Nicola Misani
Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Governance
Biography
Nicola Misani is a Researcher at the Department of Management and Technology at Università Bocconi. He is also a fellow at the ICRIOS research center of Università Bocconi.
At SDA Bocconi, Nicola Misani is the program director of “Creating Value through Sustainability”. He has participated in many research and education programs with ABB, Confindustria Lombardia, Condé Nast, Credit Suisse, Esselunga, SACMI, and many other organizations.
His research areas are business strategy, sustainability, and multinational companies. His current research questions focus on, first, the drivers and the strategic implications of sustainability adoption by companies; second, how corporate purposes and organisational forms (e.g. B Corps) influence company strategies; third, how business models can be changed to mitigate external impact and improve a firm’s performance.
He is the author of several publications that have appeared in international refereed journals, including the Journal of Business Ethics, Business Ethics Quarterly, Business Strategy and the Environment, Ecological Economics, the Journal of World Business, and International Business Review. Nicola Misani has won numerous teaching and research awards, including the 2015 Academy of Management IM Division CGIO Best Paper Award in International Corporate Governance. Nicola Misani is a member of the Academy of Management (AoM), the Academy of International Business (AIB) and the International Association for Business & Society (IABS).
Nicola Misani earned a degree in Business Administration at Università Bocconi and then a degree in Philosophy at the Università degli Studi di Milano. He received his PhD from Radboud University Nijmegen (The Netherlands).
Teaching domains
Business Models
Corporate Sustainability
Industry Analysis
Competitive Advantage
Globalization
Latest publications
Paving the road toward eco-effectiveness: Exploring the link between greenhouse gas emissions and firm performance
Business Strategy and the Environment, 2021, vol.30, no. 7, pp.3065-3078
Perché e come essere B Corp o Società Benefit - Why and How to Be a B Corp or Benefit Corporation
Economia & Management, 2021, no. 1, pp.26-30
A Qualified Account of Supererogation: Toward a Better Conceptualization of Corporate Social Responsibility
Business Ethics Quarterly, 2020, vol.30, no. 2, pp.250-272
Sustainability and Implicit Contracts in Business and Society 360 – Sustainability
D. Wasieleski, J. Weber(Ed), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, chap. 5, pp.81-97, 2020
Casi di Management - 2a Ed.
Egea, Milano, Italy, 2017
Fashion Collections
Egea, Milano, Italy, 2017
