2009 Edition of the Bocconi University PhD in Business
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2009 Edition of the Bocconi University PhD in Business
Administration and Management “Study Days”
Milan, June 3‐4, 2009
Venue: N‐39 («Velodromo» building)
Organizers
Gianmario Verona, Bocconi University
Giovanni Valentini, Bocconi University
Guest Speakers
Pino G. Audia, Dartmouth College
Michelle Gittelman, Rutgers
Praveen Kopalle, Dartmouth College
Dan Levinthal, University of Pennsylvania
Ken G.Smith, University of Maryland
Contact Information
Marialuisa Ambrosini
marialuisa.ambrosini@unibocconi.it
Ph.+39‐02‐5836.3516 ‐ Fax +39‐02‐5836.5438
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Wednesday June 3
8:45‐9:00 Gianmario Verona: Welcome address
9:00‐9:15 Giovanni Valentini: The Study Days initiative and overview of the 2009
Program
9:15‐10:00 Elena Dalpiaz: Becoming something else: Blending of logics from different
fields and organizational change
10:00‐10:45 Giada Di Stefano: Kitchen confidential? The role of social norms in the
exchange and diffusion of innovations
10:45‐11:00 Break
11:00‐11:45 Raffaele Conti: Agglomeration and variability in firms’ innovative
performance
11:45‐12:30 Samira Reis: Organizations’ coexistence in crowded markets: the role of
collaborative relationships
12:30‐13:00 Lunch
13:00‐14:15 Faculty Seminar by Professor Ken Smith: “Competitive dynamics research:
progress and future directions”
14:15‐15:00 Elisa Operti: The impact of intrafirm networks and knowledge base
heterogeneity on firms’ innovation
15:00‐15:45 Francesco Castellaneta: Individual experience, TMT composition and
organizational performance: the influence of private equity fund managers on
management buyouts
15:45‐16:05 Bruno Cirillo: Knowledge integration and the vertical and geographical scope
of R&D
16:05‐16:25 Masoomeh Moharrer: The role of Cultural Heterogeneity in new product
development in MNCs
16:25‐16:45 Break
16:45‐18:00 Seminar by Professor Michelle Gittelman: “Why go the distance? Firm
knowledge and the geography of alliances in the biopharmaceutical
industry”
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Thursday June 4
8:45‐10:00 Faculty Seminar by Professor Pino Audia: “Competition among US
communities: Effects of position in market space and geographical space”
10:00‐10:45 Diana Boraschi: Corporate scandals, capital structure and contagion effect
10:45‐11:00 Break
11:00‐11:45 Alessandra Carlone: Product knowledge as network structure: evolutionary
patterns
11:45‐12:30 Santi Furnari: Mechanisms of aesthetic exaptation in artefact design: how a
beaux‐arts garden evolved into an avant‐garde art park
12:30‐13:00 Lunch
13:00‐14:15 Seminar by Professor Dan Levinthal: “Intentional rationality and some
perspectives on its experiential bases”
14:15‐15:00 Giulia Miniero: Conditioned goals and product choice
15:00‐15:45 Elena Novelli: The co‐evolution between GPTs and firms’ horizontal scope
15:45‐16:00 Break
16:00‐17:15 Seminar by Professor Praveen Kopalle: “Identifying and using emergent
consumers in developing new products”
17:15‐17:30 Gianmario Verona: Concluding remarks
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