vienna, AU); Babson College (Babson, USA)
2020: Academy of Management Annual Meeting (Vancouver, CA); Strategic Management Society (London, UK)
2019: Academy of Management Annual Meeting (Boston, USA); Triple Helix (Cape Town, SA); Egos Colloquium (Edinburgh UK); DRUID Society (Copenhagen, DK); Regional Innovation Policies conference (Florence, IT); AIIG Conference (Torino, IT)
2018: Academy of Management Annual Meeting (Chicago, USA); Triple Helix (Dubai, AE); Workshop on A Multidisciplinary Perspective into Entrepreneurship (Gent, BE)
2017: Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (Norman, Oklahoma, USA); Strategic Management Society Annual Conference (Huston, USA); Academy of Management Annual Meeting (Atlanta, USA); EGOS Colloquium (Copenhagen, DK); Druid Conference (New York, USA); INSEAD Doriot Entrepreneurship Conference (Paris, FR)
2016: SMS Special Conference (Rome, IT); Academy of Management Annual Meeting (Anaheim, USA); EGOS Colloquium (Naples, IT); EURAM Conference (Paris, FR); Workshop on university-industry interactions (Fukuoka, J); Strategic Management Society Annual Conference (Berlin, DE); 12th Workshop on New Institutionalism in Organization Theory (Lucerne, CH); AIIG XXVII Conference (Bergamo, IT); Management meet ICT workshop (Bologna, IT)
2015: Finkt Project Final Conference (Rimini, IT);
Science-Based Entrepreneurship Workshop (Bologna, IT); Universities
and Public Science Imperial College Conference (London, UK); Egos
Colloquium (Athens, GR); Alberta Institutions Conference (Alberta,
CA); Academy of Management Annual Meeting (Vancouver, CA); Triplex
Helix Conference (Beijing, CN); Technology Transfer Society (Dublin, IE)
2014: SMS Special Conference (Tel Aviv,
IL); AIIG XXV Conference (Bologna, IT); OECD Conference on
Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Enterprise Dynamics (Paris,
FR)
2013: T2S Conference (Bergamo, IT); AIIG XXIV
Riunione scientifica (Milano, IT); Babson College
Entrepreneurship Research Conference (Lyon, FR); Paul Lawrence
Conference Harvard (Boston, USA); AIB Conference (Istanbul,
TU); Academy of Management Annual Meeting (Orlando,
USA); DRUID Society (Barcelona, SP)
2012: DRUID Society (Copenhagen, DK); EGOS
Colloquium (Helsinki, FI); Academy of Management Annual
Meeting (Boston, USA)
2011: DIME Final Conference (Maastricht,
NL); Academy of Management Annual Meeting (San Antonio,
USA)
2010: AIIG XXI Riunione scientifica (L'Aquila,
IT); Academy of Management Annual Meeting (Montreal, CA);
DRUID Society (London, UK); Babson College Entrepreneurship
Research Conference (Lausanne, SW); TI:GER/Kauffman Sponsored
Workshop (Atlanta, USA)
2009: AIIG XX Riunione scientifica (Udine,
IT); Academy of Management Annual Meeting (Chicago, USA);
EPIP 4th Annual Conference (Bologna, IT); Kauffman-OECD Workshop
(Kansas City, USA); DRUID Society (Copenhagen, DK); EGOS Colloquium
(Barcelona, SP); Kauffman Foundation Workshop (Atlanta, USA)
2008: AIIG XIX Riunione scientifica (Palermo, IT); DRUID
Society (Copenhagen, DK); PICO project Workshop (Sestri Levante,
IT)
2007: T2S Conference (Riverside, USA)
2006: AIIG XVII Riunione scientifica (Roma,
IT); Academy of Management Annual Meeting (Atlanta, USA);
IECER IV Conference (Regensburg, DE)
2005: RENT XIX Conference (Napoli, IT)
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
Undergraduate
2011 – Present: Lecturer – Principles of management 37068 – University of Bologna
2014 – 2014: Lecturer – Entrepreneurship BS0606 – Imperial College London
2010 – 2010: Lecturer – Innovation management BS0820 – Imperial College London
2006 – 2010: Teaching assistant (A. Zanoni) – Management of the firm – University of Bologna
2008 – 2008: Invited lecturer (S. Shane) – Economics of technological innovation ECON369 – Case Western Reserve University
2008 – 2008: Invited lecturer (H. Royer) – Econometrics ECON326 – Case Western Reserve University
2004 – 2007: Teaching assistant (R. Grimaldi) – Principles of management – University of Bologna
Master
2016 – Present: Lecturer – Laboratory of Business Plan 78858 – University of Bologna
2016 – Present: Lecturer – Business Plan Development – Global MBA, Bologna Business School, University of Bologna
2014 – Present: Lecturer – Managing Engineering and Construction Processes 35493 – University of Bologna
2023 – 2024: Lecturer – Entrepreneurial Ecosystems - Master In Knowledge Exchange & Impact – University of Bologna
2015 – 2015: Lecturer – Entrepreneurship BS1513 – Imperial College London
2014 – 2016: Lecturer – Business Plan Development – Laboratorio d'Impresa T-A, University of Bologna
2012 – 2012: Lecturer – Innovation Management – Master in Management, Bologna Business School, University of Bologna
2011 – 2014: Lecturer – Entrepreneurship – Summer School in Biotechnology, Bologna Business School, University of Bologna
2008 – 2009: Lecturer – New venture creation – Spinner Project, Alma Mater Foundation, Bologna;
2007 – 2007: Invited lecturer (A. Zanoni) – Supply chain management, MBA Made in Italy, Bologna Business School, University of Bologna
Executive
2014 – Present: Lecturer – Business Plan Development – Executive Master in Entrepreneurship, Bologna Business School, University of Bologna
2009 – 2013: Teaching assistant (R. Grimaldi) – Technology Entrepreneurship, Executive Master in Technology and Innovation Management, Bologna Business School, University of Bologna
2011 – 2011: Teaching assistant (A. Lipparini) – Corporate Strategy, Executive MBA, Bologna Business School, University of Bologna
PhD
2024 – Present: Lecturer – Entrepreneurship in context – for PhD students in General Management, Department of Management, University of Bologna (IT)
2018: Lecturer – Module in the PhD Creativity and Entrepreneurship Winter School – for PhD students, University of Bologna (IT)
2017: Lecturer – Module in the From IP Management to Technology transfer for Business course – for PhD students in chemistry, University of Bologna (IT)
2017 – 2024: Lecturer – Module in the Economics and Management of Innovation course – for PhD students in General Management, Department of Management, University of Bologna (IT)
2015 – 2024: Lecturer – Module in the Technology Management and Entrepreneurship course – for PhD students in General Management, Department of Management, University of Bologna (IT)
2015: Lecturer – Module in the Business Plan Development course – Launchpad for PhD students, University of Bologna (IT)
2011: Lecturer – Module in the Business Plan Development course – FIXO Program on Knowledge Transfer for UNIBO PhD students, University of Bologna (IT)
2010: Lecturer – EDEN doctoral tutorial I on Entrepreneurship and Innovation – EIASM network, 15-16 November 2010, Imperial College London (UK)
