BIO

I am an Assistant Professor of Strategy at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management. I received my PhD in Strategy at the University of Michigan.
Inspired by the classical work of Adam Smith and George Stigler, I study the impact of resource attributes and demand characteristics on the division of labor. At the time of their writing Adam Smith drew insights from butchers, bakers and brewers in the Highlands of Scotland in 1776, and George Stigler from the Lancashire textile industry in 1951; nowadays the productive system in developed economies is mainly devoted to the tertiary and quaternary sectors. Moving with the times, I apply and extend the classic theories to service and high-tech industries.
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Frankfurt School of Finance & Management ▪ Strategy ▪ Management Department ▪ Adickesallee 32-34, 60322 Frankfurt am Main, Germany ▪ Phone: Tel: +49 69 154 008 834 ▪ Email:
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, Frankfurt, Germany
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Assistant Professor of Strategy from August, 2018 to present
SKEMA Business School, Université Côte d’Azur, France
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Assistant Professor (with tenure) of Strategy, Entrepreneurship & Economics from August, 2015, to August, 2018
Waseda University, Japan
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Visiting Scholar at the Graduate School of Commerce from July 2016 to August 2016
EDUCATION
Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
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Ph.D. in Strategy in 2015
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Awarded “high pass” on doctoral qualifying exams
Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi
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Master of Science, International Management, graduated with summa cum laude in 2008
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Bachelor of International Economics & Management, valedictorian, graduated with summa cum laude in 2006
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
The dynamics of learning and competition in Schumpeterian environments (with A. Kaul and B. Wu)
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Organization Science (2019)
Is the division of labor limited by the extent of the market? Opportunity cost theory with evidence from the real estate brokerage industry
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Strategic Management Journal (Forthcoming)
WORK IN PROGRESS
A resource-based theory of hyperspecialization and hyperscaling (with B.Wu and D. Somaya)
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R&R at Strategic Management Journal
EARLY-STAGE PROJECTS
Vertical and horizontal expansions in value-based models
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Winner of the distinguished student paper award from the BPS Division, AOM 2013
When losing a valuable resource enhances performance: Resource turnover on rugged landscapes (with D. Martignoni)
The Coase conjecture and the innovation-competition paradox
Adverse selection and moral hazard with perfect information (with R. Klingebiel, F. Ellsaesser, and J. Nagler)
Coase’s last theorem: digital technologies, stars, and hyperscalers (with M. Reisenger)
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts: Corporate spinouts as means to capture competitors’ knowledge (with B. Cirillo and V. Fani)
What Allows a Star to Shine? The Effect of Team Diversity on Star Scientist Performance (with N. Betancourt and M. Tempelaar)
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Giustiziero, G. 2011. Open innovation in the pharmaceutical industry: Does friendship have a price? LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
AWARDS & HONORS
2014 – University of Michigan, Ross School of Business Stark award ($6000) for academic excellence
2013 – Winner of the distinguished student paper award from The Business Policy and Strategy Division of the Academy of Management, 2013
2012 – University of Michigan, Ross School of Business Neary award ($2,500) for academic excellence
2011 – Finalist for the best paper award at the Midwest Academy of Management, 2011
2011 – University of Michigan, Rackham Graduate School pre-candidacy research grant ($1,500) for academic excellence
2011 – “High Pass” on doctoral qualifying exams
2006 – Valedictorian at Bocconi University
INVITED PRESENTATIONS & CONSORTIA
The dynamics of learning and competition in Schumpeterian environments
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Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, Frankfurt, December, 2017; ESMT, Berlin, May, 2017; University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, May, 2016; SEI Faculty Workshop, Frankfurt, May, 2016; Academy of Management Conference, Boston, 2012; Atlanta Competitive Advantage Conference, Atlanta, 2012; Trans-Atlantic Doctoral Conference, London, 2012; Midwest Academy of Management Conference, Omaha, 2011
Is the division of labor limited by the extent of the market? Evidence from residential real estate
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Erasmus University, Rotterdam, December 2014; University of Utah, Salt Lake City, November 2014; University of Maryland, College Park, November 2014; HEC, Paris, November 2014; Tulane University, New Orleans, November 2014; SKEMA, Sophia Antipolis, October 2014; IE Business School, Madrid, October 2014
A resource-based theory of hyperspecialization and hyperscaling
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Invited to a symposium at the Academy of Management Conference, Boston, 2019; Strategic Management Society Special Conference, Frankfurt, 2018
Vertical and horizontal expansions in value-based models
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Strategic Management Society Meetings, Atlanta, 2013; Academy of Management Conference, Orlando, 2013; Druid Conference, Barcelona, 2013
When losing a valuable resource enhances performance: Resource turnover on rugged landscapes (with D. Martignoni)
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Academy of Management Conference, Chicago, 2018; Complexity Days, Université Côte d'Azur, 2018; Druid Conference, New York, 2017
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts: Corporate spinouts as means to capture competitors’ knowledge (with B. Cirillo and V. Fani)
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Academy of Management Conference, Chicago, 2018
EDISON Summer School, Munich, 2019
SEI Faculty Meeting, Frankfurt, 2016
Academy of Management BPS Division Doctoral Consortium, Philadelphia, 2014
Midwest Strategy Meeting Doctoral Workshop, Madison, 2014
Consortium on Competitiveness and Cooperation (CCC), Boston, 2014
Strategic Management Society Meetings Doctoral Workshop, Atlanta, 2013
Wharton Emerging Scholars Workshop, Philadelphia, 2013
Smith Entrepreneurship Research Conference Doctoral Consortium, College Park, 2013
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2019 – Strategy MBA
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Evaluations: 1.32 (equivalent to 4.9/5)
2016/2017/2018 – Strategy (SKEMA MSc Core Course)
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Average evaluations: 95% (equivalent to 4.75/5)
2015/2016/2017/2018/2019 – Theories of the firm (taught both at the Frankfurt School and SKEMA)
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Average evaluations: 1.3 at the Frankfurt School and 100% at SKEMA (equivalent to 4.9/5 and 5/5, respectively)
2016/2017 – Managerial Economics (SKEMA MSc Core Course)
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Average evaluations: 83% (i.e., equivalent to 4.15/5)
SERVICE & MEMBERSHIP
Reviewer
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Management Science, Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal
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Academy of Management Annual Meeting (BPS and TIM Division)
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Strategic Management Society Annual Meeting and Special Conferences
Membership
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Academy of Management
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Strategic Management Society