Role
Professor Alma Mater, University of Bologna
Bio
Cristina Boari graduated in Economics and Business from the University of Bologna, furthering her international education as a visiting scholar in Japan ( Hitotsubashi University ) and the United States ( University of Wisconsin-Madison ). She became a researcher in Bologna and an associate professor in Florence, and since 1993 she has been a full professor at the University of Bologna, where she also directed the Department of Management (2000–2006). She has collaborated on international projects for organizations such as the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) and the World Bank.
Her research focuses on the relationship between entrepreneurship, innovation, and business networks, with a particular focus on geographical clusters , ecosystems, and creative industries. She has extensively studied the role of social capital, knowledge acquisition in startups and SMEs, and the role of knowledge brokers in strategic development processes.
She is the author of numerous publications in international management and business economics journals.