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Prof. Gianluca Colombo The University of Insubria CV Gianluca Colombo
 

Contact data

Full Professor
Department of Economics
Via Monte Generoso, 71 - 21100 Varese - Italy
Tel: +39 (0)332 395528
Fax: +39 (0)332 395509
E-mail: gianluca.colombo@uninsubria.it

 

Biography

Education
1988: International Teachers Program, Bocconi University, Milan - Intensive six-week Course for Management Teachers.

1976: Bocconi University, Milan
Degree in Business Administration with Honors
Major field: Business Policy
Dissertation title: "Planning for SMEs"

Academic Experience
1999: Full Professor of Business Administration and Strategy – University of Insubria, Como
1999-2002: Associate Dean Master Division
1996-1998: Associate Dean for SDA International Projects
1996: Associate Professor of Business Administration and Strategy at the University of Insubria, Varese
1996-1998: Member of the Academic Council of ALBA Business School (Athens- Greece)
1992-1995: Chairman of Strategy and Business Policy Department, Bocconi Graduate School of Business (SDA Bocconi)
1992-1994: Responsible for tutorship activity, LIMITP - Intensive Teachers Program for Russian Management Teachers - IMISP, St Petersburg
1991-1995: Associate Professor of Business Administration (tenured), Pavia University
1988-1995: Adjoint Professor of Business Administration, Rome University
1988: Vice president of CESAD (Center for Administrative and Management Studies), Bocconi, University, Milan
1987-1994: Associate Professor of Business Administration (tenured), Bocconi University, Milan
1985-1986: Assistant Professor of Strategy, Bocconi University, Milan.
1976-1986: Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Bocconi University, Milan

International Academic Experience
1997: Visiting Professor – Università Tecnica Federica S.Maria – Valparaiso, Cile
1995: Visiting Professor - ESC Lyon
1993: Visiting Profesor - GRASCE- Université Aix-Marseille III

Research Activity
1999-2001: Methodology in Participatory Action Research and Grounded Theory
1993-1997: Corporate Governance. A cross-countries perspective
1993-1997: Governance of Family Business
1990-1992: Coordination of the research project: "Managing Complexity: new perspectives on management"
1990-1992: Member of the IMISP research project: "Changing the Structure of the Soviet Companies"
1991: Member of the research project financed by Mediocredito Lombardo (one of the leading Italian merchant banks): "Transition Processes in Family Business"
1991: Coordination of the research project: "Italian Model of management"
1991: Coordination of the research project financed by Assolombarda (Milan Region Companies Association): "Italian SMEs facing the European Single Market"
1985-1988: Coordination of the research project: "New Venture Start-ups: Services to Foster New Venture Creation".
1978-1980: Member of the research project: "The evolution of Textile Industry in Italy (1929-1975).
1978-1982: Member of the research project: "Problems of Control in Industrial Companies Operating to Order, during Inflation Periods".

Professional Experience
1987: Consultant to industry for strategy formulation and implementation.
1995: Managing Director of IMISP (International Management Institute of St. Petersburg.
1997: Appointed as Chairperson of IMISP Advisory Board of IMISP

Editorial Work
2000: Editorial Board Management International, HEC Montréal, Canada
1990-1992: Member of the Editorial Committee of the journal "Economia e management"
1996: Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Gestion of the HEC of Montréal, Canada

Societies and affiliations
Member of the System Dynamics Society
Member of the Strategic Management Society
Founder member of EURAM (European Academy of Management)
Memebr of AIDEA (Accademia Italiana di Economia Aziendale)

 

Research interests

Entrepreneurship, Family Business, Corporate Governance, M&A and post merger issues; System Thinking and Complexity Theories
 

Teaching experience and appointments

Business Economics, Strategic Management, Leadership, Family Business Governance, Post Merger Management, SME Management

Coordinator of the Part Time Bachelor Program.
 

