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He was born on July 30th, 1965. Laurea degree in Monetary Economics from Bocconi University. He holds a Ph.D. degree in management from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Bocconi Dean’s Chaired Professor in Strategy and Corporate Responsibility at Bocconi University and Director of the Center for Research in Organization and Management (CROMA). Professor Zollo is the in-coming President of the European Academy of Management (EURAM), after serving as editor of the European Management Review, the official journal of EURAM. Moreover, he holds a part-time chair appointment at WU, Vienna School of Economics and Business, in the Strategy and Innovation department. He was also a visiting professor in International Management at the Wharton School (U. Pennsylvania) and a visiting professor in corporate strategy and sustainability in the Ph.D. program of the Sloan School (M.I.T).
Professor Zollo served on the Executive Committee of several major academic associations, including the Academy of Management’s Business Policy and Strategy division and the Strategic Management Society’s Knowledge and Innovation interest group. He was also a founder of the Stakeholder Strategy interest group of the Strategic Management Society, and of the European Academy of Business in Society.In addition to his editor role for the European Management Review, he also served as associate editor or editorial board member of six other leading academic journals in strategy and organization studies.
Before joining Bocconi University in September 2007, he served for 10 years on the faculty of INSEAD in the strategy department.
Mergers & Acquisitions. Corporate Strategy. Strategic alliances. Organizational Learning. Social Responsibility.
He is the author of 28 academic articles, 10 managerial publications and 2 books over the last decade. The managerial insights from his research were featured on the Harvard Business Review, the McKinsey Quarterly, the Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times, whereas the academic output is published on some of the most respected journals, such as AMJ, AMR, SMJ, Org. Science, Org. Studies, AMP, ICC and RP.