NILANJANA DUTT

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I am an Associate Professor of Strategy in the Department of Management and Technology at Bocconi University. I am affiliated with the research centers IEP@BU, BIDSA, and the vice-director of ICRIOS.

My research focuses on understanding how the decisions and actions of firms impact their natural and political environment. I explore these dynamics in various contexts such as renewable electricity, early-stage entrepreneurship, waste generation, and corporate lobbying. My research has been published in Strategic Management Journal, Management Science, Organization Science and Academy of Management Journal. I am currently an Associate Editor at Organization Science. 

I have been elected to be a Rep-at-Large for the Knowledge & Innovation Group of the SMS (2015-2017), a member of the Executive Committee for the STR Division of the AoM (2018-2020), and the TIM Division of the AoM (2022-2024). I serve on the editorial board of Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, and Strategy Science.

My research has received recognition through Bocconi Research Awards in 2014, 2016, 2019, and 2022, as well as Bocconi Research Grants totaling €50,000 in 2015, 2021, and 2022. Recently, I secured a Cariplo Foundation Grant amounting to €197,000 for the period 2024-2026. 

Selected Publications:

"Learning to Manage Breadth: Experience as Repetition and Adaptation" with Megan Lawrence in Organization Science 33.4 (2022): 1300-1318.

  • Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings (2018).

“Searching for Knowledge in Response to Problems from Proximate and Remote Sources: Evidence from the Renewable Electricity Industry” with Will Mitchell (Formerly at Rotman) in Strategic Management Journal 41.8 (2020): 1412-1449.

“Knowledge Sources and Waste Reduction: Less Now More Later” with Luca Berchicci, and Will Mitchell (Formerly at Rotman) in Organization Science 30.5 (2019): 1030-1053.

"Regulatory Uncertainty, Corporate Structure, and Strategic Agendas: Evidence from the U.S. Renewable Electricity Industry" with John Joseph in Academy of Management Journal 62.3 (2019): 800-827.

"How Open System Intermediaries Address Institutional Failures: The Case of Business Incubators in Emerging-Market Countries" with Olga Hawn, Elena Vidal, Aaron Chatterji, Anita McGahan and Will Mitchell (Formerly at Rotman) in Academy of Management Journal 59.3 (2016): 818-840.

  • Press mentions: Corriere della Sera Innovazione: April 8, 2016

“The Rate and Potential of Capability Development Trajectories” with Scott Rockart inStrategic Management Journal 36.1 (2015): 53-75.

“The Judgment of Garbage: End-of-pipe Treatment and Waste Reduction” with Andrew A. King in Management Science 60.7 (2014): 1812-1828. 

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