University of Rome Tor Vergata Department of Management and Law Personal details (Updated to: 1/10/2017) Nationality: Current position: Office: Telephone: E-mail: Twitter: LinkedIn: Academia.Edu: ResearchGate: Slideshare: Skype: Italian Post-doc Research Fellow University of Rome Tor Vergata Department of Management and Law, room n. 55. Via Columbia 2, 00133, Roma, Italia +39(0)6-72595518 (Office); +39(0)6-72595804 (Fax) matteo.cristofaro@uniroma2.it @MattCristofaro http://www.linkedin.com/pub/matteo-cristofaro/51/695/401 https://uniroma2.academia.edu/mcristofaro https://www.researchgate.net/profile/matteo_cristofaro http://www.slideshare.net/matteocristofaro1 matteo.cristofaro 1
Summary 1. Current position 2. Education 3. Research 3.1 Research interests 3.2 Publications 3.2.1 Scientific articles 3.2.2 Book chapters 3.2.3 Book Reviews 3.2.4 Conferences 3.2.5 Forthcoming works 3.3 Service activities at the University 3.3.1 Memberships 3.3.2 Editorial and reviewing activities 3.3.3 Other 3.4 Projects 4. Teachinig experience 4.1.1. Lecturing 4.1.2. Teaching assistance 4.1.3. Other teaching experience 5. Awards and certificates 6. Other work experiences 2
1. Current position I am Research Fellow in Management at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, Department of Management and Law. 2. Education 12/2014-11/2016: Ph.D. in Economia Aziendale (XXIX cicle), University of Rome 'Tor Vergata'. Supervisor: Prof. Gianpaolo Abatecola. Thesis: Bounded Rationality. Addressing the What, Why, and How Questions in Managerial Decision Making. Valuation: Excellent cum laude. 10/2016: Cross-cultural research methods Tilburg, Tilburg University. 10-2015/07-2016: New British Centre Rome, Advanced course in English. 06-2016: Experimental Design for Behavioral Science St. Gallen, St. Gallen University. 11-2015: Decision Making School - Rome, Ministry of Defense. 08-2015: Statistical Methods for Social Research using SPSS London Business School of Economics (LSE). 08-2014: Qualitative Research Methods London Business School of Economics (LSE). 04-2014/07-2014: British Council Rome, Advanced course in English. 03-2014/05-2014: Course of Business Simulation Rome, Reply InEssence. 03-2013/07-2013: English Studio London, Advanced course in English. 10-2011/07-2013: Master s degree in Economic and Management, University of Rome Tor Vergata. Supervisor: Prof. Gianpaolo Abatecola. Thesis: Quality control of decision making processes. The Consorzio ELIS case. Final mark: 110/110 cum laude. 10-2008/10-2011: Bachelor of arts in Economic and Management, Magna Graecia Unviersity. Supervisor: Prof. Andrea Calabrò. Thesis: Business performance evaluation in family firms. The experience of a big retailer: SIDIS. Final mark: 110/110 cum laude. 09-2003/07-2008: Sicnetific lyceum, Luigi Siciliani (Catanzaro, Italy). 3. Research 3.1 Research interests Decision making and problem solving 3
Behavioral Strategy Real Estate Management 3.2 Publications 3.2.1 Scientific articles Cristofaro, M. (2017). Candidates Attractiveness in Selection Decisions: A Laboratory Experiment. Baltic Journal of Management (forthcoming), Vol. 12, No. 4, DOI: 10.1108/BJM-01-2017-0003. Cristofaro, M. (2017). Countervailing the Liability of Newness by Bringing in Active Initial Investors: The Case of Facebook. Strategic Direction, Vol. 33, No.8, pp. 1-3. Cristofaro, M. (2017). Herbert Simon s Bounded Rationality: its Evolution in Management and Cross-feritilizing Contribution. Journal of Management History, Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 170-190. Cristofaro, M. (2017). Reducing Biases of Decision-Making Processes in Complex Organizations. Management Research Review, Vol. 40, No. 3, pp. 270-291. Cristofaro, M. (2016). Cognitive Styles in Dynamic Decision Making. A Laboratory Experiment. International Journal of Management and Decision Making, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 53-82. Cristofaro, M. (2016). Cognitive Styles in Dynamic Decision Making. A Laboratory Experiment. International Journal of Management and Decision Making, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 53-82. Cristofaro, M. (2015). Il miglioramento qualitativo delle decisioni nelle organizzazioni complesse. Il caso Consorzio ELIS, Sviluppo&Organizzazione, Vol. 267, Issue Nov/Dic, pp. 72-82. Abatecola, G., Cristofaro, M. (2015). Upper Echelons and Executive Profiles in the Construction Value Chain. Evidence from Italy, Project Management Journal, Vol. 47, No. 1, pp. 13-26. 