Michele PINELLI

Michele Pinelli, Ph.D.

Senior assistant professor
Department of Management
Ca´ Foscari University, Venice, Italy

PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS
2020-2021 Assistant professor of Entrepreneurship, Faculty of Economics and Management, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
2018-2019 Post doc research fellow, Centre for Family Business Management, Faculty of Economics and Management, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
2015-2018 Post doc research fellow, Department of Business and Management, LUISS Guido Carli University, Italy
2018-2019 Adjunct lecturer, Department of Economic and Firm Science “Marco Fanno”, University of Padua, Italy
2017-2018 Adjunct lecturer, LUISS Guido Carli University, Italy
2017-2018 Executive Coordinator of the Management PhD Program, LUISS Guido Carli University, Italy
2016-2018 Teaching assistant, Department of Business and Management, LUISS Guido Carli University, Italy
2016-2018 Teaching assistant, Faculty of Economics, Uninettuno Online University, Italy
2009-2010 Business Analyst, Eurogroup Consulting Italia, Rome, Italy
2009-2010 Business Analyst, MacFin – Management Consultants, Rome, Italy

EDUCATION
2011-2015 Ph.D. in Business, Department of Management, Ca’ Foscari University, Venice, Italy
2014 Visiting PhD student, Centre for Sustainability Management, Leuphana Universitat, Germany
2013 Visiting PhD student, Dublin City University Business School, Dublin, Ireland
2007-2008 Master degree in Business Economics, LUISS Guido Carli University, Italy
2005 Visiting undergraduate student, Universidad de Belgrano, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2003-2006 Bachelor degree in Business Economics, LUISS Guido Carli University, Italy

LANGUAGES

• Italian (native), English (fluent), Spanish (fluent), French (basic)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Entrepreneurship, Strategy, Family Firms, Sustainability Management

PUBLICATIONS

• Pinelli M. Lechner C., Kraus S. Liguori E. (2021) Entrepreneurial value creation: Conceptualizing an exchange-based view of entrepreneurship. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development. DOI: 10.1108/JSBED-04-2021-0155
• Franco S., Cappa F. and Pinelli M. (2021) Founder Education and Start-Up Funds Raised. IEEE Engineering Management Review, doi: 10.1109/EMR.2021.3077966. Available at https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9428508
• Pinelli M., Cappa F., Franco S., Peruffo E., Oriani R. (2020) Too much of two good things: Effects of Founders’ Educational Level and Heterogeneity on Start-Up Funds Raised. IEEE Transactions in engineering management. doi: 10.1109/TEM.2020.2991607. Available at https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9106756
• Pinelli M., Cappa F., Peruffo E., Oriani R. (2020) Acquisitions Of Non-Controlling Equity Stakes: Agency Conflicts And Profitability. Strategic Organization. https://doi.org/10.1177/1476127020926672
• Cappa F., Pinelli M. (2020) Investing in cryptocurrencies: first insights on the determinants of the return on Initial Coin Offerings. Information Technology for Development. https://doi.org/10.1080/02681102.2020.1801564
• Debellis F., Pinelli M. (2020) Board interlocks in SMEs and the formation of international joint ventures. Piccola Impresa/Small Business. https://doi.org/10.14596/pisb.356
• Cappa F., Pinelli M., Maiolini R., Leone M.I. (2020) “Pledge” me your ears! The role of narratives and narrator experience in explaining crowdfunding success. Small Business Economics, 1-21 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-020-00334-y
• Cappa, F., Oriani, R., Pinelli, M., & De Massis, A. (2019). When does crowdsourcing benefit firm stock market performance? Research Policy, 48(9). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2019.103825
• Pinelli, M., Einstein, M. (2019). Religion, science and secularization: a consumer-centric analysis of religion’s functional obsolescence. Journal of Consumer Marketing, 36(5), 582–591. https://doi.org/10.1108/JCM-11-2017-2451
• Pinelli M., Cappa F., Franco S., Peruffo E. (2018) Competenze dei fondatori e performance delle start-up: un’analisi empirica. Piccola Impresa. ISSN 0394-7947. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14596/pisb.273
• Pinelli M., Shaltegger S. (2018) Modelli di business per la condivisione dell’auto: fattori di successo e prospettive di sviluppo. In Mella G. e Pentucci P. Mobilità urbana sostenibile: verso un nuovo paradigma. Libreria Editrice Cafoscarina ISBN 978-88-7543-450-2
• Brunetta F., Peruffo E., Pinelli M. (2018). Driver di cambiamento e digital enabler. In Boccardelli P. and Iacovone S. " L'«impresa» di diventare digitale. Come la rivoluzione tecnologica sta influenzando la gestione d'impresa”. Società Editrice Il Mulino. ISBN 978-88-15-27404-5
• Maiolini R., Cappa F., Leone M.I., Pinelli M., Bedi G. (2018). L´influenza del linguaggio in una campagna di finanziamento di crowdfunding. Referred Electronic Conference Proceeding of Sinergie-SIMA 2018 Conference - Transformative business strategies and new patterns for value creation. ISBN 97888943937-2-9. DOI 10.7433/SRECP.EA.2018.53
• Cappa F., Maiolini R., Leone M.I., Pinelli M., Rabbia L. (2018). Il crowdfunding e le variabili predittive di successo: il caso Kickstarter. Referred Electronic Conference Proceeding of Sinergie-SIMA 2018 Conference - Transformative business strategies and new patterns for value creation. ISBN 97888943937-2-9. DOI 10.7433/SRECP.EA.2018.53
• Pinelli, M., Maiolini, R. (2017). Strategies for Sustainable Development: Organizational Motivations, Stakeholders’ Expectations and Sustainability Agendas. Sustainable Development, 25(4), 288–298. https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.1653
• Pinelli M (2013). How the new economics of sustainability will make sustainable development more “Regional”. In Irene Bernhard (ed.) Innovation, High-growth entrepreneurship and regional development. 539-558. University West, Trollhattan, Sweden. ISBN 978-91-977943-7-4

