ELISABETTA MERLO

Degree in Economic and Social Sciences from Università Bocconi. PhD in Economic and Social History.

Ecomomic and Business History.

Le Corporazioni, Conflitti e Soppressioni. Milano tra Sei e Settecento, Milano: F. Angeli, 1996; Gli esordi dellindustria chimica in Italia: la Lepetit e la Ledoga (1868-1903), Imprese e storia, 20 (July December 1999): 291-317; Imprese e mercati a Milano al volgere del XX secolo, in F. Amatori, A. Colli (eds.) Comunità di imprese. Sistemi locali in Italia tra Ottocento e Novecento, Bologna: il Mulino, 2001, 51-78; Le Origini del Sistema Moda, in C.M.Belfanti, F. Giusberti (eds.), La Moda, Storia d'Italia, Annali 19, Einaudi, Torino, 2003, pp. 667-697; Moda Italiana. Storia di un'Industria, Marsilio Editori, Venezia, 2003; Turning Fashion into Business: The Emergence of Milan as an International Hub (with F.Polese), Business History Review, 80 (Autumn 2006): 415-447; Lepetit (Famiglia), Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Roma, 2005; Family Business and Luxury Business in Italy (with A.Colli), Entreprises et Histoire, 46 (April 2007): 112-124; Accessorizing Italian Style: Creating a Market for Milan's Fashion Merchandise (with F.Polese) in R.L.Blaszczyk (ed.), Producing Fashion: Commerce, Culture, and Consumers, University of Pennsylvania Press 2007; Apprenticeship and Technical Schools in the Formation of IDs, in G. Becattini, M. Bellandi, L. De Propris (eds.), A Handbook of Industrial Districts, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2009; Dress and Fashion in Italy, from 1800 to the present, Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion, vol. 8, L. Skov (ed.), West Europe, Oxford: Berg, 2010; Italian Fashion Business: Achievements and Challenges (1970s-2000s), Business History, Vol. 53, No. 3, June 2011, 344–362.