Alfonso Gambardella

Full Professor
AreaStrategy 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
  • 2025
    Se il modello ragiona cambia la natura del nostro lavoro
    CAMUFFO, A., A. GAMBARDELLA, "Se il modello ragiona cambia la natura del nostro lavoro", Fortune Italia, June 2025, pp. 96-97
  • 2025
    Persuasion in the Theory-Based View
    PANDEY, A., S. KAZEMI, A. GAMBARDELLA, "Persuasion in the Theory-Based View" in The 85th Annual Meeting of Academy of Management, July 25-29, 2025, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 2025
    As AI becomes agentic, our jobs are bound to change - Se l’AI diventa agentica, la natura del nostro lavoro cambia
    CAMUFFO, A., A. GAMBARDELLA, "As AI becomes agentic, our jobs are bound to change - Se l’AI diventa agentica, la natura del nostro lavoro cambia", SDA Bocconi Insight, 13 October 2025
  • 2025
    The missing link: Why economic policy needs organisational economics
    GAMBARDELLA, A., F. ENGLMAIER, M. GUADALUPE, "The missing link: Why economic policy needs organisational economics", VoxEU - CEPR, 17 October 2025
  • 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
    To commercialize inside or outside of the firm: Behavioral considerations in patent exploitation by family firms
    BIRHANU, A. G., A. GAMBARDELLA, "To commercialize inside or outside of the firm: Behavioral considerations in patent exploitation by family firms", Strategic Management Journal, 2024, vol. 45, no. 5, pp. 875-901
  • 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

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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