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SinergieSIMA Conference 2026

«Transforming Management in the era of Post-Globalization and Agentic Economy»

SinergieSIMA2026 Conference Program

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Thursday 28 May 2026

 Teatro FraschiniPalazzo Centrale - Cortili Sforzesco e MagnolieSpazio ForlaniniPalazzo Centrale - Aula Scarpa
(100)		Palazzo Centrale - Sala Lauree
(25)		Palazzo Centrale - Aula Disegno
(217)		Palazzo Centrale - Aula del 400
(190)
08:30
11:00		 Registration desk
      
09:00
10:00		    Sinergie Italian Journal of Management Advisory Board & Reviewers Meeting

CHAIRS Marta Ugolini (Italy - University of Verona), Alberto Pastore (Italy - Sapienza University of Rome)		 Conference Scientific Committee Meeting (invitation only)

CHAIR Elisa Martinelli (Italy - University of Modena and Reggio Emilia)		  
09:00
11:00		   Pre-conference welcome coffee
    
09:00
18:00		   Exhibition of publishers
    
10:30
11:00		 Conference Opening Ceremony

CHAIR Stefano Denicolai (Italy - University of Pavia)		      
11:00
12:30		 Keynote Session

CHAIR Stefano Denicolai (Italy - University of Pavia)		      
12:30
12:45		 Future-proof companies: Call for collaboration for an academy-business project (in Italian Language)

CHAIR Stefano Denicolai (Italy - University of Pavia)		      
12:45
14:15		  Lunch
     
14:30
16:00		 La valutazione della ricerca a seguito del nuovo quadro normativo sul reclutamento universitario: prospettive a confronto (in Italian language)

CHAIR Beatrice Luceri (Italy - University of Parma)		      
16:00
17:00		 Roundtable: The Future of Management Studies: An International Perspective

CHAIR Francesco Ciampi (Italy - University of Florence)		      
17:00
17:45		 Roundtable: Publish or Perish: The role of AI in misbehaving and mismanaging the process of publishing

CHAIR Arabella Mocciaro Li Destri (Italy - University of Palermo)		      
17:45
19:00		 SIMA General Assembly (in Italian language)
      
20:00
20:45		  GALA NIGHT: Welcome reception
     
20:45      Gala Dinner
 Gala Dinner

Friday 29 May 2026

 Palazzo Centrale - Cortili Sforzesco e MagnolieCortile dei CadutiSpazio ForlaniniPalazzo Centrale - Aula MagnaPalazzo Centrale - Aula Foscolo
(120)		Palazzo Centrale - Aula VII di Giurisprudenza
(120)		Palazzo Centrale - Aula III di Giurisprudenza
(40)		Palazzo Centrale - Aula Scarpa
(100)		Palazzo Centrale - Aula Volta
(100)		Palazzo Centrale - Aula 7
(40)		Palazzo Centrale - Aula 6
(60)		Palazzo Centrale - Aula A
(50)		Palazzo Centrale - Aula 5
(40)		Palazzo Centrale - Aula VI di Lettere
(100)		Palazzo Centrale - Sala Lauree
(25)		Palazzo Centrale - Aula E
(120)		Palazzo Centrale - Aula 4
(70)		Palazzo Centrale - Aula Disegno
(217)		Palazzo Centrale - Aula del 400
(190)		Palazzo Centrale - Aula B
(50)		Palazzo Centrale - Aula C
(50)		Palazzo Centrale - Aula II di Giurisprudenza
(30)		Aula Marconi I - Palazzo Centrale
08:45
09:15		    
 
Meeting of SIMA Thematic Group "Artificial Intelligence in Management"

CHAIRS Giovanni Battista Dagnino (Italy - LUMSA University), Nadia Di Paola (Italy - University of Naples "Federico II")
 
Meeting of SIMA Thematic Group "Entrepreneurship"

CHAIRS Massimiliano Vesci (Italy - University of Salerno), Mariacarmela Passarelli (Italy - University of Calabria)		 
 
Meeting of SIMA Thematic Group "Innovation & Technology Management"

CHAIRS Maria Cristina Longo (Italy - University of Catania), Marco Ieva (Italy - University of Parma)		 
 
Meeting of SIMA Thematic Group "International Business"

CHAIRS Andrea Runfola (Italy - University of Perugia), Matilde Milanesi (Italy - University of Florence)
 
Meeting of SIMA Thematic Group "Marketing"

CHAIRS Maria Vernuccio (Italy - Sapienza University of Rome), Francesca Checchinato (Italy - Ca' Foscari University of Venice)		 
 
Meeting of SIMA Thematic Group "Purpose-driven Businesses"

CHAIRS Andrea Piccaluga (Italy - Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies), Rosangela Feola (Italy - University of Salerno)
 
Meeting of SIMA Thematic Group "Small & Family Business"

CHAIRS Alfredo D'Angelo (Italy - University Cattolica del Sacro Cuore - Milan), Elisa Conz (Italy - University of Pavia)
 
Meeting of SIMA Thematic Group "Strategic Communication"

CHAIRS Emanuele Invernizzi (Italy - IULM University), Agostino Vollero (Italy - University of Salerno)
 
Meeting of SIMA Thematic Group "Strategy & Governance"

CHAIRS Pasquale Massimo Picone (Italy - University of Palermo), Anna Menozzi (Italy - University of Piemonte Orientale "A. Avogadro")
 
Meeting of SIMA Thematic Group "Supply Chain Management, Logistics & Operations"

CHAIRS Ivan Russo (Italy - University of Verona), Alessandra Cozzolino (Italy - Sapienza University of Rome)
 
Meeting of SIMA Thematic Group "Sustainability"

CHAIRS Angeloantonio Russo (Italy - LUM University), Federica Gasbarro (Italy - University of Brescia)
 
Meeting of SIMA Thematic Group "Retailing & Service Management"

CHAIRS Chiara Mauri (Italy - University "Carlo Cattaneo" - LIUC), Simone Aiolfi (Italy - University of Parma)
 
Meeting of SIMA Thematic Group "Tourism & Culture Management"

CHAIRS Maria Della Lucia (Italy - University of Trento), Angelo Presenza (Italy - University of Molise)		   
08:45
14:30		  Research Centers Exhibition
                     
08:45
16:00		   Exhibition of publishers
                    
09:15
11:00		   
 
Track 1 - Artificial Intelligence in Management

session 1
CHAIR Nadia Di Paola (Italy - University of Naples "Federico II")
  • Quando l’AI agentica e generativa sono il mio Team. Innovare il business model attraverso la Human-AI interaction [presenter: Chiara Bartoli]
  • GenAI Adoption and Business Model Innovation in the Creative Industries in Italy [presenter: Francesco Capone]
  • Strategic Sensing under VUCA Conditions: A Critical Reflection on Forecasting, Anchoring Bias, and Agentic AI [presenter: Arabella Mocciaro Li Destri]
  • Managing Generative Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education: Inclusion, Social Sustainability and Governance Challenges [presenter: Giovanni Spatola]
  • Didattica 4.0 e Intelligenza Artificiale: Un’Analisi Qualitativa delle Soluzioni Digitali a Supporto del Corpo Docente [presenter: Valerio Feola]
  • Trusting the Bot? How AI Chatbots Shape Trust and Donation Behavior among Repeat Small Donors in Non-profit Communication (work in progress) [presenter: Alessandro Signorini]
 
