Gianvito Lanzolla is Professor of Strategy at Cass Business School, City University London, which he joined in April 2006. He currently serves as the Head of the Faculty of Management and he is the Founder and Director of the Cass’s Digital Leadership Research Centre (DLRC). Before joining Cass Business School, Professor Lanzolla served on the faculty of the London Business School. Over the years, Professor Lanzolla has had several visiting appointments at leading business schools including Hyderabad’s Indian School of Business, Berlin’s ESMT and University of Bologna.
Professor Lanzolla’s research is around competitive advantage, and its persistence, in rapidly changing technological and institutional environments. His articles have appeared in leading outlets including: Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Production and Operations Management, Long Range Planning, Journal of Management, Business Strategy Review and Harvard Business Review. Professor Lanzolla’s research has won several academic prizes and has been widely featured in the business media – e.g. Financial Times, the Economist, CNBC, CCTV, Wall Street Journal - and in policy papers.
Professor Lanzolla has directed and delivered several bespoke executive education programmes and has contributed as an advisor to numerous Fortune 500 and fast-growing companies. Companies include Allianz, Barloworld, Bank of New York-Mellon, Vodafone India, Mizhuo, Unicredit, BBC, Sky UK, Axel-Springer, Times of India, DePersgroep, British Telecom, IBM, Vodafone group, Microsoft, Ericsson, Anglo-American, Alturki, KION, Vaillant, ING and the National Bank of Abu Dhabi. He has also delivered almost one hundred keynote speeches to companies and institutions around the world.
Professor Lanzolla teaches Strategic Leadership, Diversification & Growth Strategy, Corporate Organisation and Leading Digital Transformation to Executive and Full Time MBA students, both in Cass’ London and Dubai campuses. He also leads the Digital Innovation MBA programme in Silicon Valley. He has yearly been awarded several teaching excellence prizes including the 2015 City University’s Award for Teaching and Learning Excellence, the 2012 City University’s Student Voice Award and the 2009 Cass Business School’s Award for Teaching and Learning Excellence.
Professor Lanzolla holds a PhD in Strategic Management and an MSc in Mechanical Engineering (Dean’s list). Before joining academia, he worked as a consultant and was the co-founder and Managing Director (1999-2001) of e-change Srl, an e-business solution provider that he later sold to an Italian software company.
