Management

The researchers of this area focus their activities on management, and are involved in the areas of: strategic management, innovation management, business and process management, corporate finance and financial management, optimization and data mining. The line is articulated into three groups: - Banking and Finance; - Optimization and Data mining; - Strategic Management, Innovation Management and Organization. The research group “Banking and Finance” is focused on two main topics: corporate finance, and trends and evolution of financial markets and institutions. The “Optimization and Data mining” research group is aimed at developing and applying mathematical models for optimization, data mining and knowledge discovery. The group “Strategic Management, Innovation Management and Organization” is concerned with the study of the management and innovation of companies and Public Administrations from a strategic and organizational point of view. A particular emphasis is put on the study of the complex links and reciprocal influences between strategy, management and the use of technology, through the analysis of the business processes both inside and outside the company.