Academic Positions
Since 2019 Full professor of Business Economics, Department of Management, Univeristy of Bologna
2000-2018
Associate professor of management accounting at the University
of Bologna, School of Economics, Management and
Statistics, Forlì campus.
1995-2000
Assistant professor of Business Economics, University of
Bologna, Faculty of Economics of Forlì.
1995-1994
Adjunct professor in Management Control, University of Bologna,
Faculty of Economics, Forlì Campus
1993-1992
Adjunct professor in Management Accounting, University “L.
D'Annunzio” of Chieti, Faculty of Economics of Pescara.
1993-1989
Lecturer of Business Economics, University of Ancona.
Other academic positions
2006-2012
Member of the Executive Board of the Faculty of Economics, Forlì
Campus, of the University of Bologna
2011
Co director of the EMERGING INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARS SUMMER SCHOOL
ACCOUNTING RESEARCH (EISSSAR)
2008
Co-Director of the International Summer School in Management
Accounting Research, Università of Bologna, Faculty of
Economics of Forlì.
2006-2009
Vice-head of the Department of Management Studies, University of
Bologna
2004-2009
Member of the steering committee of the Cardiff Innovative
Manufacturing Research Centre
2019 (since)
Director of the Executive Master in Business Administration (English edition) at the Bologna Business School of the University of Bologna
2016-2018
Director of the Executive Master in Digital Business at the Bologna Business School of the University of Bologna
2003-2015
Director of the Master in Finance at the Bologna Business School of
the University of Bologna
2007-2015
Program Director of the Executive MBA at the Bologna Business School of the University of Bologna
Since 2003
Lecturer of Management Accounting, Strategic Cost Management and
Strategic Financial Analysis at the Executive MBA, MBA and Finance
program at the Alma Graduate School of the University of
Bologna
Since 2011
Affliated researcher at CEPRA - Center for perofrmance Research
& Analytics at the University of Augsburg.
2010
Visiting professor at the Faculty of Economic Science,
Univeristy of Gottingen
2009 and 2008
Visiting Scholar at the Sydney University (January-February)
2006
Visiting Scholar al the Macquarie Graduate School of
Management
2005
Visiting Scholar at the Sydney University (January-February)
1999
Visiting Professor at the Babson College, One Year MBA Program,
Wellesley, USA (June-July)
1998-1997
Research Fellow at the Babson College, Wellesley, USA
Research activities and grants
Since 2010
Business Performance Analytics, Analytical Performance
Management.
Since 2006
Lean Management Accounting Framework and Practices
Since 2006
Supply Chain Financial Performance and Supply Chain Performance
Scorecard
Since 2005
Strategic Control Systems: Practices and Needs in an
international perspectives (in progress)
Since 2004
Italian Cost Management Practices, University of Bologna
Research Funds
2003-2005
Benchmarking for strategic cost analysis, University of Bologna
Research Funds
2003-2002
Cost Management Practices in local firms, SAS Institute,
University of Bologna, University of Ancona and Romagna and Marche
Local Manufacturer Associations.
2003-2001
Lean Management Accounting, LERC (Lean Enterprise Research
Center), Cardiff Business School, Wales (project related with the
3Day Car Programme).
1999-1997
Grantee at the CIMA (Center for Innovation in Management
Accounting), Babson College, Wellesley, USA, research projects:
value creation model and strategic cost management in networked
organizations.
1990-1989
Grantee at University of Ancona, research project: The Role of
the Finance and Accounting function in small business
development
Affiliations
- European Accounting Association
- American Accounting Association
- Italian Academy of Business Economics
Conferences and workshop presentations
Digital Accounting through the Lens of Intellectual Capital Studies, 13th EIASM Interdisciplinary Workshop on Intangible and Intellectual Capital, Value Creation, Integrated Reporting and Governance, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, 21-22 September 2017 (with Gardini S., Bartolini M.)
Business Performance Analytics & ICT. Issues and Challenges, 9th EIASM Conference on Performance Measurement and Management Control, Nice, 13-15 September 2017 (with Bartolini M., Visani F., Raffoni A.)
Understanding the role of Business Performance Analytics for performance management, Management Accounting Research Group Conference, Aston Business School, Aston, UK, 19-20 november 2015 (with Anna Raffoni, Franco Visani, Monica Bartolini).