Track 1 - Artificial Intelligence in Management

session 2
CHAIR Alessandro Baroncelli (Italy - University Cattolica del Sacro Cuore - Milan)
  • Configurazioni dei Big Data e performance innovative nelle PMI: un approccio fsQCA [presenter: Giulio Ferrigno]
  • Strategie di Open Innovation e performance innovative delle PMI: il ruolo moderatore del valore e della veridicità dei Big Data [presenter: Giulio Ferrigno]
  • Advancing Production Management through Big Data and AI: Current Practices and Challenges in Italian SMEs [presenter: Andrea Chiarini]
  • User Resistance to AI in Healthcare: A Systematic Review [presenter: Nicolas Maltauro]
  • Reducing low-value care in Healthcare Ecosystems: The role of Generative Artificial Intelligence [presenter: Andrea Gargiulo]
  • Algorithmic Triage: How Generative AI Transforms Decision-Making in Public Employment Services [presenter: Filomena Izzo]
  • Artificial Intelligence and Firm Governance: Toward a Predictive Control Model in the Viable Systems Approach [presenter: Raffaele D'amore - copresenter: Gerardo Bosco]
  • Generative AI as a “narrative nudge” for collective storytelling in elderly communities [presenter: Marialuisa Marzullo - copresenter: Irene Di Bernardo ]
 
Track 2 - Entrepreneurship

session 1
CHAIR Mariacarmela Passarelli (Italy - University of Calabria)
  • Cultural Embeddedness and Entrepreneurial Risk Perception in Peripheral Regions [presenter: Forster Ampadu - copresenter: Bice Della Piana]
  • Entrepreneurship Education Engagement as Resource Investment During Wartime [presenter: Nataliia Kochkina]
  • Training for Automotive Company Creation: a case study for university students' entrepreneurial action and education [presenter: Bernardo Balboni]
  • Quantifying Ethics: The E3S Model for Student Entrepreneurship Education [presenter: Mariacarmela Passarelli - copresenter: Giuseppe Bongiorno ]
  • Student Micro-Entrepreneurship and the Role of Technologies: Preliminary Findings from 4 African Public Universities [presenter: Forster Ampadu]
  • Inclusive Infrastructures in Entrepreneurship Education: the Licheni case [presenter: Ludovica Moi]
  • Il marketing imprenditoriale come percorso di apprendimento multilivello per imprenditori emergenti [presenter: Nora Annesi]
 
Track 2 - Entrepreneurship

session 2
CHAIR Massimiliano Vesci (Italy - University of Salerno)
  • Signaling Theory in Venture Capital Stage Financing Research: A Review and Research Agenda [presenter: Pietro Taragoni]
  • The King’s Speech: How Entrepreneurs’ Family Social Capital and Risk Aversion Shape New Venture Financing [presenter: Pietro Taragoni]
  • Non-financial support by reward-based crowdfunding backers: an exploratory study [presenter: Barbara Del Bosco]
  • Fundraising in private markets: A systematic review and future research directions [presenter: Margherita Mietto]
  • Family Roots, Startup Wings: Balancing Control and Growth in Family Startups Seeking VC Financing [presenter: Valerio Pelucco]
  • Hybrid Entrepreneurial Agency: Reconfiguring Decision-Making in the era of AI-startups [presenter: Federico Mertoli]
  • New actors in entrepreneurial networks: The emerging role of venture builders [presenter: Mirko Olivieri]
 
Track 3 - Innovation & Technology Management

session 1
CHAIR Maria Cristina Longo (Italy - University of Catania)
  • Do knowledge spillovers extend beyond economic returns? Evidence from university-based entrepreneurial ecosystems [presenter: Alessia Caputo]
  • Network Structures in Homogeneous Open Innovation Ecosystems: Evidence from Heterogeneous Accelerator Contexts [presenter: Alice Guzzetti]
  • Preparing the competitive ground: Overlap in Knowledge Activities and Technological Entry [presenter: Paola Giuri]
  • Sustainability Reporting as a Governance Template for Public Value Co-Creation Practices in Public Service Ecosystems [presenter: Mara Grimaldi]
  • From Compliance to Purpose: Governance Models for Sustainability Innovation [presenter: Rosaria Ferlito]
  • Beyond Openness: Knowledge Flows and the Role of Corporate Innovation Hubs [presenter: Nicole Ciocia]
 
Track 3 - Innovation & Technology Management

session 2
CHAIR Marco Ieva (Italy - University of Parma)
  • Heuristic shortcuts in Technology Acceptance Model: the cognitive architecture of perceived usefulness in the zero-emission vehicle market [presenter: Vittorio Maria Garibbo]
  • Consumer Neuroscience for Technology Acceptance in Healthcare [presenter: Andrea Bazzani]
  • A Socio‑Technical Perspective on Digital Transformation and Organizational Change. Empirical Evidence from C-level Executives [presenter: Giorgia Masili]
  • Digital transformation in Italian museums [presenter: Lorena Maria D'Agostino]
  • The Influence of Virtual Tours in the Tourism Industry: An Investigation into Consumer Perceptions and Behavior [presenter: Antonio Mileti]
  • Disneyfication of places: Organizing smart cities for what- and for whom? [presenter: Filippo Marchesani]
  • Twin transition in Italian firms: the role of supply chains [presenter: Lorena Maria D'Agostino]
 
Track 4 - International Business

session 1
CHAIR Andrea Runfola (Italy - University of Perugia)
  • Leveraging the Synergy of Industry 4.0 and Sustainability Practices for International Success: Evidence from Italian Manufacturers [presenter: Martina Tomasetig]
  • PARTNERING WITH INTERNATIONAL CLIENTS THROUGH INGREDIENT BRANDING: LEVERAGING SUSTAINABILITY AND DIGITAL COMMUNICATION [presenter: Giulia Monteverde]
  • Resilient and Sustainable Global Value Chains in the era of economic decoupling: an exploratory study of the semiconductor-automotive nexus [presenter: Federica Sacco]
  • Exploring Innovation-Based Reshoring Decisions: Findings from an Italian Born-Offshored Company [presenter: Andrea Runfola]
  • Reconfiguring Global Value Chains through Reshoring: An Evaluation Model for the Ceramic Industry [presenter: Andrés Fernández]
  • Organizational Resilience in Extreme Environments: A Study of SMEs in Wartime [presenter: Belal Albashiti]
  • MNEs Resilience Amid Dual Complexities: Insights from Peripheral Areas in Turbulent Times [presenter: Francesco Mutignani]
 
