Giorgia Maria D'Allura

Associate Professor of Business Economics and Management at University of Catania. 

Her research interests concerns process and governance of family firms, innovation and development of firms and networks.  

EDUCATION:
Italian Laurea Degree in Economics and Business (full approval), 19/12/2000.

PhD, University of Catania, 25/02/2005.

RESEARCH ACTIVITY 
January, 2nd, 2018 - January, 14th, 2018– Visiting Scholar at Warrington College of Business Administration, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA. 

October,3rd 2017 - November, 4th,  2017– Visiting Scholar at EDHEC- Family Business Center, Roubaix, France. 

December 2005- December 2006 – Post Doctoral in “Business Economics and management”, Research Program  “Assetti di Corporate Governance nelle piccole e medie imprese”, University of Catania

March 2006 – May 2006 - Visiting Scholar at Warrington College of Business Administration, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.

November 2003-August 2004 – Visiting Scholar at Warrington College of Business Administration, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.

2009-2011: University of Catania, Member of the Research Group of FRIDA Fostering Regional Development through
Anchors and Networks. Seventh Framework Programme for research and technological development (FP7). Lead Investigator Prof. Giovanni Battista Dagnino.

2007-2008  – University of Catania, Member of the Research Group on: ““Determinanti, processi ed indicatori di competitività internazionale delle imprese. L’impatto dei fattori di moderazione “country-level” e “industri-level”. Lead Investigator: Prof. Rosario Faraci

2006 – Department “Impresa, Cultura e Società” -  Confederazione degli Imprenditori Italiani nel Mondo - Ministero degli Affari Esteri. Member of the Research Group on“Lo sviluppo delle business communities italiane all’estero e la replicabilità del family business all’italiana”. Lead Investigator: Prof. Rosario Faraci

2005-2006  – University of Catania, Member of the Research Group on: “Assetti di governo e gestione strategica delle imprese start-up biotech”. Lead Investigator: Prof. Rosario Faraci

2003-2004 – University of Catania, Member of the Research Group on: “L’evoluzione della corporate governance nelle imprese familiari e pubbliche”.Lead Investigator: Prof. Rosario Faraci

2003 – Confcooperative Sicilia, Member of the Research Group on “Azione di analisi e azione di promozione”. Lead Investigator: Prof. Rosario Faraci

2001-2003 - Comitato Nazionale per la Valutazione del Sistema Universitario (MURST) -  Department  “Impresa, culture e società”, Università degli Studi di Catania, Member of the Research Group on “ Analisi della rispondenza tra sbocchi occupazionali dei laureati/diplomati e formazione universitaria ricevuta”.Lead Investigator: Prof. Carmela Elita Schillaci
 

2001-2002: Researcher at Parco Scientifico e Tecnologico della Sicilia for the project  “Innovazione e qualità”  - Sottotema CAD/CAM per la qualità nelle aziende elettromeccaniche e metalmeccaniche siciliane (Prog. N°6 IMI N° 63039). Lead Investigator: Prof. Carmelo Buttà

 

PUBLICATIONS

Bannò M., D’Allura G.M., Picardi R., (2018-forthcoming), Methods for family firm and institutions researches in Andrea Colli, Giorgia M. D’Allura, Sanjay Goel (Edited by), Family firms and Institutional contexts: business models, innovation and competitive advantage,Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, ISBN: 978 1 78897 017 4.

Amorim Varum C., Bannò M., D’Allura G. M., (2018-forthcoming), How innovation shapes internationalization (and viceversa) in family businesses: an explorative investigation of italian firm in Andrea Colli, Giorgia M. D’Allura, Sanjay Goel (Edited by), Family firms and Institutional contexts: business models, innovation and competitive advantage, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, ISBN: 978 1 78897 017 4.

2018 Faraci R., D'Allura G. M., (edited by), Emerging trends in the governance and management of entrepreneurial and family firms, Giappichelli Editore, ISBN:978-88-9211465-4.

2016 - D'Allura G M,(2016). Data collection protocol for strategic management research: opportunities and challenges in Dagnino GB, Cinici M C, Research Methods for Strategic Management, Routledge

2014 - Bonfanti, A., D'Allura, G. M. (2014). L’incidenza della professionalità sul valore percepito dal cliente e sulla sua soddisfazione durante il service encounter. Sinergie Italian Journal of Management, 99-120.

