Matteo Vizzaccaro

Lecturer
Knowledge groupFinance
Research domainsCorporate Finance
Teaching domainsCorporate Valuation, Capital Structure, IPO, Financial Markets & Instruments, M&A
matteo vizzaccaro

Biography

Matteo Vizzaccaro is the Deputy Director of the Finance area at SDA Bocconi School of Management, where he teaches Corporate Finance and M&A as a core faculty member. Additionally, he is a lecturer in "Istituzioni e Mercati Finanziari" at Università Bocconi in Milan.

His research focuses on M&A, Private Equity, Venture Capital, and business valuation. He is the author of publications and books, including "Making Mergers and Acquisition Work: from strategy and target selection to post merger integration" (Emerald Publishing).

Between 2018 and 2020, Matteo served as the Business Developer for the Middle East and North Africa region at SDA, contributing to partnership agreements with significant international players. He has taught at various institutions in the region, including École Supérieure des affaires in Lebanon and Effat University in Saudi Arabia. He is the Co-director of the SDA course "Finanza Straordinaria: come gestire le cessioni e le acquisizioni" and a member of the Faculty at SDA Bocconi Asia Center in Mumbai. Matteo is also the Project Leader of the Best Performance Award, an annual SDA Bocconi award dedicated to Italian companies that have excelled in sustainable development. He serves as Member of the Supervisory Body (Organismo di Vigilanza) of Ardonagh SpA, a Private Equity fund in the insurance sector.

Matteo earned his degree in Economics and Business Legislation from Università Bocconi and completed his Ph.D. at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. He is the father of Azzurra and Leonardo.

Recent Publications

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  • 2026
    Human capital profile similarity as a sorting mechanism in mergers and acquisitions
    BOTTA, C., R. ANCONETANI, L. L. ETRO, M. VIZZACCARO, "Human capital profile similarity as a sorting mechanism in mergers and acquisitions", Journal of Technology Transfer, September 2026, pp. 1-34
  • 2024
    Come le polizze donazione hanno rivitalizzato il mercato immobiliare
    VIZZACCARO, M., "Come le polizze donazione hanno rivitalizzato il mercato immobiliare", Economia & Management, 2024, no. 4, pp. 84-90
  • 2024
    Microfinanza, una nuova asset class sostenibile all’orizzonte?
    DALLOCCHIO, M., L. L. ETRO, M. VIZZACCARO, R. ANCONETANI, F. COLANTONI, "Microfinanza, una nuova asset class sostenibile all’orizzonte?", Economia & Management, 2024, no. 2, pp. 61-70
  • 2020
    The use of Z-Score to predict UTP loans
    DALLOCCHIO, M., S. FERRI, A. TRON, M. VIZZACCARO, "The use of Z-Score to predict UTP loans", Corporate Ownership and Control, 2020, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 163-178
  • 2018
    La frontiera della sostenibilità italiana
    DALLOCCHIO, M., L. L. ETRO, G. NEGRI, M. VIZZACCARO, "La frontiera della sostenibilità italiana", Economia & Management, 2018, no. 5-6, pp. 131-146
  • 2018
    Making Mergers and Acquisitions Work
    VENZIN, M., M. VIZZACCARO, F. RUTSCHMANN - "Making Mergers and Acquisitions Work" - 2018, Emerald Publishing Limited