Arnaldo Camuffo

Full Professor
Knowledge groupLeadership, Human Resources and Digital Technologies
Research domainsHuman Resource Management
Teaching domainsPerformance Management, Strategic HR, Organizational Design
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Biography

Arnaldo Camuffo is Full Professor of Management at Università Bocconi and at SDA Bocconi School of Management where he is Co-Director of the ION Management Science Lab.

He teaches Strategic Decision Making, Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Lean Management in graduate and executive programs. He also held visiting positions at the Industrial Performance Center at M.I.T. - School of Management of the University of Michigan and at Universidad Deusto, San Sebastian.

His research activity focuses on strategic decision making, innovation, modularity, lean production, lean startup, strategic human capital and human resource management, executive compensation. His articles were published in journals like Management Science, Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal ed Organization Science.

He received a degree and a PhD in Business Administration from Università Ca’ Foscari in Venezia, and an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management.

Recent Publications

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  • 2025
    Does a theory-of-value add value? Evidence from a randomized control trial with Tanzanian entrepreneurs
    AGARWAL, R., F. BACCO, A. CAMUFFO, A. COALI, A. GAMBARDELLA, H. MSANGI, S. SONKA, A. TEMU, B. WAIZED, A. WORMALD, "Does a theory-of-value add value? Evidence from a randomized control trial with Tanzanian entrepreneurs", Organization Science, 2025, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 601-625
  • 2024
    A scientific approach to entrepreneurial decision‐making: Large‐scale replication and extension
    CAMUFFO, A., A. GAMBARDELLA, D. MESSINESE, E. NOVELLI, E. PAOLUCCI, C. SPINA, "A scientific approach to entrepreneurial decision‐making: Large‐scale replication and extension", Strategic Management Journal, 2024, vol. 45, no. 6, pp. 1209-1237
  • 2024
    Enterprise-wide lean management systems: a test of the abnormal profitability hypothesis
    CAMUFFO, A., A. POLETTO, "Enterprise-wide lean management systems: a test of the abnormal profitability hypothesis", International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 2024, vol. 44, no. 2, pp. 483-514
  • 2024
    Theory-Driven Strategic Management Decisions
    CAMUFFO, A., A. GAMBARDELLA, A. PIGNATARO, "Theory-Driven Strategic Management Decisions", Strategy Science, 2024, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 382-396
  • 2023
    Framing strategic decisions in the digital world
    CAMUFFO, A., A. GAMBARDELLA, A. PIGNATARO, "Framing strategic decisions in the digital world", Strategic Management Review, 2023, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 127-160
  • 2022
    Do managers capture the value they create? drivers of managers’ value capture in a large retail chain
    DE STEFANO, F., M. BIDWELL, A. CAMUFFO, "Do managers capture the value they create? drivers of managers’ value capture in a large retail chain", Strategic Management Journal, 2022, vol. 43, no. 10, pp. 1983-2011

Grants & Honors

  • Excellence in Research Award, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, 2023

  • Finalist - SMS Research Methods Conference Paper Prize – A. Camuffo, A. Gambardella, C. Spina, Strategic Management Society, 2019

  • AoM Annual Meeting – OMT Division. Finalist: Best Symposium Award - F. De Stefano, M. Bidwell, A. Camuffo, C. Chadwick, The Value of Managers: The Role of Managerial Human Capital in Value Creation and Value Capture, Academy of Management, 2017

  • Distinguished track paper: Quality Management and Lean Operations track, (con F. Gerli), Decision Science Institute Annual Meeting, San Francisco, USA, 2012

  • Chris Voss Best Honourable Mention Paper Award (con A. Furlan, P.Romano, A. Vinelli) alla EUROMA 11th International Conference, INSEAD, Fontainebleau, Francia, 2004

  • Best Paper Award (con F. Gerli) alla British Academy of Management Annual Conference, Middlesex University, London, UK, 2002