CLAUDIO ZARA

CLAUDIO ZARA

Courses a.y. 2024/2025

My teaching activity goes around the topics of my research interest.


Biographical note

I am a Tenured Researcher and an Adjunct Professor in Financial Markets and Institutions. Member of the Managing Committee of the GREEN Research Centre at Università Bocconi and Bocconi Representative for the Ellen MacArthur Foundation.

I had taken a Master of Science in Business Administration from Bocconi University (1989) and I was a Visiting fellow first at the Research Bureau of the Warwick Business School, University of Warwick (1994), and after at the Department of Accounting and Finance of the National University of Singapore (1997). I attended the ITP - International Teachers Programme - at the London Business School (1996).


Research interests

Sustainable Finance with a specific focus on Finance for the Green Business and the Circular Economy. Venture Capital, Private Equity and Entrepreneurial Finance. Corporate and Investment Banking. Financial analysis, corporate valuation and intangible assets valuation.


Working papers

Zara, Claudio; Bellardini, Luca; Gobbi, Margherita
Circular Economy, Stock Volatility and Resilience to the COVID-19 Shock: Evidence from European Companies
October 22, 2021

Zara, Claudio; Ramkumar, Shyaam
Circular Economy and Default Risk
October 11, 2021

Zara, Claudio; Iannuzzi, Martina; Ramkumar, Shyaam
The Impact of Circular Economy on Public Equity in Europe. Understanding De-Risking Effect and Risk-Adjusted Performance
October 8, 2021

Zara, Claudio; Ellen MacArthur Foundation; Intesa Sanpaolo
The circular economy as a de-risking strategy and driver of superior risk-adjusted returns
2021

Zara, Claudio
Does Sustainability Affect Private Equity Asset Class?
July 15, 2019

Zara, Claudio
Weather Derivatives in the Wine Industry
November 14, 2008

Zara, Claudio
Credit Risk and Allocation Criteria: Organisational and Managerial Problems for Financial Institutions Affecting Technology Based Companies Financing
May 1995

Zara, Claudio
Financial Patterns Affecting the Development Process of Independent Technology Based Companies
May 1995

Selected Publications

Cerrato, Luca; Zara, Claudio
La diversificazione di business è positiva per la redditività bancaria? Prime evidenze empiriche
Bancaria, 2018

Zara, Claudio
Il ruolo del responsabile di filiale
Economia & Management, 2012

Zara, Claudio
Weather derivatives in the wine industry
International Journal of Wine Business Research, 2010

Zara, Claudio
La gestione dei rischi climatici nel settore vinicolo
Economia & Management, 2008

Feltrinelli, Elena; Zara, Claudio
PMI, rapporti con i finanziatori e complessità d’impresa
Banca Impresa Società, 2006

Zara, Claudio
Quale ruolo per l’analisi finanziaria? Prospettive istituzionali, dell’investitore e della professione
Economia & Management, 2006

Zara, Claudio
I mercati azionari hanno un atteggiamento negativo nei confronti delle PMI?,
Finanza Marketing e Produzione, 2006

Ruozi, Roberto; Zara, Claudio
Il rapporto tra banca e PMI: caratteristiche strutturali e tendenze evolutive
Bancaria, 2001

Zara, Claudio
Le problematiche finanziarie indotte dalla presenza delle aziende italiane nel Sud-est asiatico
Economia e Management, n. 4 (Luglio 1998), Etas Libri, Milano, 1998

Zara, Claudio
I mercati del capitale di rischio per le piccole-medie imprese: analisi di alcune proposte
Economia e Management, n. 2 (Aprile 1994), Etas Libri, Milano, 1994

Zara, Claudio
La strategia delle competenze chiave e la sua applicazione all'interno delle grandi aziende diversificate giapponesi
Economia e Management, n. 3 (Luglio 1992), Etas Libri, Milano, 1992

Zara, Claudio
Un nuovo approccio metodologico per la raccolta di opinioni mediante questionario
Economia e Management, n. 14 (Maggio 1990), Mondadori, Milano, 1990