Track 6 - Marketing

session 1
CHAIR Francesca Checchinato (Italy - Ca' Foscari University of Venice)
  • Bridging the theory-practice gap in marketing research: insights from journal editors [presenter: Vania Vigolo]
  • Perceived Brand Honesty: An Exploratory Study on Consumer Perceptions of Honest (vs. Dishonest) Brands [presenter: Chiara Mauri]
  • Breaking the Binary: How Gender-Neutral Branding Shapes Brand Love [presenter: Francesca Celio]
  • Directive vs. Non-Directive Front-of-Pack Nutritional Labels: Evidence on Healthiness Perceptions and Purchase Intentions from Private Label and National Brands in Poland [presenter: Alessandro Casadei - copresenter: Rosamaria Del Villano]
  • Brand Awareness as a Threshold Condition: How Attitudes Translate into Willingness to Pay for the Mountain Product Label [presenter: Elena Sarti]
  • Framing the Complex Interplay of Ultra‑Processed Foods, Nutrition Labeling, and Consumer Response: A Systematic Review [presenter: Mara Sella Gianot - copresenter: Marco Francesco Mazzu]
  • Can Brand-Related User-Generated Selfies be Recognized as Brand Hijacking? Preliminary Insights from an investigation of the Louis Vuitton brand [presenter: Marianna Squillante]
 
Track 6 - Marketing

session 2
CHAIR Federica Ceccotti (Italy - Sapienza University of Rome)
  • When the Community Speaks: Generational Differences in the Effectiveness of Brand versus User-Generated Content in the Digital Beauty Market [presenter: Annunziata Tarulli]
  • Hedonic and Utilitarian Orientations Embedded in AI Agents: Implications for Emotions and Impulsive Buying [presenter: Lucrezia Maria De Cosmo]
  • Antropomorfismo visivo, stile comunicativo e tipologia di prodotto come determinanti dell’intenzione d’acquisto: verso un principio di coerenza tri-dimensionale nella progettazione degli assistenti virtuali [presenter: Sonia Caterina Giaccone]
  • Reconfiguring the Core Activities of B2B Sales Managers in the Era of Generative AI: A Practitioner-Validated Conceptual Framework [presenter: Alessandro Romoli]
  • Agentic Commerce and the Future of FMCG Marketing: Managerial Perspectives from Emerging AI-Mediated Marketplaces [presenter: Alessandro Iuffmann Ghezzi]
  • Discovery to Attribution: Reputation in the AI era [presenter: Francesca Negri]
  • Smart Labeling Impact on Consumer Behavior Perception in Agrifood Production: A Systematic Literature Review [presenter: Domenico Morrone]
 
Track 7 - Purpose-driven Businesses

session 1
CHAIR Rosangela Feola (Italy - University of Salerno)
  • Working with Colleagues with Disabilities: Relational Factors of Job Satisfaction among Able-Bodied Employees [presenter: Giovanna Bagnato]
  • How do future managers face ethical dilemmas? Using Attentive Teaching for purpose-driven businesses [presenter: Claudia Sartirana ]
  • Social entrepreneurial teams: what's in the literature? - A systematic literature review [presenter: Fatima Zahra Badgaoui]
  • A compass or merely a caption? Corporate Purpose Language in Italian Benefit Companies [presenter: Jordana Rech Graciano Dos Santos]
  • Understanding purpose-driven businesses (PDBs): insights from a systematic literature review [presenter: Maria Cristina Dardano]
  • Shared Dynamic Capabilities for Circular Economy in the Olive Oil Supply Chain: Evidence from an Italian Benefit Corporation [presenter: Lorenzo Turriziani]
 
Track 9 - Small & Family Business

session 1
CHAIR Paola Rovelli (Italy - Free University of Bozen-Bolzano)
  • The Last Chapter: How CEO Career Horizons Shape Prosocial Initiatives [presenter: Paola Rovelli]
  • Energy Transition as an Ecosystem enabler of growth in Italian MSMEs: Preliminary evidence from a National survey [presenter: Marco Valerio Rossi]
  • B Corps: Do they signal their status? Family vs. Non-Family Owned Behaviour [presenter: Rebecca Quaranta]
  • Sustainability Disclosure Strategies in Family Firms: A Systematic Literature Review [presenter: Rebecca Quaranta]
  • The role of sustainability in family firms acquisition behavior [presenter: Mario Ossorio]
 
Track 10 - Strategic Communication

session 1
CHAIRS Emanuele Invernizzi (Italy - IULM University), Agostino Vollero (Italy - University of Salerno)
  • Measuring Internal Communication Satisfaction: Validation of the Internal Communication Satisfaction Questionnaire (ICSQ) in Italian [presenter: Alessandra Mazzei]
  • Antecedenti, evoluzione ed esiti dell’autenticità d’impresa: una revisione critica della letteratura [presenter: Alessandra Russo]
  • The role of marketing communication strategy and professional expertise in AI adoption: insights from an exploratory study [presenter: Emanuela Conti]
  • Strategic Communication Measurement in GLAM sector [presenter: Fabio Greco]
  • Employee communication as a lever for enablement: Insights from The State of the art of employee communication in Italy [presenter: Alessandra Mazzei]
  • Do Packaging Claims Drive Product Performance? Evidence from the Biscuit Category in the Italian FMCG Market [presenter: Benedetta Grandi]
  • To Err Is Human… and Authentic? Typos and Message Authenticity in the Age of Artificial Intelligence [presenter: Chiara Marinelli]
  • Corporate Response Strategies in the Age of Fake News [presenter: Elanor Colleoni]
  • Strategy, Experience, Conversation: A Conceptual Model of Corporate Space as Strategic Communication [presenter: Elanor Colleoni - copresenter: Stefania Romenti]
 
Track 11 - Strategy & Governance

session 1
CHAIR Maurizio La Rocca (Italy - University of Calabria)
  • When Corporate Governance becomes Necessary: Board Mechanisms and Innovation Efficiency [presenter: Giacinto Coniglio]
  • Detecting Strategic Decline: Anomaly Detection as an Early Warning System for Corporate Default in SMEs [presenter: Irene Ariante]
  • Greenhushing under Institutional Contestation: Evidence from U.S. Listed Firms [presenter: Estelina Dalipi - copresenter: Leonardo Paone]
  • From Rhetoric to Reality: Configurational Pathways to Duty-Based Corporate Purpose in European Firms [presenter: Fernando Camastra]
  • Beyond Disclosure: Evidence from the Italian Banking System on the Role of Digital in the Bank–Stakeholder Relationship [presenter: Maria Fedele]
  • Big Data Potenziati dall’Intelligenza Artificiale e Innovazione dei Modelli di Business Sostenibili [presenter: Francesco Fasano]
  • Dal Controllo Economico al Controllo Etico: un «legal digital twin» per la gestione dei Rischi Psicosociali e della Compliance nelle Aziende Sanitarie [presenter: Ernesto D'Avanzo]
  • Allocazione delle risorse, modalità di governance ed esiti cooperativi: coopetizione versus cooperazione nell’industria vinicola [presenter: Anna Minà - copresenter: Leonardo Corbo ]
 