CONFERENCES

• Vallone T., Pinelli M., Debellis F. Do you need top management team diversity to speed up? An Upper Echelons Perspective. EIBA 2021, Madrid, Spain, December 10th – 12th 2021.
• Kalanoski D., Cappa F., Pinelli M., Bonardi J.P. Formal Versus Informal Institutions and the Competitive Impact of International Mergers and Acquisitions. AIB 2021 Online Conference. June 27th - July 2nd, 2021
• Pinelli M., Debellis F. Houston, we have a family! Family governance, investors´ expectation and long term orientation. IFERA 2021 Virtual Conference.
• Pinelli M., De Massis A., Zattoni A., Chirico F. Family Firm Acquisitions and the Institutional Environment: A Cross-Country Longitudinal Study. 80th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. 2020 Virtual Conference. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2020.18875abstract
• Cappa F., Pinelli M. Investing in cryptocurrencies: first insights on the determinants of the return on Initial Coin Offerings. 79th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. Agosto 9 - 13, 2019. Boston, MA, USA.
• Pinelli M., De Massis A., Zattoni A., Matzler K. Risk containment and Balance in Family firms´ Acquisitions. IFERA Conference 2019. June 19 – 21 2019. Bergamo, Italy. ISBN: 9791220050326
• Kalanoski D., Cappa F., Pinelli M. Institutional Quality Differences and The Performance Effect Of M&As on Rival firms. In: Academy Of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, ISSN: 2151-6561, Chicago, USA, 10-14 August 2018
• Kalanoski D., Cappa F., Pinelli M. Institutional Quality Differences and The Performance Effect Of M&As on Rival firms. European Academy of Management Conference 2018. Giugno 19 - 22, 2018. Reykjavík, Iceland
• Cappa F, Maiolini R, Leone M, Pinelli M, Rabbia L (2018). Il crowdfunding e le variabili predittive di successo: il caso Kickstarter. In: Proceedings Convegno Sinergie Sima 2018. SINERGIE, p. 325-328, ISBN: 97888943937-2-9, ISSN: 0393-5108, Venezia, 14-15 giugno 2018
• Maiolini R, Cappa F, Leone M, Pinelli M, BEDI, G (2018). L’influenza del linguaggio in una campagna di finanziamento di crowdfunding. In: Proceedings Convegno Sinergie Sima 2018. SINERGIE, p. 329-333, ISBN: 97888943937-2-9, ISSN: 0393-5108, Venezia, Italia, 14-15 giugno 2018
• Pinelli M., Cappa F., Pinelli G.M. Investing in cryptocurrencies: first insights on the determinants of the return on Initial Coin Offerings. 3rd Entrepreneurial Finance Conference. Giugno 26-27, 2018. Politecnico di Milano, Milano.
• Pinelli M., Cappa F., Franco S., Peruffo E., Oriani R. Too much of two good things: advanced and heterogeneous education effects on start-ups’ expected performance. 3rd Entrepreneurial Finance Conference. Giugno 26-27, 2018. Politecnico di Milano, Milano.
• Maiolini R., Cappa F., Pinelli M., Leone M.I. The impact of narrative style and entrepreneur's experience in crowdfunding campaigns. 3rd Entrepreneurial Finance Conference. Giugno 26-27, 2018. Politecnico di Milano, Milano.
• Pinelli M., Cappa F., Franco S., Peruffo E., Oriani R. Too much of two good things: advanced and heterogeneous education effects on start-ups’ expected performance. R&D Management Conference 2018. 30 giugno – 4 luglio, 2018. Politecnico di Milano, Milano.
• Maiolini R., Cappa F., Pinelli M., Leone M.I. The impact of narrative style and entrepreneur's experience in crowdfunding campaigns. R&D Management Conference 2018. 30 giugno – 4 luglio, 2018. Politecnico di Milano, Milano.
• Pinelli M, Cappa F, Franco S, Peruffo E, Oriani R (2017). Birds of a feather start flocking together: disentangling the effect of competence base depth and breadth on start-ups’ expected performance. In: The Digital Transformation of Business and Society - XXVIII Riunione Scientifica Annuale Associazione italiana di Ingegneria Gestionale. Bari, 19-20 Ottobre 2017
