Alessandro Grandi is professor of Economics and
organization theory at the School of Engineering and Architecture
of the University of Bologna, where he also served as Chairman of
the Engineering management program from 2007 to 2013. Before
joining the University of Bologna in 1991, he was associate
professor of Engineering economy at the School of Engineering of
the University of Udine, lecturer in Business Policy at the
University of Ancona, visiting scholar at the Graduate School of
Business of the New York University. Prof. Grandi's current
research interests include: technology strategy, management of new
product development, organizational design and management of
R&D, project management. He is author or co-author of about 80 papers published on
national and international scientific journals and books and on
conference proceedings. As an independent consultant he has been
consulting for several industrial and service firms and for
economic research organizations, mainly in the areas of industry
and competitive analysis, design and implementation of new
organizational structures. Prof. Grandi has also been teaching in
business policy, organizational design and technology management at
several major business schools in Italy. He is currently chairman
of AlmaCube srl, member of the board of Consorzio Centro ceramico; director
of the Master of Management at the Bologna Business School.
