Department of Computer, Control, and Management Engineering "A. Ruberti"
Sapienza University of Rome
Via Ariosto 25, 00185, Rome, Italy
Room A108
Tel.: +39 06 77274104
E-mail: riccardo [dot] marzano [at] uniroma1 [dot] it
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I am Associate Professor at Sapienza University of Rome and John H. Dunning Fellow at Henley Business School, University of Reading.
My research lies at the intersection of organizational economics and institutional analysis, with a particular focus on governance, institutional dynamics, and strategic behavior in complex economic systems. I study how firms and public organizations navigate structural constraints, regulatory frameworks, and governance arrangements—often under conditions of uncertainty and institutional change.
Drawing on cases ranging from multinational enterprises to start-ups, family- and state-owned firms, private and public organizations, my work investigates how ownership structures, institutional contexts, and inter-organizational relationships shape economic outcomes. I am especially interested in the tensions between formal institutional architectures and the strategic agency of organizations, with implications for internationalization, innovation, resilience, and misconduct.
My research has been published in journals such as Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Law and Economics and Regional Studies.
I am an Associate Editor of the Journal of Industrial and Business Economics and serve on the Editorial Board of Global Strategy Journal.
I teach Industrial Organization, Econometrics and Management Control Systems in Undergraduate and Graduate courses.
I am a cinephile and a keen football fan.