Portrait of Dr Alessandro Giudici

Dr Alessandro Giudici

Senior Lecturer in Strategy

Cass Business School,

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Room BR4034,

Postal address

Cass Business School
106 Bunhill Row
London
EC1Y 8TZ
United Kingdom

About

Overview

Alessandro Giudici is a Senior Lecturer in Strategy and Director of the Modular Executive MBA at Cass Business School.

In April 2020, he was included in Poets & Quants' prestigious list "Top 40 Under 40 Business School Professors" with the highest number of nominations on record (interview: https://bit.ly/3f2IRS9).

Alessandro's research investigates the processes through which innovation can be facilitated in entrepreneurial ecosystems mainly from the perspective of 'pro-social' intermediary organizations such as (corporate e non-corporate) incubators, accelerators, venture associations, government agencies, etc. He also works on business models, particularly if digitally-enabled and/or for social innovation, and on corporate innovation. His work has been published in the Academy of Management Journal, Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, Business History, Industrial Marketing Management, Long Range Planning, and Strategic Organization.

Alessandro is currently integrating his research interests with a personal passion for social and impact-oriented organizations. His portfolio of on-going projects includes research (with co-authors) on a) the orchestration of impact innovation in sub-Saharan Africa; b) institutional rejuvenation in a large league of cooperatives via open innovation initiatives; c) pitching by social entrepreneurs to financial and impact-oriented audiences (in social incubators). In addition, he has side-projects on business model innovation and digital transformation. As part of this research agenda, Alessandro was awarded a 'Pump Priming' grant [£5k] by Cass Business School in 2016, a 'Global Challenges Research Fund' grant [£14k+£16k] by City, University of London; and a research grant [€6k] by Legacoop-Coopfond in 2017. In 2013, he received a RCUK-DE/NEMODE grant [£3k].

At Cass Business School, Alessandro teaches 'Introduction to Strategy and the Case Method' and 'Strategy Skills' in the FTMBA program, 'Strategy Consulting Skills' across MSc programs, 'Resources and Capabilities' in the PhD program, and 'Strategy & the Board' in the executive education program for non-executive directors in collaboration with PwC. In addition, he leads the FTMBA Strategy Consulting Project and, from 2019, the MEMBA International Consulting Week in Vietnam and the cross-MBA International MBA Study Tour on 'Tech for Good' in Kenya. In past years, he taught 'Corporate Strategy' in the EMBA program (2018-2019), ''Advanced Strategic Management' in the BSc in Management and Business Studies (2014-2018) and also led the International MBA Study Tour in China (2016-2018) and the International MSc Study Tour in Milan (2018). Every year, Alessandro supervises a significant number of dissertations across programs/levels that take the form of applied strategy consulting projects or business plans in preparation to raise investment.

In 2018, he was awarded the university-wide "President's Award for Excellence in Learning & Teaching" for Cass Business School at City, University of London. In 2014, he was awarded the 'Commendation for Excellence in Teaching & Learning' by Cass Business School.

Alessandro is a regular reviewer for major academic journals including Academy of Management Journal, Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, Journal of Management Studies, and others as well as for major international conferences. In 2013, he received the Outstanding Reviewer Award from the Business and Policy Division of the Academy of Management conference. In 2011, 2012, and 2013, he received three Outstanding Reviewer Awards in the Strategy Practice Interest Group from the Strategic Management Society conference.

Alessandro joined Cass Business School as Research Fellow in January 2014 to work on a EPSRC-funded research program focusing on "Building better business models" under the direction of Professor Charles Baden-Fuller, Centenary Professor of Strategy, and Professor Stefan Haefliger, Professor in Strategic Management and Innovation. As part of this program, he co-developed the free resource for business model thinking: www.businessmodelzoo.com, currently in beta version. He has also delivered strategic consulting assignments on (digital) business model innovation, most notably in collaboration with the Corporate Marketing & Sales division at Bosch Global.

Before joining Cass, in 2013 Alessandro completed his PhD in Strategy and Entrepreneurship at Cranfield School of Management (Cranfield University, UK), focusing on how intermediary organizations can support entrepreneurial firms in systematically sensing and seizing new opportunities. His PhD was awarded with no corrections and with the Director’s Prize for Best Doctoral Thesis 2013.

Alessandro holds an MSc (cum laude) in Strategy and a BSc (Hons) in Management from the University of Pisa, a Master of Research from Cranfield School of Management, and in 2012 he was a visiting researcher at Mays Business School (Texas A&M University). Before his PhD, Alessandro gained industry background as a marketing executive for the UK subsidiary of a large FMCG multinational company.

