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CLAUDIO ZARA

CLAUDIO ZARA
Researcher with Tenure
Department of Finance

Courses a.y. 2023/2024

11550 FUNDAMENTALS OF CORPORATE FINANCE
20553 FINANCE FOR THE GREEN BUSINESS AND THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY
30186 VENTURE AND DEVELOPMENT CAPITAL

Courses previous a.y.

My teaching activity goes around the topics of my research interest.


Biographical note

I am a Tenured Researcher and an Adjunct Professor in Financial Markets and Institutions. Member of the Managing Committee of the GREEN Research Centre at Università Bocconi and Bocconi Representative for the Ellen MacArthur Foundation.

I had taken a Master of Science in Business Administration from Bocconi University (1989) and I was a Visiting fellow first at the Research Bureau of the Warwick Business School, University of Warwick (1994), and after at the Department of Accounting and Finance of the National University of Singapore (1997). I attended the ITP - International Teachers Programme - at the London Business School (1996).


Research interests

Sustainable Finance with a specific focus on Finance for the Green Business and the Circular Economy. Venture Capital, Private Equity and Entrepreneurial Finance. Corporate and Investment Banking. Financial analysis, corporate valuation and intangible assets valuation.


Working papers


Zara, Claudio; Ramkumar, Shyaam
Circular Economy and Default Risk
October 11, 2021


Zara, Claudio; Ellen MacArthur Foundation; Intesa Sanpaolo
The circular economy as a de-risking strategy and driver of superior risk-adjusted returns
2021


Zara, Claudio
Weather Derivatives in the Wine Industry
November 14, 2008



Selected Publications


Zara, Claudio
Il ruolo del responsabile di filiale
Economia & Management, 2012

Zara, Claudio
Weather derivatives in the wine industry
International Journal of Wine Business Research, 2010

Zara, Claudio
La gestione dei rischi climatici nel settore vinicolo
Economia & Management, 2008

Feltrinelli, Elena; Zara, Claudio
PMI, rapporti con i finanziatori e complessità d’impresa
Banca Impresa Società, 2006




Zara, Claudio
Le problematiche finanziarie indotte dalla presenza delle aziende italiane nel Sud-est asiatico
Economia e Management, n. 4 (Luglio 1998), Etas Libri, Milano, 1998

Zara, Claudio
I mercati del capitale di rischio per le piccole-medie imprese: analisi di alcune proposte
Economia e Management, n. 2 (Aprile 1994), Etas Libri, Milano, 1994

Zara, Claudio
La strategia delle competenze chiave e la sua applicazione all'interno delle grandi aziende diversificate giapponesi
Economia e Management, n. 3 (Luglio 1992), Etas Libri, Milano, 1992

Zara, Claudio
Un nuovo approccio metodologico per la raccolta di opinioni mediante questionario
Economia e Management, n. 14 (Maggio 1990), Mondadori, Milano, 1990