Associate Professor
University of Florence, Department of Economics and Management
(since 2024).
Co-Chair of EURAM Annual Conference 2025
Florence, June 22-25, 2025
Other Current Academic Positions
Member of the Executive Committee of EURAM
(since 2024)
Executive Director of the International Relations
Department of Economics and Management (DISEI)
University of Florence (since 2020)
Lecturer of "Management and Organizations"
New York University, Florence
(since 2016).
Other Affiliations
Sherpa to the European Commission Platform on Sustainable Finance - Subgroup 1 "Data and Usability"
(since 2023)
Professor in Global Strategy at BIG - Academy
(since 2020)
Ph.D in Economics, Marktes and Institutions
IMT - Institute for Advanced Studies, Lucca
(2008-2011)
Thesis: "CEO compensation and board of directors in European public utilities of the energy sector".
Supervisor:
Carlo Cambini (Polytechnic of Turin, Italy).
Referees: Kose John (New York University, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, US), Laura Rondi (Polytechnic of Turin, Italy)
MSc. in Governance and Strategic Management
University of Florence
(2004-2006)
B.A. in Business Economics
University of Florence
(2001-2004)
Senior Assistant Professor (RTD-B), University of Florence, Department of Economics and Management
(2021-2024).
Assistant Professor (RTD-A), University of Florence, Department of Economics and Management
(2016-2021).
Director of International Relations, University of Florence, Department of Economics and Management
(2017-2020).
Lecturer of International Business, Kent State University
(2011-2023).
Visiting Post-doc Researcher, New York University, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, Department of Finance.
Supervisor: Kose John
(2012-2014).
Post-doc Researcher, University of Florence.
(2013-2015).
Visiting PhD Student, New York University, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, Department of Economics.
(2010).
Researcher, Fondazione Nord-Est, Studi e Ricerche, Treviso
(2010-2011).
Researcher, CENSLOC - Center for Local Development and Research
(2008).
Junior Researcher, Formez - Department of Ministry of Public Affairs
(2006).
Florence Ambassador Award (2023) - the official recognition of the city of Florence dedicated to the charismatic figures of the academic and professional world.
Most Cited Paper: "Women on boards and corporate environmental performance in Italian companies: The importance of nomination background" in the Journal “Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility”, coauthored with Słomka-Gołębiowska A., and Paci A.,. Wiley Award.
Best Paper Award: "Are women drivers of sustainability? The moderating effect of women on boards in the relationship between ESG performance and firm financial stability”, coauthors: Agnieszka Słomka-Gołębiowska (Warsaw School of Economics, Poland), Piotr Gabrielczyk (University of Lodz, Poland), Claudio Becagli (University of Florence) received at 11th International Workshop Advance in Cleaner Production, July 15, 2022.
Best Paper Award: “Boards Contributing to the Protection of the Environment: Looking at the Dynamics between In-groups and Out-groups”, International Journal of Business Research and Management (IJBRM), February 2022.
Winner of the Italian Research Award (FABR 2017), sponserd by Italian Government (MIUR)
Winner of the Research Grant for the Best Young Researchers (Bando 215/2017), sponsered by University of Florence (2017). Research project: "Minority shareholder protection and slate (or list) voting in Italy. A theoretical and empirical analysis", co-authered with Andrea Zorzi
Winner of Post-doc Scholarship, granted by Ente Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze (2013-2014).
Winner of Post-doc Grant, granted by Ministry of Education and Research and Eli Lilly (2012-2013).
IMT-Institute for Advanced Studies, "Full Academic Scholarship for Ph.D Studies", granted by Italian Ministry of Education and Research (2008-2011).
10th Spain-Italy Dialogue Forum, "Best Paper Award" (2009).
"Best Graduate Student of the Year", granted by BBC - Banca di Credito Cooperativo (2006).