Track 12 - Supply Chain Management, Logistics & Operations

session 1
CHAIR Ivan Russo (Italy - University of Verona)
  • Managing institutional pressures through ethical supply chain standards: a collaborative action research study [presenter: Alessia Ruta]
  • Innovative packaging solutions for sustainability across the supply chain: key themes and trade-offs in global firm experience. A text mining analysis. [presenter: Alessandra Dominijanni]
  • An Agent-Based Modeling Approach to Multilevel Emergent Dynamics in OSCM [presenter: Davide Bonfio]
  • When Does Smart Manufacturing Pay Off? A Configurational Investigation Based on Necessary Condition and Fuzzy Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis [presenter: Matteo Podrecca]
  • Strengthening customization with additive manufacturing: a configurational analysis of postponement strategies, demand and product characteristics [presenter: Lorenzo Prataviera]
  • Logistics Service Providers’ Specialized Capabilities for Fine Art: Evidence from a Case Study. [presenter: Alessandra Dominijanni - copresenter: Alessandra Cozzolino]
  • Slowing the loop: repair as a supply chain service or obligation? [presenter: Ilenia Confente - copresenter: Valentina Mazzoli]
 
Track 13 - Sustainability

session 1
CHAIR Federica Gasbarro (Italy - University of Brescia)
  • Science-based targets: Assessing the consistency of corporate climate target disclosures [presenter: Sarah Stachelscheid]
  • AI & Sustainability: analysis of the dual relationship, possible risks and focus on the Italian context [presenter: Maximilian Broglio]
  • The regenerative firm: evolution and upgrade of the sustainable firm able to increase its resilience and agility [presenter: Maximilian Broglio]
  • Strategy mix coherence in corporate environmental engagement: Configurations in the global food and beverage industry. [presenter: Amir Maghssudipour]
  • A Comparative Cross-European Investigation into Social Sustainability Disclosure among Leading Football Clubs [presenter: Silvia Cosimato]
  • Corruption Configuration Cube (CCC): A Multidimensional Strategic Governance Framework Beyond Ethical Governance [presenter: Sergio Valentini]
  • Authenticity, Skepticism, and Trust Formation in Corporate Social Responsibility actions [presenter: Valeria Faralla]
 
Track 13 - Sustainability

session 2
CHAIR Rosamartina Schena (Italy - LUM University)
  • Crossing the borders: How Digital Transformation enables Social Value Co-Creation [presenter: Matteo Dominidiato]
  • Customer satisfaction and repurchase intention in the Italian and Swedish e-mobility markets [presenter: Laura Castaldi]
  • Green Tech Startups: a bridge between science and sustainability [presenter: Elvira Tiziana La Rocca]
  • Is sustainable fashion cool? An exploration of ethical, slow and sustainable fashion hashtags on Instagram [presenter: David D'Acunto]
  • The impact of green benefits on employer attractiveness: An experimental design based on Gen Z perceptions [presenter: Anna Satta - copresenter: Cristina Ciocirlan]
  • The impact of Stakeholder Engagement on Circular Economy performance in Family Firms [presenter: Lucia Michela Daniele]
  • A conceptual framework for assessing HSE culture within the client-contractor relationship [presenter: Emilia Filippi]
 
Track 14 - Tourism & Culture Management

session 1
CHAIR Angelo Presenza (Italy - University of Molise)
  • Digital Transformation and Sustainability Paradoxes in Tourism: A Grounded Theory Study of the Italian Context [presenter: Luna Leoni]
  • Managing Data in Tourism Systems: the Italian Tourism Digital Hub [presenter: Stefania Escobar]
  • Artificial Intelligence and Digitalisation in the Tourism Sector: Strategies for a Sustainable Future in the Travel Industry [presenter: Luigi Zingone]
  • Artificial Intelligence and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in the Accommodation Sector A Systematic Literature Review from an Economic and Managerial Perspective [presenter: Claudia Fraboni]
  • Understanding AI adoption among hospitality microentrepreneurs: Preliminary evidence from a Delphi study in Italy [presenter: Angelo Presenza]
  • Service Agents in the Age of AI: The Moderating Roles of Product Hedonicity and Service Failure: Evidence from the Wine Industry [presenter: Kyuho Lee]
  • Human Receptionist or AI Chatbot? Trust-Based Effects on Hotel Check-In Evaluation and Purchase Responses [presenter: Veronica Marozzo - copresenter: Valeria Schifilliti ]
 
Track 14 - Tourism & Culture Management

session 2
CHAIR Maria Della Lucia (Italy - University of Trento)
  • The value of brand heritage in the Destination Management process a comparative study of Italian Cultural Capitals [presenter: Enrico Di Taranto]
  • Luxury Brands as Cultural Actors Heritage, Creative Cities, and Tourism Ecosystems in the Luxury Economy [presenter: Amalia Nangeroni]
  • Slow storytelling in agritourism: insights on the design of coherent destination narratives [presenter: Serena Lonardi]
  • How do the use of colors and emotional connections influence the image of rural destinations on Instagram? An AI-Based Analysis of Institutional and Visitor-Generated Visual Narratives [presenter: Ginevra Testa]
  • Artists as a “Designer of Meaning” and influences on consumption: Toward the Hybrid Identity Marketing paradigm. The cases of Saint Levant & Bad Bunny [presenter: Andrea Sestino]
  • When human and virtual influencers meet cultural homophily: no boundary effects in promoting culturally distant destinations [presenter: Ilaria Curina]
  • Experience Economy Dimensions and Guest Satisfaction in Peer-to-Peer Accommodation: Comparative Analysis of Airbnb Reviews in Rome and Paris [presenter: Anton Pustovalov]
 
Track 15 - Transforming Management in the era of Post-Globalization and Agentic Economy

session 1
CHAIRS Giovanna Magnani (Italy - University of Pavia), Birgit Hagen (Italy - University of Pavia)
  • Unveiling the strategic levers of Agentic AI. An empirical investigation from Italian agri-food SMEs. [presenter: Miriana Ferrara]
  • The Orchestration Imperative: Completing the Relational Paradigm Shift Ahead of the Emerging Agentic Economy [presenter: Antonio Specchia]
  • Macro, meso, and micro dynamics of innovation ecosystems: A qualitative comparative analysis of the European robotic rehabilitation industry [presenter: Marica Grego - copresenter: Marcin Bartosiak]
  • Territorial purpose and emotional place branding in rural development: Storytelling, identity and place value creation [presenter: Rosamaria Reig-Ramellat]
  • AI Ambidexterity as Organizational Transformation: Mapping the Exploration–Exploitation Tension through a Systematic Literature Review [presenter: Domenico De Fano]
  • From automotive to new urban mobility streams: agentic AI as technological exaptation for knowledge regeneration in the Turin ecosystem [presenter: Veronica Scuotto]
  • Aligning higher education with automotive industry transitions: the role of student competence awareness [presenter: Linda Gabbianelli]
 
