- Management, Economics, and Public Policy
- Diverse academic and cultural studies
- Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
- Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification
- Digital Marketing and Social Media
- Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering
- Big Data and Business Intelligence
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
- Family Business Performance and Succession
- Ethics in Business and Education
- Innovation and Knowledge Management
- Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting
- Customer Service Quality and Loyalty
- Technology Adoption and User Behaviour
- Historical and Environmental Studies
- Corporate Identity and Reputation
- Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
- Digital Transformation in Industry
- Management and Organizational Studies
- Educational and Social Studies
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Consumer Retail Behavior Studies
- Impact of AI and Big Data on Business and Society
- Competitive and Knowledge Intelligence
- Creativity in Education and Neuroscience
University of Florence
2015-2025
Florence (Netherlands)
2014-2021
University of Milan
2013-2016
University of Trento
2016
European Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprise
2016
The University of Sydney
2016
Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris
2015
Syracuse University
2015
University of the Basque Country
2015
Ikerbasque
2015
Purpose Recently, several manuscripts about the effects of big data on organizations used dynamic capabilities as their main theoretical approach. However, these still lack systematization. Consequently, purpose this paper is to systematize literature and capabilities. Design/methodology/approach A bibliometric analysis was performed 170 extracted from Clarivate Analytics Web Science Core Collection database. The integrated with a review. Findings revealed four clusters papers capabilities:...
Recently, social media have emerged as key marketing communication channels. In this context, consumers are increasingly gathering in online communities which been identified social-media-based brand (SMBBCs). However, notwithstanding scholars' attention towards SMBBCs, the role of consumers' gender developing loyalty intention (BLI) has scarcely explored by literature. Moreover, scant given to analysis whether is related different propensities recommendation—identified a proactive behavior...
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the effect big data analytics-capable business process management systems (BDA-capable BPMS) on ambidextrous organizations’ agility. In particular, how functionalities BDA-capable BPMS may improve organizational dynamism and reactiveness challenges Big Data era will be explored. Design/methodology/approach A theoretical analysis potential in increasing agility, with particular attention organizations, has been performed. conceptual framework...
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the understudied antecedents moral reasoning and cognitive processes that ultimately shape ethical consumption. theory planned behavior (TPB) socio-intuitionist model are integrated. Holistic, inferential, affective dimensions intuition identified as critical environmental concerns then influence Design/methodology/approach Structural equation modeling used analyze intuitive judgments in 256 US undergraduates. New Ecological Paradigm (NEP)...
Purpose Using an enhanced version of the theory reasoned action (TRA), this study investigates antecedents organic quinoa-based food buying intention. In addition to attitude toward behavioral intention, proposed model examines influence that ecological welfare, political values, and consumer-perceived corporate social responsibility (CSR) point sale exert on consumer willingness purchase food. Design/methodology/approach Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used analyze data collected...
The recent debate about the digitalization of museums and new technologies has become increasingly important among tourism scholars. Digital innovation virtual environments, such as social media platforms, might significantly foster competitive advantage their ability to attract visitors. Particularly in times crisis, prospective tourists appreciate addition a 'digital flavor' exhibitions art galleries. Improved experiences, increased loyalty, overall higher satisfaction result from...
The ongoing paradigm shift towards two-sided and multi-sided platforms is reshaping business transactions collaborations worldwide. Such digital have found widespread acceptance in business-to-business markets, serving as catalysts for strategic networking, transparency, traceability, especially sourcing activities that demand solutions supplier selection collaboration. Nonetheless, the variables influencing platform adoption small medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) large firms remain somewhat...
Purpose Drawing on signaling theory and adopting a multilevel approach, the purpose of this paper is to investigate how meso-organizational attributes interact with macro cultural context affect employees’ behavioral responses internal corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives. This study unpacks process through which CSR affects organizational citizenship behavior in an organization that has obtained SA8000 operates understudied Italian characterized by high individualism...
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate behavioural and contextual factors affecting entrepreneurial universities’ ability influence student entrepreneurship intention. Design/methodology/approach Structural equation modelling was used assess both micro macro impacting on students’ attitude intention a sample 272 students the Master Business Administration at University Florence (Italy). Findings study contributes literature universities by assessing main behaviour....
