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Giada Di Stefano is an Associate Professor of Strategy at Bocconi University's Department of Management and Technology, and Director of the Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) at SDA Bocconi School of Management. She holds a PhD from Bocconi University (2011) and previously worked as a faculty member at HEC Paris and as a product manager at L’Oréal Paris. Her research focuses on innovation, knowledge transfer, and organizational learning within creative industries like gourmet cuisine, academia, and computer programming.
Her teaching portfolio includes courses on strategy, data analysis for managerial decision-making, and research design at the M.Sc., MBA, and PhD levels. She also contributes to editorial roles at journals like Strategic Management Journal and Strategy Science, and serves on the board of the Consortium on Competitiveness and Cooperation (CCC). Her research methodology emphasizes mixed-method approaches, including field experiments conducted in real-world settings.
Key research themes include the interplay between competition and cooperation, institutional norms in knowledge transfer, and organizational responses to status shocks. Her work has been published in top-tier journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Management Science, and Strategic Management Journal, with notable contributions to dynamic capabilities theory and experimental strategy research.
- Editorial Roles: Associate Editor at Strategic Management Journal, Contributing Editor at Strategy Science
- Affiliations: BELSS, iCrios, SnO Research Center (HEC Paris)
- Service Roles: Director of SRF Will Mitchell Dissertation Research Grant Program, Board Member of the Strategic Management Society
Her work bridges organizational theory and strategic management, emphasizing interdisciplinary dialogue and practical applications of research findings.
