CURRICULUM VITAE AC STUDIORUM
GIOVANNI BATTISTA DAGNINO
Giovanni Battista DAGNINO (PhD) is Chair of Management and Professor of Digital Strategy at the University of Rome LUMSA, Palermo Campus, where he is the Founding Director of the MSc Program in Economics and Management , Chaired the Scientific Committee of LUMSA Digital Hub, and Founded the Departmental Committee on Sustainability .
He is Co-Director of LUMSA EMBA-Executive Master of Business Administration , Member of the Scientific Board of LUMSA Master School, Member of LUMSA Sustainability Committee , and Member of Scientific Committee of LUMSA Human Academy Foundation.
In addition, he has served as Italian Academy of Management Board Governor for two terms or six years, and is serving as University of Palermo Disciplinary Council Member , Italian Society of Management School of Research Methods Academic Director ,as well as Italian Society of Management Coordinator of the Thematic Group “AI in management”.
He is Co-Editor of the Journal of Management and Governance since January 2020.
Professor Dagnino is known internationally for his pioneering work and a stream of seminal publications in two relevant areas: (1) coopetition strategy , a field of study and practice he contributed to set off over a decade ago; and (2) the kickoff and extension of temporary competitive advantage . In addition, he has published widely in a third strand (3), where is conducting a series of smart projects : digital transformation strategy, phygital transition, digital mindset, and the management of AI , big data and advanced analytics.
His publication portfolio includes over 220 publications : 180 academic contributions and 40 op-eds in the economic, financial and managerial press. He has authored/edited 15 books and over 130 articles/book chapters in leading collective volumes and management journals such as Academy of Management Perspectives , California Management Review , Global Strategy Journal , Long Range Planning , Organization Studies , and Strategic Management Journal .
Since 2018 he has been teaching “Digital Strategy & Marketing “ and “Corporate Governance & Sustainable Leadership “ in the core graduate curriculum, and since 2023 “Sustainable Platforms and Social Media Management ” as an elective. He is also teaching “Theorizing Digital Strategy ” in the PhD Program.
He serves/d as faculty member of the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management in Brussels, Fellow of the Strategic Planning Society in London, Friend of the European Investment Bank Institute in Luxembourg, and Friend of the Strategic Management Society in Chicago.
He has held multiple visiting positions in several internationally recognized institutions, such as Harvard Business School, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, Wharton School, London Business School, IE Business School, IESE Business School, Grenoble Ecole de Management, the University of Mannheim , and IAE Business School , Universidad Austral, Buenos Aires. Prior to joining LUMSA, he has been Professor of Business Economics and Management at the University of Catania, Italy. At the University of Catania, he had multiple appointments: member of the University Evaluation Commission, member of the University Spinoff Board, Deputy Chair, Interim Chair, and Dean of Research of the Department of Economics and Business, Coordinator of the PhD Program in Economics and Management, and Academic Director of GRIM-Group of Research on Insurance and Banking Economics and Management.
He has been co-chair of three Strategic Management Society (SMS) Conferences. The SMSSpecial Conference, “Strategy Challenges in the XXI Century: Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Coopetition”, Rome, Italy, June 5-7, 2016; the 30th Anniversary SMS Annual Conference “Strategic Management at the Crossroads” (Rome 2010), and the SMS Special Conference “New Frontiers in Entrepreneurship: Strategy Governance and Evolution” (Catania 2007). He has also co-convened the International Workshop entitled “Private Equity and Entrepreneurship. Mobilizing Capital for Fostering Firm Growth in Italy’s Southern Regions” (Taormina 2008). With Sharon Alvarez (University of Pittsburgh) and Jay Barney (University of Utah), he has been co-chair of the First International Entrepreneurship Research Exemplars Conference “Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and the Diffusion of Start Ups”, co-sponsored by the Academy of Management, Entrepreneurship Division , and the University of Catania, Catania, Italy, May 23-25, 2013. Since 2004 he has pioneered the EIASM Workshop Series on Coopetition Strategy and chaired/co-chaired six consecutive editions of this biennial venue: Catania (2004); Milan’s SDA Bocconi (2006); Madrid’s Carlos III University (2008); Montpellier I University (2010); Katowice’s University of Economics (2012); and University of Umea, Sweden (2014).
