Gino Gandolfi

Affiliate Professor
Knowledge groupFinance
Research domainsInsurance
Teaching domainsFinancial Management, Life Insurance, Asset Allocation and Portfolio Management, Personal Financial Planning, Derivatives

Biography

Gino Gandolfi is Affiliate Professor of Banking and Insurance at SDA Bocconi School of Management. He is Full Professor of Banking and Finance at Parma University.

He collaborates with SDA since 1995. He conducted numerous workshops and courses in Europe with some of the major players in the banking and insurance industry.

His research activity has developed, over the years, on the following main areas: asset management; risk management; retirement and insurance.

He is the author of numerous books and articles on the subject. His works have been published in European Financial Management, Investment Management and Financial Innovations, Journal of Asset Management and International Journal of Business and Social Science, among others. He is a President of Fiere di Parma SpA, President of Le Village Parma by Crédit Agricole, member of the board of statutory auditors of SACE SpA. He won many awards:  the SDA Bocconi award of best executive course teacher (he was third in 2005 and won in 2004, 2007 and 2008); the "Entrepreneurship Award" for Banks, Insurance Companies and Financial Institutions Division in 2009; the "Excellence Prize in the coordination" for Banks, Insurance Companies and Financial Institutions Division (2010, 2011 and 2012); in 2013 the "Internationalization and Innovation" for Banks, Insurance Companies and Financial Institutions Division; and in 2015 the "Innovation in Technology-Based Learning" conferred by SDA Bocconi Learning Lab.

Gino earned a Degree in Economics and Commerce from Parma University and a Ph.D. in Business Administration from Bocconi University and the University of Pavia.

Recent Publications

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  • 2026
    Italian SMEs and access to credit: Does being “green” matter?
    ARCURI, M. C., G. GANDOLFI, R. PISANI, "Italian SMEs and access to credit: Does being “green” matter?", Research in International Business and Finance, 2026, vol. 81, pp. 103215
  • 2025
    Productivity of innovation: the effect of innovativeness on start-up survival
    ARCURI, M. C., I. RUSSO, G. GANDOLFI, "Productivity of innovation: the effect of innovativeness on start-up survival", Journal of Technology Transfer, 2025, vol. 50, pp. 1111–1169
  • 2025
    Can extreme weather forecasts lead to a risk premium? Evidence of a non-linear response in U.S. natural gas futures
    MONTEUX, M., M. C. ARCURI, G. GANDOLFI, S. CASELLI, "Can extreme weather forecasts lead to a risk premium? Evidence of a non-linear response in U.S. natural gas futures", The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, 2025, vol. 80, pp. 102494
  • 2023
    Exploring the impact of innovation intensity on the growth of female-led entrepreneurial firms
    ARCURI, M. C., G. GANDOLFI, I. RUSSO, "Exploring the impact of innovation intensity on the growth of female-led entrepreneurial firms", Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 2023, vol. 30, no. 5, pp. 947-966
  • 2023
    Does fake news impact stock returns? Evidence from US and EU stock markets
    ARCURI, M. C., G. GANDOLFI, I. RUSSO, "Does fake news impact stock returns? Evidence from US and EU stock markets", Journal of Economics and Business, 2023, vol. 125-126, pp. 106130
  • 2023
    Robust portfolio optimization for banking foundations: a CVaR approach for asset allocation with mandatory constraints
    ARCURI, M. C., G. GANDOLFI, F. LAURINI, "Robust portfolio optimization for banking foundations: a CVaR approach for asset allocation with mandatory constraints", Central European Journal of Operations Research, 2023, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 557-581
  • 2021
    The Relevance of Liquidity and Country Risk to Euro-Denominated Bonds and the Influence of ECB Monetary Policy
    ARCURI, M. C., G. GANDOLFI, M. MANOUX, G. VERGA, "The Relevance of Liquidity and Country Risk to Euro-Denominated Bonds and the Influence of ECB Monetary Policy", International Journal of Economics and Finance, 2021, vol. 13, no. 6, pp. 1-18
  • 2020
    What Factors Influence European Corporate Bond Spread?
    ARCURI, M. C., G. GANDOLFI, M. MONTEUX, G. VERGA, "What Factors Influence European Corporate Bond Spread?", International Journal of Business and Management, 2020, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 87-97
  • 2020
    From Local Academic Spin-Off to International Firm: The Case of VisLab
    ARCURI, M. C., E. BOCCHIALINI, G. GANDOLFI, "From Local Academic Spin-Off to International Firm: The Case of VisLab", International Business Research, 2020, vol. 13, no. 6, pp. 100-114
  • 2020
    Stock market reactions to fake news
    ARCURI, M. C., G. GANDOLFI, I. RUSSO, "Stock market reactions to fake news" in Corporate Governance: An Interdisciplinary Outlook in the Wake of Pandemic/Conference Proceedings., Stefania Sylos Labini, Alexander Kostyuk, Dmytro Govorun (Eds.), Virtus Interpress, pp. 98-104, 2020

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Grants & Honors

  • Premio Progetto Claudio Dematté - CFI Division, SDA Bocconi School of Management, 2017

  • Premio Innovation in Technology-Based Learning - SDA Bocconi Learning Lab, SDA Bocconi School of Management, 2015

  • Premio Internationalization and Innovation - Divisione Banche, Assicurazioni e Intermediari Finanziari, SDA Bocconi School of Management, 2013

  • Premio Eccellenza nel Coordinamento - Divisione Banche, Assicurazioni e Intermediari Finanziari, SDA Bocconi School of Management, 2012

  • Premio Eccellenza nel Coordinamento - Divisione Banche, Assicurazioni e Intermediari Finanziari, SDA Bocconi School of Management, 2011

  • Premio Eccellenza nel Coordinamento - Divisione Banche, Assicurazioni e Intermediari Finanziari, SDA Bocconi School of Management, 2010

  • Premio all'Imprenditorialità - Divisione Banche, Assicurazioni e Intermediari Finanziari, SDA Bocconi School of Management, 2009

  • Miglior Docente dei corsi Executive - Divisione Banche e Intermediari Finanziari, SDA Bocconi School of Management, 2008

  • Miglior Docente dei corsi Executive - Divisione Banche e Intermediari Finanziari, SDA Bocconi School of Management, 2007

  • Miglior Docente dei corsi Executive - Divisione Banche e Intermediari Finanziari, SDA Bocconi School of Management, 2004