11:00
11:30		 Coffee break
                      
11:30
12:30		               Innovative and Transformative Teaching: Conversation with the Editors. From student evidence to university learning ecosystems (in Italian language)

CHAIR Maria Colurcio (Italy - University of Catanzaro "Magna Graecia")		        
11:30
13:00		                       Future-proof companies: Workshop of co-design for an academy-business project

CHAIR Stefano Denicolai (Italy - University of Pavia)
11:30
13:15		   
 
Track 1 - Artificial Intelligence in Management

session 3
CHAIR Giovanni Battista Dagnino (Italy - LUMSA University)
  • Strategic Adoption of AI in Dubai: Preliminary Results from an Advisory-Centered Perspective [presenter: Marco Valerio Rossi]
  • AI Literacy as a Hiring Signal in Project Management Recruitment [presenter: Alessandro Balbina]
  • Strategic Impacts of Generative Artificial Intelligence Adoption in Public Administration: An Empirical Analysis [presenter: Francesco Mercuri]
  • Artificial Intelligence and the Idea Journey: From Human Creators to Human–AI Dyads [presenter: Marcello Mariani]
  • Managing Professionals’ Trust in AI-Based Clinical Decision Support Systems [presenter: Alessandro Gazzetti]
  • Does Source Credibility Theory Apply to Virtual Influencers? Evidence From Italy [presenter: Vincenzo Gissi]
  • Human-Centered AI and Entrepreneurship Education:Insights from a Gioia Method Study [presenter: Mariacarmela Passarelli]
 
Track 1 - Artificial Intelligence in Management

session 4
CHAIR Savvas Papagiannidis (UK - Newcastle University Business School)
  • Artificial Intelligence for Social Good: An Analysis of Objective Structures, Subjective Dispositions, and Collective Fields [presenter: Maria Ferraro]
  • Corporate Crisis and Artificial Intelligence: A textual analysis [presenter: Elvira Tiziana La Rocca]
  • How Applicants’ Job-Market Status Shapes Reactions Toward AI Evaluation [presenter: Valerio Deriu]
  • Decision-making biases in modern Supply Chains and the role of AI: a systematic literature review [presenter: Sara Savy]
  • Communicative Genres and Digital Capabilities Development and Engagement in Later Life: Preliminary implications [presenter: Andrea Sestino]
  • E-Recruitment and Cultural Bias: A Structural Audit and Detection Design for LLMs [presenter: Bice Della Piana]
 
Track 2 - Entrepreneurship

session 3
CHAIR Rosangela Feola (Italy - University of Salerno)
  • Rethinking Mixed Embeddedness in Incubation Programmes for Migrant Women Entrepreneurs [presenter: Giulio Palmas]
  • Narrating Venture Failure: configurations of entrepreneurial failure narratives across cultural contexts [presenter: Lucia Barra]
  • The role of entrepreneurship support organizations in creating inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystems for immigrant entrepreneurs: A relational approach [presenter: Daniela Bolzani]
  • Beyond Assistance: Local Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and Immigrant Entrepreneurs [presenter: Veronica Scuotto]
  • Configuring Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: Evidence from a Ten Pillar Cluster Analysis [presenter: Marilena Bredice - copresenter: Anna Vittoria Formisano ]
  • The T-Rex Effect in the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem [presenter: Filippo Marchesani]
  • Commencing Countdown, Engines On: Rethinking the Lifecycle of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems [presenter: Giorgio Di Fiore]
 
Track 9 - Small & Family Business

session 2
CHAIR Alfredo D'Angelo (Italy - University Cattolica del Sacro Cuore - Milan)
  • Embedding the Past: Corporate Heritage and Identity Construction in Family Firms [presenter: Dalila Coppola]
  • When Marriage Breaks, Firms Shake: Marital Instability as a Hidden Governance Risk in Family Firms [presenter: Giulio Palmas]
  • Dual-Speed Transformation After Succession: Why Family Business Groups Change while Staying the Same [presenter: Andrea Vincis]
  • Productivity patterns of family vs non-family firms under stability and crisis [presenter: Anna Menozzi]
  • Family Firms and Social Entrepreneurship: Unpacking the Social Value Chain in the Zegna Case Study [presenter: Elisa Conz]
  • Next-Generation Digital Leadership in Family-Owned SMEs: An Integrative Review and Research Agenda—Ongoing Study [presenter: Vera Ampadu]
 
Track 3 - Innovation & Technology Management

session 3
CHAIR Anna Paola Codini (Italy - University of Brescia)
  • Digitalizing Knowledge-Based Firms: What the Effects? [presenter: Mauro Capestro]
  • Digital Maturity and Sustainability Outcomes in the Twin Transition: Evidence from Italian SMEs [presenter: Alberto Massacci]
  • Digitalization and marketing goals: Data-driven strategy vs entrepreneurial alertness? [presenter: Mauro Capestro]
  • E-Government Service Quality as a Driver of Digital Inclusion [presenter: Giuseppe Bongiorno]
  • A double-edged sword: the ambivalent role of digitalization for Italian Inner Areas sustainable development [presenter: Mario Tani]
  • Integrating Digitalization and Sustainability in sport business: An Institutional Analysis in Professional Football [presenter: Alessandra Dell'Aquila]
  • Education for sustainability as a pedagogical, psychological and sociological paradigm: a transdisciplinary survey between Italy, Tanzania and Spain [presenter: Mario D'Avino]
 
Track 3 - Innovation & Technology Management

session 4
CHAIR Angela Caridà (Italy - University of Catanzaro "Magna Graecia")
  • The XAI provider’s role in AI-driven decision-making: Insights from a case-study in prior authorization [presenter: Annaluce Mandiello]
  • Perceptions of Electronic Health Record within digital health services ecosystem and the role of Artificial Intelligence [presenter: Riccardo Pollifroni - copresenter: Gabriele Ciulli]
  • Anticipating Emerging Technologies: Innovation Trajectories and Technology Transfer in an AI-Based University Spin-Off. A Longitudinal Case Study [presenter: Faheem Uddin Syed]
  • Artificial Intelligence in Public Services: Reshaping the Conditions of Value Creation [presenter: Beatrice Bellassi]
  • Managing uncertainty and irreversibility in quantum computing adoption: a systematic literature review [presenter: Corrado De Cristofaro]
  • Human Resources as Network Resources: Development, Mobilization and Placement in Public–Private Innovation Projects [presenter: Francesco Mutignani]
  • Designed to Fail: Toward an Evolutionary Theory of Zemblanity in Organizational Routines [presenter: Marco Balzano]
 
