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In the last two years 27 scholars with international experience have joined Bocconi faculty, making the University more competitive in the globalized education environment

A marketing psychologist from University of Warwick, the former director of the Life Course Center at University of Minnesota, a microeconomist from Kellogg School of Management, a specialist in management of technology and innovation from Copenhagen Business School, and a professor from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, as well as a bunch of fresh PhDs from London School of Economics, Rotman School of Management, Boston College, Tilburg University and Fuqua School of Business and a young researcher from Banca d'Italia, are only the latest results of Università Bocconi's international recruitment campaign.

The international recruitment is one of the cornerstones of rector Tabellini's internationalization strategy and has brought at least 27 scholars to Bocconi in the last two academic years.

"In the new, globalized education environment", Tabellini says, "singling out and attracting the best talents is an essential task for a research university. In our field excellence pays off disproportionately and the international cross-contamination of the last years has put Bocconi at the centre stage of top-tier research. Now our scholars regularly publish in the top journals, our PhD graduates are appreciated and find research jobs in the best institutions; we don't yield to the temptation to immediately retain them, but require some years of enriching experience abroad before coming back".

International recruitment doesn't mean hiring foreign scholars, but scholars of any nationality with precious international experiences under their belts. Bocconi's faculty has thus been enriched in the last two years by a balanced mix of Italians and foreigners, senior figures and fresh PhDs, who have strengthened all the eight Bocconi Departments.

"The key change which has made the international campaign successful has been the shift from the Italian pay model based on length of service to a Bocconi model based on merit", Tabellini says. "When you can offer a lively and international scientific environment and a competitive pay package and can reduce the red tape to the minimum, Italy can be attractive again".

In the academic year 2010-2011 the new arrivals were: Massimo Guidolin, full professor at the Department of Finance, coming from Manchester Business School; Nicola Pavoni, full professor at the Department of Economics, coming from University College London; Carmelo Cennamo, assistant professor at the Department of Management and Technology, coming from IE University; Simone Cerreia-Vioglio, assistant professor at the Department of Decision Sciences, coming from Columbia University; Daniela Kolusheva, assistant professor at the Department of Finance, coming from Brandeis University; Angela Pettinicchio, assistant professor at the Department of Accounting, coming from Cass Business School; Giovanni Puopolo, assistant professor at the Department of Finance, coming from Université de Lausanne; Linus Siming, assistant professor at the Department of Finance, coming from Stockholm School of Economics; Lei Wang, assistant professor at the Department of Marketing, coming from Kellogg School of Management; Caleb Warren, assistant professor at the Department of Marketing, coming from University of Colorado; David Mazursky, adjunct professor at the Department of Marketing, coming from Hebrew University.

In the academic year 2011-2012 the international recruitment campaign has brought to Bocconi: Marco Ottaviani, full professor at the Department of Economics, coming from Kellogg School of Management; Ian Ross Macmillan, professor at the Department of Policy Analysis and Public Management, coming from University of Minnesota; Zachary Estes, associate professor at the Department of Marketing, coming from Warwick University; Marco Giarratana, associate professor at the Department of Management and Technology, coming from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid; Lars Bo Jeppesen, associate professor at the Department of Management and Technology, coming from Copenhagen Business School; Gaia Balp, assistant professor at the Department of Law; Lorenzo Bertino, assistant professor at the Department of Law, coming from Università di Padova; Viktar Fedeaseyu, assistant professor at the Department of Finance, coming from Boston College; Justin Frosini, assistant professor at the Department of Law, coming from Università di Bologna; Selim Gulesci, assistant professor at the Department of Economics, coming from London School of Economics; Jay Horwitz, assistant professor at the Department of Management and Technology, coming from Rotman School of Management; Chiara Mosca, assistant professor at the Department of Law, coming from Università Cattolica; Kim Peijnenburg, assistant professor at the Department of Finance, coming from Tilburg University; Paolo Pinotti, assistant professor at the Department of Policy Analysis and Public Management, coming from Banca d'Italia; Charles Williams, assistant professor at the Department of Management and Technology, coming from Duke University; Stanley Baiman, adjunct professor at the Department of Accounting, coming from Wharton.

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