Speaker

Elisa Villani

Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation

University of Bologna
Italy

Prof. Elisa Villani is Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Bologna. 

She's also been a Visiting Researcher at Imperial College Business School for 6 years. Elisa’s research interests lie in the area of innovation, knowledge transfer, and cross-sector collaborations, with a focus on organizational dynamics and processes.

Elisa has extensive experience in knowledge transfer contexts, both through her research activities and through collaborations with a wide range of organizations. She has published in several top management journals like Organization Science, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, Technological Forecasting & Social Change, Strategic Organization, Technovation, Journal of Business Research. She coordinates several national and international projects in this area.