3.2.2 Book chapters Abatecola, G., Cristofaro, M. (2015). Caratteristiche socio-demografiche e competenze distintive nella governance dei player immobiliari in Italia. In: Cafferata, R. (a cura di), Tendenze evolutive del management nel settore immobiliare: continuità e cambiamento, Bologna, Il Mulino, pp. 71-101. 3.2.3 Book Reviews Cristofaro, M., Uli, V. (2015). Management in adattamento. Tra razionalità economica, evoluzione ed imperfezione dei sistemi. Economia e Diritto del Terziario, Vol. 2, pp. 347-349. 3.2.4 Conferences Cristofaro, M. (2017), The Role of the Istitutional Environment in Executive Profiling. Evidences from the Real Estate Industry, AIDEA, Rome (Italy), 14 September 2017, in Emerging Scholar Colloquium. Abatecola, G., Cristofaro, M., (2016), How Do Organizations Adapt? 4
Reviewing the Evolving Contribution of Upper Echelons Theory. EURAM, Paris (France), 31 May - 5 June 2016, in Research methods and research practice SIG, Developing an Evolutionary Epistemology? Evolutionary Approaches in Management Research track. Cristofaro, M., (2015), Controlling the quality of decision making processes in complex organizations. A qualitative research approach. EURAM, Warsaw (Poland), 17-20 June 2015, in Research methods and research practice SIG. 3.2.5 Forthcoming works Abatecola, G. Cristofaro, M. Reviewing the evolving contribution of Upper Echelons Theory to the study of strategic leadership, Leadership (under review). Abatecola, G., Cristofaro, M. Bounded rationality, cognitive distortions and the failure of business decisional processes. 3.3 Service activities at the University 3.3.1 Memberships 2015 present: European Academy of Management (EURAM). 2015 present: Società Italiana di Management (SIMA). 2014 present: Academy of Management AOM. 2014 2015: Accademia Italiana di Economia Aziendale Giovani AIDEA Giovani. 3.3.2 Editorial and reviewing activities Editorial board membership: Cambridge Scholars Publishing Decision Science Division Ad-hoc reviewing for journals: Business Process Management Journal (Special Issue: Knowledge transfer and organizational performance and business process: past, present and future researches); International Journal of Organizational Analysis Management Research Review SAGE Open Sustainability 2016 present: Academy of Management Conference, OMT Division. 2016 present: European Academy of Management Conference, Research Methods track. 5
2015: AIDEA Conference 2015, Session 7: Il ruolo della strategia aziendale nella creazione e nella distribuzione di valore. Publons profile: https://publons.com/author/1004609/matteo-cristofaro#profile 3.3.3 Other 2015-present: Member of the organization committee of Master in Economia e Gestione delle Imprese immobialiari (Real Estate Management, also called MEGIM ), at the University of Rome Tor Vergata. Activities: marketing and assistance in administrative and teaching planning tasks. 2014-2015: Teaching assistant for 3 edition of the course SAP ByDesign Course at the University of Rome Tor Vergata (MSc in Business Administration). 3.4 Projects Since April 2016 I have been actively collaborating in a start-up project (BTeam) with doctoral students and researchers of the Department of Chemical Science and Technology of the University of Rome 'Tor Vergata'. See also the section Awards and Certificates for more details. 4. Teaching experience 4.1.1 Lecturing A.Y. Subject Degree Institution hours/year Language Decision making and techniques of Master in Business Administration University Niccolò 2016/17 6 Italian quantitative business (post lauream) Cusano Master of Science in Business University of Rome Tor 2017/18 General Management pre-course 20 English Administration Vergata 4.1.2 Teaching in post-graduate courses A.Y. Subject Degree Institution hours/year Language 2016/17 Problem solving techniques for Master in Economics and Management of University of Rome cultural and tourism activities Cultural and Tourism Activities Tor Vergata 7 Italian 2016/17 Problem solving techniques for data University of Rome Master in Data Science science Tor Vergata 4 Italian 4.1.2 Teaching Assistance A.Y. 2016/17 Subject General Management Professor Prof. G. Abatecola Degree Hours Language Topic Bachelor in Business Administration 12 English Strategic Decision Making, Problem Solving, Productivity, Software Simulation. 6
