dr. N. (Niccolò) Pisani
- Plantage Muidergracht 12
- Room number: M2.05
- Postbus 15953
1001 NL Amsterdam
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Profile
Position
Associate Professor of Strategy and International Business
Short Bio
Niccolò Pisani is Associate Professor (with tenure) of Strategy and International Business at the University of Amsterdam Business School. He holds a PhD in Management from IESE Business School. His areas of expertise are strategic management and international business. Among the topics of his scholarly enquiry are global strategy, international corporate social responsibility, and offshoring. His research has been published or is forthcoming in journals such as Strategic Management Journal, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Management, and Journal of Management Studies, as well as in practitioner-oriented outlets such as Harvard Business Review. His article in Journal of World Business has won the 2017 International Association for Business and Society Best Published Paper Award. His policy-oriented work in Journal of International Business Policy has been featured in the World Economic Forum Agenda. He has also published in leading European newspapers such as the Spanish El País and the Belgian L'Echo, as well as in popular online news platforms such as The Conversation and Yahoo News UK. Prior to entering academia, Dr Pisani worked several years as international manager for Sanlorenzo, one of the world's leading manufacturers in the luxury yachting industry. He also worked as a researcher for Merrill Lynch in its San Francisco office.
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Teaching
Courses in the UvA Bachelor's programme in Business Administration:
“International Business”
Courses in the UvA MSc in Business Administration:
“International Strategy”
"Globalisation and Offshoring"
Courses in the UvA Executive Programme in Management Studies:
“Management Research Methods II”
Course materials are available through the UvA Blackboard Platform
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Links
Word Economic Forum Agenda - Digital Article (2019)
Harvard Business Review - Case Study (2018)
Harvard Business Review - Digital Article (2014)
Harvard Business Review - Digital Article (2013)
IMD Tomorrow's Challenges - Digital Article (2018)
IESE Insight - Digital Article (2016)
IESE Insight - Digital Article (2011)
LSE Business Review - Digital Article (2018)
L'Echo - Digital Article (2018)
El País - Digital Article (2018)
The Conversation - Digital Article (2018)
Global Network Perspectives - Digital Article (2018)
Harvard Deusto Business Review - Digital Article (2016)
Harvard Deusto Business Review - Digital Article (2015)
The European Financial Review - Digital Article (2019)
The European Financial Review - Digital Article (2016)
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Publications
2020
- Fortanier, F., Miao, G., Kolk, A., & Pisani, N. (2020). Accounting for Firm Heterogeneity in Global Value Chains. Journal of International Business Studies, 51(3), 432-453.
- Kolk, A., Kourula, A., Pisani, N., & Westermann-Behaylo, M. (2020). The state of international business, corporate social responsibility and development: Key insights and an application to practice. In P. Lund-Thomsen, M. W. Hansen, & A. Lindgreen (Eds.), Business and development studies: Issues and perspectives (pp. 257-285). (Routledge Studies in Innovation, Organizatoins and Technology). London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315163338-11 [details]
Pisani, N., Garcia-Bernardo, J., & Heemskerk, E. (2020). Does it pay to be a multinational? A large‐sample, cross‐national replication assessing the multinationality‐performance relationship. Strategic Management Journal, 41(1), 152-172. https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.3087 [details]
2019
- Pisani, N., Kolk, A., Ocelík, V., & Wu, G. (2019). Does it pay for cities to be green? An investigation of FDI inflows and environmental sustainability. Journal of International Business Policy, 2(1), 62-85. https://doi.org/10.1057/s42214-018-00017-2 [details]
- Stofberg, N. O., Bridoux, F. M., Ciulli, F., Pisani, N., Kolk, A., & Vock, M. (2019). A relational-models view to explain peer-to-peer sharing. Journal of Management Studies. https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12523
- Von Delft, S., Kortmann, S., Gelhard, C., & Pisani, N. (2019). Leveraging global sources of knowledge for business model innovation. Long Range Planning, 52(5), [101848]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lrp.2018.08.003 [details]
- van der Straaten, P. R., Pisani, N., & Kolk, A. (Accepted/In press). Unraveling the MNE wage premium. Journal of International Business Studies.
