Francesca Casalini

Assistant Professor of Practice
Knowledge groupGovernment, Health and Not for Profit
Research domainsBusiness Government Relations
Teaching domainsImpact Investing, Collaborative Partnership, Scaling Up of Innovative Initiatives, PPP & Concession Contracts
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Francesca Casalini

Biography

Francesca Casalini is Assistant Professor of Practice in the Government, Health & Not for Profit Knowledge Group at SDA Bocconi School of Management. She collaborates with the Knowledge Group of Strategy & Entrepreneurship and she is a Teaching Assistant of the Master in Strategy and Entrepreneurship (MISA).

Her research interests focus on innovative business models based on public-private collaborations and digital platforms. Her teaching activities mainly focus on business planning and business modeling in multiple sectors (both for-profit and non-profit, based on traditional collaborations as well as platforms) and strategic data crunching. 

Francesca has been a research grantee of the European Investment Bank and a Research Assistant for the World Bank, Asian Development Bank and Inter-American Development Bank on the topic of public-private collaborations. She has also worked with several start-ups, private companies and public administrations in the business planning of new strategic projects based on public-private collaborations.

Francesca holds a B.Sc. in Economics and Management with honors from the Università di Bologna an M.Sc. in Management with honors from Università Bocconi and a PhD in Management from the University of St. Gallen.

Recent Publications

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  • 2025
    Financing Infrastructure with Public–Private Partnerships
    CASALINI, F., S. GATTI, V. VECCHI, "Financing Infrastructure with Public–Private Partnerships" in The Palgrave Handbook of Development Finance., George Kararach, Emmanuel Pinto Moreira, Victor Murinde (Eds.), Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 263-283, 2025
  • 2023
    Making Impact Investing More Than Just Well-Meaning Capital
    CASALINI, F., V. VECCHI, "Making Impact Investing More Than Just Well-Meaning Capital", Business & Society, 2023, vol. 62, no. 5, pp. 911-916
  • 2023
    Rethinking Infrastructure Financing for Southeast Asia in the Post-Pandemic Era
    RAO, V., S. GATTI, F. CASALINI, M. PIANORSI - "Rethinking Infrastructure Financing for Southeast Asia in the Post-Pandemic Era" - 2023, Asian Development Bank, Manila, Philippines (The)
  • 2023
    Exploring antecedent factors of co-creation in public service ecosystems: a study of local welfare platforms in Italy
    CASALINI, F., A. ROTOLO, F. LONGO, "Exploring antecedent factors of co-creation in public service ecosystems: a study of local welfare platforms in Italy" in IRSPM Conference 2023 - April 3-5, 2023, Budapest, Hungary
  • 2023
    Do collaborative platforms create public value in public services? An explorative analysis of privately-owned public service platforms in Italy
    CASALINI, F., L. ZAVOLOKINA, "Do collaborative platforms create public value in public services? An explorative analysis of privately-owned public service platforms in Italy" in 39th EGOS Colloquium, July 6-8, 2023, Cagliari, Italy
  • 2022
    Una PA reattiva: generare valore per la società attraverso le collaborazioni pubblico-privato
    VECCHI, V., N. CUSUMANO, F. CASALINI, "Una PA reattiva: generare valore per la società attraverso le collaborazioni pubblico-privato" in Reactive PA. Lezioni dalla Pandemia per il Cambiamento della Pubblica Amministrazione., G. Valotti (Ed.), Egea, chap. 12, pp. 305-320, 2022

Grants & Honors

  • Research Grant, European Investment Bank (EIB), 2018