Giovanni Battista Dagnino
University of Catania

Giovanni Battista Dagnino is Deputy Chair and Professor in the Department of Business Economics and Management of the University of Catania, Italy, where he also holds an appointment in the School of Advanced Studies. In addition, he is faculty member of the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM) in Brussels. He held visiting positions at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, Wharton School, London Business School and IESE Business School. In 2007 he was co-organizer of the SMS Special Conference “New Frontiers in Entrepreneurship. Strategy Governance and Evolution”. He serves on the editorial boards of Long Range Planning and Strategic Management Journal and in the advisory committee of Grenoble Ecole de Management. His research revolves around the strategic theory of the firm with specific focus on coopetition strategy dynamics, the relationships between strategy, governance and entrepreneurship, and the evolution of strategy paradigms. He has authored/edited nine books and numerous articles in leading international journals.