2018
- Pisani, N., & Ricart, J. E. (2018). Offshoring innovation to emerging countries: The effects of IP protection and cultural differences on firms’ decision to augment versus exploit home-base-knowledge. Management International Review, 58(6), 871-909. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11575-018-0362-2 [details]
- Pisani, N., Muller, A., & Bogăţan, P. (2018). Top management team internationalization and firm-level internationalization: The moderating effects of home-region institutional diversity and firm global focus. Journal of International Management, 24(3), 239-256. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intman.2018.01.002 [details]
2017
- Kolk, A., Kourula, A., & Pisani, N. (2017). Multinational enterprises and the Sustainable Development Goals: what do we know and how to proceed? Transnational Corporations, 24(3), 9-32. https://doi.org/10.18356/6f5fab5e-en [details]
- Kourula, A., Pisani, N., & Kolk, A. (2017). Corporate sustainability and inclusive development: highlights from international business and management research. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 24, 14-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2017.01.003 [details]
- Pisani, N., Caldart, A., & Hopma, J. (2017). SMEs' formation of minority international joint ventures and level of internationalization: The moderating role of a global versus regional focus. European Management Journal, 35(3), 414-424. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emj.2016.08.006 [details]
- Pisani, N., Kourula, A., Kolk, A., & Meijer, R. (2017). How global is international CSR research? Insights and recommendations from a systematic review. Journal of World Business, 52(5), 591-614. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2017.05.003 [details]
2016
- Pisani, N., & Ricart, J. E. (2016). Offshoring of services: A review of the literature and organizing framework. Management International Review, 56(3), 385-424. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11575-015-0270-7 [details]
2011
- Ricart, J. E., Agnese, P., Pisani, N., & Adegbesan, T. (2011). Offshoring in the global economy: Management practices and welfare implications. Madrid: Fundación BBVA.
2009
- Pisani, N. (2009). International management research: Investigating its recent diffusion in top management journals. Journal of Management, 35(2), 199-218. https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206308321552
2014
- Ghemawat, P. (Author), & Pisani, N. (Author). (2014). The Fortune Global 500 isn't all that global. Web publication/site, Boston: Harvard Business Review. Retrieved from https://hbr.org/2014/11/the-fortune-global-500-isnt-all-that-global [details]
2013
- Ghemawat, P. (Author), & Pisani, N. (Author). (2013). Are multinationals becoming less global?. Web publication/site, Boston: Harvard Business Review. Retrieved from https://hbr.org/2013/10/are-multinationals-becoming-less-global [details]
2019
- Kolk, A., Pisani, N., Ocelík, V., & Wu, G. (2019). Loont duurzaamheid voor steden? Het verband tussen milieuverbeteringen en buitenlandse investeringen. Nieuwsbrief Milieu en Economie, 2019(April). [details]
- Pisani, N. (Author), Kolk, A. (Author), Ocelík, V. (Author), & Wu, G. (Author). (2019). Does it pay for cities to be green?. Web publication/site, World Economic Forum. Retrieved from https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/03/does-it-pay-for-cities-to-be-green [details]
2019
- Pisani, N., & Toulan, O. (2019). Soft, hard, or no Brexit: The damage is done. The European Financial Review, 21-24.
2018
- Pisani, N., & Riva, E. (2018). Will it pay to be large in the EU steel industry? The answer may not be straightforward. LSE Business Review.
- Pisani, N., & Toulan, O. (2018). How global are Germany’s largest corporations? The European Business Review, 70-76.
- Toulan, O., & Pisani, N. (2018). German firms: Open borders, closed boardrooms. LSE Business Review.
- Toulan, O., & Pisani, N. (2018). How high streets and shopping malls face a ‘domino effect’ from major store closures. The Conversation.
- Toulan, O., & Pisani, N. (2018). L'ironie du Brexit réside dans les données. L'Echo.
- Toulan, O., & Pisani, N. (2018). La ironía del ‘brexit’ está en los datos. El País.
2016
- Caldart, A. A., & Pisani, N. (2016). ¿Regionales o globales? Una mirada al posicionamiento internacional de las grandes empresas españolas. Harvard Deusto Business Review, 262, 30-41.
- Caldart, A., & Pisani, N. (2016). International expansion, custom tailored for smaller businesses. IESE Insight Online Edition.
- Hahn, M., & Pisani, N. (2016). Internationalisation in online retailing. The European Business Review, 60-63.
- Pisani, N. (2016). The changing global footprints of the Fortune Global 500. The European Financial Review, 52-54.
2015
- Caldart, A. A., & Pisani, N. (2015). Estrategias de internacionalización de la pequeña y mediana empresa española. Harvard Deusto Business Review, 242, 54-64.
2011
- Ricart, J. E., Agnese, P., Pisani, N., & Adegbesan, T. (2011). Offshoring 2.0: Are you ready for the next wave? IESE Insight, (8).
Award
- Pisani, N., Kourula, A. E. & Kolk, A. (2017). Award for best article published in the field in 2017 by the International Association for Business and Society.
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Pisani, N., Garcia-Bernardo, J., & Heemskerk, E. (2020). Does it pay to be a multinational? A large‐sample, cross‐national replication assessing the multinationality‐performance relationship. Strategic Management Journal, 41(1), 152-172.