Faculty

In addition to being Professor of Economics, Prof. Ecchia is the MIEX Local Director at the University of Bologna and Course Coordinator of Industrial Economics. 

He received his M. Phil in Economics from the University of Oxford (UK); his P.h.D. in Economics from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Italy); and his B.S. in Economics from the University of Bologna (Italy).

He is the author of several articles and co-author of others, including: “Markets, Strategies and Institutions: an Introduction to Microeconomics” (2002) and “Choice, Markets and Equilibrium” co-author (1996).

Professor of Business Management and Marketing at the "Dipartimento Scienze Aziendali" and at School of Economics and Management, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna.

Professor of Marketing at Alma Graduate School, University of Bologna.

Has been visiting professor at Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland,  and Stockholm School of Economics.

He has been visiting professor at ESCP-EAP, European School of Management, Paris.

Filippo Boccali, Ph.D., is Adjunct Professor and Research Fellow at Department of Management at the University of Bologna. He is engaged in a project on the assessment of the financial impact of innovative industrial additive manufacturing production technologies. He teaches in several full time Masters or Executive programs at Bologna Business School, with a focus on cost management, performance management systems, business performance analytics, cost accounting and management control.

Assistant Professot at the Univeristy of Bologna, Italy (July 2020 - on going)

Post-doc Research Fellow at the University of Bologna, Italy (October 2014 – 2019).

Visiting research scholar at PennState University (Jul 2011-Jul 2012)

Adjunct professor of International Economics at the University of Trieste (for the academic year 2014-2015) and teaching and research assistant at the University of Turin and Collegio Carlo Alberto (since Fall 2008).

Fields of interest: International Trade, Open Economy Macroeconomics, Industrial Economics

Prof. Ciabuschi teaches International Business at Uppsala University.

He received his P.h.D. from Uppsala University in International Business. He was a visiting scholar at INSEAD (France) and at Stanford University (USA).

Prof. Ciabuschi has been published in several international journals and in chapters in a number of anthologies. His research interests concern management of multinational corporations, top management behavior, knowledge development and transfer in multinational corporations, subsidiary evolution and innovation management.

Giovanni Contino is President & CEO of Contino & Partners, a consulting company specialized in Lean & Operations Management and  founder of Grid Italy an enterprise network of service companies focused on SME business networking. Giovanni Contino was Adjunct Professor in Supply Chain Management & Lean Operations at the University of Bologna and LUISS Business School in Rome. Giovanni Contino is also Director of Executive Director Open Program "Procurement Management" at the Bologna Business School

Andi Duqi is Full Professor in Banking and Finance at the University of Bologna. Previously he was appointed as Assistant Professor of Banking and Finance at the University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. He has served as a visiting research fellow at the Bangor Business School and Nottingham Business School, United Kingdom.

Prof. Ferrari is a professor of Industrial Logistics in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Bologna. He was the dean of the Management Engineering School at the University of Bologna from 2001 to 2004 and Director of the DIEM Department of Industrial Engineering  and the Mechanical Engineering School at the University of Bologna from November 2006 to October 2009. He also was the Director of the Master degree program in Integrated logistics within the Faculty of Engineering in Bologna.

He co-authored “Maintenance for Industrial Systems”, Springer London Ltd (2009); “Logistica integrata e flessibile per i sistemi produttivi dell’industria e del terziario”, Esculapio (2004) and has published various papers  in professional journals.

Murad Harasheh is a Senior Assistant Professor of Finance at the University of Bologna-Italy and a research associate at Yunus Social Business Center of Bologna. He was awarded his Ph.D. in 2014 in Economics, Law, and Institutions from the school of advanced studies of Pavia (IUSS). In 2021, he obtained the Italian National Scientific Qualification (ASN) as a 2nd tier (Associate) Professor in “Economics of Financial Intermediaries and Corporate Finance.” Previously, he collaborated with the Italian Authority for Energy Regulations (ARERA) as an economist and energy markets analyst. His primary research interests are related to corporate finance, firm valuation, energy and commodity finance, and sustainability economics. He is the author of the book “Global Commodities: Physical, Financial, and Sustainability Aspects” and various publications in international journals in Finance, business valuation, and energy.

Angelo Manaresi (PhD, London Business School) is Full Professor of Marketing and Management, since 2001, at the Department of Management, School of Economics and Management, University of Bologna.

His research interests are Distribution Channel Management, International marketing and structural equation modelling.

