Our PhD students

Meet some of our current PhD students

Eliomaria Narducci

M.Sc. in Management and CEO Italian Chamber of Commerce for Germany
Research field: Internationalization, management, strategic growth of SMEs. Focus on Italian and German companies.

Alireza Alerasoul

M.S. Business Management (graduated with honors) at Sapienza University of Rome, Rome (Italy)
Research Interests: Innovation (technological, non-technological/open) and Entrepreneurship; Strategy, Competitiveness, and Internationalization.

Francesco Bertolotti

B.Sc. Management Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
M.Sc. Management Engineering, LIUC, Castellanza, Italy
Research Interests: Agent-Based Modeling, System Theory, Complex Systems.

Valentina Minutiello

Master’s Degree with honours on Administration, Control and Profession at University of the Eastern Piedmont
Research interests: Voluntary Disclosure, Sustainability Reporting and Integrated Reporting

Nicola Argelli

M.Sc. In Economics, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore of Milan.
Research Interests: Experimental economics, Economics of education, Artificial intelligence, Behavioral economics, Game theory.

Barbara Maggi

Master degree in Management & Finance and Bachelor degree in Business Administration at University of Eastern Piedmont (UPO)
Research interests: Family Business

Massimo Riva

B.Sc. Organizational Science(L-16), Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
M.Sc. Entrepreneurship&Innovation (LM-77), LIUC – Università Cattaneo, Castellanza, Italy
Research Interests: Clusters, Entrepreneurial Ecosystems.

Nicolò Saporiti

B.Sc. Energy Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
M.Sc. Management Engineering, LIUC – Università Cattaneo, Castellanza, Italy
Research Interests: Advanced Manufacturing, Industry 4.0, Simulation and integration of simulation systems, Digital Twins

Sofia Brunelli

BA: Business Economics, LIUC – Università Cattaneo, Castellanza, Italy
MS: Business Economics and Management, LIUC – Università Cattaneo, Castellanza, Italy
Erasmus: University of Hertfordshire – Hatfield (UK)
Research Interests: family business

Maria Concetta Carissimi

BA: Management Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy
MA: Management Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy
Research Interests: Sustainable supply chain, Resilient supply chain, Logistics

Alessandra Centinaio

Single-Cycle Master program in Law, LIUC – Università Cattaneo, Castellanza, Italy
Master’s Degree in Economics and Management, LIUC – Università Cattaneo, Castellanza, Italy
Research Interests: Monetary Policies and Fiscal Policies.

Michele Lertora

B.Sc. Business Administration, Università degli Studi di Genova, Italy
M.Sc. Banking and Finance, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano, Italy
Working experience in M&A
Research Interests: Private Capital and Corporate Finance

Michael Murgolo

BSc in Economics and Management (L-18), Bocconi University
MSc in Economics and Management (LM-77), Bocconi University
Master in Taxation Law from STS Deloitte
Research Interests: Accounting Education, International Accounting, Corporate Finance, Financial Reporting and Auditing

Sofia Silvola

M.Sc. Management Engineering – Health Care System Management, LIUC, Castellanza, Italy
B.Sc. Management Engineering, LIUC, Castellanza, Italy
Research Interests: Health Care management, Health Economics, Health Technology Assessment