2024:
EURAM - European Academy of Management Annual Conference, University of Bath, Jun. 25-28, 2024
- Presenting the paper: "Disentangling board social capital and board human capital: what really drives corporate sustainability"
Mentor of the Doctoral Colloquium (Jun. 24-25, 2024)
2023:
EURAM - European Academy of Management Annual Conference, Trinity College, Dublin, Jun. 14-16, 2023
- Presenting the paper: "Are women drivers of sustainability? The moderating effect of women on boards in the relationship between ESG performance and firm financial stability"
-Chairing the session "Ownership and board governance"
-Discussing the papers in the session "Exploring leadership, board dynamics and organizational reputation"
ICGS - International Corporate Governance Society Conference, Madrid, Oct. 20-23, 2023
- Presenting the paper: "Chairwoman and openess to gender diversity: A view beyond the number of women on boards"
2022:
ICGS - International Corporate Governance Society Conference, Miami, Nov. 11-13, 2022
- Presenting the paper: "Diversity in the boardroom: A systematic and interdisciplinary review of the literature"
EURAM - European Academy of Management Annual Conference, Zurich Winterthur, Jun. 12-15, 2022
- Presenting the paper: "The contingency role of female directors' structural structure on ESG performance"
- Chairing the session "Board of directors, top management teams, and diversity" - Diversity and ESG revisited"
FFEA - Future Finance and Economics Association Conference, Naples, June 12-14, 2022
- Presenting the paper: "Chairwomen and ESG: The role of structural power for corporate sustainability"
11th International Workshop Advance in Cleaner Production, July 15, 2022.
-Presenting the paper: "Are women drivers off sustainability? The moderating effect of women on boards in the relationship between ESG performance and firm financial” (Best Paper Award)
2021:
IRMC - International Risks Management Conference (14th edition), Cagliari, Oct. 1-2, 2021
- Presenting the paper: "Responsible executive pay disclosure in banks: Evidence in the aftermaths of the financial crisis"
EURAM - European Academy of Management Annual Conference (online)
- Presenting the paper: "Women on boards and environmental performance: the role of family female directors"
- Chairing the session "Corporate Governance and Diversity - gender diversity on boards and performance"
SIMA - Società Italiana di Management, Annual Conference (online)
- Presenting the paper: "Gender diversity on corporate boards: when the voice is not enough"
2020:
EURAM - European Academy of Management Annual Conference (online)
- Presenting the paper: "Legitimate women and board advisory tasks"
- Chairing the session "Corporate Governance and Diversity - gender diversity on boards and performance"
SIMA - Società Italiana di Management, Annual Conference (online)
- Presenting the paper: "Legitimate women and board advisory tasks"
July 2019 - February2020:
(ON MATERNITY LEAVE)
2019:
The XVI Norefjell Board Governance Research Workshop, February 15-18, Barcelona, Toulouse Business School, (Spain)
- Presenting the paper: "Quota, women on boards and board tasks: The sanctions matter"
Workshop Value creating boards, Rome 31 May, Consob, Rome, (Italy)
- Presenting the paper: "Enhanchement of board performance: How critical mass of female directors improves board processes and board tasks"
SIMA - Società Italiana di Management, Annual Conference, June 20-21, Rome, (Italy)
- Presenting the paper: "Gender quota, women on boards and board tasks: The sanctions matter"
SIDREA International Workshop, CSR: theoretical analysis and practical implications, November 6, Parthenope Univeristy, Naples (Italy)
- Presenting the paper: "Corporate Social Responsibility and Firm Performance: The role of disclosure strategies"
2018:
AoM - Academy of Management Annual Conference, August 9-14, Chicago (USA)
- Presenting the paper: "Women do the job: the reasons to make women sit on boards".
EURAM - European Academy of Management Annual Conference, June 20-23, Reykjavick (Island)
- Presenting the paper: "Women do the job: the reasons to make women sit on boards".
10th Workshop on Women on Boards, August 31-September 4, Oslo, BI, Norwegian Business School (Norway). Organizer: Prof. Morten Huse
- Presenting the paper: "Women do the job: the reasons to make women sit on boards".
4th Workshop on Culture and Gender Issues, March 9, Rome, (Italy)
- Presenting the paper: "Women on boards: Insight from Italy after quota implementation?".
2017:
International Corporate Governance Society Conference, September 2-4, LIUSS University, (Italy)
- Presenting the paper: "CEO compensation in EU telecom companies: Does the state design the right incentives?".
2016 (ON MATERNITY LEAVE)
2015:
Kent State University, September 15-16, Ohio (US)
- Presenting the paper: "Corporate governance systems and innovation: the role of institutions".