Qualifications

PhD, MRes, MSc (cum laude) and BSc (Hons).

Languages

Italian.

Expertise

Primary topics

  • Business Models
  • Strategic Management

Additional topics

  • Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management
  • Voluntary Sector Management

Research students

Tania Rebuzzi

Attendance: Sep 2019 – present, part-time

Thesis title: The impact of AI powered, learning technology on business models of incumbent knowledge-based organizations

Role: 1st Supervisor

Wendy Kilminster

Attendance: Sep 2018 – present, full-time

Thesis title: The role of ecosystem attributes and institutional paradoxes in business ecosystem evolution and performance

Role: 1st Supervisor

Caifei Chen

Attendance: Sep 2017 – present, full-time

Thesis title: How do external networks influence the internationalisation of Chinese tech ventures?

Role: 2nd Supervisor

Sergio Mottola

Attendance: Mar 2016 – present, part-time

Thesis title: The role of public policy actors in orchestrating entrepreneurial ecosystem emergence

Role: 2nd Supervisor

Gerasimos Kouvaras

Thesis title: The role of ideology in causing and managing organisational identity tensions: the case of international non-governmental organisations

Role: 2nd Supervisor

Publications

  1. Giudici, A., Reinmoeller, P. and Ravasi, D. (2018). Open-system orchestration as a relational source of sensing capabilities: Evidence from a venture association. Academy of Management Journal, 61(4), pp. 1369–1402. doi:10.5465/amj.2015.0573.

Chapters (2)

  1. Župič, I. and Giudici, A. (2016). Designing and implementing innovative business models. In Škerlavaj, M., Černe,, M., Dysvik, A. and Carlsen, A. (Eds.), Capitalizing on Creativity at Work. Fostering the Implementation of Creative Ideas in Organizations (pp. 153–164). Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78347-649-7.
  2. Zupic, I. and Giudici, A. (2016). New Venture Growth: Current Findings and Future Challenges. In Blackburn, R., De Clercq, D. and Wang, Z. (Eds.), The Sage Handbook of Small Business and Entrepreneurship Sage Publications Limited. ISBN 978-1-4739-2523-6.

Conference paper/proceedings

  1. Giudici, A. and Reinmoeller, P. (2012). The relational deployment and development of sensing dynamic capabilities: Evidence from a network intermediary. Academy of Management Annual Meeting: The Informal Economy Boston, USA.

Journal articles (8)

  1. Giudici, A., Combs, J.G., Cannatelli, B.L. and Smith, B.R. (2020). Successful Scaling in Social Franchising: The Case of Impact Hub. Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice, 44(2), pp. 288–314. doi:10.1177/1042258718801593.
  2. Sydow, A., Cannatelli, B.L., Giudici, A. and Molteni, M. (2020). Entrepreneurial Workaround Practices in Severe Institutional Voids: Evidence From Kenya. Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice. doi:10.1177/1042258720929891.
  3. Kouropalatis, Y., Giudici, A. and Acar, O.A. (2019). Business capabilities for industrial firms: A bibliometric analysis of research diffusion and impact within and beyond Industrial Marketing Management. Industrial Marketing Management, 83, pp. 8–20. doi:10.1016/j.indmarman.2018.11.012.
  4. Maiolini, R., Giudici, A. and Venturi, P. (2019). Orchestrare l'innovazione per creare valore sociale. Sviluppo & Organizzazione, (285), pp. 42–47.
  5. Cannatelli, B., Smith, B., Giudici, A., Jones, J. and Conger, M. (2017). An Expanded Model of Distributed Leadership in Organizational Knowledge Creation. Long Range Planning, 50(5), pp. 582–602. doi:10.1016/j.lrp.2016.10.002.
  6. Lanzolla, G. and Giudici, A. (2017). Pioneering strategies in the digital world. Insights from the Axel Springer case. Business History, 59(5), pp. 744–777. doi:10.1080/00076791.2016.1269752.
  7. Baden-Fuller, C., Giudici, A., Haefliger, S. and Morgan, M.S. (2017). Business models and value: Analytical comparisons of scalable solutions and digital platforms. 2017 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2017, 2017-August. doi:10.5465/ambpp.2017.90.
  8. Giudici, A. and Reinmoeller, P. (2012). Dynamic capabilities in the dock: A case of reification? Strategic Organization, 10(4), pp. 436–449. doi:10.1177/1476127012457977.

Report

  1. Reinmoeller, P. and Giudici, A. Sense Worldwide: Transforming the rules of innovation. Cranfield School of Management.