Track 4 - International Business

session 2
CHAIR Barbara Francioni (Italy - University of Urbino Carlo Bo)
  • Psychological Contract and Job Performance among Chinese Expatriates in Thailand: The Moderating Role of Trustworthiness [presenter: Pornlapas Suwannarat]
  • Innovative Pedagogies in Enhancing Cultural Variety in the International Business Classroom [presenter: Sara Carbone]
  • Country Risk Premium in Non-Financial Firms. A Systematic Literature Review [presenter: Raimondo Rocchi]
  • Institutional Context, Internationalization, and Their Impact on Firm Scaling [presenter: Giuseppe Pirrone]
  • Scalability Without Trade Offs: International Scaling in Hybrid Firms [presenter: Margherita Milotta]
  • Venture Capital Funds in Foreign Countries as a Market Entry Mode: Conditions and Performance Implications [presenter: Vittoria Di Marcantonio]
  • Governare la sostenibilità: un framework per analisi delle relazioni inter-organizzative che coinvolgono le imprese multinazionali [presenter: Cristina Leone]
 
Track 6 - Marketing

session 3
CHAIR Francesca Checchinato (Italy - Ca' Foscari University of Venice)
  • Beyond positive brand identity: Conceptualizing the Negative Brand Identity System [presenter: Sara Boccalini]
  • Delegating distress: Evaluating LLMs as protective tools for coding sensitive advertising content [presenter: Fabio Corona]
  • The Internal Brand Equity Lift: How Internal Marketing Strategies and Brand Fit Influence Employees’ Identification in Nonprofit Partnerships [presenter: Alessandro Signorini]
  • Congruency Matters. Physiological Responses to Nutritional Claim–Product Fit [presenter: Settimio Ziccarelli]
  • Tourism pressure and gastronomy: a comparison between Italy and Croatia [presenter: Francesca Checchinato]
  • How to Innovate Personalization [presenter: Chiara Ottolenghi]
  • When Phygital Experiential Strategies Pay Off: The Role of Sustainability and Competitive Alignment in Driving Firm Performance [presenter: Caterina Benvenuti]
 
Track 6 - Marketing

session 4
CHAIR Fabio Cassia (Italy - University of Verona)
  • Designing Sustainable Delivery Choices at Checkout: Evidence from Digital Nudging Experiments [presenter: Jacopo Ballerini]
  • Marketing Agility and Liquid Consumption: How Mutual Adaptation Can Destabilize Digital Markets [presenter: Moreno Frau]
  • The Institutionalization of Person-Centredness: A Three-Stream Convergence Model Across Management Fields [presenter: Sabina De Rosis]
  • Algorithmic Recommendations and Consumer Decision-Making: Experimental Evidence from a Food Product Study [presenter: Raffaele Campo]
  • Neurodiversity in the Agentic Economy: A Systematic Literature Review [presenter: Chiara Colacchio]
  • When Gender Meets Super-Expertise: Perceptual Bias and Behavioral Effects in AI–Human Hybrid Recommendations [presenter: Lorenzo Ricciardi - copresenter: Marco Francesco Mazzu]
 
Track 8 - Retailing & Service Management

session 1
CHAIRS Chiara Mauri (Italy - University "Carlo Cattaneo" - LIUC), Simone Aiolfi (Italy - University of Parma)
  • Stitching Marketing and Sales Across the Retail-Facing Process: Trade Marketing as an Integration Function [presenter: Giulia Tardelli]
  • When Inclusion Marks You Out: Body Stigmatization in Physical Fashion Retail [presenter: Virginia Vannucci - copresenter: Daniele Dalli]
  • Breaking the shelf blindness: how dynamic social norms-based communication increases visual attention toward high-fiber breakfast products [presenter: Sofia Laudani]
  • Can Product Aggregation Facilitate the Identification of Healthy Options? An Eye-Tracking Field Experiment on Visual Attention and Search Efficiency [presenter: Susanna Graziano]
  • UNDERSTANDING CUSTOMER RESPONSE TO AMAZON BRAND STORES [presenter: Marco Ieva]
  • Transforming Retail Loyalty: Paradoxical Challenges and Balances with AI [presenter: Ginevra Testa]
  • Urban Commerce Districts as Territorial Platforms: Collaborative Governance and Value Distribution in Bergamo (Italy) [presenter: Roberta Valsecchi]
 
Track 13 - Sustainability

session 3
CHAIR Angeloantonio Russo (Italy - LUM University)
  • The unintended consequences of collaborative consumption: A quantitative investigation on household rebound effects in the sharing economy [presenter: Valentina Cascio]
  • Digital Nudging and Online Second-Hand Consumption: an Experimental Comparison of Green, Social and Fair Price Nudges [presenter: Valentina Cascio]
  • Human Rights Policy Adoption and Revision Under Reputational Exposure: Insights from the Apparel Industry [presenter: Sabrina Fiore]
  • Bank-Based Financing and Sustainability Disclosure Readiness in SMEs: Evidence from Italy [presenter: Sabrina Fiore]
  • Impact Entrepreneurship and Place: A Systematic Literature Review and Future Research Directions [presenter: Anna Marrucci]
  • Promoting the energy transition: the influence of social norms on citizens’ willingness to promote energy communities [presenter: Alice Alosi - copresenter: Giulia Casamento]
  • A Review of Sustainable Business Models for Earth Observation-based Climate Services [presenter: Fabio Iannone]
 
 
Track 11 - Strategy & Governance

session 2
CHAIR Maria Cristina Cinici (Italy - University of Messina)
  • Innovation capabilities and performance in public sector organizations: following the path through resource base change in the Family and Community Nurse model [presenter: Alessia Caputo]
  • Innovation Setbacks in State-Led Innovation Initiatives: The Case of Malaysia [presenter: Judy Yueh Ling Song]
  • FUNDING DEPENDENCY AND ORGANIZATIOAL CHANGE: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF DONOR IMPACTS ON NGOS [presenter: Niyat Aregawi Gebremichael]
  • Developing Contextual Leadership in Amateur Football: An Action Research Study [presenter: Christian Di Prima]
  • Building sustainable development actions by leveraging on values-led collaborations: a comparative case study analysis [presenter: Francesca Pennucci]
  • Configurations of Resilience in Inter-Organizational Networks [presenter: Anna Cabigiosu]
  • Anticipatory Governance in Action: Reframing Organizational Adequacy as a Strategic Infrastructure for Early Risk Detection [presenter: Michele Capozzi]
 
Track 12 - Supply Chain Management, Logistics & Operations

session 2
CHAIR Alessandra Cozzolino (Italy - Sapienza University of Rome)
  • Returns Management in E-Commerce: The Role of Sustainability in Shaping Customer Satisfaction [presenter: Alessio Travasi]
  • Strategic Incentives for Supply Chain Transparency Through Blockchain: A Game Theory Analysis [presenter: Behzad Maleki Vishkaei]
  • Corporate Climate Ambition and Intangible Value: Evidence from Science-Based Targets [presenter: Andrea Biancardi]
  • Upstream differentiation in agriculture commodities supply chain [presenter: Daniel Ruzza]
  • When lean meets digital: risks and trade-offs in the integration of lean management and digital technologies in small and medium enterprises [presenter: Mercedes Victoria Auqui Caceres]
  • Human Judgment relevance for forecasting in time of AI: a cluster analysis of scientific papers [presenter: Filippo Di Lorenzo]
  • Cognitive Biases in Human–AI Interaction: Implications for Operations and Supply Chain Management [presenter: Davide Bonfio]
 