- Lecture: "Analyzing the international business environment".
4th Annual Conference, Journal of Management and Governance, July 16-17, Bolzano
- Presenting the paper: "Incentive vs Entrenchment: the role of the state as controlling shareholder".
- Discussant of the paper: Slomka-Golebiowska A., "The effect of remuneration committee independence on
pay-performance relation:Evidence from banks with concentrated ownership structure".
FMA - 19th Annual European Conference of the Financial Management Association, June 11-12, Venice
- Discussant of the paper: Drobetz W., von Meyerinck D., Oesch D. and Schmidt M., "Board industry
experience and Executive compensation".
CAPA - International Education, March 30, Florence.
- Invited speaker: "Executive compensation and Incentives".
2014:
Copenhagen Business School, Center of Corporate Governance, May 14.
- Presenting the paper: "Incentive Compensation and Incentive Regulation: Empirical evidence"
University of Florence, Master Program in Governance and Management, May 22.
- Invited speaker: "Executive compensation and Incentives".
University of Florence, Master Program in Governance and Management, May 22.
- Invited speaker: "The evolution of Corporate Governance Theories".
2013:
First Annual Conference Corporate Governance Network Utilities, University of Vienna, October 30-31, 2013; Annual Conference AIDEA - Italian Academy of Management, University of Lecce, Septemeber 19-21, 2013; The Fifth Florence Ritsumeikan Workshop on Stochastic and Applications to Finance and Risk Management, University of Florence, March 12-13, 2013.
- Presenting the paper: "Are independent directors good monitors of public utilities?"
European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE), University of Evora, August 30-31, 2013.
- Presenting the paper: "Incentive Compensation and Incentive Regulation: Empirical Evidence",
"Corporate Governance and Risk Management", Lecture for Ms.C. Students in Strategic Management and Governance, University of Florence, May 14, 2013.
"CEO and executive compensation", Lecture for Ms.C. Students for Ms.C. Students in Strategic Management and Governance, University of Florence, May 22, 2013.
"Innovation in the banking industry", Presentation for Ph.D. Students, New York University, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, February 21, 2013.
2011:
"CEO and executive compensation", Lecture for Ms.C. Students, University of Florence, November 3, 2011.
"CEO incentives and Stock Option", Lecture for Ms.C. Students, University of Florence, April 11, 2011.
2010:
"The effectiveness of independent directors is not an issue of number: the case of public utilities in Europe", Sixth Annual Conference in Law and Economics, SIDE - ISLE, University of Bolzano, December 4-5, 2010; EBEN European Business Ethics Network, Annual Conference 2010, University of Trento, September 14-14, 2010.
"CEO compensation in public utilities: an empirical analysis", Conference on Economics and Management of Public Utilities, Bocconi University, July 14-15, 2010; Ph.D student seminar, New York University, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, June 17, 2010.
Summer Schools and Other Courses
New York University, Leonard N. Stern School of Business
Course for Ph.D Students: "Banking and Financial Institutions"
Teachers: Kose John and Anthony Sanders
(2013).
New York University, Leonard N. Stern School of Business
Course for Ph.D Students: "Agency and Executive Compensation"
Teacher: David Yermarck
(2010).
New York University, Leonard N. Stern School of Business
Course for Ph.D Students: "Econometric Analysis for Panel Data"
Teacher: William Greene
(2010).
London Business School
Doctoral Summer School in "Corporate Governance and Finance"
(2009).
CIDE - Centro Interuniversitario di Econometria, Bertinoro (Italy)
Summer School in Econometrics for PhD Students
Course in "Panel Data and Discrete Choice Models"
(2009)
AIFI - Italian Association of Private Equity and Venture Capital
Course in "Private Equity and Venture Capital"
(2006)
AOM- Academy of Management
EURAM- European Academy of Management
ICGS - International Corporate Society
SIMA - Società Italiana di Management
FMA - Financial Management Association
EARIE - European Association for Research in Industrial Economics
British Journal of Management
Corporate Governance: An International Review
International Journal of Management Review
California Management Review
European Management Review
Journal of Management and Governance
Journal of International Financial, Markets, Institutions & Money
International Journal of Business Governance and Ethics
Management Decision