RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Strategic behaviour in large organizations.
Theory of the firm.
Business & Government
Corporate political action
Lobbying in USA versus lobbying in the European Union
Direct and indirect lobbying: The role of discursive strategies
The function of the European Union and the role of 'Big Business'
System Dynamics.
Computational approach to social sciences.
RESEARCH PROJECTS:
1993 – “Perspectives of Pension Funds in Italy”.
Research funded by Università Bocconi.
1994 – “Cross-border M&A Post-Acquisition
Management”. Research project jointly managed by Bocconi School of
Management (SDA) and KPMG-Peat Marwick, and funded by E.U.
1994 – “Banks and the Support of the Restructuring of
Firms”. Research project funded by Bocconi School of Management
(SDA).
1998 – “Dynamics Models to Support Firms' Strategic
Management”. Research Project funded by Bocconi School of
Management (SDA).
1998 – “Using Dynamic Simulation Models to Support Firms'
Strategic Management”. Research project funded by Italian Ministry
of Education, University and Research.
2000 -2002 – “Dynamics Models to Design Corporate
Strategy: Resource Accumulation and Organisational Learning”.
Research project funded by CNR.
2004 – “Dynamically Evolving Large-scale Information
Systems“ (DELIS). Research project funded by E.U within Framework
6, IST, IP and coordinated by Prof. Ozalp Babaoglu.
2004 “Dinamics and Performance Determinants in Cluster of
Firms: A Computational Approach”. Research project funded by
Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research
2004 “Industrial Cluster Dynamics: New
Organisational and Technological Architecture”. Research project
funded by Italian Ministry of Education, University and
Research.
2005 “TOCAI.IT: Knowledge-oriented technologies for
enterprise aggregation in Internet”. Research project funded by
Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research.
2009 EU Project 7° PQ
SSH7-CT-2009-225670 ‘ Models and their Effects on Development
paths: an Ethnographic and comparative Approach to knowledge
transmission and livelilhood strategies ' (MEDEA n° 225670 ).
2016 Principal Investigator of the project H2020-REFLECTIVE-SOCIETY-2015; ‘Perception and Evaluation of Regional and Cohesion policies by Europeans and Identification with the Values of Europe’ (PERCEIVE – n° 693529).