Track 13 - Sustainability

session 4
CHAIR Clelia Mazzoni (Italy - University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli")
  • Strategic Configurations of Circular Economy in the Battery Value Chain: Evidence from Global Automotive OEMs [presenter: Maria Fedele - copresenter: Grazia Maria Alessandra Lena]
  • Market Segmentation along the Value-Chain and Sustainability Orientation: Evidence from Italian Fashion Firms [presenter: Amir Maghssudipour]
  • Information framing and plant-based food choices: An experiment on isolated and cumulative effects across dietary identities [presenter: Roberta Iovino]
  • A demand and supply analysis of environmental externalities and firms’ zero debt policy [presenter: Gianluca Vagnani - copresenter: Antonio Renzi]
  • Assessing the Financial Impact of Climate-Related Risks in the Automotive Industry [presenter: Federica Gasbarro]
  • Navigating the automotive transition. The role of vision capability in adaptation behaviour [presenter: Federica Gasbarro]
  • Emerging frames of tourism in small island destinations: the case of San Pietro Island. [presenter: Chiara De Bernardi]
 
Track 13 - Sustainability

session 5
CHAIR Francesco Rizzi (Italy - Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies)
  • Stakeholder engagement, sostenibilità e co-creazione di valore nelle PMI: una revisione sistematica bibliometrica della letteratura [presenter: Vincenzo Dell'Anno - copresenter: Irene Ricciardi]
  • The Road Not Taken: the social acceptability of competing mobility interventions in peri-urban corridors [presenter: Giovanni Gesiot]
  • The Road to Mobility as a Service (MaaS): Adoption Drivers and the Nudging Effect [presenter: Marina Gigliotti]
  • Understanding the impact of ESG in SMEs [presenter: Martina Bocchini]
  • Embedding ESG in the Balanced Scorecard: A Work-in-Progress Framework for Strategic Translation, Innovation, and Long-Term Value Creation [presenter: Claudio Rosito]
  • Unveiling Systemic Trade-offs in the Dairy Industry: Beyond Local Optimization of Sustainability Performance [presenter: Giada Salvatore]
  • Evolution of the role of the sustainability manager in the Italian context [presenter: Maximilian Broglio]
 
Track 14 - Tourism & Culture Management

session 3
CHAIR Maria Della Lucia (Italy - University of Trento)
  • Destination Management in Active Conflict Areas: Governing Tourism in Ukraine [presenter: Michela Segato]
  • Exploring governance in cultural cities: a comparative analysis of three cases in Italy [presenter: Stefania Oliva]
  • Rethinking Sustainable Tourism in Protected Areas through Arts and Cultural Heritage: A Comparative Study of National Parks in Italy and the United States [presenter: Mara Cerquetti - copresenter: Leah Hamilton ]
  • Slow Tourism and Digitalization: Enhancing Experiential Value Without Losing Authenticity – the Case of Apulia as an Emerging Slow Tourism Destination [presenter: Domenico Morrone]
  • Oleoturismo come strategia di rigenerazione territoriale: uno studio esplorativo sulle PMI agricole in Campania [presenter: Antonio Apicella]
  • Strategie di valorizzazione dell’enoturismo di montagna: il caso del Trentino [presenter: Samuele Di Marzio]
  • I nuovi frequentatori della montagna: aspettative degli ospiti pernottanti e ruolo dei rifugi per la salvaguardia dell'ecosistema alpino [presenter: Giulia Cambruzzi]
 
Track 14 - Tourism & Culture Management

session 4
CHAIR Angelo Presenza (Italy - University of Molise)
  • Concert Societies and the Future of Classical Music. Organisational Models and Sustainability in Contemporary Italy [presenter: Martha Friel]
  • Emerging Green Professions in Cultural and Creative Organizations [presenter: Giorgia Natoli]
  • Assessing sustainability in museums: an integrated ESG-SDGs multi-method framework [presenter: Pietro Maria Fusi]
  • The dual sides of artificial intelligence in hospitality industry processes: A qualitative analysis of organizational perceptions and operational applications [presenter: Claudia Cozzio - copresenter: Massimo Morellato]
  • Sostenibilità e turismo nautico: i risultati di una scoping review della letteratura economico-manageriale [presenter: Marta Iester]
  • From Erasmus Mobility to Destination Loyalty: The Role of Satisfaction [presenter: Federico Mertoli]
  • Rethinking Tourism Intensity: A Compositional Approach to Resident Life Satisfaction [presenter: Oksana Tokarchuk]
 
Track 5 - Management Case Studies

CHAIRS Mariarosaria Napolitano (Italy - University of Naples "Parthenope"), Marco Frey (Italy - Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies)
  • Redefining B2B decision making: the power of Artificial Intelligence, Growth Hacking, and Data Quality Management [presenter: Luca Federico Battanta]
  • Entrepreneurial agency and hybrid finance in post-globalization. Evidence from SMEs facing the twin transition [presenter: Filomena Izzo]
  • Fintech, Youth, and Banking: The Case of Banca Generali [presenter: Cristina De Silva]
  • Humanistic Enterprise and Reputational Vulnerability: Evidence from the Brunello Cucinelli Case [presenter: Mariarosaria Napolitano]
 
13:15
14:30		 Lunch
                      
14:30
15:30		    
 
Track 1 - Artificial Intelligence in Management

session 5
CHAIR Giulio Ferrigno (Italy - Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies)
  • Institutional Logics and Collaborative Innovation in AI Platform Ecosystems: Evidence from Patent Co-Ownership in the United States and China [presenter: Andrea Amanti]
  • Needful or Painful? The perception of the adoption of AI from Top Management Team. [presenter: Alessandro Baroncelli - copresenter: Veronica Scuotto]
  • L’intelligenza artificiale come infrastruttura cognitiva per la transizione circolare: il ruolo delle dynamic capabilities [presenter: Lorenzo Turriziani]
  • A “dual-purpose” teammate: working with GenAI [presenter: Paola Pisano]
  
 
Track 3 - Innovation & Technology Management

session 5
CHAIRS Maria Cristina Longo (Italy - University of Catania), Marco Ieva (Italy - University of Parma)
  • Repositioning Biodiesel in the Energy Transition: Evidence from the Heavy-Duty Transport in Italy [presenter: Giulia Tagliazucchi]
  • Navigating the STI-Biodiversity Paradox: Co-Creation, International Intermediation, and Bounded Institutionalization [presenter: Jacopo Cricchio]
  • Servitization in the Age of Industry 5.0: Strategic Pathways Toward Circular Economy [presenter: Roberta Pisani]
  • Exploring the interplay between dynamic capabilities and contextual factors for circular innovation ecosystem emergence: an agent-based modeling approach [presenter: Andrea Ancona]
 
