Andrea Fosfuri
Full Professor
Biography
Andrea Fosfuri is a Full Professor of Innovation at the Department of Management and Technology at Università Bocconi and at SDA Bocconi.
Since November 2019 he has been the Dean of the PhD School.
Previously he was a faculty member (1998-2012) of the Department of Business Administration at Universitad Carlos III (Madrid), which he chaired from 2009-2011. He has also taught at Boston University and Carnegie Mellon University, and was a research affiliate of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR).
He is an Associate Editor of Management Science and an editorial board member of the Strategic Management Journal.
His recently published studies examine, corporate social responsibility in multinational enterprises and the role of venture capital for the growth of innovative and sustainable ventures. During his career, Andrea has published more than 50 articles in journals like Management Science, the Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, the Journal of International Economics, the Journal of Industrial Economics, Research Policy, among others.
He holds a PhD in Economics from Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona) and a degree in Management from the Università di Urbino.
Recent Publications
- 2025
Securing Venture Capital for Sustainability-Driven Ventures: An Analysis of Funding Delay
CHEN, Y., A. FOSFURI, N. MISANI, "Securing Venture Capital for Sustainability-Driven Ventures: An Analysis of Funding Delay" in The 85th Annual Meeting of Academy of Management, July 25-29, 2025, Copenhagen, Denmark - 2025
Balancing Economic Impact and Gender Equity: Public Funding of Female-Led Startups
RATH, J., R. BHAGWAT, A. FOSFURI, "Balancing Economic Impact and Gender Equity: Public Funding of Female-Led Startups" in The 85th Annual Meeting of Academy of Management, July 25-29, 2025, Copenhagen, Denmark - 2025
A Value-Based Approach to Innovation. From Value Creation to Value Capture
DI STEFANO, G., A. FOSFURI - "A Value-Based Approach to Innovation. From Value Creation to Value Capture" - 2025, Egea, Milano, Italy - 2024
The missing middle: Value capture in the market for startups
ARORA, A., A. FOSFURI, T. RØNDE, "The missing middle: Value capture in the market for startups", Research Policy, 2024, vol. 53, no. 3, pp. 104958 - 2024
Not-invented-here syndrome
FOSFURI, A., E. ROCA BATLLORI, "Not-invented-here syndrome" in Encyclopedia of International Strategic Management., Christian Geisler Asmussen, Niron Hashai, Dana Minbaeva (Eds.), Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 314-316, 2024 - 2024
Greening the Portfolio: LP Preferences for Social Impact and Sustainability Orientation of VC Funds
XIONG, Q., A. FOSFURI, N. MISANI, Y. CHEN, "Greening the Portfolio: LP Preferences for Social Impact and Sustainability Orientation of VC Funds" in 84th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, August 9-13, 2024, Chicago, IL, United States of America - 2024
ERC science and invention: Does ERC break free from the EU Paradox?
NAGAR, J. P., S. BRESCHI, A. FOSFURI, "ERC science and invention: Does ERC break free from the EU Paradox?", Research Policy, 2024, vol. 53, no. 8, pp. 105038 - 2024
Strategic Patent Disclosure: Unraveling the Influence of Temporal Preferences
DATAR, A., M. D. AMORE, A. FOSFURI, "Strategic Patent Disclosure: Unraveling the Influence of Temporal Preferences", Strategic Organization, 2024 - 2024
Limited Partners in the VC Industry
AMORE, M. D., A. FOSFURI, V. PELUCCO, "Limited Partners in the VC Industry" in The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Private Equity., Douglas Cumming, Benjamin Hammer (Eds.), Springer International Publishing, pp. 1-9, 2024 - 2024
Navigating Innovation: Insights from Academic Research
FOSFURI, A., G. DI STEFANO - "Navigating Innovation: Insights from Academic Research" - 2024, Egea, Milano, Italy
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Grants & Honors
Excellence in Research Award, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, 2023
Excellence in Research Award, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, 2022
Research Excellence Award, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, 2020
Research Excellence Award, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, 2019
Horizon 2020, EU European Union, 2017
