After my graduation in Business Administration at Bocconi University and one year of service in the Army as "Alpino", at 24 I have decided to start an academic career. I took a Ph.D. in Management, I worked for about 15 years at a leading Italian business school (SDA Bocconi) and I finally ended up as Associate Professor at Università di Milano Bicocca. In these 30 years I spent five terms teaching and doing research in the States (at University of Michigan; University of Florida and Stern School of Business). I have received a Best Paper Award at the Academy of Management and published several articles both in Italian and international journals as well as some chapters in edited books. My purpose was to build a strong theoretical competence and to acquire an in-depth knowledge of research methods, but I also tried to develop operational expertise by engaging in consultancy projects for several large organizations (among the others: Bayer Italia; Barilla; Roche Italy; Fiat; CoopAdriatica; Vodafone Italia; Maire Tecnimont).I authored several articles published in italian and international journals and I finally wrote the book "Organizzare le funzioni del personale. Strategie, assetti strutturali e processi per una efficace gestione della forza lavoro". Franco Angeli, 2008Specialties: implementation of performance management and competency-based human resource management systems; human capital assessment; HR practices validation studies; HR metrics and people analytics; HR department strategic organization;