How can enterprises survive in the midst of disruption? How can their executive strategic decision-making affect their evolution? These questions drive my research curiosity as a management scholar. I am passionate about investigating these topics; it guides how I teach, provide students with professional development, foster academia-industry connections and perform institutional service.
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I am a Full Professor of Management at the Tor Vergata University of Rome. My research, teaching, and other scientific collaborations have spanned countries in Europe as well as the UK, US, and Brazil.
The research approach mainly used to address the questions above has also ultimately inspired the name of this blog. In fact, "The Businesstype" has been ideally thought to stimulate an intellectual comparison with the genotype and phenotype in natural sciences.
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More specifically, I am part of an international community of management scholars who make comparisons with biology, and use insights from psychology, to analyze key business phenomena, such as firm/industry competition, corporate crises/turnaround processes, or new ventures' infant survival/death. I particularly like focusing on real estate, automotive, and high-growth start-ups.
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When I am "offline" from work, I love running and building LEGOs. I am a fan of the Frosinone Football Club, my beloved hometown.