PhD in Business Administration and Management - Dipartimento di Economia e Management

The PhD in Business Administration and Management is jointly organized by the Universities of Pisa, Firenze and Siena. Our universities have strong research culture and more than 30 years of experience in organizing phd courses.

The PhD course is a three-year course providing doctoral students with the opportunity to become members of an international active and integrated community of researchers, interacting with distinguished faculty members.

Each doctoral student has two supervisors who will guide their research and foster their development as academic researchers, starting from the first year.

University of Pisa offers a wide range of PhD scholarships, accessible through a competitive public call every year.

The course is designed to prepare the doctoral students for the academic job market. Scholarships dedicated to applied researchers in partner firms and organizations also allow doctoral students accessing the private companies and consulting firms job market.

PhD Structure

The PhD structure is as follows.

1st Year – Master of Research with PhD Research Project Foundation
2nd Year – PhD Thesis Development, with Research Activity and Visiting Period
3rd Year – PhD Thesis Completion, with Research Activity and Presentation at Conferences.

The Master of Research courses in the first year are designed around three pillars: Theories, Methods and Applications.

The Theories pillar includes the following courses:

Business Administration and Accounting theory
Organizational theory
Management theory

The Methods pillar includes the following courses

Literature Review methodologies
Quantitative research methods: Statistics and Econometrics
Qualitative research methods: Interviews, Surveys, Content analysis, Case study research, Historical methods

The Applications Pillar is structured on the teaching needs of the PhD sudents. Among the disciplines taught, we have: Financial Accounting, Management Accounting, Auditing, Management Control, Marketing, International Management, Organization studies, Corporate Governance, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management.

Further activities include course on academic teaching, academic writing and soft skills, like presentation skills.

Faculty member

PhD Coordinator: prof. Giulio Greco

N	Surname	Name	University	Scientific Area
1	ALLEGRINI	Marco	PISA	SECS-P/07
2	ANGELINI	Antonella	PISA	SECS-P/08
3	BIANCHI MARTINI	Silvio	PISA	SECS-P/07
4	BONTI	Mariacristina	PISA	SECS-P/10
5	CASTELLANO	Nicola	PISA	SECS-P/07
6	CORCIOLANI	Matteo	PISA	SECS-P/08
7	DALLI	Daniele	PISA	SECS-P/08
8	D’ONZA	Giuseppe	PISA	SECS-P/07
9	GANDOLFO	Alessandro	PISA	SECS-P/08
10	GIANNETTI	Riccardo	PISA	SECS-P/07
11	GONNELLA	Enrico	PISA	SECS-P/07
12	GRECO	Giulio	PISA	SECS-P/07
13	LAZZINI	Simone	PISA	SECS-P/07
14	NICCOLINI	Federico	PISA	SECS-P/10
15	TARABELLA	Angela	PISA	SECS-P/13
16	VERONA	Roberto	PISA	SECS-P/07
17	AIELLO	Gaetano Maria	FIRENZE	SECS-P/08
18	CAVALIERE	Vincenzo	FIRENZE	SECS-P/10
19	CIAMPI	Francesco	FIRENZE	SECS-P/08
20	CIAPPEI	Cristiano	FIRENZE	SECS-P/08
21	DAINELLI	Francesco	FIRENZE	SECS-P/07
22	DONVITO	Raffaele	FIRENZE	SECS-P/08
23	GIUNTA	Francesco	FIRENZE	SECS-P/07
24	GORI	Elena	FIRENZE	SECS-P/07
25	LIBERATORE	Giovanni	FIRENZE	SECS-P/07
26	MANETTI	Giacomo	FIRENZE	SECS-P/07
27	PACI	Andrea	FIRENZE	SECS-P/08
28	PASSERI	Riccardo	FIRENZE	SECS-P/08
29	BARNABE’	Federico	SIENA	SECS-P/07
30	DI PIETRA	Roberto	SIENA	SECS-P/07
31	MARAGHINI	Maria Pia	SIENA	SECS-P/07
32	MUSSARI	Riccardo	SIENA	SECS-P/07
33	RICCABONI	Angelo	SIENA	SECS-P/07
34	RUGGIERO	Pasquale	SIENA	SECS-P/07
35	ZANNI	Lorenzo	SIENA	SECS-P/08
36	CASCINO	Stefano	UNITED KINGDOM
37	CORREIA	Maria	UNITED KINGDOM
38	HUSE	Morten	GERMANY
39	MELVILLE	Rob	UNITED KINGDOM
40	MORA	Araceli	SPAIN
41	NORREKLIT	Hanne	DENMARK
42	RUSS	Meir	USA
43	SARENS	Gerrit	BELGIUM
44	SCIULLI	Nick	AUSTRALIA

PhD students and PhD research thesis

CICLO XXXV (a.y. 2019/20)

SURNAME	NAME	PH. D RESEARCH THESIS
ABBAS	KHALID	Essays on digitalization and Artificial intelligence Technologies in the Accounting profession
BECCIU	ARIANNA	Intellectual Property in Industry 4.0. An analysis of the innovation system in a changing scenario
BRANCA	ERIKA	Immigrant and non-immigrant firms’ strategic orientation and performance: the entrepreneur’s migration experience as a source of entrepreneurial heterogeneity
CALATOLA	ROBERTA	The institutionalization process of the accrual accounting in the decision-making process: an empirical study in the Italian Regions
CALOTA	COSTINA-ANDREEA	Museum networks from idea to organizational model: critical issues and conditions of effectiveness
CAMMEO	JACOPO	The impact of digitalisation on firms’ sustainability in the field of Industry 4.0. Evidence from the marble and ornamental stone sector in Italy with a focus on Tuscany.
CARPENZANO	ALESSANDRO	Modello evoluto di industria cartotecnica innovativa
GONNELLA	CRISTINA	Does the Board of Directors Impact on CSR? Evidence from the Banking Sector
LETO	LORENZO	Intertwining management accounting change and change management theories in research on performance measurement systems implementation
PETRUCCO	GIACOMO
ROSSI	MICHELE	The principle of “Stabilitas” as a new model of cultural heritage valorisation “A comparison of experiences”
RUSSO	SARAH	Public sector risk management practices and multiple logics (inter)actions and (dis)agreements in a hybrid context

CICLO XXXVI (a.y. 2020/21)

SURNAME	NAME
CARAMIA	SIMONA
CESA BIANCHI	DAMIANO
DASMI	COSTANZA
GAMBICORTI	ANTEA
GUARINO	LOREDANA
MARCHI	VALENTINA
MARRUCCI	ANNA
NECHAEVA	OLGA
NERI	MARTINA
RIGAMONTI	ALESSANDRO PAOLO
TALLARICO	SALVATORE, GIOVANNI, PIETRO
ZEINALI	ZAHRA

CICLO XXXVII (a.y. 2021/22)

SURNAME	NAME
AHSAN	MUHAMMAD JUNAID
FONTANELLA	ANDREA
GALLUCCI	MARINA
GBLI	BENJAMIN TETTEH
HANIF	RAHILA
MAVILLONIO	MARIA SAVERIA
NESI	EDOARDO
PASCALE	FRANCESCA
PERKOV	TIMUR
PICA	GABRIELLA
SANTONI	RICCARDO
SYED	FAHEEM UDDIN
VIANELLO	DILETTA

CICLO XXXVIII (a.y. 2022/23)

SURNAME	NAME
PISTOLESI	FRANCESCO
ROSINI	GIACOMO
BARGHINI	SILVIA
TAMMARO	DANIELE
FAZI	ANDREA
TRABELSI	MERIAM
MORABITO	PAOLO

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