2012- D'Allura G M, Galvagno M., Mocciaro Li Destri A. (2012). Regional Innovation Systems: A literature review. BUSINESS SYSTEMS REVIEW, vol. 1, p. 139-156, ISSN: 2280-3866, doi: 10.7350/BSR.A12.2012

2012 - D'ALLURA G M, MINICHILLI ALESSANDRO (2012). Family business and competitive strategy research. In: (a cura di): DAGNINO GIOVANNI BATTISTA, Elgar Handbook of Research on Competitive Strategy. p. 346-358, Cheltenham, UK, Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publisher, ISBN: 9781847200440

2012 - D'Allura G M (2012). Il settore biotech e la specificità del contesto italiano. In: (a cura di): Buttà C, Capacità Dinamica e Imprese Biotech Sottotitolo. Strategie e Assetti Competitivi. . p. 75-101, TORINO:Giappichelli, ISBN: 978-88-3483936-2

2011 - DAGNINO G.B, D'ALLURA G M, FARACI R, PISANO V (2011). La localizzazione dei processi innovativi ad alto contenuto tecnologico: il ruolo delle imprese «Àncora» fra sistemi locali e network globali. SINERGIE, vol. 84, p. 179-207, ISSN: 0393-5108

2010 - D'ALLURA G M (2010). I COMPORTAMENTI DISTINTIVI DELLE IMPRESE FAMILIARI. RUOLI DELLA COALIZIONE DI COMANDO E DINAMICHE INTERPERSONALI DI GRUPPO. vol. 10, TORINO:Giappichelli, ISBN: 9788834815519

2009 - Giorgia Maria D'Allura, Amir Erez, "Running Head: Family as a Group. The Family as a Group: Implications for Governance and Organizational Performance in Family Firms" in Di Guardo M. C., Pinna, R. D., Zaru, D., Per lo sviluppo, la competitività e l'innovazione del sistema economico. Il contributo degli studi di Organizzazione Aziendale. Franco Angeli. 252-276.

2009 – Giorgia Maria D’Allura, Alessandro Minichilli, “Family business and competitive strategy research” in Dagnino, G. B., (Edited by), Elgar Handbook of Research on Competitive Strategy, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK, forthcoming.

2007 - Rosario Faraci, Giorgia Maria D’Allura, Wei Shen, “Heterogeneity, institutional ownership and family ownership: The case for strategic and organizational restructuring”, Sinergie,  n. 26- Aprile 2007, 101-110.

2007 – Giorgia Maria D’Allura, “Il ruolo del commitment nella creazione della fedeltà dei clienti”, in Faraci R., Galvagno, M., Giaccone S., (Edited by), La fedeltà nelle relazioni tra impresa e mercato. Fondamenti concettuali ed implicazioni manageriali, Giappichelli Editore, Torino.

2006 – Giorgia Maria D’Allura, “Le configurazioni proprietarie dell’impresa familiare nel quadro delle dinamiche evolutive della famiglia”, Atti della Doctoral Section 2006, XVIII Convegno Annuale di Sinergie, CUEIM.

2005 – Carmela Elita Schillaci, Rosario Faraci, Giorgia M. D’Allura, “Il ruolo della famiglia nel fenomeno dell’apertura delle imprese familiari italiane”, Piccola Impresa/Small Business, n. 3-2005.

2005 - Sonia Caterina Giaccone, Giorgia Maria D’Allura, “La risposta del mercato all’innovazione tecnologica”, Sinergie, n. 67, maggio-agosto 2005.

2004 - Giorgia Maria D’Allura, Le configurazioni proprietarie dell’impresa familiare nel quadro delle dinamiche evolutive della famiglia, Tesi di Dottorato depositata nelle Biblioteche Nazionali di Roma e Firenze.

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 
2015 - D’Allura GM, International Family Enterprise Research Academy, Tradition and innovation  in Family Business, Hamburg Institute of Family Owned Business Hamburg, Germany, June 30 -  July 3.
Paper presentato:  Succession in Family Business and innovation. Insights from group   theory.

2015 - D’Allura GM,  Cirinnà P., International Family Enterprise Research Academy, Tradition and innovation  in Family Business, Hamburg Institute of Family Owned Business Hamburg, Germany, June 30 -  July 3.
Paper presentato: Tradition and Innovation in Olive Oil Family Businesses. An   Empirical Investigation in Sicily

2015 - D’Allura GM, Pisano V, Bannò M, Faraci R, International Family Enterprise Research Academy, Tradition and innovation  in Family Business, Hamburg Institute of Family Owned Business Hamburg, Germany, June 30 -  July 3.
Paper presentato: “Italian Family Firms Internationalization: An Empirical Analysis”