He has been Associate Editor of Long Range Planning, and serves/d on the editorial boards of outlets such as: Academy of Management Review (2017-2020) , Strategic Management Journal (2009-to date) , Long Range Planning (2007-2012), Journal of Management and Governance (2011-2019), International Journal of Strategic Business Alliances , International Studies of Management and Organization (2011-2018) , American Journal of Business , Journal of Entrepreneurship, Business and Economics Journal of Industrial and Business Economics , Sustainability , and Piccola Impresa/Small Business , as well as in the scientific advisory board of Grenoble Ecole de Management (2008-2012).
He has served as guest editor for thirteen special issues of international outlets, such as Strategic Management Journal , Long Range Planning , International Studies of Management and Organization (2 times), Journal of Management and Governance (2 times), Small Business Economics , Global Strategy Journal , California Management Review , Strategic Management Review , Business & Society , and Management Research .
He has served in multiple leadership positions in both the Academy of Management and the Strategic Management Society . At the Strategic Management Society (SMS), he was Chair, Program Chair, Associate Program Chair, and representative-at-large of the Cooperative Strategies Interest Group, and served as representative-at-large of the Competitive Strategy Interest Group. At the Academy of Management, he has been member of the Executive Committee of the Strategic Management Division as well as a five-year member of the Carolyn Dexter Award Selection Committee.
He has received several prestigious research grants and academic recognition for his scientific work, including the Academy of Management Best Papers Proceedings (twice), the Academy of Management Strategic Management Division Outstanding Reviewer Award , the Compagnia di San Paolo Luciano Jona Scholarship, the National Research Council Research Fellowship , as well as nominations for the Academy of Management Emerald Best International Symposium Award and the Strategic Management Society Annual Conference Best Paper Prize. He has been the recipient of the LUMSA Best Researcher Award and the University of Catania Teaching Development Program Award, both for two consecutive years. His portfolio shows other significant international awards: (a) the Special Recognition for Publishing Influential Work on Coopetition Studies in the decade 2004-2014, presented by the Global Coopetition Research Network at the University of Umea; (b) the Academy of Management International Management Division CGIO Best Paper in International Corporate Governance ; (c) the Strategic Management Society Cooperative Strategies Interest Group Distinguished Service Award ; (d) the Strategic Management Society Outstanding Service Award for Chairing the Cooperative Strategies Interest Group ; (e) the Wiley Certificate for Top Cited Article 2020-21; as well as (f) the Wiley Certificate for Top Downloaded Article 2019-2020 for the International Journal of Management Reviews article on temporary advantages that generated immediate impact in the community-at-large.
Professor Dagnino has developed a significant experience in scientific research evaluation at the international level (British Academy of Management, Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Danish Research Council, National Science Center of Poland, Research Council of Norway, National Agency for the Evaluation of Italian Universities and Research Institutes) and is a member of various globally-reputed professional bodies, such as the Academy of Management (since 1996), the European Academy of Management (Founding Member ), the Entrepreneurship Research Society (Founding Scholar ), the European Corporate Governance Institute (since 2018), the Italian Academy of Management (since 2001), the Italian Society of Management (Founding Member ), the Industry Studies Association, the International Joseph A. Schumpeter Society, and the Strategic Management Society (since 1999).
