Stefano Franco

Responsabilità e sostenibilità nelle organizzazioni

L9 - Ingegneria gestionale

Cafforio, F., Franco, S., & Giannoccaro, I. (2025). Bridging Micro and Macro Perspectives in Circular Business Model Studies: An Integrated Literature Review. Business Strategy and the Environment. (Forthcoming)

Franco, S., & Giannoccaro, I., (2025). Dynamic capabilities and microfoundations to overcome barriers to circular economy implementation. Business Strategy and the Environment, 34, 4392-4408

Maiolini, R., Cappa, F., Franco, S., & Quaratino, G. R. (2024). The impact of sustainable development goals in lending-based prosocial crowdfunding: A topic modeling analysis on the kiva platform. International Review of Financial Analysis, 95, 103441. 

Franco, S., Messeni Petruzzelli, A., & Panniello, U. (2023). Digital humanism in business models: Unveiling value creation mechanisms. Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy. 

Cappa, F., Franco, S., Ferrucci, E., Maiolini, R., (2023) The impact of product and reward types in reward-based crowdfunding. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 70(9), 3050-3061 6. Maiolini, R., Franco, S., Cappa, F., & Hayes, D. (2023). Optimizing Reward-Based Crowdfunding. IEEE Engineering Management Review, 51(2), 55-62. 

Franco, S., Presenza, A., Messeni Petruzzelli, A., & Peruffo, E. (2022). Tradition-driven business models at luxury companies: revealing value-creation and value-capture activities. Journal of Knowledge Management, 26 (11), 486-506 

Cappa, F., Franco, S., & Rosso, F. (2022). Citizens and cities: Leveraging citizen science and big data for sustainable urban development. Business Strategy and the Environment, 31(2), 648-667 

Franco, S., Presenza, A., & Messeni Petruzzelli, A. (2022). Boosting innovative business ideas through hackathons. The “Hack for Travel” case study. European Journal of Innovation Management, 25 (6), 413-431 

Franco, S., Presenza, A., & Messeni Petruzzelli, A. (2022). Luxury hotels as orchestrators in gastronomic destination development and management: the case of Borgo Egnazia and the Itria Valley. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 34 (9), 3440-3458 

Pinelli, M., Cappa, F., Franco, S., Peruffo, E., & Oriani, R., (2022) Too Much of Two Good Things: Effects of Founders’ Educational Level and Heterogeneity on Start-Up Funds Raised, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 69 (2), 1502-1516 

Franco, S., (2021) The influence of the external and internal environments of multinational enterprises on the sustainability commitment of their subsidiaries: a cluster analysis. Journal of Cleaner Production, 297, 126654 

Franco, S., Caroli, M., Del Chiappa, G., (2021) The influence of hotel sustainability practices on tourist intentions to book hotel rooms, Sinergie Italian Journal of Management, 39(1), 21-35 

Franco, S., Cappa, F., Pinelli, M., (2021) Founder Education and Startups Funds Raised, IEEE Engineering Management Review. 49 (3), 42-48 Franco, S., Caroli, M., Cappa, F., Del Chiappa, G., (2020) Are You Good Enough? CSR, Quality Management and Corporate Financial Performance in the Hospitality Industry. International Journal of Hospitality Management, vol. 88, July 2020, 102395 

Pinelli, M., Cappa, F., Franco, S., Peruffo, E. (2018). Competenze dei fondatori e performance delle - start-up: un’analisi empirica. Piccola Impresa/Small Business, (1). 2 

Papa, R., Gargiulo, C., Russo, L., Franco, S. (2017). On the relationship between the promotion of environmental sustainability and the increase of territorial competitiveness: The Italian case. International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning. 12(4), 655-666.

-        Franco, S., Misuriello, M.A., Messeni Petruzzelli, A., Panniello, U., Ponzio, P. Philosophy and Sensemaking: Exploring the Role of CPOs. Academy of Management Annual Conference 2025, Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark

-        Franco, S. Cappa, F., Messeni Petruzzelli, A., Kim, S., Chesbrough, H., Defining Open Innovation with Purpose. R&D Management Annual Conference 2025, Istituto Superiore Sant’Anna di Pisa, Italia

-        Franco, S., Misuriello, M.A., Messeni Petruzzelli, A., Panniello, U., Ponzio, P. Exploring the role of philosopher officers in business through the lens of sensemaking. Euram Annual Conference 2025, Università di Firenze, Italia

-        Franco, S., Collevecchio, F., Caroli, M., & Peruffo, E. (2024). The evolution of dynamic capabilities in Italian benefit corporations. R&D Management Annual Conference 2024, KTH Stockholm, Sweden

-        Franco, S., & Giannoccaro, I. (2024). Dynamic capabilities and microfoundations to overcome barriers to circular economy implementation, Euram Annual Conference 2024, University of Bath, UK

-        Franco, S., & Giannoccaro, I., (2024). Barriers, capabilities and microfoundations in circular economy. How do they interact?. EUROMA Anuual Conference, ESADE Business School, Barcellona, Spain

