Professor Simone Ferriani - University of Bologna & Case Business School, London
Simone Ferriani is Full Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of Bologna and Honorary Visiting Professor at Cass Business School, City University London. He earned his PhD from the Management Department of the University of Bologna, and has been a visiting scholar at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and at the Stern School of Business, New York University. He is also an AIM Fellow and a lifetime member of Clare Hall College in Cambridge. His research interests include entrepreneurship, creativity, and social networks. Recent publications have focused on the emergence and legitimation of novelty and the processes by which out- siders establish beachheads of credibility in cultural fields. He is also conducting research on the social net- work determinants of consecration in cultural fields. His works have been published in various international journals, such as American Sociological Review, Strategic Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, and Organization Science, Research Policy and Industrial and Corporate Change.