• Pinelli M., Cappa F., Peruffo E., Oriani R., 2017. On the Asymmetric Effect of Institutional Heterogeneity on Minority Acquisitions. In: Collaborative Strategies: New Thinking about Alliances, Mergers, and Acquisitions - Strategic Management Society Special Conference Costa Rica 2017. Costa Rica, 14-16 December 2017
• Kalanoski D., Cappa F., Pinelli M. Differences in institution quality and the impact of international M&As on rivals’ expected performance. In: Collaborative Strategies: New Thinking about Alliances, Mergers, and Acquisitions - Strategic Management Society Special Conference Costa Rica 2017. Costa Rica, 14-16 December 2017
• Pinelli M., Cappa F., Peruffo E., Oriani R., 2017. Fight the power! Principal-principal conflicts in acquisitions of minority equity stakes. AIDEA Conference 2017 “Tendenze Nuove” negli studi economico-aziendali: l’evoluzione dei rapporti azienda-societ, Settembre 14-15, 2017. Roma, Italia
• Pinelli M., Cappa F., Franco S., Peruffo E., 2017. L’impatto di profondità ed eterogeneità delle competenze sulla performance attesa delle start-up. In: Conference Proceedings (Extended Abstract volume) del Convegno Sinergie - Sima 2017 “Value co-creation: le sfide di management per le imprese e per la società, Università degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II”, Napoli, 15-16 giugno 2017, ISBN 97888907394-9-1 pp. 135-135
• Pinelli M., Cappa F., Zattoni A. (2017). Formal institutions and acquisitions of non-controlling equity stakes. 77th Academy Of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, ISSN: 2151-6561. August 4 - 8, 2017. Atlanta, GA, USA. Doi: 10.5465/AMBPP.2017.16696abstract
• Marino A., Prencipe A., Pinelli M. (2017). Under pressure. Ceremonial vs. Substantive adoption of institutionalized practices in business organizations. 77th Academy Of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, ISSN: 2151-6561. August 4 - 8, 2017. Atlanta, GA, USA. Doi: 10.5465/AMBPP.2017.13369abstract
• Pinelli M., Cappa F., Peruffo E., Oriani R. (2016). Shareholders’ Protection and the Ability to Play the Game: Means, Motive and Opportunity to Tunnel. 76th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, ISSN: 2151-6561. August 5 - 9, 2016. Anaheim, California, United States.Doi: 10.5465/AMBPP.2016.14154abstract
• Cappa F., Oriani R., Pinelli M. (2016). Crowdsourcing and market performance. 76th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, ISSN: 2151-6561. August 5 - 9, 2016. Anaheim, California, United States. Doi: 10.5465/AMBPP.2016.14078abstract
• Pinelli M., Einstein M. (2016). Religion, science and the secularization hypothesis: a management studies’ perspective. 76th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, ISSN: 2151-6561. August 5 - 9, 2016. Anaheim, California, United States. Doi: 10.5465/AMBPP.2016.16862abstract
• Cappa F., Oriani R., Pinelli M. (2016). Crowdsourcing and firm performance. In: SMS Special Conference Rome Proceedings. Roma, 5-7 Giugno 2016
• Cappa F., Oriani R., Pinelli M. (2016). Crowdsourcing and stock market. In: From science to society: innovation and value creation - R&D Management Conference 2016. Cambridge, UK, 3-6 July 2016
• Cappa F., Oriani R., Pinelli M. (2016). Crowdsourcing and stock markets. In: Innovation and tradition: combining the old and the new - 17th International Continuous Innovation Network 2016. ISBN: 978-90-77360-19-4, Torino, 11-13 Settembre 2016
• Cappa F., Oriani R., Pinelli M. (2016). Crowdsourcing and stock markets performance. In: Higher Education and Socioeconomic Development Proceedings - XXVII Riunione Scientifica Annuale RSA AiIG 2016. Bergamo, 13-14 Ottobre 2016

