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Giovanni Valentini is Professor and Head of the Strategic Management Department at ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½, where he also received his Ph.D. and is the Anselmo Rubiralta Chair of Strategic Innovation. He previously served on the faculty at Bocconi University and Luiss University.

His research focuses on how firms combine internal and external knowledge to achieve competitive advantage through technological innovation and growth and on the role of institutions in shaping this process. His work has appeared in leading academic journals, including the Global Strategy Journal, Industrial and Corporate Change, the Journal of International Business Studies, Management Science, Organization Science, Research Policy, Strategic Organization, Strategy Science, the Strategic Management Journal and the Journal of Management. He currently serves as Co-Editor of Industrial and Corporate Change and Associate Editor at Management Science.

Professor Valentini has served on the Research and Executive Committees of the Strategy Division of the Academy of Management, as well as on the Leadership Team of the Knowledge and Innovation Interest Group of the Strategic Management Society.

At ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½, he teaches Competitive Strategy and Corporate Strategy in the MBA, EMBA, and Executive Education programs, and has designed custom strategy modules for companies such as Danone, Erste Bank, Faurecia, Ferrero, Hanon Systems, Henkel, IDOM, Leschaco, Nissan, Puig and Schneider Electric.