Filippo
Boccali
Research Fellow University of Bologna Adjunct Faculty
Filippo Boccali is Research Fellow at Department of Management at the University of Bologna. He is engaged in a project on the assessment of the financial impact of innovative industrial additive manufacturing production technologies. He is a Ph.D. student at Università Politecnica delle Marche in the Department of Management. He teaches in several full time Masters or Executive programs at Bologna Business School, and he is a teaching assistant at the University of Bologna, with a focus on cost management, performance management systems, business performance analytics, cost accounting and management control. He has always been active as a consultant and a researcher on the issues of structuring cost accounting systems and business performance analytics, i.e. the use of mathematical or statistical methods to control the performance of the company. As regards these topics, he has national and international publications, in particular in the magazine “Management Control” and in International Journal of Production Economics.
COURSES
Performance Management system course covers the use of economic and financial information to manage competitive advantage; models for the analysis of economic and financial performance; parameters for the valuation of the profitability of a company; financial sustainability for the tax performance of a company; strategic sustainability of a company’s performance; economic and financial benchmarking; budget analysis for the management of vendor client relations; strategic control systems and performance monitoring (Balanced Scorecard); simulation techniques for economic and financial performance; performance management.
Executive MBAThe determination and management of the sales price between competition costs and value for customers. The customer-based price; how to measure the value perceived by the customer and define the price. From the definition to the management of price: differentiation of prices, versioning, price bundling and unbundling. How to avoid price wars: from price competition to value competition.
Sales and MarketingAccounting principles, consolidated statements and cost accounting. Context and relevance of auditing in company management. The analysis of economic-financial performance of a company. Economic-financial forecasts and budgeting. The use of budget analysis to understand competitive dynamics and to manage company-client-supplier relations. The calculation and analysis of costs in decisions and for management audit. Strategic audit systems and strategic cost management.
MBA WeekendThe course addresses issues related to measuring and managing the performance of innovation projects.
Specifically, the course will deal with techniques aimed at: predetermining the economic and financial appropriateness of the project (Net Present Value, Internal Rate of Return, Payback Period, etc.); cross-functional management of project costs and margins from the creation phase (Target Costing, Life Cycle Costing); assessing the adequacy of the costs incurred concerning the value generated (Data Envelopment Analysis and Value Analysis); supporting the preparation of incentive measures for the different company areas.
Value creation is the relevant key success factor of long term business competitive advantage and managers are increasingly exploiting and exploring new business value creation opportunities. Management challenges are dealing with multiple critical levers that span from successful market and product decisions, pricing and process efficiency, to effective cost management and business model innovation. In this context performance understanding and performance management systems can play a relevant role into the unveiling, implementation and monitoring of value creation initiatives.
The course aims to provide the relevant knowledge for understanding organizations’ business financial performance and how business analytics can be applied to support the decision-making process of different business areas. Specifically, it focuses on the measuring and understanding of financial and value creation ratio, and on cost analysis and business analytics applications for supporting the decision-making process.
Artificial Intelligence for BusinessAccounting principles, consolidated statements and cost accounting. Context and relevance of auditing in company management. The analysis of economic-financial performance of a company. Economic-financial forecasts and budgeting. The use of budget analysis to understand competitive dynamics and to manage company-client-supplier relations. The calculation and analysis of costs in decisions and for management audit. Strategic audit systems and strategic cost management.
Technology and InnovationIntroduction to basic accounting principles, accounting concepts, and accounting terminology. Financial statement analysis. Basic cost concepts and cost accounting. Introduction to management control principles and techniques.
Marketing ManagementData Marketing and Analytics