PARTICIPATION TO RESEARCH PROJECTS
ERASMUS+ Ulysses Contest – Digital Student Competition on Family Business.
Aim of the project: Production of a set of 10-15 case studies on family business management and organization of the first European student competition on Family Business.
Duration: July 2021 – June 2023
Role: Participating member and representative of UNIBZ´s Centre for Family Business Management
IMPEV: Implementing Marketing Practices in Entrepreneurial Ventures: group dynamics and human capital diversity
Aim of the project: The aim of the MPEV research project is thus to develop and advance our understanding of how marketing practices are adapted and implemented in technology startups. In fact, while entrepreneurship scholars have argued that marketing practices would facilitate the recognition and the exploitation of opportunities, reduce failure rates and improve growth prospects, empirical evidence shows that startups implement marketing practices only rarely and superficially.
Duration: January 2021 – December 2022
Role: Principal Investigator
CULTEAM: How national culture determines team dynamics in entrepreneurial teams
Aim of the project: The CULTEAM research project aims to develop and advance our understanding of how country-specific cultural dimensions influence team dynamics in entrepreneurial teams.
Duration: January 2021 – December 2022
Role: Co-Investigator

SUPERVISION OF POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCHERS
Supervisor of Dr. Jasper Antonius Hermanus Brinkerink as winning candidate of the post-doc research grant (Assegno di Ricerca) to work on the IMPEV and CULTEAM research projects. https://www.unibz.it/it/home/position-calls/positions-for-academic-staff/5170-economia-e-gestione-delle-imprese-dr-pinelli-dr-hubner?group=18

TEACHING
Undergraduate
Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Digital marketing and advertising (2020-2021 and 2021-2022)
LUISS Guido Carli University, Italy
Business strategy (2017-2018)
Graduate
Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Entrepreneurial marketing (2020-2021 and 2021-2022)
University of Padua, Italy
Advanced Corporate Finance and Accounting (2017-2018)
LUISS Guido Carli University, Italy
Corporate strategy (2016-2018)
International business (2016-2018)
Case analyisis and business game (2016-2018)
Uninenttuno Online University
Economics of Innovation (2016-2018)
Post graduate
LUISS Business School
Elements of strategic management (2017-2018)

AWARDS, GRANTS AND HONORS
2021 “That´s interesting” best paper nomination (Formal Versus Informal Institutions and the Competitive Impact of International Mergers and Acquisitions. Kalanoski D., Cappa F., Pinelli M., Bonardi J.P.) – AIB 2021 Online Conference
2021 Research Grant (17.460€) from UNIBZ as additional funds to finance the MPEV and CULTEAM research projects
2020 Research Grant (8.650€) from UNIBZ to pursue the research project “MPEV: Implementing Marketing Practices in Entrepreneurial Ventures: group dynamics and human capital diversity” (with Dr. Sylvia Hubner)
2020 Research Grant (8.650€) from UNIBZ to pursue the research project “CULTEAM: How national culture determines team dynamics in entrepreneurial teams” (with Dr. Sylvia Hubner)
2018 Best Strategic Management Paper (Institutional Quality Differences and The Performance Effect Of M&As on Rival firms. Kalanoski D., Pinelli M., Cappa F.) – EURAM 2018 Conference
2018 Best paper on crowdfunding (The impact of narrative style and entrepreneur’s experience in crowdfunding campaigns. R. Maiolini, F. Cappa, M.I. Leone, M. Pinelli) – 3rd Entrepreneurial Finance Conference
2016 Best student paper finalist (Crowdsourcing and stock markets. Francesco Cappa, Raffaele Oriani and Michele Pinelli) – R&D Management Conference 2016
2015 EURAM Early Carrer Colloquium fellow
2014 EURAM Doctoral Colloquium fellow
2013 Society of Macromarketing, 2013 Tony Pecotich Doctoral Colloquium Fellow
2013 Special Eden Doctoral Seminar on Design-Driven Innovation Fellowship (grant)
2011 Doctoral scholarship Ca’ Foscari University
2008 Graduated Cum Laude, Master Degree, Luiss Guido Carli University
2006 Graduated Cum Laude, Bachelor Degree, Luiss Guido Carli University
2005 Luiss Guido Carli Student Exchange program scholarship

GUEST SPEAKER, REVIEWER AND OTHER ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
Guest speaker, Welcome Innovation Week 2016 Double Degree European Master on “Economy of Enterprise, Quality and Innovations”, Saint-Petersburg State University of Economics and La Sapienza University, Rome, 14-18 September 2016

Host and moderator, Foro Virtual “Empleabilidad y Competencias TIC”, proyecto ACAI-LA (Adopción de enfoques de calidad, accesibilidad e innovación en la educación superior de Latinoamérica), September 22nd 2016
European Academy of Management (EURAM), Entrepreneurship SIG officer (Communication and Promotion) (2014 – 2015)
Reviewer for: Research Policy, Journal of Business Ethics; Industry and Innovation; China Economic Review; International Journal of Emerging Markets, Journal of Product and Brand Management, European Journal of Innovation Management, Journal of Technology Transfer, Journal of Knowledge Management