PhD Faculty: curriculum in Management
Academic Board
Interested in supervising doctoral students in any area of financial accounting, and particularly in tax avoidance and tax planning research.
Interested in supervising PhD students researching public procurement, macroeconomic forecasts, and how government information and regulatory changes shape firms’ decisions and behaviour. Related interests include the role of accounting information and corporate disclosure in these contexts.
Available to supervise Phd students with an interest in business sustainability or stakeholder management or nonprofit organizations' governance.
Interested in supervising PhD students in any area of organization theory and design, particularly in the intersection between strategy and organization. Main topics might include organizational modularity, organizational resilience and organizing for internationalization.
Interested in supervising doctoral students in sustainability reporting, ESG disclosure and the effects of sustainability regulation, and the effects of accounting regulation, reporting innovation and new standards on firms and capital markets.
Available to supervise PhD students with an interest in sustainability innovations, new technologies and sustainability, environmental upgrading in global value chains, the evolution of global value chains.
Interested in supervising Ph.D. students with an interest in innovation processes, digital technologies and strategy, International business and global value chains, environmental sustainability and circular economy.
I am available to supervise students in any area of empirical financial accounting and corporate finance. Some examples of possible topics are: earnings management, executive compensation, cash holding, payout policies, tax avoidance, economic consequences of organized crime.
Interested in supervising doctoral students in topics related to operational excellence and lean management, organizational routines dynamics (and their microfoundations) and supply chain management
Interested in supervising PhD students in any area of organization theory, and particularly in human resource management and organizational behavior.
I welcome applications from prospective PhD students in innovation management and entrepreneurship. I am particularly interested in projects that explore how innovation (success or failure) shapes its surrounding ecosystem. I also supervise research on nascent entrepreneurship, including entrepreneurial identity and legitimacy, and on the relationship between venture creation and place.
Available to supervise PhD students in corporate social responsibility and sustainability, social and environmental accounting and reporting, ESG investing, shareholder activism and corporate governance.
Interested in supervising doctoral students in any area of financial accounting, crime and corruption.
Available to supervise PhD students with interest in management control functioning and effectiveness and in the analysis of sustainability issues integration (e.g. water, climate change and greenhouse gas emission, employee health and safety, food security) and stakeholders’ instances into organisational control mechanisms, accounting and reporting.
Interested in supervising doctoral students in any area of banking and financial intermediation, monetary policy and sustainable finance. This includes bank lending, credit risk and regulation, monetary policy transmission, geopolitical risk and financial stability, and the effects of ESG, climate risk and corporate disclosure on firms and financial markets
Amedeo's research interests span across different areas of corporate governance and financial accounting. "I am especially keen on supervising candidates with an interest in carrying out research in the following areas: (1) the effects of (accounting) regulation on banks' stability and profitability; (2) board of directors' responses to crisis and environmental disruption (italian data only), and (3) design and enforcement of accounting rules as a relief mechanism post crisis. Amedeo favors any methodology as long as it is done at its best."
"I seek to supervise doctoral students focused on the management of innovation, emphasizing multi-level perspectives within innovation ecosystems at both firm and city levels. Ideal candidates should explore dynamic interactions and strategies that drive innovation in complex environments."