Business Performance Analytics (BPA): a framework and evidence from the field, PMA Symposium 2015 - Performance Measurement in Transition - Moving Beyond Control”, Bologna (Italy) 23rd – 25th September 2015 (with Anna Raffoni, Franco Visani, Monica Bartolini).
The use of Business Analytics for performance management: a framework and empirical evidence from a construction company, 8th conference on performance measurement and management control, Nice, 30 september- 2 october 2015 (with Anna Raffoni, Franco Visani, Monica Bartolini)
Key Performance Indicators and Enhanced Business Reporting.
Evidence from the field, 35th EAA Annual Congress, Ljubljana,
Slovenia, 9-11 May 2012 (with Bartolini M.)
Business Performance Analytics: level of adoption and
support provided to Performance Measurement Systems, 1st
Management Control Journal Workshop, Pisa, February 2012
(with Bartolini M., Raffoni A., Visani F.)
Business Performance Analytics: a blueprint for Performance
Measurement Systems,, 6th Conference on Performance
Measurement and Management Control, Nice, September 2011 (with
Bartolini M., Raffoni A., Visani F.).
"Performance management analytics: the next extension in
managerial accounting", Workshop on PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS AND
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy,
10-11th September 2010
"Performance management analytics: the next extension in
managerial accounting", Convegno Nazionale Sidrea "I risultati
aziendali: significato, misurazione, comunicazione", Naples,
1-2nd December 2010
"Fashion Industry: A Value Creation Perspective" (con Polutnik
L., Visani F.), 2010 GAOC Conference, Babson College, Boston,
luglio 2010
"Multidimensional Performance Measurement Systems in theory and
practice: a long “random approaching walk”", (with Bartolini M.,
Raffoni A., Visani F.), Workshop on Innovating
Management&Accounting Practices, Milan, 1-2 november 2009
"Examining knowledge management in action: Italian ERP uptake
and implications for management accounting", (with Visani F.,
Bartolini M.), 1st Journal of Management and Governance
Conference, Venice, 8-10 october 2009
“Management Accounting and Strategic Control Systems in Italian
Companies: evidence from the field”, (with M. Bartolini, A.
Raffoni, F. Visani), 4th Conference on Performance Measurement and
Management Control, Nice, 26-28 september 2007
“Strategic Cost Analysis: Field Evidence”, 8th
Manufacturing Accounting Research Conference on Cost and
Performance Management in Services and Operations, Trento, 18-20
june 2007, (key note speaker).
“Performance Measurement Systems: Putting Organizational
Effectiveness Ahead” (with D.M. Macrì and M.R.
Tagliaventi), 2nd Workshop on “Performance Measuremt and
Management Control”, Nice, 18-19 settembre 2003
“Strategic Cost Management and Lean Thinking: A Framework for
Management Accounting”, (with P. Hines, M. Bartolini), XXVI Annual
Congress of the European Accounting Association, Sevilla, 2-4
april, 2003.
“Knowledge Management: A Strategic Cost Management Perspective”,
2002 Management Accounting Research Conference & Case
Symposium, Austin, Texas, USA, 11-12 january 2002.
“A Framework for Extending Lean Accounting into a Supply Chain”,
(with M. Bartolini, P. Hines, A. Raschi, Research Workshop, Cost
Management in Supply Chains, University of Oldenburg, 24-25
September, 2001, Oldenburg, Germany.
“A Strategic Framework for Supply Chain Change Management”,
Logistics Research Network 6th Annual Conference, Heriot-Watt
University, 13-14th September, 2001, Edinburgh, (with P. Hines, M.
Bartolini and A. Raschi).
“Connecting the Customer to the Supply Chain - Integrating Value
Stream Management and Strategic Cost Management, Proceedings of the
UK Symposium on Supply Chain Alignment, The University of Liverpool
& Loughborough University, July 2001, Liverpool, (with P. Hines
and M. Bartolini).
“Integrating Lean Thinking and Strategic Cost Management”, (with
P. Hines and M. Bartolini), 5th EIASM INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON
MANUFACTURING ACCOUNTING RESEARCH, Pisa 6-8, June 2001.
“Knowledge: Cost and Effect”, 5th EIASM INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON
MANUFACTURING ACCOUNTING RESEARCH, Pisa 6-8, June 2001.
“Interfirm Organizations: a New Perspective for Cost
Management", (with D.M Macrì and A. Zanoni), XXIII annual congress
of the European Accounting Association, Munich, Germany, 29-31
march 2000.
