Anna Minà is associate professor of management at University of Rome LUMSA, Palermo Campus. She has been assistant professor of management at University of Enna, and postdoctoral research fellow in strategic management at Sapienza University of Rome, and University of Catania. She has been Visiting Scholar at NYU’s Stern School of Management and ISB-Indian School of Business. She gained her PhD in Business Economics and Management at University of Catania.
Her research revolves around the conceptualization of coopetition strategy and the emergence of coopetition in inter-firm network and channel relations. Her research interests also focus on the antecedents and consequences of corporale social irresponsibility.
She has received the Best Paper on The History of Corporate Social Responsibility from the Academy of Management, in Philadelphia and the Best Paper Award Runner-up on “Coopetition and Value Networks” from the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management, in Katowice.
Her work has been published/is forthcoming in international outlets, including Academy of Management Perspectives, Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing, and Management and Organization Review. She serves the editorial board of Management Decision.
Pasquale Massimo Picone is Associate Professor of Management at the University of Palermo, Italy. He has been Assistant Professor at the University of Bergamo, and Post-doctoral Research Fellow and Lecturer at the University of Catania, where he received his PhD in Business Economics & Management.
He has held visiting positions at Texas A&M University and IE Business School in Madrid. His research interests include the management of diversified corporate portfolios and the sources, symptoms, and consequences of managerial hubris, and temporary advantage.
His research work has been published in various outlets, including Academy of Management Perspectives, Global Strategy Journal, Corporate Governance: An International Review, Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing, and Business Horizons.
He received the History of Corporate Social Responsibility Award for the Best Paper from the Social Issues in Management Division of the Academy of Management, and the Best Paper in International Corporate Governance Award from the International Management Division of the AOM.
He received his Ph.D. in Business Economics at Ca’ Foscari University.
He has held visiting positions at the University of Zaragoza and Cass Business School in London, and received a master degree in International Management from University of Modena e Reggio Emilia.
Before joining academia, Claudio worked as consultant on issues of corporate strategy and competitive analysis with a variety of clients from the private sector.
His research interests include corporate strategy, competitive analysis, competitive dynamics, and product innovation.
He is author of the book “Competitive dynamics in the mobile phone industry” (Palgrave McMillan), and his research work has been published in various journals, including Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Operations Management, Strategic Organization, Research Policy, Long Range Planning, R&D Management, Technovation, and Business History.