Portrait of Dr Alessandro Giudici

Dr Alessandro Giudici

Professor in Strategy

Bayes Business School, Faculty of Management

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London
EC1V 0HB
United Kingdom

About

Overview

Alessandro Giudici is a Professor of Strategy, Head of the Strategy Group, and former Director of the Modular Executive MBA (2018-2024) at Bayes Business School (formerly Cass). He serves as elected senator on the Senate of City, University of London, and its Academic Governance and Nomination Committee, and he is a member of Bayes' Board of Studies. He is also an Associate Research Fellow in Digital Social Innovation at the University of Ca' Foscari (Venice, Italy), a Visiting Research Fellow in Impact Innovation at ALTIS - Catholic University of Milan (Milan, Italy), and a member of the PhD board at University La Sapienza (Rome, Italy). He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a Freeman of the City of London, and a member of the Company of Communicators.

In April 2020, he was included in Poets & Quants' prestigious list "Top 40 Under 40 Business School Professors" with the highest number of nominations on record (interview: https://bit.ly/3f2IRS9). In November 2020, he was awarded the ASFOR-Spina Award for "Best Under 40 Italian Business Professor" (see: https://bit.ly/37mVzbe). In 2018, he was awarded the university-wide "President's Award for Excellence in Learning & Teaching" at City, University of London. In 2014, he was awarded the 'Commendation for Excellence in Teaching & Learning' by Bayes Business School (formerly Cass).

Alessandro's research investigates the processes through which innovation can be facilitated in entrepreneurial ecosystems mainly from the perspective of 'pro-social' intermediary organizations such as (corporate and non-corporate) incubators, accelerators, venture associations, government agencies, etc. He also works on business models, particularly if digitally-enabled and/or for social innovation in emerging economies (Sub-Saharan Africa, especially), and on corporate innovation. His work has been published in the Academy of Management Journal, Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, Business History, Industrial Marketing Management, Long Range Planning, and Strategic Organization.

Alessandro is currently integrating his research interests with a personal passion for social and impact-oriented organizations. His portfolio of on-going projects includes research (with co-authors) on a) the orchestration of impact innovation in sub-Saharan Africa; b) institutional rejuvenation in a large league of cooperatives via open innovation initiatives; c) pitching by social entrepreneurs to financial and impact-oriented audiences (in social incubators). In addition, he has side projects on business model innovation and digital transformation. As part of this research agenda, Alessandro was awarded a 'Pump Priming' grant [£5k] by Bayes Business School (formerly Cass) in 2016, three UKRI 'Global Challenges Research Fund' grants [£14k+£16k+£15k]; and a research grant [€6k] by Legacoop-Coopfond in 2017. In 2013, he received an RCUK-DE/NEMODE grant [£3k].

At Bayes Business School (formerly Cass), Alessandro teaches 'Introduction to Strategy and the Case Method', the core Strategy module, and 'Strategy Skills' in the FTMBA program, the core Strategic Leadership module in the MEMBA programme, and the session on 'Resources and Capabilities' on the PhD program. In addition, he has been leading the FTMBA Strategy Consulting Project since 2014/2015 and, from 2019, the MEMBA International Consulting Week (in Vietnam and Iceland) and the cross-MBA International MBA Study Tour on 'Tech for Impact' in Kenya. In past years, he taught 'Corporate Strategy' in the EMBA program (2018-2019), 'Strategy Consulting Skills' across MSc programs (2017-2020), ''Advanced Strategic Management' in the BSc in Management and Business Studies (2014-2018), and also led the International MBA Study Tour in China (2016-2018) and the International MSc Study Tour in Milan (2018). Between 2017-2019, he delivered the module 'Strategy & the Board' part of the School's executive education program for non-executive directors in collaboration with PwC.

Every year, Alessandro supervises a significant number of dissertations across programs/levels that take the form of applied strategy consulting projects or business plans in preparation for raising investment.

Alessandro serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Management Studies and of Strategic Organization. He is also a regular reviewer for major academic journals including the Academy of Management Journal, Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, and others as well as for major international conferences. In 2013, he received the Outstanding Reviewer Award from the Business and Policy Division of the Academy of Management conference. In 2011, 2012, and 2013, he received three Outstanding Reviewer Awards in the Strategy Practice Interest Group from the Strategic Management Society conference.