CURRENT ACADEMIC POSITIONS AT LUMSA
Chair of Management and
Professor of Digital Strategy
Founding Director MSc Program in Economics and Management
Chair of Scientific Committee LUMSA Digital Hub
Chair of Departmental Committee on Sustainability
Member of the Scientific Board LUMSA Master School
Co-Director LUMSA EMBA-Executive Master of Business Administration
Steering Committee LUMSA PhD Program in “Mediterranean Studies. History, Law and Economics”
Scientific Committee LUMSA Human Academy Foundation
Academic Director SIMA-SIM School of Research Methods Italian Society of Management, 2022-2025
Board of Governors, Italian Academy of Management, 2018-2020; 2021-2023
Co-Editor Journal of Management and Governance, 2020-2022; 2023-2025
Disciplinary Council, University of Palermo, 2021-2024
Visiting Professor, Macquarie University Sydney, 2023
Visiting Fellow, University of York, 2023
Chair Cooperative Strategies Interest Group,
Strategic Management Society, Chicago, 2017-2019
Visiting Professor University of Mannheim, Germany, 2019
Faculty Member European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management, Brussels
Fellow Strategic Planning Society, London
Friend European Investment Bank Institute, Luxemburg
Friend Strategic Management Society, Chicago
Industry Studies Affiliate Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, New York
Fellow, British Academy of ManagementPeer Review College, London
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
University of Catania
Professor of Business of Economics and Management, 2006-2018
Associate Professor of Business of Economics and Management, 2001-2006
Assistant Professor of Business of Economics and Management, 1996-2001
University Evaluation Commission
University Spinoff Board
Presidential Board for Scientific Research and Policy
Dean of Research Department of Economics and Business
Deputy Chair Department of Economics and Business
Coordinator PhD Program in Economics and Management
VISITING POSITIONS
He has been invited for several Visiting Appointments of Teaching and/or Research in eleven academic institutions of six countries: Germany, France, Italy, Spain, UK, and USA. These institutions are:
-Harvard Business School, USA
-The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA
-Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, USA
-London Business School, UK
-IE Business School Madrid, Spain
-IESE Business School Barcelona, Spain
-Grenoble Ecole de Management, France
-IAE Business School, Austral University Buenos Aires, Argentina
-University of Mannheim, Germany
-Free University of Bolzano, Italy
-University of Palermo, Italy
In addition, he has taught graduate courses at the University of Padua, Autonomous University of Madrid, and Luiss Business School Rome and Milan
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Chartered Consultant in Finance, Accountancy, Corporate and Tax Law (Italian CPA)
Chartered Auditor
EDUCATION
University of Catania and MURST
PhD in Business Economics and Management – Full Approval, 1996
University of Palermo
School of Political Sciences and International Relations, 1991-1993
Bocconi University Milan, 1990
Laurea Degree (MS+BS) in Business Economics – Summa cum laude
EDITORIAL BOARDS
Associate Editor of Long Range Planning and member of editorial boards of several international journals: Academy of Management Review, Strategic Management Journal, Long Range Planning, Journal of Management and Governance, International Journal of Strategic Business Alliances, International Studies of Management and Organization, Sustainability, American Journal of Business, Journal of Entrepreneurship, Business and Economics, Journal of Industrial and Business Economics/Economia e Politica Industriale, and Economia & Management, as well as of the scientific advisory board of Grenoble Ecole de Management
RESEARCH INTERESTS AND PUBLICATIONS
Author of over 200 publications , articles and book chapters (over 130), books (15), other scientific works and op-eds, the research interests of Giovanni Battista Dagnino cover the study of corporate governance and sustainable leadership, to the relationships between strategy, corporate governance and entrepreneurship, digital transformation strategy, big data and advanced analytics, the metaverse, strategic alliances and coopetition, temporary competitive advantage, regional innovation and development especially as concerns high-tech environments, and research methods in management
He has recently edited the Research Handbook on Digital Strategy , Edward Elgar 2023.
Author/editor of fifteen books, including: Research Handbook on Digital Strategy (Elgar, 2023), Foundations of Coopetition Strategy (Routledge, 2022) Entrepreneurial Ecosystem and the Diffusion of Startups (Elgar, 2018), Research Methods in Strategic Management (Routledge, 2016), The Elgar Handbook of Research on Competitive Strategy (Elgar, 2012), New Frontiers in Entrepreneurship. Recognizing, Seizing and Executing Opportunities (Springer, 2009), Coopetition Strategy. Theory Experiments and Cases (Routledge, 2009), Strategic Capabilities and Knowledge Transfer Within and Between Organizations. New Perspectives from Acquisitions, Networks, Learning and Evolution (Elgar, 2005)
His work has been published in the international journals that follow: Strategic Management Journal, Academy of Management Perspectives, Global Strategy Journal, Corporate Governance: An International Review, Organization Studies, Long Range Planning, Management and Organization Review, Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing, R&D Management, Small Business Economics, Advances in Strategic Management, International Studies of Management and Organization, International Journal of Learning and Intellectual Capital, Journal of Management History, Journal of Managerial Psychology, Emergence: Complexity and Organization, International Journal of Economics, and Academy of Management Best Papers Proceedings; and Italian: Studi Organizzativi, Economia & Management, Finanza Marketing e Produzione, Rassegna Economica, Economia e Credito, Il Risparmio, Sinergie, Piccola Impresa/Small Business, and Journal of Industrial and Business Economics
TEACHING PORTFOLIO
In the last two and half decades he has developed a extensive and qualified teaching experience at the university and post-experience levels in two languages (English and Italian) of various courses related to business management in general, and in particular Management of Financial and Insurance Services (2004-2018), Corporate Strategy (2008-2019), Corporate Governance and Strategic Leadership (2016-to date), Global Strategic Management (2015 to date), Organization Theory and Design, Financial Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Project Management, Coopetition Strategy, and Tourism Services and Territorial Development.
