The Team – Q-Institute

RESEARCH LEADERSHIP TEAM

Manlio Del Giudice is Full Professor of Management at the University of Rome “Link Campus”, where he serves as Deputy Chancellor of the LCU Campus of Naples and Director of the CERMES Research Centre. He holds a PhD in Management at the University of Milano-Bicocca and he did build up his academic and scientific career outside of Italy for more than 10 years, in a number of worldwide renewed universities, prior to coming back to Italy on 2014, having won the National Scientific Qualification. He serves as Editor in Chief of the Journal of Knowledge Management (ISI WoS: Q1, #3 Information Science, #31 Management, Impact Factor 2018: 4.604) and he holds key editorial positions in several international mainstream scientific journals on management. His scholar profile shows about 100 peer-reviewed articles, about 50 of them ranked in the highest “A Class” within the Italian ANVUR rankings, and 12 international monographs by flagship publishers like Springer, Palgrave Macmillan, Elsevier. His researches have been published or are forthcoming on such flagship top tier peer-reviewed journals like MIS Quarterly (4* Elite), Journal of Organizational Behaviour (4*), Journal of World Business (4*), Journal of Product Innovation Management (4*), British Journal of Management (4*), Long Range Planning, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Journal of Technology Transfer, R&D Management, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Production, Planning & Control, International Marketing Review. His studies had been internationally recognized by significant impact, as evidenced by the about 4,500 citations and the H-index (= 33) he has received (at October, 2019). He did recently widely supported the Emerald Publisher’s Department in charge for Ethical Issues and Investigations on malpractices of publications (according to the COPE Ethical Guidelines). He has been recently appointed by the Ministry of Education in Italy as one of the five Commissioners for the National Scientific Qualification (ASN), for the field of Management. He is serving as Expert Evaluator for the Campania Region, for the National Research Council of Norway and for the European Commission in the areas of innovation and technological management and forecasting. His main research interests deal with knowledge management, technology transfer, innovation and technology management. read more..read less..

RESEARCH FELLOWS

Vahid Jafari Sadeghi is a Lecturer of in International Business and Strategy in the School of Strategy and Leadership at Coventry University. He completed his PhD at the University of Turin (Italy) entitled “Disentangling the Determinants of the Internationalisation of Entrepreneurial Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises ‘On One’s Own Terms’”. He has been a visiting research scholar at the University of Regina (Canada) and contributed to different research projects with various scholars and universities. Vahid has published papers in several international journals and publications such as International Business Review, Journal of Business Research, Research in International Business and Finance, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research, etc. He acted as guest editor and reviewer for a number of academic journals and performed as track chair and presenter for a number of international conferences. read more..read less..

Alexeis Garcia-Perez is Associate Professor in Cyber Security Management at the Centre for Business in Society of Coventry University and a Visiting Research Scholar at Georgetown University (USA). His original background in computer science was complemented by a PhD in knowledge management from Cranfield University. A socio-technical understanding of information systems has enabled Alexeis to focus on the wider challenges of data, information and knowledge management in organisations and society. Alexeis is a Senior Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy and member of the executive committee of the International Association for Knowledge Management (IAKM). He is also academic member of the Warwickshire Cyber Crime Task and Finish Group in the UK and member of the leadership team of the Special Interest Group on Knowledge Management at the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIST) in the USA. He collaborates with the Task Force on Knowledge Management of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) in the USA and is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Knowledge Management. Alexeis has collaborated extensively with key industry players including Siemens, General Electric and the British Railway Industry. He maintains a solid collaboration with the School of Business Administration of the Technical University of Cartagena (Spain). In addition to his leading role at the Research Centre for Business in Society, Alexeis has been the course director for programmes including the MBA Cyber Security at Coventry University. read more..read less..

Gabriele Santoro is Assistant Professor of Business Management at the Department of Management, University of Turin, Turin, Italy. Dr. Santoro has authored/coauthored several papers in international journals such as Technovation, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Journal of Technology Transfer, Journal of Knowledge Management, and Journal of Business Research. He was the recipient of several research awards such as the Best Paper Award of the EuroMed/SIMA track at 11th EuroMed conference 2018, the Best Paper Award at the Sinergie-SIMA conference, in 2018, and the Emerald/EMRBI Business Research Award for Emerging Researchers at the 10th EuroMed conference, in 2017. He is currently an Associate Member (AM-EMAB) of the EuroMed Research Business Institute and member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Intellectual Capital. read more..read less..