Purchase through mobile apps (m-commerce) is on the rise. While this phenomenon affecting any consumers cohort, millennials represent lion’s share among m-commerce users. Businesses are anyway struggling to better obtain attention of a younger consumers. Indeed, more competitors start use m-commerce, differentiating communication strategies get difficult. To continue attract consideration from consumers, marketers therefore adopting gamification as strategic marketing lever. Thus, gamified...
Purpose The aim of this research was to explore the mechanisms underpinning open innovation (OI) success and its sustainability in agrifood businesses. First, authors explored importance 4.0 technologies data collection from crowds, subsequently examining how new might drive forward development collaborative strategies with suppliers. Reductions resource wasting were observed. role increasing supply chain overall main focus study. Design/methodology/approach This builds on a single inductive...
Purpose Through a cross-culture study, the purpose of this paper is to understand about how entrepreneurial universities can foster entrepreneurship in women by attending psychological and environmental factors personality traits that encourage form intent. Design/methodology/approach The authors test proposed conceptual model on cross-cultural sample comprising 350 students from Italy, developed country, Albania, an emerging country. Structural equation modeling used validate hypothesized...
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to unpack the underlying mechanisms entrepreneurs' passion, orientation and behavior by investigating role rational nonrational cognitive elements. Building on dual process theory sociointuitionism, a conceptual model proposed in order explore relationship between entrepreneurial (EO) strategic entrepreneurship (SEB). Specifically, linear thinking styles (System 2) nonlinear 1) are hypothesized as being significant moderators such relationship....
Purpose This paper presents an in-depth investigation on how brands may concur to the co-creation of consumers’ experiences. In particular, purpose this is clarify main types co-created experiences that consumers encounter as a result social media brand communities. Design/methodology/approach To identify experiences, digital has been used method analysis. The authors draw their methods paradigm. Findings Four principal have identified and conceptualized, namely, brand’s products’ individual...
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate, through the lens gift-giving theory, volunteers’ motivations for intending stay with organizations. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from 379 volunteers 30 charitable organizations operating in Italy’s socio-healthcare service sector. Bootstrapped mediation analysis was used test hypothesized relationships. Findings Volunteers’ reciprocal attitudes and intentions partially mediated relationship between motives stay....
Purpose The purpose of this empirical research is to identify the key success factors engrained in new product development (NPD) practices companies that belong Italian sport shoe cluster Montebelluna. Design/methodology/approach Statistical analyses were undertaken on data collected through a questionnaire submitted conveniently selected group population firms localized A series one‐way ANOVAs was run NPD performance metric. We then measured Pearson correlation between degree and found be...
Research on innovative technological methods in SMEs’ production processes is progressively receiving attention. However, little known about the emerging phenomenon of additive manufacturing (AM), which may represent a significant strategic lever for fostering company’s competitiveness and performance, especially SMEs. Our aim to investigate effects AM process, order better understand relative outcomes such an technique. We used latent content analysis empirically analyzing SMEs present one...
Social entrepreneurship is one of the most discussed issues in recent management literature. In partcular, social has recently gained atenton scholars interested understanding its sociological and anthropological aspects. This paper focuses on Claude Lévi-Strauss's noton "bricolage" way it can represent a signifcant opportunity to address emergent needs. Building postmodernist philosophical perspectve, namely Jacques Derrida's "deconstructonism," we atempt unpack bricolage phenomenon within...
Over the last decade digital technologies have significantly affected branding strategies and corporate reputation monitoring.Due to diffusion of platforms, stakeholders consumers become more engaged in marketing strategies.Specifically, "consumer decision journey" has represented a new paradigmatic shift recent literature.The advent social networking sites indeed caused an increase touch points, which foster connection between brand strategists consumers.Hence, nowadays may directly express...
Purpose Building on the theoretical paradigms of consumer free-riding and cognitive dissonance, this study aims to evaluate whether consumers’ effort when making a purchase decision impacts upon relationship between habits postpurchase dissonance. Design/methodology/approach To explore cross-channel free-riding, efforts framework was conceptualized empirically tested sample 518 Italian consumers. Covariance-based structural equation modeling bootstrapped mediation analysis performed with...