Since 2018 he is teaching the core graduate course in Digital Strategy and Marketing.
He has taught in such international MBA programs as the ones of Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and IE Business School Madrid, as well in the Master in Management of the University of Mannheim Business School. He has provided executive education for NH Hoteles Group, TAMA Group/Novatex, and the National School of Administration of the Italian Government
CONFERENCES PRESENTATIONS
Over 160 presentations of research works in international conferences and congresses: Academy of Management, European Academy of Management, European Institute for Advances Studies in Management, European Society for the History of Economic Thought, History of Economics Society, European Group for Organization Studies, Schumpeter Society, Strategic Management Society; and national: Accademia Italiana di Economia Aziendale, and Sinergie
INVITED PRESENTATIONS AND KEYNOTE SPEECHES
Over 90 invited presentations and keynote speeches in international universities and business schools, including: Cass Business School, City University London, Concordia University Montreal, Copenhagen Business School, Durham University, George Washington University, Georgia Tech, IE Business School Madrid, IESE Business School Barcelona, London Business School, Ohio State University, Polytechnic of Milan, Rutgers University, SDA Bocconi School of Management, SKEMA Business School, Sophia Antipolis, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, University of Minnesota, Universidad de Madrid Carlos III, University of Cambridge, University of Maryland, University of Sussex, University of Umea, and Virginia Tech
ORGANIZATION OF CONFERENCES, CONFERENCE TRACKS AND SESSIONS
He has organized over 60 international conferences, tracks and conference sessions for significant international institutions: Academy of Management, Strategic Management Society, European Academy of Management, European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management, History of Economics Society, European Commission Collaborative Research Project, and Small Business Economics: An Entrepreneurship Journal; and national: University of Catania, and Department of Economics and Business, Catania School of Advanced Studies, Italian Society for Management and Italian Academy of Management Junior Chapter
At Catania School of Advanced Studies he has organized a series of practice-oriented conferences for executives, institutional investors and policy makers, such as: “Institutions for the territory: the new challenge of innovation. Startup, talent valorization and new employment for the territory” (2016), and “The Insurance Market: Economic and Juridical Aspects” (2014)
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
He has received several international research grants and academic recongnitions for his work, including:
the Best Papers Proceedings of the Academy of Management (twice), the Outstanding Reviewer Award from the Business Policy and Strategy Division of the Academy of Management, the Luciano Jona Scholarship from Compagnia di San Paolo in Turin, and the National Research Council (CNR) Research Fellowship, as well as nominations for the Emerald Best International Symposium Award from the Academy of Management, and for the Best Paper Prize at the Annual Conference of the Strategic Management Society.
He has been the recipient of the Teaching Development Program Award at the University of Catania for two consecutive years. His current award portfolio displays other significant awards: Strategic Management Society Outstanding Service Award for Charing the Cooperative Strategies Interest Group (2019); the Special Recognition for Publishing Influential Work on Coopetition Studies in the decade 2004-2014 presented by the Global Coopetition Research Network; the CGIO Best Paper in International Corporate Governance from the Academy of Management, International Management Division; and the Cooperative Strategies Interest Group Distinguished Service Award of the Strategic Management Society (2015).
WORK EXPERIENCE
He has developed wide-ranging business experience in the decade in which he has worked in companies operating in LNG-liquid natural gas distribution and in the real estate industry
FINANCIAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC PRESS
He has organized a series of conferences, panels, symposia, and paper presentations regularly featured in popular and economic and financial press: Il Sole24Ore, Il Denaro, Il Giornale di Sicilia, La Gazzetta del Sud, La Sicilia, Milano Finanza/MFSicilia, I Vespri, Pure Magazine, and Management Today
He has published over thirty articles in the economic and financial press (op-ed), (La Repubblica Affari&Finanza, Milano Finanza, Milano Finanza/MFSicilia, Banca & Impresa in Sicilia, Giornale di Sicilia, La Sicilia, Management Notes, Twill, and StrumentiRes) on various issues such as startups, startup cities, business incubators, coopetition strategy, brain drain, innovation and technological development, role of university territorial development, managerial hubris, private equity/venture capital, digital transformation, post-Covid recovery, and StMicroelectronics.