Alfonso Gambardella

Full Professor
Knowledge groupStrategy and Operations
Research domainsInnovation
Teaching domainsTechnology Management, Growth Strategy, High Impact Technologies, Industry Analysis, Technology Scouting
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Biography

Alfonso Gambardella is Professor in the department of Management & Technology at Università Bocconi and at SDA Bocconi School of Management

At Bocconi he served as Dean of the Phd School from 2008 to 2014 and was Head of the department of Management & Technology. He teaches in graduate and executive programs and in the DBA delivered by SDA Bocconi.

His teaching and research activity focuses on Innovation, Strategic Management, Technology Strategy ed Entrepreneurship. He published in leading international journals such as Strategic Management Journal, Strategy Science, Organization Science, Management Science, as well as on journals specialized in the practical implementation of managerial theories such as Management & Business Review. He is editor of the department of strategy of Management Science, member of the ESMT-Berlin Academic Board, Fellow of the Strategic Management Society (SMS) and Research Fellow of the Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) in London.

He received a degree in Business and Economics from the University of Genoa, a Master of Arts in Economics from New York University and a PhD in Economics from Stanford University. He also received a Diploma in flute from the Conservatory “Niccolò Paganini” of Genoa, Italy.

 

Recent Publications

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  • 2025
    Design- and Theory-Based Approaches to Strategic Decisions
    GAMBARDELLA, A., D. MESSINESE, "Design- and Theory-Based Approaches to Strategic Decisions", Organization Science, 2025, vol. 36, no. 4, pp. 1271–1287
  • 2025
    Does a theory-of-value add value? Evidence from a randomized control trial with Tanzanian entrepreneurs
    AGARWAL, R., F. BACCO, A. CAMUFFO, A. COALI, A. GAMBARDELLA, H. MSANGI, S. SONKA, A. TEMU, B. WAIZED, A. WORMALD, "Does a theory-of-value add value? Evidence from a randomized control trial with Tanzanian entrepreneurs", Organization Science, 2025, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 601-625
  • 2024
    A scientific approach to entrepreneurial decision‐making: Large‐scale replication and extension
    CAMUFFO, A., A. GAMBARDELLA, D. MESSINESE, E. NOVELLI, E. PAOLUCCI, C. SPINA, "A scientific approach to entrepreneurial decision‐making: Large‐scale replication and extension", Strategic Management Journal, 2024, vol. 45, no. 6, pp. 1209-1237
  • 2024
    A Scientific Method for Startups
    FELIN, T., A. GAMBARDELLA, E. NOVELLI, T. ZENGER, "A Scientific Method for Startups", Journal of Management, 2024, vol. 50, no. 8, pp. 3080–3104
  • 2024
    Scientific decision-making, project selection and longer-term outcomes
    COALI, A., A. GAMBARDELLA, E. NOVELLI, "Scientific decision-making, project selection and longer-term outcomes", Research Policy, 2024, vol. 53, no. 6, pp. 105022
  • 2024
    Theory-Based Decisions: Foundations and Introduction
    FELIN, T., A. GAMBARDELLA, T. ZENGER, "Theory-Based Decisions: Foundations and Introduction", Strategy Science, 2024, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 297-310

Grants & Honors

  • Excellence in Research Award, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, 2024

  • Richard Nelson Award for the Best Paper by younger Scholars in Research Policy 2005-2008 - (A. Gambardella, P. Giuri, A. Luzzi, “The Market for Patents in Europe”), 2009

  • Epton Prize for best 1993 article in R&D Management - (F. Della Valle, A. Gambardella, “Biological Revolution and Strategy for Innovation in Pharmaceutical Companies”), 1994