Position
Research Fellow - Bologna University (January 2023 – December 2024)
He is engaged in a project on the assessment of the adoption of business analytics in the decision-making process, adopting an institutional perspective.
Past experience
Research Fellow - Bologna University (November 2020 – November 2022)
He was engaged in a project on the assessment of the financial impact of innovative industrial additive manufacturing production technologies.
Education
PhD - Università Politecnica delle Marche (November 2017 – May 2021)
ICPSR Certificate - Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), University of Michigan (USA) (June 2019 – August 2019) - Summer school on quantitative methods for researchers.
Second cycle degree in Economics and Business Administration - Bologna University (2013 – 2016)
First cycle degree in Economics and Business Administration - Bologna University (2010 – 2013)
Teaching Experience
He currently teaches in several full time Masters or Executive programs at Bologna Business School:
- Executive Master in Business Administration;
- International Executive Master in Business Administration (in English);
- Master in Business Administration (Part-time Weekend formula);
- Executive Master in Supply Chain & Operations;
- Hybrid Master in Business Administration;
- Hybrid Master in Business Administration (in English);
- Executive Master in Business Innovation Design;
- Executive Master in Technology and Innovation Management;
- Executive Master in Sales and Marketing;
- Open Program in Amministrazione, Finanza e Controllo;
- Open Program in Procurement Management;
- Corporate programs: Marchesini, Estra, Capgemini, Ferrari, Carraro, Cisco, Salvagnini;
- Master in Gestione d'Impresa.
He also taught in the following programs at Bologna Business School:
- Master in Data Science (in English);
- Master in Digital Marketing for Tourism and Events Management.
In 2021-2022 voted as Best Teacher for Executive Master at Bologna Business School.
He teaches Business Performance Analytics and Cost Accounting at the University of Bologna, and he is also a teaching assistant (at the University of Bologna), with a focus on cost management, performance management systems, business performance analytics, cost accounting and management control.
Publications
- Digitalizzazione del settore retail energy e utilities: analisi e ridisegno dei processi. Article published on Controllo di Gestione (5/2022), IPSOA. Co-authors: Prof. Riccardo Silvi, Dott.sa Giorgia Moschini;
- Boccali, F., Mariani, M. M., Visani, F., & Mora-Cruz, A. (2022). Innovative value-based price assessment in data-rich environments: Leveraging online review analytics through data envelopment analysis to empower managers and entrepreneurs. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 182, 121807.
- Additive Manufacturing: modelli di costing e applicazioni operative. Article published on Controllo di Gestione (3/2022), IPSOA. Co-authors: Prof. Franco Visani, Prof. Paolo Barbieri, Dott. Franci Riccardo, Dott. Franchi Mario, Prof. Fortunato Alessandro;
- Servitization: analisi delle determinanti del life-cycle cost di prodotto? Article published on Controllo di Gestione (2/2022), IPSOA. Co-author: Prof. Franco Visani.
- Impatto COVID-19: quali conseguenze sui bilanci aziendali? Article published on Controllo di Gestione (3/2021), IPSOA. Co-author: Dott.sa Bianco Angela;
- Visani, F., Boccali, F. (2020). Purchasing price assessment of leverage items: A data envelopment analysis approach. International Journal of Production Economics, 223, 107521;
- Un modello analitico di valutazione dei prezzi di fornitura per il contenimento dei costi di approvvigionamento. Co-author: Prof. Franco Visani. Chapter published on Giannetti R., Tenucci A. (2020), "ANALISI, MISURAZIONE E GESTIONE DEI COSTI. Contesti e approcci emergenti." FrancoAngeli;
- Business analytics a supporto del controllo dei prezzi di fornitura: il DEA-based Purchasing Price Assessment (PPA-DEA). Article published on Controllo di Gestione (4/2020), IPSOA. Co-author: Prof. Franco Visani;
- L'analisi economico-finanziaria dei fornitori come strumento a supporto dell'attività di negoziazione. Article published on Controllo di Gestione (5/2019), IPSOA. Co-author: Dott. Enrico Mattioli;
- Output diretti e indiretti dello sviluppo di un sistema di cost accounting tra teoria e pratica pubblicato. Article published on Controllo di Gestione (2/2019), IPSOA. Co-author: Prof. Franco Visani;
- Una nuova opportunità per l'activity-based costing? Un approccio fondato su ICT e business analytics pubblicato. Article published on Controllo di Gestione (2/2018), IPSOA. Co-author: Prof. Franco Visani;
- L'analisi dei costi di fornitura e il Total Cost of Ownership del Fornitore (TCO). Article published on Controllo di Gestione 3/2017), IPSOA. Co-author: Prof. Franco Visani;
- L'analisi economico-finanziaria dei fornitori per la gestione di rischio e performance della Supply Chain. Article published on Controllo di Gestione (6/2016), IPSOA. Co-author: Prof. Franco Visani.
Work in progress:
- Mura M., Longo M., Boccali F., Visani F., Zanni S. Measuring commitment to sustainability in manufacturing companies: a Data Envelopment Analysis approach. Article work in progress - under review.
Main presentations and speeches at Conferences and Seminars
- Paper: “Purchasing price assessment of leverage items: a Data Envelopment Analysis approach”, presented at the ISBIS conference 2022 “Statistics and Data Science in Business and Industry”, Naples, 20-21 June 2022. Co-author Franco Visani.
- Paper: “Purchasing price assessment of leverage items: a Data Envelopment Analysis approach”, presented at the Management Control Conference 2019 “Back to reality- Il gap tra teoria e prassi negli studi di controllo di gestione: quali prospettive?”, Ancona, 14 June 2019. Co-author Franco Visani.
Projects
- UNIBO project “Statistical analysis and discounted cash flow analysis by machinery cluster to calculate the total cost of ownership under a life cycle costing perspective”, focused on statistical analysis aimed at the development of cost configurators and models for evaluating business opportunities. (April 2020 – September 2020)
- European project “Re-Industrialise” (Climate-KIC Flagship Project), focused on the development of a model for the financial, social and environmental evaluation of different European regions. (April 2018 – May 2019)
- European project “B-PLAS: bioplastics from sludge” (Climate-KIC Accelerator Project), focused on the transformation of the sludge into bioplastics, including the realization of the business plan. (April 2018 – May 2019)
- European project “TIME” (Climate-KIC Accelerator Project), focused on the transition from fuel-based vehicles to electric-based vehicles, including the realization of the business plan. (April 2018 – May 2019)
- UNIBO project “IMPRENDI”, focused on the collection and processing of data aimed at the development and application of Business Analytics models to support the decision-making process. (2017)
