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
  • 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
    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
    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
  • 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
  • 2020
    Economic Impact and the Arts: The Mistake of Narrow Thinking.
    AMESTOY, V. A., F. CASALINI, "Economic Impact and the Arts: The Mistake of Narrow Thinking." in Managing cultural business: Avoiding Mistakes, Finding Success.., Addis M., Rurale A. (Eds.), Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, chap. 11, 2020

Grants & Honors

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