Andrea
Lipparini
Full Professor of Management University of Bologna Core Faculty
Andrea Lipparini, Ph.D., is Professor of Innovation Management at the University of Bologna. He is Associate Dean for the MBAs programmes of the Bologna Business School, where he directs the Executive Master in Business Administration. He furthered his studies at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and at the Tuck School at Dartmouth (US). He won the ‘Best Professor’ title for the Master Degree in Management at the University of Bologna (2018), the ‘Best Professor’ title for Ferrari’s Corporate MBA (2021), and the ‘Dean’s Award for distinguished teaching’ at BBS. He has been a member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Ducati Motor, co-founder of Ducati Consulting, member of the Board of Statutory Auditors of Air Dolomiti (Lufthansa Group) and of the Board of Directors of Human Company. He is currently a member of the Advisory Board of Breaders. He is on the Editorial Board of Strategic Management Journal, Long Range Planning and Economia & Management. He collaborates with the top management team of some organisations on leadership development. He is the author of articles published in international journals and several books. The most recent are: ‘Strategy and Leadership in History’ (with G. Di Pietro, Il Mulino 2022) and ‘The Manager’s Mistakes’ (with M. Franceschetti and M. Ghini, Il Mulino 2024).
COURSES
The tools for strategic analysis. Strategy and value creation. Industry analysis and competitive advantage. Analysis of competitors and an enlarged competition model. Resources and skills as essential ingredients of the strategy. The nature and sources of competitive advantage. The strategy of cost leadership and differentiation. Competitive advantage in different market conditions. Value chain and cost analysis. The production system and the value system. Technology and innovation management. Competitive advantage in mature industries.
Executive MBAThe Business Strategy course delves deeper into the company’s decision-making process, the planning approach and the search for the target competitive positioning in changing contexts. It provides logical tools for the understanding of the competitive environment and competitive dynamics, of the value generation process and the role played in this field by the internal resources and expertise and the relationships with other players.
Hybrid MBAThe Business Strategy course delves deeper into the company’s decision-making process, the planning approach and the search for the target competitive positioning in changing contexts. It provides logical tools for the understanding of the competitive environment and competitive dynamics, of the value generation process and the role played in this field by the internal resources and expertise and the relationships with other players.
Any business challenge passes through people. Leaders, able to facilitate the work of heterogeneous teams and get the most out of people both in terms of problem finding and change-making are the main business asset in the VUCA (or BANI – you name it) world. The course includes neuroscience basics and innovative ways of people management that can help to improve the drivers of performance.