Representative  publications

Books
1. M&A and firms’ aggregation, Milan, EGEA, 1992.
2. Strategic and managerial aspects of M&A, Milan, EGEA, 1999.
3. Strategic Though and Actions In Memory of Carlo Masini, Quaderni Dipartimento di Scienze economiche, Università dell’Insubria, N. 7, 2003

Papers and Books Chapters
1. "Habitual Entrepreneurship" in G. Lorenzoni e A. (Edts), Entrepreneurship Studies in Italy Bologna, Bulzoni Editore, 1989.
2. (with P. Dubini), Services Fostering New Ventures Creation, Milan, ', 1988.
3. "The Selection of Entrepreneurial Projects and Profiles" in P. Dubini (editor), The evaluation of Entrepreneurial Projects Profiles - workshop February 15-16 1988, EGEA, 1989.
4. "Entrepreneurship Studies in Italy" in AA.VV., Strategy General Policy, Accademia Italiana di Economia aziendale, Bologna, CLUEB, 1989.
5. "Initiatives Fostering New Ventures Creation: A Model of Evaluation", aziendale-Four Monthly Review of the Accademia Italiana di Economia aziendale, 3, 1990, Milan, Giuffre'.
6. (with G. Comboni) "The Car Industry" in R. Calory - P. (Editors), The Business of Europe - Managing Change, SAGE, 1991.
7. "Complexity in Management" in AA.VV., Managerial Aspects Complexity, Milan, EGEA, 1991.
8. "Managerial Aspects of Firms’ Aggregations" in .VV., Essay Carlo in Honor of Carlo Masini, Milan, EGEA, 1993
9. "Strategic and Organizational Aspects of M&A", in M. Rock (Ed.), M&A Handbook, McGraw-Hill Italia, 1990.
10. (with D. Montemerlo), "Consensus management in the Italian Model of Management", Economia & Management, n.6, dic. 1992.
11. (with D. Montemerlo), "Institutional Structures and Strategic, in C. Dematté e G. Corbetta (Edts), Transitino Processes in Family Businesses, Mediocredito Regionale Lombardo, 1993.
12. "From Athena to Hermes: Thinking and Acting Stratgey", e Management, n.5 ottobre 1993, ETAS-libri.
13. “Firms in Complexity” in Sviluppo e organizzazione, . 143 maggio-giugno 1994, ESTE editore.
14. “If, How and When Planning is useful for Strategic Management”, H.Mintzberg, The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning, Milan, ISEDI, 1996.
15. “From Athena to Hermes: Thinking and Acting Strategy”, CEMS Business Review, Vol. 2 Supplement, 1997, Kluwer Academin Publishers
16. Colombo G. et al., “Geographic Scope: Exploring product #8211; market variety”, in Calori R – Atamer T. – Nunes P. (a cura di), The Dynamics of International Competition: From Practice to Theory, Sage publications, London, 2000.
17. Colombo G. et al., “Competitive Actions”, in Calori – Atamer T. – Nunes P. (a cura di), The Dynamics of International Competition: From Practice to Theory, Sage publications, London, 2000.
18. “Strategic Management for Innovative Organizations” Rullani E. – Vicari S. (Edts), Systems and Evolution in Management, ETAS libri, Milano, 1999.
19. “Strategic Management Studies in Italy » Management , CETAI – HEC Montréal, mars 2000.
20. “Managing Family Business Transition”, Quaderni del di Scienze conomiche, Università degli studi dell’Insubria, N. 6, 2003
21. (with F. Sacco), “Entrepreneurial and Professional Management Small and Medium Sized Enterprises: Combining Creativity and Technical Skills”. Report on the 33rd Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Samll Business Conference”, ARPENT Annual Review of Progress in Entrepreneurship research: Volume 2, 2202 – 2003, EFMD, Sept. 2004
22. Marangoni, G, Colombo G., Fezzi G, “Modelling intra – relationships », Economic Systems Research 2003, vol. 16. N.1
23. “Private Equity and Family Firms’ Transitions” J. Pasquier- Dorthe, D. Barbuscia, F. Giorgetti, C. de Gottardi (Edts) Private Equity and Microfinance, Schulthess, Genève, Zurich, Bale, 2004
24. “Stakeholders, Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility in Carlo Masini’s Theory”, Contabilità e cultura aziendale., Vol. V, N. 1, 2005, Roma, RIREA, (pp. 23 – 60)

 

 
   
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