Francesca Casalini
Lecturer
Biography
Francesca Casalini is a Lecturer 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). Francesca is also a PhD Candidate in Management at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
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 and an M.Sc. in Management with honors from Università Bocconi. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Management at the University of St. Gallen.
Recent Publications
- 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 - 2022
Public-Private Collaborations for Long Term Investments. Converging Towards Public Value Generation
VECCHI, V., F. CASALINI, N. CUSUMANO - "Public-Private Collaborations for Long Term Investments. Converging Towards Public Value Generation" - 2022, Edward Elgar Publishing, Great Britain - 2022
Investigating the performance of PPP in major healthcare infrastructure projects: the role of policy, institutions, and contracts
VECCHI, V., N. CUSUMANO, F. CASALINI, "Investigating the performance of PPP in major healthcare infrastructure projects: the role of policy, institutions, and contracts", Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2022, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 385-401 - 2022
Platforms for Public Value Creation
CASALINI, F., "Platforms for Public Value Creation" in Elgar Encyclopedia of Public Management., Kuno Schedler (Ed.), Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 351-354, 2022 - 2021
Public Private Partnerships: Principles for Sustainable Contracts
VECCHI, V., F. CASALINI, N. CUSUMANO, V. M. LEONE - "Public Private Partnerships: Principles for Sustainable Contracts" - 2021, Palgrave Macmillan
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Grants & Honors
Research Grant, European Investment Bank (EIB), 2018