Alessandro joined Bayes Business School (formerly Cass) as Research Fellow in January 2014 to work on a EPSRC-funded research program focusing on "Building better business models" under the direction of Professor Charles Baden-Fuller, Centenary Professor of Strategy, and Professor Stefan Haefliger, Professor in Strategic Management and Innovation. As part of this program, he co-developed the free resource for business model thinking: www.businessmodelzoo.com. He has also delivered strategic consulting assignments on (digital) business model innovation, most notably in collaboration with the Corporate Marketing & Sales division at Bosch Global.

Before joining the School, in 2013 Alessandro completed his PhD in Strategy and Entrepreneurship at Cranfield School of Management (Cranfield University, UK), focusing on how intermediary organizations can support entrepreneurial firms in systematically sensing and seizing new opportunities. His PhD was awarded with no corrections and with the Director’s Prize for Best Doctoral Thesis 2013.

Alessandro holds an MSc (cum laude) in Strategy and a BSc (Hons) in Management from the University of Pisa, a Master of Research from Cranfield School of Management, and in 2012 he was a visiting researcher at Mays Business School (Texas A&M University). Before his PhD, Alessandro gained industry background as a marketing executive for the UK subsidiary of a large FMCG multinational company.

Qualifications

  • PhD, Cranfield University, United Kingdom, Sep 2009 – Apr 2013
  • MRes, Cranfield University, United Kingdom, Sep 2008 – Aug 2009
  • MSc (cum laude), University of Pisa, Italy
  • BSc (Hons), University of Pisa, Italy

Employment

  • Elected Senator, City, University of London, Aug 2022 – present

Languages

Italian.

Expertise

Primary topics

  • Business Models
  • Strategic Management

Additional topics

  • Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management
  • Voluntary Sector Management

Research

1st supervisor

Research students

Imarn Khalid

Attendance: Sep 2023 – present, part-time

Thesis title: Strategic agility at scale in banking

Role: 2nd Supervisor

Mark Salway

Attendance: Sep 2022 – present, part-time

Thesis title: Balancing social and financial value in non-profit organisations: implications for business models

Role: 2nd Supervisor

Daniele Corbino

Attendance: Sep 2022 – present, part-time

Thesis title: Non-conventional infrastructure investments financing: The new space economy case

Role: 2nd Supervisor

Victor Schiller

Attendance: Sep 2021 – present, part-time

Thesis title: The role of cross-ecosystem collaboration in entrepreneurial ecosystems.

Role: 1st Supervisor

Alessandro Giudice

Attendance: Sep 2019 – present, part-time

Thesis title: Competitive advantage, corporate governance and financial value creation in professional football.

Role: 1st Supervisor

Gerasimos Kouvaras

Attendance: Sep 2018 – May 2024, part-time

Thesis title: Ideology as an analytical lens to study organizations: The case of an International Nongovernmental Development Organization

Role: 2nd Supervisor

Wendy Kilminster

Attendance: Sep 2018 – Jul 2023, full-time

Thesis title: Long duration organizing in organizations of organizations

Role: 1st Supervisor

Caifei Chen

Attendance: Sep 2017 – Jul 2023, full-time

Thesis title: How do external networks influence the internationalisation of Chinese tech ventures?

Role: 1st Supervisor

Publications

  1. Giudici, A., Reinmoeller, P. and Ravasi, D. (2018). Open-System Orchestration as a Relational Source of Sensing Capabilities: Evidence from a Venture Association. Academy of Management Journal, 61(4), pp. 1369–1402. doi:10.5465/amj.2015.0573.

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Book

  1. Maiolini, R. and Giudici, A. (2023). Creare valore tramite l’innovazione cooperativa: Il caso Coopstartup. Giappichelli. ISBN 978-88-921-4472-9.

Chapters (2)

  1. In Škerlavaj, M., Černe, M., Dysvik, A. and Carlsen, A. (Eds.), (2016). Capitalizing on Creativity at Work. In Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78347-649-7.
  2. Zupic, I. and Giudici, A. (2016). New Venture Growth: Current Findings and Future Challenges. In Blackburn, R., De Clercq, D. and Wang, Z. (Eds.), The Sage Handbook of Small Business and Entrepreneurship Sage Publications Limited. ISBN 978-1-4739-2523-6.

