Andrea Dossi

Associate Professor
AreaAccounting
Research domainsManagement Control Systems
Teaching domainsPerformance Management, Value Based Management, Sustainable Accounting & Finance, Financial Statement Analysis, Budgeting & Forecasting
Andrea Dossi

Biography

Andrea Dossi is an Associate Professor at the Department of Accounting at Università Bocconi.

At SDA Bocconi he was Associate Dean for Faculty from January 2017 to November 2022, he directed the Executive Education Custom Programs Division from 2015 to 2016, and the Accounting, Control and Corporate Finance Department from 2004 to 2014. He was the Program Director of the course Finance for Executives and of CFO Agorà, a learning network of the most influential CFOs of Italian Corporations.

His research activities focus on management accounting, performance management and strategic control systems. His current research addresses three main questions. The first is the impact of the use of performance measurement systems on the effectiveness of international strategy execution. The second relates to the determinants of the CFO role and its impact on CFO compensation, organizational power and mechanisms adopted by the Finance Department. The third focuses on the role of management control systems in the change process.

He is the author of numerous books and articles on his topics of interest. His works have been published in the Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, Management Accounting Research, Long Range Planning, the Asia and Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics, among others. He has won numerous teaching and research awards, including the 2008 David Solomons Prize, Management Accounting Research.

He has directed programs for senior executives in various industries and in several continents. He has also conducted numerous research, education and consulting projects with leading  multinational clients operating in the energy, food, manufacturing and pharmaceuticals industriesy. He is an expert speaker at international conferences. He serves on the advisory board of various companies. He is a member of the Planning & Control Committee, ANDAF (the Italian association of Finance Directors) and of the Scuola di Praticantato of the Ordine dei Dottori Commercialisti di Milano (the association of Public Accountants), of which he is a member (CPA). He is also a member of the European Accounting Association.

Andrea earned an MSc in Economics and Management from Università Bocconi and a Ph.D. in Management from the same university. He is married with six children.

Recent Publications

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  • 2025
    Oltre l’aggiornamento della prassi. Valore e principi, le direttrici evolutive del controlling
    DOSSI, A., "Oltre l’aggiornamento della prassi. Valore e principi, le direttrici evolutive del controlling", Economia & Management, 2025, no. 2, pp. 8-10
  • 2025
    Realtà e prospettive. AI e controllo di gestione, vantaggi e criticità
    DOSSI, A., E. SANTOLI, "Realtà e prospettive. AI e controllo di gestione, vantaggi e criticità", Economia & Management, 2025, no. 2, pp. 25-33
  • 2025
    Tanti dividendi e pochi investimenti
    DOSSI, A., "Tanti dividendi e pochi investimenti", La Repubblica - Affari&Finanza, 24 November 2025
  • 2023
    Misurazione della Performance - V Ed.
    DOSSI, A. (Ed.), "Misurazione della Performance - V Ed." - 2023, Egea, Milano, Italy
  • 2023
    Performance Measurement - V Ed.
    DOSSI, A. (Ed.), "Performance Measurement - V Ed." - 2023, Egea, Milano, Italy
  • 2023
    From Italy to the world with passion and method - Dall’Italia al mondo con passione e metodo
    DOSSI, A., "From Italy to the world with passion and method - Dall’Italia al mondo con passione e metodo", SDA Bocconi Insight, 23 October 2023
  • 2022
    PNRR e modelli di servizio in trasformazione: esame di maturità per i sistemi di programmazione e controllo delle aziende del SSN
    DOSSI, A., A. FURNARI, F. LECCI, M. MORELLI, E. SANTOLI, "PNRR e modelli di servizio in trasformazione: esame di maturità per i sistemi di programmazione e controllo delle aziende del SSN" in Rapporto OASI 2022., CERGAS (Ed.), Egea, chap. 17, pp. 643-671, 2022
  • 2021
    Corporate Social Responsibility Performance, Incentives, and Learning Effects
    DERCHI, G. B., L. ZONI, A. DOSSI, "Corporate Social Responsibility Performance, Incentives, and Learning Effects", Journal of Business Ethics, 2021, vol. 173, no. 3, pp. 617–641
  • 2021
    Strategie di valore e deducibilità dei costi per servizi infragruppo
    DOSSI, A., F. PIPPO, "Strategie di valore e deducibilità dei costi per servizi infragruppo", Economia & Management, 2021, no. 2, pp. 88-93
  • 2021
    Nel controllo di gestione l’obiettivo è allineare misure e strategie
    DOSSI, A., G. MELONI, "Nel controllo di gestione l’obiettivo è allineare misure e strategie", Economia & Management, 2021, no. 4, pp. 68-73

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Grants & Honors

  • Premio alla Ricerca, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2013

  • Excellence in Teaching Award, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, 2012

  • Classificato nella Lista del 30 migliori docenti, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, 2011

  • Premio alla Ricerca, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, 2011

  • Excellence in Teaching Award, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, 2010

  • Premio alla Ricerca, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, 2009

  • David Solomons Prize per il miglior articolo e per il più importane contributo nel campo del Management Accounting, Management Accounting Research, 2008

  • Best Management Paper, SDA Bocconi School of Management, 2008

  • Best MBA lecturer, MBA full time, SDA Bocconi School of Management, 2005

  • Best MBA lecturer, Evening Executive MBA, SDA Bocconi School of Management, 2004

  • Premio alla ricerca: vincitore per l'articolo più brillante pubblicato nel volume 5/1998 del Journal 'Benchmarking for Quality Management & Technology', Emerald Publishing Limited, 1999

  • Premio alla ricerca per l'articolo S. Beretta, A. Dossi, H. Grove - Strategic Uses of International Accounting Benchmarks - Università Bocconi, University of Denver (CO), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, 1996