Professional activities

Editorial activity (6)

  1. Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, Referee, 2018 – present.
  2. Journal of Management Studies, Referee, 2016 – present.
  3. International Small Business Journal, Referee, 2015 – present.
  4. British Journal of Management, Referee, 2015 – present.
  5. Strategic Organization, Referee, 2014 – present.
  6. Long Range Planning, Referee, 2010 – present.

Events/conferences (16)

  1. SAMS Workshop. (Workshop) Kingston-upon-Thames (UK) (2014). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Engaging with Stakeholders and Creating Impact from Doctoral Studies
    Author: Giudici A.
  2. Strategic Management Society conference. (Conference) Madrid (Spain) (2014).
    Paper: The relational sensing of new opportunities in entrepreneurial firms (revised version)
    Author: Giudici A
    Co-authors: Kouropalatis, Y., Reinmoeller, P.
  3. EURAM (European Academy of Management) conference. (Conference) Valencia (Spain) (2014).
    Paper: Antecedents of decentralization in social venture franchising
    Author: Cannatelli B
    Co-authors: Giudici, A.
  4. EGOS (European Group for Organizational Studies) conference. (Conference) Rotterdam (The Netherlands) (2014).
    Paper: Digitally-enabled network intermediation in the internationalization of SMEs: A dynamic capabilities perspective.
    Author: Giudici A.
    Co-authors: Blackburn, R.
  5. SAMS Workshop. (Workshop) Kingston-upon-Thames (UK) (2013). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Conducting and Disseminating Impactful Management Research
    Author: Giudici A.
  6. Matching 2.0. (Workshop) Milan (Italy) (2013). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Inter-firm collaboration and the role of venture associations: The Matching case study
    Author: Giudici A.
  7. Strategic Management Society conference. (Conference) Atlanta (US) (2013).
    Paper: Entrepreneurial arbitrage and network relations in the informal economy.
    Author: Giudici A
    Co-authors: Ireland R.D., Tihanyi L., Reinmoeller P.
  8. AOM (US Academy of Management) conference. (Conference) Orlando (US) (2013).
    Paper: Who hosts the party? Entrepreneurs’ networking repertoire and the design of entrepreneurial networking initiatives (revised version)
    Author: Giudici A.
    Co-authors: Reinmoeller P., Ireland R.D., Tihanyi L.
  9. Strategic Management Society conference. (Conference) Prague (Czech Republic) (2012).
    Paper: Developing 'hugging' capabilities for fostering open innovation: The case of Sense Worldwide.
    Author: Giudici A.
    Co-authors: Reinmoeller P.
  10. EGOS (European Group for Organizational Studies) conference. (Conference) Helsinki (Finland) (2012).
    Paper: Who is the host? The design of emergent inter-organizational relationships in field-configuring events (early version)
    Author: Giudici A.
    Co-authors: Reinmoeller P.
  11. BAM (British Academy of Management) conference. (Conference) Cardiff (Wales/UK) (2012).
    Paper: The relational sensing of new opportunities in entrepreneurial firms (developmental version)
    Author: Giudici A.
    Co-authors: Reinmoeller P.
  12. AOM (US Academy of Management) conference. (Conference) Boston (US) (2012).
    Paper: The relational deployment and development of sensing dynamic capabilities: Evidence from a network intermediary (revised version)
    Author: Giudici A.
    Co-authors: Reinmoeller P.
  13. 2nd Tilburg Conference on Innovation. (Conference) Tilburg (The Netherlands) (2012).
    Paper: The relational deployment and development of dynamic capabilities: Evidence from a network intermediary (early version)
    Author: Giudici A.
    Co-authors: Reinmoeller P.
  14. AOM (US Academy of Management) conference. (Conference) San Antonio (US) (2011).
    Paper: Dynamic capabilities at a bifurcation point: Forging a definition for fostering meaningful conversation (revised version)
    Author: Cinici C.
    Co-authors: Dagnino, G. B., Giudici, A., & Reinmoeller, P
  15. Strategic Management Society conference. (Conference) Rome (Italy) (2010).
    Paper: Dynamic capabilities at a bifurcation point: Forging a definition for fostering meaningful conversation (early version)
    Author: Cinici C.
    Co-authors: Dagnino, G. B., Giudici, A., & Reinmoeller, P.
  16. AOM (US Academy of Management) conference. (Conference) Montreal (Canada) (2010).
    Paper: The Janus effect of reification in management research.
    Author: Giudici A.
    Co-authors: Reinmoeller P.