GIANMARIO VERONA

Gianmario Verona is the Fondazione Romeo ed Enrica Invernizzi Professor of Innovation Management at Bocconi University, of which he served as Rector from 2016 to 2022. Prior to his tenure as Rector, he served as Dean for Faculty (2014-2016), Director of the Master in Business Administration (2011-2013), and Director of the PhD in Business Administration (2008-2010).

His research interests focus on strategic management of technology and innovation and entrepreneurship issues, with particular emphasis on the study of digital technologies.
He received his PhD in Business Administration & Management from Bocconi University (1999), after graduating with honors in Business Administration from the same university (1993).

At Bocconi, he held the TIM Chair in Market Innovation from 2012 to 2016 and was Visiting Professor at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and Visiting Scholar at the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Gianmario Verona is an active member of several scholarly communities, including the Academy of Management and the Strategic Management Society of which he was President-Elect of the Competitive Strategy Division. Currently, he holds the position of Associate Editor at the Strategic Management Journal, and was also Co-Editor of Strategic Organization from 2014 to 2017.

Since 2022, he has been Chairman of Human Technopole, the government-funded Italian institute dedicated to basic research in the field of Life Scienced at the Milan Innovation District (MIND).

Technology and Innovation Management with particular reference to: Dynamic Capabilities; Business Model Innovation; Knowledge Integration; User Innovation and Entrepreneurship.