Open University Business School
Open University

Contact is not available Professional biography Giacomo is a Lecturer in Strategic Management at The Open University Business School. After the completion of his PhD in Management in 2012 at the University of Bologna in Italy, he was awarded a PostDoc scholarship at the at the Department of Management  and worked as a project manager for a EU-funded research project on innovation in agriculture. Giacomo had the opportunity to be a teaching assistant at Bocconi University and a visiting PhD student at the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. Giacomo holds a Master’s and Bachelor Degree in Engineering Management, he worked as a management consultant in strategic and organizational change projects in large companies, and he is a Fellow of the High Education Academy. Research interests Giacomo's research interests are inspired to the capability-view of the firm. During his PhD, he studied the process of development of dynamic capabilities. Now he focuses on the relationship between capabilities and organizational values. His primary research settings are professional service firms and consulting companies. Organizational capabilities  Dynamic capabilities Organizational identity and values Professional service firms Management consulting During the PostDoc at the University of Bologna, Giacomo developed a specific background on agriculture and food innovation, which is now part of his research agenda, in combination with an interest on business model innovation. He has been working with several international partners and institutions at EU-funded research projects. Business Model Innovation Innovation and entrepreneurship in agriculture Technology adoption in agriculture Teaching interests Strategic management Competitive strategy Business models Strategic analysis Strategy implementation Organizational change Business process analysis and modeling Change management Project management External collaborations University of Bologna - Department of Management University of Bologna - Department of Sociology and Business Law University of Copenhagen - Department of Food and Resources Economics (IFRO) Athens Agricultural University Catolica Porto Business School