-        Cafforio, F., Franco, S., & Giannoccaro, I., (2024). Bridging micro and macro perspectives in Circular Business Models: An integrated literature review. EUROMA Annual Conference, ESADE Business School, Barcellona, Spain

-        Maiolini, R., Cappa, F., Franco, S., Quaratino, G.R., (2024). The Impact of Sustainable Development Goals and AI-generated text in Lending based Crowdfunding. RSA AiIG 2024, Università di Palermo

-        Franco, S., Valentino, A., Marano, V., & Caroli, M. (2023). The impact of control mechanisms and home-host institutional environment on the alignment of sustainability-specific strategic practices in multinational companies. European International Business Academy (EIBA) Annual Conference, Lisbon, December 2023 

-        Franco, S., Messeni Petruzzelli, A., Panniello, U. (2023). Human-centered innovation in business models: unveiling value creation and value capture mechanisms. RSA AiIG 2023, Politecnico di Milano

-        Franco, S., Valentino, A., Caroli, M., & Marano, V. (2022). Sustainability-related practice transfer from headquarters to subunits. EIBA Annual Conference, 2022. Oslo, BI Norway Business School

-        Franco, S., D’Angelo, V., Messeni Petruzzelli, A., Peruffo, E. (2022). Preliminary Evidence on The Foundation of Italian Startups Performance. RSA AiIG 2022, Università La Sapienza & Università Tor Vergata, Roma

-        Franco, S., Valentino, A., & Caroli, M. (2022). Sustainability in Multinational Companies: The Alignment Between Subsidiaries and Headquarters. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2022, No. 1, p. 14184). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management Annual Conference, Seattle, USA.

-        Syrigos, E., Fouskas, K., Franco, S., & Heo, C. (2022). Positive Feedback From Customer Reviews: The Self-enhancement Effect. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2022, No. 1, p. 14360). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management Annual Conference, Seattle, USA.

-        Franco, S., Cappa, F., & Rosso, F. (2022). Citizen Science and Big Data: Joint Application in Urban Contexts. RSA AiIG 2021, Università di Napoli Federico II.

-        Franco, S, Valentino, A., Caroli, M. (2021). Transfer of Corporate Sustainability Practices in Multinational Companies: An Institutional Perspective on the Alignment Between Subsidiary Activities and Corporate Intentions, Academy of International Business 2021 Conference

-        Cappa, F., Franco, S., Ferrucci, E., Maiolini, R., (2021) Reward-Based Crowdfunding: The role of Product and Reward Types on Backers Intentions to Pledge. Academy of Management Proceedings 2021

-        Cappa F., Franco S., and Rosso F.: “Citizens involvement for a more sustainable urban environment: the joint implementation of Citizen Science and Big Data”, Euram Annual Conference 2021.

-        Franco, S., Caroli, M., Valentino, A., Cappa, F. (2020). Decoupling Sustainability Disclosure from Implementation. Evidence in the Hotel Industry, EURAM 2020

-        Cappa, F., Franco, S., Ferrucci, E., Maiolini, R. (2020). Reward-based Crowdfunding and the Effect of Product and Reward Typologies, CINet 2020

-        Franco, S., Caroli, M., Bonilla, M.J. (2019). The Transfer of CSR Practices within MNEs in the Hotel Sector: Do Institutions Matter? Corporate Responsibility Research Conference 2019. Tampere University, Tampere.

-        Franco, S., Caroli, M., Cappa, F., Del Chiappa, G. (2018). The u-shaped relationship between corporate social responsibility and firms’ performance: a longitudinal study from the hospitality industry. R&D Management Conference 2018. Politecnico di Milano, Milano.

-        Pinelli M., Cappa F., Franco S., Peruffo E. and Oriani R.: “Too much of two good things: effects of advanced and heterogeneous education on start-ups’ expected performance”, R&D Management Conference 2018. Politecnico di Milano, Milano 

-        Pinelli M., Cappa F., Franco S., Peruffo E. and Oriani R.: “Too much of two good things: advanced and heterogeneous education effects on start-ups’ expected performance”, Third Entrepreneurial Finance Conference, 26-27 June 2018 Milano

-        Franco, S. (2017).  Co-opetition practices in tourism: A multi-level perspective. Socializing Business Research: Connecting and Advancing Knowledge 2017, Kent Business School, Canterbury (UK).

-        Pinelli M., Cappa F., Franco S., Peruffo E., and Oriani R.: “Birds of a feather start flocking together: disentangling the effect of competence base depth and breadth on start-ups’ expected performance” RSA AiIG 2017, Bari, Italia. 

-        Papa, R., Gargiulo, C., Franco, S., Russo, L. (2014). Measuring the effects of 2008-09 financial  crisis on the attractiveness of Italian provinces. Regional Studies Association Winter Conference  2014, London (UK).

-        Papa, R., Gargiulo, C., Franco, S., Russo, L. (2014). The evolution of urban competitiveness  in Italy from 1995 to 2013. ScieConf 2014, University of Zilina.

TeMA Joural of Land Use, Mobility and Environment

Strategie di sostenibilità delle imprese; Trasferimento di pratiche di sostenibilità nei gruppi internazionali; Crowdfunding; Open Innovation