Sanjay Kumar Singh has a Ph.D in Psychology (specialization in Organizational Behavior) from University of Delhi, Delhi, India. He has fourteen years of work experience. Currently, Dr. Singh is Associate Professor –Management, College of Business Administration, Abu Dhabi University, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Dr. Singh was visiting faculty to Graduate School of Business,Chhonam National University, Korea.
He has published 5 Edited Books in the areas of management, contributed 7 book chapters, and published 30 refereed research papers in international journals. Dr. Singh is Member, Editorial Board of International Journal of Organizational Analysis, Emerald Publication. Recently, Dr. Singh co-edited a special issue of International Journal of Organizational Analysis, Emerald Publication. Dr. Singh has been teaching subjects such as Organizational System & Design, Organizational Behavior, Industrial Psychology, Organizational Change & Development, Strategic Compensation Management, Business Research Methods, Strategic Human Resource Management, Leadership in Organizations, Cross-Cultural Management, Competency Mapping & Assessment Centers, and Qualitative Research Methods. Dr. Singh has research interest in the areas of Cross-cultural Issues, Cultural Intelligence, Expatriates’Adjustment Issues, Organizational Learning, Knowledge Management, Emotional Intelligence and Organizational Culture & Leadership. read more..read less..

Valentina Cillo is Professor of Corporate Strategy and General Management joining the Campus of Naples of the University of Rome “Link Campus” in Italy, where she is also in charge as Area Director of the Innovation Management Area for the Centre of Research CERMES. She did recently joined the “Università Politecnica delle Marche” where she is Researcher on Management. She is also serving as Area Director for the Knowledge Management and Innovation Research Center at the Euromed Business Research Institute in Cyprus. She is among the youngest Associate Editor in Italy on top tier journals, serving as Section Editor of the Journal of Intellectual Capital (IF 3.634). She is member of the Editorial Advisory Board (EAB) of several international top tier journals such as Journal of Knowledge Management (Emerald), Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Springer), Journal of Learning and Intellectual Capital (Inderscience). She also serves as Ad hoc Reviewer for several international journals like Small Business Economics, Journal of Business Research, International Marketing Review, Product, Planning and Control, Technological Forecasting and Social Change. During the 11th Annual EuroMed Conference of the EuroMed Academy of Business (2017) she recently won the Best Area Director Award for the activity provided for the Knowledge Management and Innovation Research Center. She recently acted as keynote speaker in un a number of worldwide conferences (like the last IEEE Conference on Digital Innovation, in Morocco). Her main research interests include, corporate strategy, knowledge management, open innovation, customer relationship managment and sustainable management. Her researches appeared or are about to be published in such top tier international journals like Technological Forecasting and Social Change, International Marketing Review, Journal of Business Research and Journal of Knowledge Management. read more..read less..

Fabio Fiano received a Ph.D. in Entrepreneurship and Innovation from the Second University of Naples, Italy. He graduated from Second University of Naples with a bachelor’s in Business Administration; he also holds a Master’s degree in Management Control and Information Systems from the University of Naples Parthenope, Italy.
Currently he is a postdoctoral fellow, about the link between Sustainability and Industry 4.0 – Suor Orsola Benincasa University; formerly Professor of Tourism Management and Territorial Marketing, Business Creation, Corporate Strategy & Governance, Project Financing.
His editorial engagement regards the membership of the Editorial Advisory Board and the activities of ad hoc Reviewer for numerous international journals.
He has published articles on prestigious journals (including Small Business Economics, Management Decision, Journal of Knowledge Management, Technological Forecasting and Social Change) as well as in international conference proceedings on the following topics: Innovation, Corporate Governance, Knowledge Management, Bankruptcy Prediction Models, Big Data. read more..read less..

Pedro Soto-Acosta is a Full Professor (Catedrático) at the University of Murcia. He attended Postgraduate Courses in Management at Harvard University (USA) and received his European PhD in Business Economics from University of Murcia. He serves as Associate Editor, Senior Editor and Ediorial Board Member for several mainstream journals including Decision Sciences, Journal of Business Research, Technological Forecasting & Social Change, Journal of Strategic Information Systems, Electronic Commerce Research and Applications, Electronic Markets, Journal of Electronic Commerce Research, Journal of Knowlege Management, and Information Systems Management. Pedro has been visiting professor in several universities in Europe, Asia and America and his work has been published in Impact Factor Journals such as Computers in Human Behavior, Electronic Markets, Enterprise Information Systems, European Journal of Information Systems, European Management Journal, Interactive Learning Environments, International Journal of Information Management,Information Systems Management, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Global Information Technology Management, Journal of Knowledge Management, Journal of Technology Transfer, Knowledge Management Research & Practice,Management Decision, Online Information Review, Service Business,Technological Forecasting and Social Change and Technological and Economic Development of Economy, among others. He won Research Awards such as the ABG Award to Research and Business Spirit, the Best Research Paper Award at Information Systems One World 2007 (ISoneWorld 2007), held in Las Vegas (USA), and the Best Conference Paper Award at BITMED 2009, held in Beijing (China). He was also recipient of the Extraordinary Doctoral Award in Business. His h-index and i-10index amount to 38 and 77, respectively. read more..read less..