Among international experiences: 2013-2021 Buenos Aires, Argentina, President, Fundacion Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna; 2010- 2016 Buenos Aires, Argentina, Director of the Campus of the University of Bologna: Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna – Representacion en la Republica Argentina, the only foreign university accredited from the Argentinian Ministry of Educacion; 2000-2007 Porto, Portugal, Faculty in the MBA program, professor of Business to Business Marketing; 1994-Human Capital and Mobility Fellow, IESE Business School, Barcelona; 1989-1993, PhD program, London Business School, UK. He also has experience as visiting professor at the Grenoble Ecole de Management in Grenoble and Paris. He served as Commissioner (Commissario Ad Acta), Parmalat spa, Italia (2013-2014) and he was member of the editorial committee of the journals Trade Marketing and Industria e Distribuzione from year 1996 to year 2004. From year 2004 to year 2010, and from year 2010 to year 2016 he was Director of the Bachelor Courses in “Economics and Marketing” and “Business and Economics”, School of Economics and Management, University of Bologna.

Claudia Miani received her Master Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Bologna. She has 20 years of experience in R&D, operating on mech engineering, telecommunications and biomedical markets, and has been the Development Director of a major international medical company.

Her main interests and expertise include: Innovation, New Product Development and Organization, and Development to improve companies’ profitability. She also has a strong passion for coaching and training people.

After obtaining his degree in aeronautical studies and his pilot license for fixed and rotary wing aircraft, has then continued his studies in law, earning a master's degree in International Trade and one in Benchmarking. From 2004 to 2014 he was a member of the international commission of Confindustria and in 2009 collaborated in the publishing of the book, “I mercati esteri in tasca”, a guide to foreign markets.

Since 1996, Christian has focused his research in the study of foreign markets and the organization of international sales networks, travelling all over the world gaining considerable experience in the Middle East, Russia, China, the US, South America, Australia and New Zealand.

Martina Onofri has been teaching Italian as a foreign language since she was a university student.

Her first students were her Chinese friends, in Venice and then in Nanjing.

After an experience as Chinese tourism market consultant, she has started to work as a cultural mediator and teach Italian as a second language to immigrants and asylum seekers, children and adults.

She is lecturer for MIEX Italian crash course since 2017.

Nicole Poggi graduated from MIEX Ed. 6 academic year 2007-2009, with a specialization obtain at the MGIMO University in Moscow.

Nicole is a freelance consultant for companies that aspire to enter the international markets. Her clients are food and wine companies that require creativity, strategy and brand direction. Her expertise are in: Brand development, strategy and positioning; sale management & business strategy (B2B and B2C) - Internationalization, scouting, and business development.

Degree in Business Economy at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. Specialisation at the University of Bologna with the Master MIDIC (Master in Innovation, Development and Change) in analysis, planning, and international cooperation policies. Worked with the UN in China, provides technical assistance to an EU funded matchmaking programme bringing small and medium size companies together from Europe and China. In Roncucci&Partners is committed to the development of international projects designed at fostering the internationalisation of enterprises and institutions. Provides consulting services, such as market analysis, feasibility studies and business planning conceived for companies who need assistance in defining their strategies to approach foreign markets. Expertise acquired in Serbia, China, India and Brazil, Turkey and South-East Asia. He has been giving lectures in MIEX Programme since 2014.

Riccardo Silvi is Full Professor of Management Accounting at the University of Bologna. Up to 2012 he was member of the Executive Board of the Faculty of Economics, Forlì Campus, of the University of Bologna.

His areas of expertise are: Cost Management, Management Accounting, Strategic Financial Analysis, Industry Analysis, Performance Measurement Systems, Strategic Control, Management Control, Benchmarking, Business modeling, Business Performance Analytics, Analytical Performance Management

From her own words "Journalism is my passion and I've been a TV content producer, reporter, and host both in the States and in Italy since 2001. I've worked for big and not so big tv networks, American and European outlets, TV and print. I've covered stories that range from politics to entertainment and pretty much worked in every facet of a tv production imaginable. Love for what I do, gratitude for being able to meet passionate and talented people every day, curiosity and a natural inclination to share a good story make me happy to go to work every day.

Specialty : Reporting, writing, producing.Entertainment, movies, news."

Kamel Mnisri holds a PhD in Management Sciences and of equal importance is his international business experience at IBM.  His academic research places emphasis on the cross roads between leadership, creativity and business ethics. Prof. Mnisri is a cofounder of ARTEM Organizational Creativity and Sustainability Conference. He is also the MIEX Local Director at ICN Business School, in charge of the MIEX program there, and International Director for the whole MIEX consortium between universities