Angelo Manaresi

CURRICULUM VITAE

CURRENT POSITIONS

• Full Professor of Business Administration (since 2001), Department of Management, University of Bologna, where he teaches Principles of Management (Bachelor's Degree in Business and Economics, taught in English) and Marketing (Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, taught in Italian).
• Delegate for Internationalization, Department of Management, University of Bologna.
• Coordinator of the Bachelor's Degree Programme in Management and Marketing.
• Scientific Director of the University Master's Programme in Business Management, jointly offered by the Department of Management and Bologna Business School.
• Conducts research, teaching and consulting activities in the fields of business management and marketing management. His main areas of expertise include distribution channel management in domestic and international markets, customer satisfaction and consumer behaviour, brand creation, management and valuation, and business internationalization strategies.
• Member of the Italian Academy of Business Administration (Accademia Italiana di Economia Aziendale).
• Member of the Italian Marketing Society (Società Italiana di Marketing).
• Member of the Editorial Board of the international journal Economic Development.
• Lead Independent Director of Datalogic S.p.A. since 2018.

• PhD in Economics-Marketing, London Business School, University of London (1989–1993).

  Doctoral dissertation: Interorganizational Relationships in Italian and British Franchise Channels: A Cross-Country Comparison.

  Supervised by Professors Paddy Barwise, Andrew Ehrenberg, Mark Uncles and John Saunders.

  Recipient of the London Business School Student Award in each year of the programme for outstanding academic and research performance.

• Degree in Economics and Business Administration (summa cum laude), University of Bologna, 1986.
• Exchange Scholar, Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of Sussex, Falmer-Brighton, United Kingdom (1986).
• Military service in the Italian Alpine Corps (Signals Unit), 1987.
• Faculty Development Programme, Italian Academy of Business Administration (1988).
• Research Fellowship awarded by the Italian National Research Council (CNR) for studies in management (1989).

• Research Fellow in Business Administration, Faculty of Economics, University of Bologna (1993–1999).
• Human Capital and Mobility Programme Fellow of the European Union, IESE Business School, Barcelona, Spain (1994).
• Associate Professor of Business Administration, Faculty of Statistical Sciences, University of Bologna (1999–2001).
• Coordinator of the Bachelor's Degree Programme in Economics and Marketing, Department of Management, University of Bologna (2003–2009).
• Commissario ad Acta (Special Commissioner), Parmalat S.p.A., Italy (2013–2014).
• Member of the Editorial Board of Trade Marketing (1996–2000), and subsequently of Industria e Distribuzione (2000–2004).
• Lecturer in Marketing Research within the PhD Programme in Business Administration, University of Bologna (until 2005).
• Independent Member of the Board of Directors of Datalogic S.p.A. (2004–2012), one of the world's leading manufacturers of automatic data capture and industrial automation systems based on barcode and RFID technologies.
• Director of the University of Bologna Latin American Campus – Buenos Aires Advanced Studies Centre, Argentina (February 2010 – February 2016).
• The institution (Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna, Representación en la República Argentina) is accredited by the Argentine Ministry of Education as the only foreign university authorized to award academic degrees with full legal validity in Argentina.
• Coordinator of the Bachelor's Degree Programme in Business and Economics, Department of Management, University of Bologna (November 2010 – November 2016).
• President of the Fundación Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna, Argentina (2013–2021), the Argentine foundation supporting the University's academic activities in the country.
• Visiting professor and researcher at several international institutions, including London Business School (United Kingdom), IESE Business School (Spain), Universidade Católica Portuguesa (Portugal), Escola de Gestão Empresarial (Portugal), LUISS Guido Carli University (Italy), and Grenoble École de Management (France).
• Courses taught in English, Italian and Spanish include:
• • Channel Management
  • Business-to-Business Management
  • Brand Management
  • International Marketing

• Conducted research, executive education and consulting projects for numerous leading national and international companies, including Fiat Auto, Telecom Italia, Credito Emiliano, Autostrade per l'Italia, McDonald's, Ferrari-Maserati, Volkswagen-Audi Italia, Conad, and Fontana Group (Mecbolt).

  Consulting assignments have included market analysis, business strategy development, corporate strategy formulation, and organizational development projects.