DAVIDE RAVASI

Born December 24th, 1970. Degree in Business Administration from Università Bocconi. PhD in Business Administration and Management from Università Bocconi.

Associate Professor of Business Administration. Teaches Strategy and Research Methodology for the PhD in Management. Teaches at SDA Bocconi.

Corporate identity, image and reputation. Management of companies which operate in the fields of fashion and design. Processes of symbolic value creation. Entrepreneurship and innovation.

"Responding to Organizational Identity Threats: Exploring the Role of Organizational Culture" (with M. Schultz),  Academy of Management Journal (forthcoming); La Gestione Strategica dell'Identità Aziendale [tr. Strategic Management of Organizational Identity], Milano: Egea 2004; "Le componenti della reputazione aziendale: indicazioni dalla ricerca Euro RQ" [tr. The components of corporate reputation: Evidence from the Euro RQ study"] (with C. Gabbioneta), Economia & Management, 2004; "Key Issues in Organizational Identity and Identification Theory" (with J. van Rekom), Corporate Reputation Review, 2003; "Analyzing reputation in a cross-national setting: evidence from Italy", Corporate Reputation Review, 2002. "Managing design and designers for strategic renewal" (with G. Lojacono), Long Range Planning, 2005; "Il rapporto stile-industria: l'esperienza italiana nell'abbigliamento formale femminile di fascia alta" ["Balancing style and commerce: a study of the Italian fashion industry"] (with P. Varacca Capello), Economia & Management, 2002; "Strategie aziendali e design. La co-evoluzione dei processi di design e dei percorsi strategici fra innovazione, identità e immagine" [tr."Business strategy and design. Innovation, identity and image in the co-evolution of design and strategic processes"], Sviluppo & Organizzazione, 2001. "Exploring entrepreneurial learning: A comparative study of technology development projects" (with C. Turati), Journal of Business Venturing, 2005; Crossroads of Entrepreneurship (with G. Corbetta, M. Huse, eds.), Kluwer 2004; "Unbundling Dynamic Capabilities: an Exploratory Study of Continuous Product Innovation" (with G. Verona), Industrial and Corporate Change, 2003; "Managing External Contributions to The Innovation Process in Entrepreneurial Ventures: A Knowledge-based Perspective", (with G. Marchisio), Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research,  2002; "Organizing the process of knowledge integration: the benefits of structural ambiguity" (with G. Verona), Scandinavian Journal of Management, 2001.Gruppi di impresa, quotazioni e privatizzazioni: le discontinuità negli assetti istituzionali [tr. Business groups, IPOs and privatizations: Managing discontinuities in governance structures] (with A. Zattoni, M. Bruni), Milano: Egea, 2002; "Going Public and the Enrichment of a Supportive Network: Some Evidence from Italian Initial Public Offerings" (with G. Marchisio), Small Business Economics, 2003.