Conference papers and proceedings (4)

  1. Sottini, A., Zupic, I. and Giudici, A. (2023). Social Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation: A Bibliometric Review and Research Agenda. doi:10.5465/amproc.2023.46bp
  2. Kilminster, W., Giudici, A. and Jarzabkowski, P. (2021). The Active Persistence of Shared Characteristics in an Organized Market. doi:10.5465/ambpp.2021.135
  3. Musi, E., Palmieri, R., Mercuri, C., Giudici, A., Maiden, N., Hardman, C. … Borgo, R. (2021). What makes you fupy ('food' + 'happy')? leveraging strategic maneuvering to build food coaching apps.
  4. Giudici, A. and Reinmoeller, P. (2012). The relational deployment and development of sensing dynamic capabilities: Evidence from a network intermediary. Academy of Management Annual Meeting: The Informal Economy Boston, USA.

Journal articles (12)

  1. Sottini, A.C.M., Zupic, I. and Giudici, A. (2024). Social entrepreneurship and social innovation: A bibliometric review and research agenda. European Management Journal. doi:10.1016/j.emj.2024.03.006.

    [publisher’s website]

  2. Kilminster, W., Jarzabkowski, P. and Giudici, A. (2024). Organizing long duration interdependence in Lloyd’s of London:
    Persistence in a part-whole paradox of organizing.     Business History pp. 1–35. doi:10.1080/00076791.2023.2289580.

    [publisher’s website]

  3. Giudici, A. (2022). Le grandi difficoltà del sistema universitario britannico. La Nuova Atlantide, 2(6), pp. 103–106.
  4. Sydow, A., Cannatelli, B.L., Giudici, A. and Molteni, M. (2022). Entrepreneurial Workaround Practices in Severe Institutional Voids: Evidence From Kenya. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 46(2), pp. 331–367. doi:10.1177/1042258720929891.

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  5. Caputo, R., Garzella, S., Fiorentino, R. and Giudici, A. (2021). Big data analytics in innovation processes. Which forms of dynamic capabilities should be developed and how to embrace digitization. European Journal of Innovation Management, 25(6), pp. 273–294. doi:10.1108/EJIM-05-2021-0256.
  6. Giudici, A., Combs, J.G., Cannatelli, B.L. and Smith, B.R. (2020). Successful Scaling in Social Franchising: The Case of Impact Hub. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 44(2), pp. 288–314. doi:10.1177/1042258718801593.

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  7. Kouropalatis, Y., Giudici, A. and Acar, O.A. (2019). Business capabilities for industrial firms: A bibliometric analysis of research diffusion and impact within and beyond Industrial Marketing Management. Industrial Marketing Management, 83, pp. 8–20. doi:10.1016/j.indmarman.2018.11.012.

    [publisher’s website]

  8. Maiolini, R., Giudici, A. and Venturi, P. (2019). Orchestrare l'innovazione per creare valore sociale. Sviluppo & Organizzazione, (285), pp. 42–47.
  9. Cannatelli, B., Smith, B., Giudici, A., Jones, J. and Conger, M. (2017). An Expanded Model of Distributed Leadership in Organizational Knowledge Creation. Long Range Planning, 50(5), pp. 582–602. doi:10.1016/j.lrp.2016.10.002.

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  10. Baden-Fuller, C., Giudici, A. and Morgan, M.S. (2017). Business Models and Value. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2017(1), pp. 11635–11635. doi:10.5465/ambpp.2017.90.

    [publisher’s website]

  11. Lanzolla, G. and Giudici, A. (2017). Pioneering strategies in the digital world. Insights from the Axel Springer case. Business History, 59(5), pp. 744–777. doi:10.1080/00076791.2016.1269752.

    [publisher’s website]

  12. Giudici, A. and Reinmoeller, P. (2012). Dynamic capabilities in the dock: A case of reification? Strategic Organization, 10(4), pp. 436–449. doi:10.1177/1476127012457977.

    [publisher’s website]

Report

Professional activities

Editorial activity (6)

  1. Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, Referee, 2018 – present.
  2. Journal of Management Studies, Member of Editorial Board, 2016 – present.
  3. International Small Business Journal, Referee, 2015 – present.
  4. British Journal of Management, Referee, 2015 – present.
  5. Strategic Organization, Member of Editorial Board, 2014 – present.
  6. Long Range Planning, Referee, 2010 – present.

