Laura Michelini PhD, is an Associate Professor of Management at the Department of Law, Economics, Politics and Modern Languages at LUMSA University of Rome, where she teaches Management and Business Model Innovation.  She worked for several years in UNICEF, where she was in charge of managing profit/no-profit global partnership.

Laura main research interests involve social innovation, social business models, sharing economy and corporate social responsibility. On these topics she has authored and co-authored over 50 publications some of which have been published in Ecological Economics, Journal of Cleaner Production, British Food Journal, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly.

She is a member of the Eramus+ project “European Latin American Network in support of Social Entrepreneurs” (ELANET) and WG3 leader in the COST Action "From Sharing to Caring: Examining Socio-Technical Aspects of the Collaborative Economy". She is also a member of the board of the Italian Society of Management (SIMA).

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Anna Minà

Anna Minà is associate professor of management at University of Rome LUMSA, Palermo Campus. She has been assistant professor of management at University of Enna, and postdoctoral research fellow in strategic management at Sapienza University of Rome, and University of Catania. She has been Visiting Scholar at NYU’s Stern School of Management and ISB-Indian School of Business. She gained her PhD in Business Economics and Management at University of Catania.

Her research revolves around the conceptualization of coopetition strategy and the emergence of coopetition in inter-firm network and channel relations. Her research interests also focus on the antecedents and consequences of corporate social irresponsibility.

She has received the Best Paper on The History of Corporate Social Responsibility from the Academy of Management, in Philadelphia and the Best Paper Award Runner-up on “Coopetition and Value Networks” from the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management.

Her work has been published in international outlets, including Academy of Management Perspectives, Long Range Planning, Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing, and Management and Organization Review.

She is member of the Erasmus+ Project European Latin American Network in support of Social Entrepreneurs (ELANET)

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