Leonella Gori
Lecturer

Biography
Gori Leonella is a Lecturer of Corporate Finance at SDA Bocconi School of Management.
Her collaboration with SDA Bocconi began in 2002. She is a faculty member of full-time and executive masters (Master in Corporate Finance, MBA and Global Executive MBA, Courses on Enterprise and Financial Risk Management, Financial Management and Corporate Finance). She teaches a Preparatory course at Università Bocconi – Graduate School and she teaches Financial management and Corporate Banking at the Graduate School in Management, Università Bocconi. She has been a team member in research projects financed by the European Union and coordinated by SDA Bocconi School of Management. She is a fellow at the Baffi –Carefin Centre for Applied Research on International Markets, Banking, Finance and Regulation, Università Bocconi. She coordinates Executive Education projects for the top management of a multinational company located in the Far East and she is a Jury Member in the MBA Annual International Competition in Finance organized by SDA Bocconi School of Management with the participation of the most renowned business schools.. She won the SDA Bocconi teaching excellence award – Specialized Masters - in 2011 and in 2012.
Her research is focused on enterprise valuation topics and on private equity. Recently, she has focused on the levels of risk affecting private equity activity and companies in turnaround situations. The results of her studies on private equity appeared in a working paper as part of the Baffi – Carefin Centre Research, presented at the International Conference on Computational and Financial Econometrics (CFE 2016, Seville) and in seminars at Düsseldorf University and in Rome, l’Università La Sapienza.
She has coauthored books on Enterprise Valuation and several articles published by Economia&Management on private equity activity. She has written about preferential financing and recently she has carried out studies and written an article about the role of Fintech in the financial system.
She earned a degree cum laude in Business Administration, Università Bocconi, 2002, a PhD in Corporate Finance, Università di Trieste, 2008. International Teacher Programme, 2009. Her education includes piano studies and some conservatory exams.
Recent Publications
- 2024
Commentary—Much ado About Something Else. Donald Trump, the US Stock Market, and the Public Interest Ethics of Social Media Communication
GORI, L., P. LUIGI SACCO, E. TETI, F. TRIVERI, "Commentary—Much ado About Something Else. Donald Trump, the US Stock Market, and the Public Interest Ethics of Social Media Communication", International Journal of Business Communication, 2024, vol. 61, no. 2, pp. 452-483 - 2024
Funding New Space Companies in Equity Markets: Assessing the Risk and Uncertaintyof Newly Listed Public Companies
DI PIPPO, S., L. GORI, M. PIANORSI, C. IACOMINO, P. I. LORUSSO, F. LATINO, "Funding New Space Companies in Equity Markets: Assessing the Risk and Uncertaintyof Newly Listed Public Companies", New Space, 2024, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 188–201 - 2023
Preliminary analysis on technical and economic viability of moon-mined propellant for on-orbit refueling
SOMMARIVA, A., P. GAUDENZI, M. PIANORSI, M. PASQUALI, E. VITTORI, M. EUGENI, M. ITALIANO, C. TELLI, M. DI NICOLA, L. GORI, B. CHIZZOLINI, "Preliminary analysis on technical and economic viability of moon-mined propellant for on-orbit refueling", Acta Astronautica, 2023, vol. 204, pp. 425-433 - 2021
Shareholders’ greed and corporate value growth
TETI, E., L. GORI, V. MAGNANINI, "Shareholders’ greed and corporate value growth", Industrial and Corporate Change, 2021, vol. 30, no. 4, pp. 868–883 - 2020
Seasonal darkness and IPO
GORI, L., E. TETI, A. LOI, M. DALLOCCHIO, "Seasonal darkness and IPO", Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2020, vol. 178, pp. 494-508 - 2020
The Economics of Moon Mining
SOMMARIVA, A., L. GORI, B. CHIZZOLINI, M. PIANORSI, "The Economics of Moon Mining", Acta Astronautica, 2020, vol. 170, pp. 712-718
Grants & Honors
Excellence in Teaching Award – Specialized Master Programs, SDA Bocconi School of Management, 2012
Excellence in Teaching Award – Specialized Master Programs, SDA Bocconi School of Management, 2011