Events/conferences (16)

  1. SAMS Workshop. (Workshop) Kingston-upon-Thames (UK) (2014). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Engaging with Stakeholders and Creating Impact from Doctoral Studies
    Author: Giudici A.
  2. Strategic Management Society conference. (Conference) Madrid (Spain) (2014).
    Paper: The relational sensing of new opportunities in entrepreneurial firms (revised version)
    Author: Giudici A
    Co-authors: Kouropalatis, Y., Reinmoeller, P.
  3. EURAM (European Academy of Management) conference. (Conference) Valencia (Spain) (2014).
    Paper: Antecedents of decentralization in social venture franchising
    Author: Cannatelli B
    Co-authors: Giudici, A.
  4. EGOS (European Group for Organizational Studies) conference. (Conference) Rotterdam (The Netherlands) (2014).
    Paper: Digitally-enabled network intermediation in the internationalization of SMEs: A dynamic capabilities perspective.
    Author: Giudici A.
    Co-authors: Blackburn, R.
  5. SAMS Workshop. (Workshop) Kingston-upon-Thames (UK) (2013). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Conducting and Disseminating Impactful Management Research
    Author: Giudici A.
  6. Matching 2.0. (Workshop) Milan (Italy) (2013). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Inter-firm collaboration and the role of venture associations: The Matching case study
    Author: Giudici A.
  7. Strategic Management Society conference. (Conference) Atlanta (US) (2013).
    Paper: Entrepreneurial arbitrage and network relations in the informal economy.
    Author: Giudici A
    Co-authors: Ireland R.D., Tihanyi L., Reinmoeller P.
  8. AOM (US Academy of Management) conference. (Conference) Orlando (US) (2013).
    Paper: Who hosts the party? Entrepreneurs’ networking repertoire and the design of entrepreneurial networking initiatives (revised version)
    Author: Giudici A.
    Co-authors: Reinmoeller P., Ireland R.D., Tihanyi L.
  9. Strategic Management Society conference. (Conference) Prague (Czech Republic) (2012).
    Paper: Developing 'hugging' capabilities for fostering open innovation: The case of Sense Worldwide.
    Author: Giudici A.
    Co-authors: Reinmoeller P.
  10. EGOS (European Group for Organizational Studies) conference. (Conference) Helsinki (Finland) (2012).
    Paper: Who is the host? The design of emergent inter-organizational relationships in field-configuring events (early version)
    Author: Giudici A.
    Co-authors: Reinmoeller P.
  11. BAM (British Academy of Management) conference. (Conference) Cardiff (Wales/UK) (2012).
    Paper: The relational sensing of new opportunities in entrepreneurial firms (developmental version)
    Author: Giudici A.
    Co-authors: Reinmoeller P.
  12. AOM (US Academy of Management) conference. (Conference) Boston (US) (2012).
    Paper: The relational deployment and development of sensing dynamic capabilities: Evidence from a network intermediary (revised version)
    Author: Giudici A.
    Co-authors: Reinmoeller P.
  13. 2nd Tilburg Conference on Innovation. (Conference) Tilburg (The Netherlands) (2012).
    Paper: The relational deployment and development of dynamic capabilities: Evidence from a network intermediary (early version)
    Author: Giudici A.
    Co-authors: Reinmoeller P.
  14. AOM (US Academy of Management) conference. (Conference) San Antonio (US) (2011).
    Paper: Dynamic capabilities at a bifurcation point: Forging a definition for fostering meaningful conversation (revised version)
    Author: Cinici C.
    Co-authors: Dagnino, G. B., Giudici, A., & Reinmoeller, P
  15. Strategic Management Society conference. (Conference) Rome (Italy) (2010).
    Paper: Dynamic capabilities at a bifurcation point: Forging a definition for fostering meaningful conversation (early version)
    Author: Cinici C.
    Co-authors: Dagnino, G. B., Giudici, A., & Reinmoeller, P.
  16. AOM (US Academy of Management) conference. (Conference) Montreal (Canada) (2010).
    Paper: The Janus effect of reification in management research.
    Author: Giudici A.
    Co-authors: Reinmoeller P.