Alfonso Gambardella

Full Professor
AreaStrategy and Operations
Ambiti di ricercaInnovation
Ambiti di insegnamentoTechnology Management, Growth Strategy, High Impact Technologies, Industry Analysis, Technology Scouting
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Biografia

Alfonso Gambardella è Professore presso il dipartimento di Management & Tecnologia dell’Università Bocconi e presso SDA Bocconi School of Management

Presso Bocconi ha ricoperto il ruolo di Dean della Phd School dal 2008 al 2014 ed è stato Direttore del Dipartimento di Management e Tecnologia dal 2016 al 2021, oltre a svolgere attività di insegnamento nei corsi graduate, executive e nel programma DBA di SDA Bocconi.

La sua attività di insegnamento e di ricerca si concentra sui temi di Innovation, Strategic Management, Technology Strategy ed Entrepreneurship. Ha pubblicato sulle principali riviste internazionali quali Strategic Management Journal, Strategy Science, Organization Science, Management Science, Strategic Management Review, nonchè su riviste orientate all’applicazione pratica delle teorie manageriali quali Management Business Review. È editor del Dipartimento di Strategia della rivista Management Science, membro del board accademico di ESMT-Berlino, Fellow della Strategic Management Society (SMS), e Research Fellow del Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) di Londra.

Ha conseguito una Laurea in Economia e Commercio dall’Università di Genova, un Master of Arts in Economics dalla New York University ed un PhD dalla Stanford University. Ha conseguito il diploma in flauto presso il Conservatorio di Musica “Niccolò Paganini” di Genova.

Pubblicazioni recenti

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  • 2025
    Design- and Theory-Based Approaches to Strategic Decisions
    GAMBARDELLA, A., D. MESSINESE, "Design- and Theory-Based Approaches to Strategic Decisions", Organization Science, 2025, vol. 36, no. 4, pp. 1271–1287
  • 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
  • 2025
    Se il modello ragiona cambia la natura del nostro lavoro
    CAMUFFO, A., A. GAMBARDELLA, "Se il modello ragiona cambia la natura del nostro lavoro", Fortune Italia, June 2025, pp. 96-97
  • 2025
    Persuasion in the Theory-Based View
    PANDEY, A., S. KAZEMI, A. GAMBARDELLA, "Persuasion in the Theory-Based View" in The 85th Annual Meeting of Academy of Management, July 25-29, 2025, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 2025
    As AI becomes agentic, our jobs are bound to change - Se l’AI diventa agentica, la natura del nostro lavoro cambia
    CAMUFFO, A., A. GAMBARDELLA, "As AI becomes agentic, our jobs are bound to change - Se l’AI diventa agentica, la natura del nostro lavoro cambia", SDA Bocconi Insight, 13 October 2025
  • 2025
    The missing link: Why economic policy needs organisational economics
    GAMBARDELLA, A., F. ENGLMAIER, M. GUADALUPE, "The missing link: Why economic policy needs organisational economics", VoxEU - CEPR, 17 October 2025
  • 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
    A Scientific Method for Startups
    FELIN, T., A. GAMBARDELLA, E. NOVELLI, T. ZENGER, "A Scientific Method for Startups", Journal of Management, 2024, vol. 50, no. 8, pp. 3080–3104
  • 2024
    To commercialize inside or outside of the firm: Behavioral considerations in patent exploitation by family firms
    BIRHANU, A. G., A. GAMBARDELLA, "To commercialize inside or outside of the firm: Behavioral considerations in patent exploitation by family firms", Strategic Management Journal, 2024, vol. 45, no. 5, pp. 875-901
  • 2024
    Scientific decision-making, project selection and longer-term outcomes
    COALI, A., A. GAMBARDELLA, E. NOVELLI, "Scientific decision-making, project selection and longer-term outcomes", Research Policy, 2024, vol. 53, no. 6, pp. 105022

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Grants & Premi

  • Excellence in Research Award, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, 2024

  • Richard Nelson Award for the Best Paper by younger Scholars in Research Policy 2005-2008 - (A. Gambardella, P. Giuri, A. Luzzi, “The Market for Patents in Europe”), 2009

  • Epton Prize for best 1993 article in R&D Management - (F. Della Valle, A. Gambardella, “Biological Revolution and Strategy for Innovation in Pharmaceutical Companies”), 1994