“Networked Organizations: A Strategic Cost Management
Perspective”, (with J. K. Shank and G. Lorenzoni), 2000 Management
Accounting Research Conference & Case Symposium, Mesa, Arizona,
USA, 6-8 january 2000.
“ Outside-In:Cost and the Creation of Customer Value, (with CJ
McNair and L. Polutnik), 2000 Management Accounting Research
Conference & Case Symposium, Mesa, Arizona, USA, 6-8 january
2000.
"Cost management and value creation: the missing link”, (with CJ
McNair and L. Polutnik), 4th International Seminar on
Manufacturing Accounting Research, European Institute for Advanced
Studies in Management, Kolding Denmark, 10-12 june 1999.
“Cost management and value creation: the missing link”, (with CJ
McNair and L. Polutnik), XXII annual congress of the European
Accounting Association, Bordeaux, France, 5-7 may 1999.
“A survey on cost accounting practices in Italian large and
medium size manufacturing firms”, (with L. Cinquini, P. Collini, A.
Quagli, A. Marelli), XXII annual congress of the European
Accounting Association, Bordeaux, France, 5-7 may 1999.
“The Value Creation Model”, First Annual “Profitability and
Performance Measurement” (with CJ McNair), Conference, Institute of
Management Accountants, Orlando, FL, USA, march 22, 1999.
“Performance Measurement: An Analytical Framework”,
International Workshop on Cost Management”, Ca' Foscari,
University of Venice, Venice 27-29 june 1996.
Recent Publications
Silvi R., Bartolini M., The role of performance indicators in
management commentary, in Financial Reporting, Special Issue
“The managerialisation of Financial Reporting”, ISSN 2036-671X,
2011, vol. 3, n. 11, pp. 61-79
“Efficiency Measurement for Supplier Selection and Control: a
Data Envelopment Analysis Approach”, in Gregoriou G.N., Finch N.
(eds), Best Practices in Management Accounting, 2011, ISBN
978-02-303-5836-2, Palgrave Macmillan (UK), chap. 9, pp. 133-146.
Coautori Silvi R., Bartolini M.
Silvi R., Bartolini M., Visani F., Management Accounting in a
Lean Environment, in Gregoriou G.N., Finch N. (eds), Best
Practices in Management Accounting, 2011, ISBN 978-02-303-5836-2,
Palgrave Macmillan (UK), chap. 3, pp. 33-51
Strategic Cost Management and Lean Thinking: A Framework for
Management Accounting, in Cost Management, January February, vol.
22/1, 2008, with P. Hines and M. Bartolini
Contractual and accounting controls in outsourcing agreements,
in Journal of Law and Financial Management, vol. 5/1, pp. 8 –
17, with Cuganesan S., Rooney J., 2006.
Customer Driven Lean Cost Management, in Cost Management,
vol. 20/6, 2006, with CJ McNair, L. Polutnik.
Investigating the Management of Knowledge for Competitive
Advantage: A Strategic Cost Management Perspective, in
Journal of Intellectual Capital, vol. 7/3, 2006, with con S.
Cuganesan.
Demand Chain Management: An Integrative Approach in Automotive
Retailing, Journal of Operations Management, November 2002, vol. 3,
n. 6, pp. 707-728, with Hines P. and Bartolini M.
Lean Profit Potential, Lean Enterprise Research Centre, Cardiff
Business School, 2002. with Hines P. and Bartolini M.
A Framework for Extending Lean Accounting into a Supply Chain,
in Seuring S., Goldbach M. (editors), Cost Management in Supply
Chains, Physica Verlag, Heidelberg, 2002, pp. 53-73., with Hines
P., Bartolini M., Raschi A.
Customer value: a new kind of cost management, in Journal of
Corporate Accounting & Finance, 12, n. 3, pp. 9-14 ,2001, with
CJ McNair and Lidija Polutnik.
Cost and the Creation of Customer Value, Handbook of Cost
Management, edited by John Shank, Warren, Gorham, and Lamont
Publishing Company, New York, Spring 2001, with CJ McNair and L.
Polutnik
Cost management and value creation: the missing link, in The
European Accounting Review 2001. with CJ McNair and L.
Polutnik.
Outside-In: Cost and the Creation of Customer Value, in Advances
In Management Accounting, Spring 2000,Vol. 9, pp. 1-41, with CJ
McNair and L. Polutnik.