Track 2 - Entrepreneurship

session 4
CHAIR Bice Della Piana (Italy - University of Salerno)
  • PROCESSI DI LEGITTIMAZIONE E DI DIFFERENZIAZIONE COMPETITIVA NEI MERCATI NASCENTI: UNA RASSEGNA DELLA LETTERATURA [presenter: Martina Castronovo]
  • We are Change. Il linguaggio degli innovatori deep tech nel contesto europeo [presenter: Chiara Bartoli]
  • The Hidden Costs of Entrepreneurial Soft Skills: Identity, Behavioural Integrity and Word-Deed Misalignment. Evidence from a ZMET Analysis [presenter: Alessio Sartore]
 
Track 4 - International Business

session 3
CHAIR Matilde Milanesi (Italy - University of Florence)
  • Warm Hearts or Skilled Hands? The Effects of Country Stereotypes on Purchase Intentions for Italian Design Furniture in the US market [presenter: Giada Mainolfi]
  • COMPETING ON EXPORT PRICING: EXPORT ENTRANTS VS HOME-BASED INCUMBENTS ABROAD. THE ROLE OF EXPERIENCE, INNOVATION AND MARKET LEADERSHIP EFFECTS [presenter: Alfredo D'Angelo]
  • The role of Corporate Heritage in Market Selection and Market Entry strategies: a multiple case study of the Italian Food & Beverage Industry [presenter: Carolina Maria Rognoni]
  • Beyond Borders: A Systematic Review of Internationalization Pathways for Performing Arts Organizations [presenter: Claudio Becagli - copresenter: Stefania Oliva]
 
Track 4 - International Business

session 4
CHAIR Rubina Romanello (Italy - University of Trieste)
  • AI involvement in international business decisions: How decision type and agency level shape managers’ adoption intentions [presenter: Alice Aiudi]
  • Beyond Intermediaries. A Theoretical Framework for Technology-Oriented Negotiation (TON) in SME Internationalization [presenter: Faheem Uddin Syed]
  • Universities as Orchestrators of International Entrepreneurial Ecosystems [presenter: Patricea Elena Bertea]
  • Network centrality and establishment mode choice: An empirical analysis on European firms [presenter: Gabriele Galli]
 
Track 7 - Purpose-driven Businesses

session 2
CHAIR Rosangela Feola (Italy - University of Salerno)
  • Does sustainability pay off? Evidence from a staggered DID analysis on Italian BCorps [presenter: Alessandra Costa]
  • Value Added in Italian Social Gazelles: The Role of Internal and Contextual Drivers [presenter: Sabina De Rosis]
  • Il purpose dell’impresa come frame interpretativo della resilienza d’impresa [presenter: Valentina Cucino]
  • The Micro-Foundations of Humane Entrepreneurship: Individual Configurations and Opportunity Recognition [presenter: Chiara Crudele]
   
 
Track 11 - Strategy & Governance

session 3
CHAIR Anna Menozzi (Italy - University of Piemonte Orientale "A. Avogadro")
  • Governing the Trust–Distrust Paradox in B2B Relationships [presenter: Andrea Ciacci]
  • Certified management systems as governance infrastructures for ESG assurance readiness [presenter: Sabrina Restante]
  • La performance ESG riduce il rischio di crisi e fallimento delle PMI? Il ruolo della dimensione e dei fattori ambientali [presenter: Francesco Fasano]
  • Agentic AI Readiness in Italian SMEs: System Integration, Business Model Reinvention and the Intention–Capability Gap in the Post-Globalisation Era. [presenter: Luca Giraldi]
 
Track 12 - Supply Chain Management, Logistics & Operations

session 3
CHAIR Barbara Gaudenzi (Italy - University of Verona)
  • Opening the black box of Olympic logistics: a qualitative study of logistics management decision-making in a temporary mega-event [presenter: Silvia Blasi - copresenter: Barbara Gaudenzi]
  • Unpacking Circular Supply Chains: A Systematic Review and Research Agenda of SCM Processes and Actors in Circularity [presenter: Olivia Ibeh]
  • Designing Shock-Ready Agrifood Supply Chains [presenter: Paolo Coppola]
  • Beyond productivity: digital transformation and workers’ well-being in warehouse operations [presenter: Chiara Sguizzardi]
  • How Strategic Supply Chains Shape SMEs’ Strategic Responses in the Post-Globalization Era: An Exploratory Study [presenter: Mariaemilia Garbelli]
 
Track 13 - Sustainability

session 6
CHAIR Marina Gigliotti (Italy - Perugia University)
  • Exploring the relationship between firm innovativeness and biodiversity: opportunity or liability? [presenter: Berke Okur]
  • CSR Behaviour and Perceived Relevance in Micro and Small Family Businesses: Evidence from the Italian Context [presenter: Victoria Giannetti]
  • Food as Well-Being in the Digital Age: Motivational Drivers of Fruit Consumption among Generation Z [presenter: Antonella Bozzi]
  • Le emissioni che pesano in Borsa: un confronto tra Scope 1–2 e Scope 3 [presenter: Anna Prisco - copresenter: Irene Ricciardi]
 
Track 2 - Entrepreneurship

session 5
CHAIR Veronica Marozzo (Italy - University of Messina)
  • Reopening the Future Under Constraint: A Dual-Process Model of Agency Activation and Stabilization [presenter: Giacomo Marzi]
  • Determining the characteristics of the Private Debt targets: Evidence from Italy [presenter: Michele Lertora]
  • Cultural heritage management in peripheral areas: the challenge of resource degradation [presenter: Francesco Mutignani]
  • The Evolving Role of University in the development of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: a multi-stage framework [presenter: Rosangela Feola - copresenter: Chiara Crudele]
 
Track 8 - Retailing & Service Management

session 2
CHAIR Simone Aiolfi (Italy - University of Parma)
  • Capturing Brands and Consumer Voice. A Longitudinal Study of Online Discourse on Well-Being and Healthy Eating in the Italian Grocery Retail Sector [presenter: Beatrice Ceccoli]
  • Do shopping behaviors change the importance of store attributes? Evidence from the French grocery market. [presenter: Michele Badolato]
  • A Quantitative Assessment of Consumers' Reactions to “Clean” Labels [presenter: Giovanni Pino]
  • Mind the fit: a Framework for Virtual Reality Integration in the Online Customer Journey [presenter: Giovanni Romano]
 
Track 8 - Retailing & Service Management

session 3
CHAIR Chiara Mauri (Italy - University "Carlo Cattaneo" - LIUC)
  • What Drives Theatre Attendance? Audiences Who Plan, Attend More [presenter: Clementina Bruno]
  • Co-creating Data-Driven Healthcare Services: Collaborative Development of Digital Platforms for Patient-Reported Data [presenter: Sabina De Rosis]
  • Orchestrating Digital Passenger Experience: Digital Touchpoints and Organisational Choices in a Smart Airport [presenter: Carlo Riccardo Raggi]
  • Transforming consulting services in the era of agentic AI: Evidence from leading management consultants in Italy [presenter: Raffaella Montera]
  
15:30
16:30		    CLOSING PLENARY SESSION (in Italian language)

CHAIR Beatrice Luceri (Italy - University of Parma)		                   

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