Francesco Longo
Associate Professor

Biography
Francesco Longo is an Associate Professor at the Department of Social and Political Sciences at Università Bocconi.
At SDA Bocconi, he is a researcher at CERGAS Bocconi (Center for Research on Health and Social Care Management) of which he was Director from 2006 to 2012. He is the Director of OASI, the CERGAS/SDA Bocconi Observatory on the healthcare sector and its companies. He is member of the National Advisory Board for the Minister of Health. He conducts research, education and change management projects in public and healthcare sectors with ministries, regions, public and private companies.
His research activities focus on following topics: institutional and governance models of public sector organizations; strategies of companies and public interest networks; platform economy and co-production in the public realm, organization and human resources management in public companies; health and social care organizations management; digital ecosystems and service design; public policies design and evaluation in an implementation perspective; change management in enterprises and public sectors.
He is the author of numerous books and articles on his topics of interest. His works have been published in Health Care Management Review, Health Policy, Mecosan, Rivista Trimestrale AGENAS and Azienda Pubblica, among others. He is a reviewer for the international journals Public Administration Review, Health Care Management Review, Managing Accounting Review and The international Journal of Public Sector management; he is a member of the scientific committee of the journals Azienda Pubblica and Prospettive Sociali e Sanitarie and he is a referee for Mecosan and Azienda Pubblica. He is a member of many national committees, scientific committees and advisory boards of many major businesses and public organizations. He has been a Visiting Professor in many universities, including the Erasmus University Rotterdam and the Aix-Marseille University; he has also been a Research Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government (Harvard University) and at the University of Potsdam.
Francesco earned a degree in Economics from Bocconi University.
Recent Publications
- 2025
Beyond Merit and Spoils System to Select Public Executives: The Italian Puzzle—Intersectoral Lessons from Italian Public Administrations
LONGO, F., R. SAPORITO, R. FLORIO, "Beyond Merit and Spoils System to Select Public Executives: The Italian Puzzle—Intersectoral Lessons from Italian Public Administrations" in Public Administration in Italy: The Science and the Profession., Edoardo Ongaro, Carla Barbati, Fabrizio Di Mascio, Francesco Longo, Alessandro Natalini (Eds.), Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 361-385, 2025 - 2025
Conclusioni
NOTARNICOLA, E., E. PEROBELLI, G. FOSTI, F. LONGO, A. ROTOLO, M. V. BUFALI, "Conclusioni" in Il settore Long Term Care tra connessioni, interdipendenze e necessità di integrazione. 7° rapporto osservatorio Long Term Care., Giovanni Fosti, Elisabetta Notarnicola, Eleonora Perobelli (Eds.), Egea, chap. 6, pp. 103-106, 2025 - 2025
La sanità italiana: narrazioni consolatorie, criticità governabili e una doppia agenda manageriale
LONGO, F., A. RICCI, "La sanità italiana: narrazioni consolatorie, criticità governabili e una doppia agenda manageriale" in Rapporto OASI 2025., CERGAS (Ed.), Egea, chap. 1, 2025 - 2025
La variabilità dei consumi e delle prescrizioni nel SSN: un confronto inter e infra regionale
BROCCOLO, G., A. FURNARI, F. LONGO, G. PURITANI, A. RICCI, "La variabilità dei consumi e delle prescrizioni nel SSN: un confronto inter e infra regionale" in Rapporto OASI 2025., CERGAS (Ed.), Egea, chap. 9, 2025 - 2025
Le RSA come snodi di interdipendenza: posizionamento attuale e vocazione strategica futura
NOTARNICOLA, E., E. PEROBELLI, F. LONGO, "Le RSA come snodi di interdipendenza: posizionamento attuale e vocazione strategica futura" in Il settore Long Term Care tra connessioni, interdipendenze e necessità di integrazione. 7° rapporto osservatorio Long Term Care., Giovanni Fosti, Elisabetta Notarnicola, Eleonora Perobelli (Eds.), Egea, chap. 3, pp. 51-58, 2025 - 2025
L’assistenza agli anziani non autosufficienti: trend nazionali e nuovo percorso di valutazione unica del bisogno
FOSTI, G., F. LONGO, S. MANFREDI, E. MIRAGLIA, E. NOTARNICOLA, E. PEROBELLI, A. ROTOLO, "L’assistenza agli anziani non autosufficienti: trend nazionali e nuovo percorso di valutazione unica del bisogno" in Rapporto OASI 2025., CERGAS (Ed.), Egea, chap. 5, 2025