Jens Mueller has more than three decades’ experience as chair/CEO/corporate leader of large multi-national firms. Professor Dr Dr Jens Mueller, MNZM combines his academic research with extensive practice history. Jens has extensive corporate governance experience, including a 9+ year term as Director at the $1 Billion PHARMAC Crown Entity, in New Zealand and overseas and is a temporary advisor to the World Health Organziation’s Western Pacific division.
Jens also holds an appointment as Professor of Management Practice at the Shantou University Business School in Guangdong/China and has been an Instructor at Northern Illinois University’s College of Business.MBA/Executive MBA from 1987 until 2019. read more..read less..

Massimiliano Farina Briamonte received a PhD in Business Administration and Corporate Governance from Parthenope University of Naples and has been visiting PhD at Washington University in St. Louis. He graduated in Economics at the Federico II University, and obtained a master’s degree in business management from SDA Bocconi Milan. He is currently a research fellow into the University of Campania “L. Vanvitelli”, focusing on the role of business networks in internationalization processes; formerly Professor of Accounting and Financial Statements, balance sheet analysis, business valuation, project financing, international accounting. He is a member of the Italian Evaluation Committee (OIV) at Luigi Bocconi University in Milan. He has published articles on prestigious journals and texts on the subjects he has taught. read more..read less..

Enrico Battisti, Ph.D. in Business and Management, is Assistant Professor in Corporate Finance at the School of Management and Economics, University of Turin (Italy). Enrico is Fellow (F-EMAB) of the EuroMed Research Business Institute (EMRBI) and member of the European Finance Association. He is Co-Regional Editor of International Journal of Business and Emerging Markets (Inderscience) and member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Management Decision, Qualitative Research in Financial Markets, Review of International Business and Strategy (Emerald). Enrico has published in refereed Journal articles, contributed chapters and books and presented papers to conferences on a global basis. He won various awards for his research work and academic service (e.g., “EuroMed Conference Best Reviewer Award” in 2018, and “EuroMed Conference Highly Commended Paper Award” in 2017). He won in 2019 the “Best Teaching Professor Award” for the academic year 2017-2018 and in 2019 the “Best Teaching Professor Award” for the academic year 2019-2020 (Bachelor and Master degrees of Department of Management – University of Turin, Italy, category “Researcher”). read more..read less..

Gabriele Baima, Ph.D. in Business Management is an Adjunct Professor in Business & Management at the Department of Management, University of Turin, Turin, Italy. Dr. Baima has authored/co-authored several papers in international journals such as Psychology & Marketing, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Intellectual Capital, Business Process Management Journal and British Food Journal. He’s the winner of the “Outstanding Reviewer in the 2020 Emerald Literati Awards for Excellence”. Dr. Baima also acted as a reviewer for several academic journals and he participated as a presenter at different international conferences. He is currently Editorial Assistant of the British Food Journal. Finally, he’s serving as Guest Editor of a special issue in British Food Journal. read more..read less..

Niccolò Nirino is a PhD candidate in Business and Management at the Department of Management, University of Turin. Dr. Nirino’s studies focus on the concepts of sustainability and ethics within corporate finance decisions. His research efforts have allowed him to publish in important international journals such as Technological Forecasting and Social Changes, Journal of Intellectual Capital, European Journal of Innovation Management and British Food Journal. Niccolò also acted as a reviewer and guest editor for several academic and he participated as a presenter at different international conferences. read more..read less..

Daniele Giordino, Ph.D. in Business Management, is a Tenure Track Researcher in Management at Università Telematica Pegaso in Naples, Italy. He is actively engaged in research on the intersections of sustainability practices, corporate governance, and ownership structures, with a particular focus on how these dynamics influence ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) integration in strategic and operational decision-making. He also collaborates with the Euromed Business Research Institute in Cyprus as a Research Fellow within the Knowledge Management and Innovation Research Center. Previously, he held various academic roles at the Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy, where he served as Adjunct Lecturer in multiple courses including Managerial Accounting, Management Control, Strategic Planning and Control, and the Entrepreneurship Lab. Daniele Giordino is the recipient of several international academic honors, including the Outstanding Reviewer Award from the British Food Journal, the Best Young Paper Award for his work on sustainability reporting in higher education, and the Conference Best Reviewer Award at the EuroMed Academy of Business. He is an active member of several editorial boards and serves as a reviewer for top-tier journals such as Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Intellectual Capital, and Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. His research has appeared in a range of leading international journals including Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Journal of Business Research, European Journal of Innovation Management, Journal of Intellectual Capital, Business, Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility and Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. His scholarly contributions reflect a multidisciplinary approach, often integrating qualitative and data-driven methodologies. read more..read less..