4.1.1 Other teaching experience Since March 2014 I have been teaching in the following subjects at the University of Rome Tor Vergata : A.Y. Subject Degree Hours Language Topic Professor Managerial Decision 2013/14-15/16 Ms.Ba. 8 Italian Problem Solving Making Prof. G. Abatecola 2013/14-15/16 Entrepreneurship Prof. F. Scafarto Ms.Ba. 6 Italian Business Modelling International Prof. C. Pepe/Prof. H. Decision making for 2014/15-15/16 Ms.Ba. 4 Italian Management Banihashemi internationalization 2014/15- Service Management Prof.ssa M. Mari Ms.Ba. 2 Italian Service quality 15/16 Management Strategy; Operations 2014/15-15/16 Prof. G. Abatecola Ba.Ba. 10 English & Organization* Management ( 1 ) 2014/2015 International Marketing Prof. Sara Poggesi Ms.Ba. 3 English Social Media Marketing General Management/ Ms. Strategy planning and case 2017/2018 Prof. G. Abatecola 7 English Module I Ba. studies 2014/2015 General Management/ Module II Prof. C. Cerruti Ms. Ba. 2 English Business Modelling 2015/2016-16/17-17/18 Service Management Prof. S. Poggesi Ms.Ba. 2 English Service Quality 2015/2016 SAP ByDesign Prof. C. Cerruti Ms.Ba. 8 English Operations Management Since my doctoral studies, I have also been supporting to the supervision of Bachelor s ( General Management by Prof. Roberto Cafferata and Prof. Paola Paniccia) and and Master s thesis ( Managerial Decision Making by Prof. Gianpaolo Abatecola). The objects of the supervised thesis were: organizational adaptation, the co-evolutionary approach to organizations and the role of personality in decision making. 5. Awards and certificates 01/2017: Best 10 university start-up Bioupper and winners of the acceleration program Milan. 12/2016: Among the four best Industrial start-up in Premio Nazionale dell Innovazione BTeam. 10/2016: Special award Lazio Innova Meet in Italy for Life Sciences (bootcamp) BTeam. 10/2016: Special award Intesa San Paolo StartUp Initiative (bootcamp) BTeam. 10/2016: First prize Start Cup Lazio 2016, funds and acceleration programme BTeam. 07-2016/07-2018: IELTS test. Score: 7.5. British Council Rome. 7/2016: European Junior Achievement Alumnus. (*) In 2014/15 and 2016/2017 the Operations management topic has been tought also through a simulation software Mc-Graw Hill Education Practice Operations. In 2015/16 this software has been used within the General Management course (Ms.Ba.). 7
7/2016: Best 10 university start-up in Europe, European final of Junior Achievement - BTeam. 6/2016: Best university Italian start-up and winners of the acceleration program, Italian final of Junior Achievement BTeam. 5/2016: Best university start-up at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, Faculty final of Junior Achievement BTeam. 2013/2016: Scholarship, University of Rome Tor Vergata, PhD. in Business Management&Accounting. 05-2014: SAP Business By Design Certificate (SAP Italy). 07-2013: First Certificate in English (FCE) Rome. 6. Other work experiences December 2014 up to now: Independent Management Consultant Activities: - Consulting in writing up proposal for European funds - Consulting in writing up business plans - Consulting for the resolution of managerial and strategic problems such as: cost reduction, business development, firm internationalization. Industries: ICT, Entertainment. September 2013 - Decemeber 2013: Price Waterhouse&Coopers (PwC) Position: Risk Management Junior Consultant. September 2011 - September 2013: Accounting office Antonini Position: Trainee. September 2012 March 2013: CONSEL Position: Junior Business Analyst. 8