2014 - D’Allura GM, Pisano V, International Family Enterprise Research Academy IFERA  Annual Conference, Lappeenranta, Finland, June 24 –27, 2014
Paper presentato: Family firms and the choice of internationalization. In: IFERA. Co-operation within and amongst family business. p. 61, ISBN: 978-952-265-601-8

2013 - D’Allura GM, International Family Enterprise Research Academy, Ownership, Governance, and Value in Family Firms, University of St.Gallen , 2/07/2013-5/07/2013    
Paper presentato: Family business succession in service management. In Ifera proceeding ISBN: 978-3-906541-32-7

2013 - D’Allura GM, International Family Enterprise Research Academy, Ownership, Governance, and Value in Family Firms, University of St.Gallen , 2/07/2013-5/07/2013    
Paper presentato: Patterns of ownership and governance in family firms. Insight from upper echelons and organizazional theory. In Ifera proceeding ISBN: 978-3-906541-32-7

2013 - D’Allura GM, Erez A, IFERA, International Family Enterprise Research Academy, Ownership, Governance, and Value in Family Firms, University of St.Gallen , 2/07/2013-5/07/2013    
Paper presentato: The family as a group: implications for governance and organizational performance in family firms. In Ifera proceeding ISBN: 978-3-906541-32-7

2011 -  D’Allura GM, IFERA - 11TH World Family Business Research Conference, Intelligence and Courage – Fam. IFERA, Palermo, June 28- 1 July
Paper presentato: The role of family’s identity to achieve competitive advantages: the group level perspective in the strategic decision making process of family firms . (IFERA Proceeding.)

2009 -  D’Allura GM, 1st Journal of Management and Governance Conference "Governing Strategy and Knowledge:
Tools and Methodologies" Venezia, Italy, 8-10 ottobre. 
Paper presented: “Governing Strategy and Knowledge in Family Firms:
the potential tool of family diversity”.

2009 - D’Allura GM,5TH WORKSHOP ON FAMILY FIRMS MANAGEMENT RESEARCH, HASSELT, BELGIUM, JUNE 7-9, 2009
Paper presented: "Resources to sustain the competitive advantage of family firms: The potential of family as a diverse group"

2006 - D’Allura GM, 26th Annual International Conference, Strategic Management Society, “Strategy and Governance in a world of Institutional Change”, Vienna, Austria, 29 ottobre-1 novembre. 
Paper presented: “The family as a group: implications for family business studies”.

2005 - Faraci R, D’Allura GM, 25th Annual International Conference, Strategic Management Society, “Strategic Management: Achievements and Opportunities”, Orlando, Florida-USA, 23-26 ottobre .
Paper presented:  “The family business concept as antecedent in CEO succession: the moderating role of institutional context”.

2005 - Faraci R, Shen W, D’Allura GM, International Workshop Heterogeneity, Diversification and Performance, CUEIM-Sinergie, Università della Calabria, 7-8 luglio.
Paper presented:   “Heterogeneity, institutional ownership and family ownership: The case for strategic and organizational restructuring”.

2004 -Schillaci CE, Faraci R, D’Allura GM, 24th Annual International Conference, Strategic Management Society, “Strategic Balance. Driving innovation and maintaining performance”, San Juan Puerto Rico, USA, 31 ottobre-3 novembre.
Paper presented: “Family Changes and Family Business Configuration: The Role of Family in Capital Restructuring”.

2003 - Schillaci CE, Faraci R, D’Allura GM, Convegno internazionale “Organizations, today”, Università di Cagliari, 5-7 giugno. 
Paper presented: “Mutamenti organizzativi dell’impresa familiare in Italia: il caso dell’apertura del capitale di rischio agli investitori istituzionali” (depositato nel luglio 2003 presso la Prefettura di Catania e presso la Procura della Repubblica di Catania).

NATIONAL CONFERENCE 
2009 - D’Allura GM, Erez A, X Convegno di Organizzazione Aziendale, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Cagliari, 29-30 Aprile.
Paper presentato: Running Head: Family as a Group. The Family as a Group: Implications for Governance and Organizational Performance in Family Firms

2006 – D’Allura GM, XVIII Convegno Annuale di Sinergie, Doctoral Section 2006, Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli, Capua 26-27 Ottobre.
Poster presented: “Le configurazioni proprietarie dell’impresa familiare nel quadro delle dinamiche evolutive della famiglia”. 

2002 - Schillaci CE, Faraci R, D’Allura GM, Incontro inter-universitario sul tema “Le imprese familiari in Italia. Stato dell’arte e prospettive della ricerca e della formazione”, Udine, 14 giugno. 
Paper presented:  “L’impresa familiare aperta: Il ruolo degli investitori istituzionali”.