Nato il 30 luglio 1965. Laureato in Economia Politica presso l'Università Bocconi. Ph.D e M.Sc. in Managerial Science and Applied Economics conseguito presso la Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
Professore Associato di Strategia e Titolare della Cattedra nominativa del Rettore in Strategia e Responsabilita' Sociale. Direttore del Center for Research in Organization and Management (CROMA) Centro di interesse strategico dell'Università Bocconione Europea). Editor dell'European Management Review (rivista ufficiale dell'European
Mergers & Acquisitions. Corporate Strategy. Strategic alliances. Organizational Learning. Social Responsibility.
Libri: Mergers: Leadership, Performance and Corporate Health (con D. Fubini e C. Price), Palgrave, 2006 (versione italiana: Fusioni e Acquisizioni: Il Ruolo della Leadership, EGEA, 2008); Articoli: e' autore o co-autore di 23 publicazioni scientifiche, tra cui si segnalano: Deliberate learning and the evolution of dynamic capabilities (with S. Winter). Organization Science, 13 (3) (2002). Ristampato in The Fundamentals of Strategy by D.Teece and M. Augier (2008) e in The Handbook of Organizational Learning and Knowledge by Lyles M. and M. Esterby-Smith (eds), Blackwell Publishers (2003). Questo articolo ha circa 1000 citazioni (Google Scholar, 3/2009); What is M&A performance? Academy of Management Perspectives (con D. Meyer), Agosto 2008; Superstitious learning in strategic events: theory and evidence from corporate acquisitions Organization Science (in corso di publicazione); Experience spillovers across corporate development activities (with Jeff Reuer). Organization Science (in corso di publicazione); Interest alignment rents and competitive advantage (con O. Gottschalg). Academy of Management Review, (Aprile 2007);Small worlds evolving: governance reforms, privatizations and ownership networks in Italy (con R. Corrado). Industrial and Corporate Change, (aprile 2006);Organizing for innovation: managing the coordination-autonomy dilemma in technology acquisitions (con P. Puranam and H. Singh). Academy of Management Journal, (April 2006); Deliberate learning in corporate acquisitions: post-acquisition strategies and integration capability in US bank mergers (with H. Singh). Strategic Management Journal 25 (12) (2004); Inter-organizational routines and performance in strategic alliances (with J. Reuer and H. Singh). Organization Science 13 (6) (2002).