Francesco Castellaneta Email and Phone Number

I am Full Professor in Strategy and Entrepreneurship at SKEMA Business School – Université Côte d'Azur (GREDEG) and Director of the PhD management specialization. At the University of Côte d'Azur, I have the UCA JEDI Chair of Excellence. Previously, I was Assistant Professor at Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics (2011-2017). I have been International Faculty Fellow (IFF) at MIT Sloan School of Management in 2014. The overarching objective of my research is to contribute to our understanding of the factors that impede or facilitate organizational learning and knowledge appropriability in the context of buyouts, venture capital investments, and M&As. More specifically, in my first stream of research, I study how organizational experience can positively or negatively affect the capability of the firm to perform corporate development activities, like investments, acquisitions, and intellectual property rights management. In my second stream of research, I examine if and how firms react to the threat of knowledge spillovers or misappropriation caused by less stringent legal appropriability regimes, employees’ mobility, and startups' entry. In my third stream of research, I study the interaction between machines and humans in strategic decision-making. I have published in journals such as Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Business Venturing, Industrial and Corporate Change, Long Range Planning, and others.