Francesco Perrini

Professor of Corporate Finance and Real Estate at SDA Bocconi School of Management

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  • SDA Bocconi School of Management

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SDA Bocconi School of Management

Francesco Perrini is Full Professor of Strategic Management & Technology Department and delegated by the Rector as President of Sustainability Committee at Bocconi University.

He is Professor of Corporate Finance and Real Estate at SDA Bocconi School of Management. He is the director of the Sustainability Lab and co-director of the eSG Lab at the “Claudio Demattè” Corporate & Financial Institutions Research Division. At SDA Bocconi Francesco Perrini has directed programs for senior executives in several firms. He conducted numerous research, training and consulting projects with the most important firms in Italy. At Bocconi University, he was director of the Bachelor Degree in Business Administration and Management (CLEAM) and the director of CRESV - Centro di Ricerche su Sostenibilità e Valore (Research Centre for Sustainability and Value), M&A Observatory and Observatory on Business Crisis and Restructuring; Head of CSR Unit - "Business Ethics and Social Issue in Management" of the Management and Technology Department and for ten years the Chair of Social Entrepreneurship; director of MASEM - Master in Sustainability and Energy Management (World Rank #1). His research activities focus on finance, business valuation, strategic management, CSR & SMEs, ESG, corporate governance and sustainability.

He is the author of numerous books and articles on the subject. His work has been published in Academy of Management, Journal of Business Ethics, California Management Review, Corporate Governance: An International Review, Financial Times, European Management Journal, Harvard Deusto Business Review, Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative WP Kennedy School of Government Harvard University. Francesco Perrini serves on the board of various companies and he is considered one of the main expert of CSR topics. He was founder of an ESG rating company and M&A advisory company.

Francesco Perrini earned a degree in Business Administration from Bocconi University. ITP at the Stern School of Business, New York University. Visiting at the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia and Campus Abroad Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

Teaching domains

  • Corporate Sustainability
  • Sustainable Accounting & Finance
  • Circular Economy

Latest publications

SARDÁ R., POGUTZ S., DE SILVIO M., ALLEVI V., SAPUTO A., DAMINELLI R., FUMAGALLI F., TOTARO L., RIZZI G., MAGNI G., PACHNER J., PERRINI F. Business for ocean sustainability: Early responses of ocean governance in the private sector Ambio: A Journal of Environment and Society, 2022

PERRINI F. (ED.) Sostenibilità e PMI. Aspetti strategici, operativi e finanziari Egea, Milano, Italy, 2022

PERRINI F., IANTOSCA A. I rating ESG: amarli o odiarli? - ESG Ratings: Love Them or Hate Them? Economia & Management, 2021, no. 1, pp.9-13

MINICHILLI A., PERRINI F., CASATI P. La centralità della governance aziendale - The Centrality of Corporate Governance Economia & Management, 2021, no. 1, pp.14-18

POGUTZ S., DE SILVIO M., PERRINI F. La grande scommessa della sostenibilità Economia & Management, 2020, no. 1, pp.50-53

PERRINI F., COSTANZO L. A., KARATAS-OZKAN M. Measuring impact and creating change: a comparison of the main methods for social enterprises Corporate Governance - International Journal of Business in Society, 2020

Education

  • Università Bocconi - Laurea in Economia Aziendale 1985 - 1990
  • The Wharton School - Visiting, Management, Business Etichs and Legal Studies Dpt. 2004 - 2005
  • NYU Stern School of Business - ITP, International Teachers' Program 2000 - 2001
  • Esade - PIM, Program of International Management 1988 - 1989

Companies

  • Scientific Research Director SDA Bocconi One Ocean Foundation (2017)
  • Founder and Chairman Brera Financial Advisory (2016)
  • Sustainability Lab & eSG Lab Director SDA Bocconi (2015)
  • Chairman of the Sustainability Committee Università Bocconi (2013)
  • SDA Professor of Corporate Finance & Real Estate SDA Bocconi (1990)
  • Professor of Management & Technology Università Bocconi (1990)
  • Professor of Social Entrepreneurship and Impact Investing CEMS - The Global Alliance in Management Education (2009 — 2019)
  • SIF Chair of Social Entrepreneurship & Philanthropy Università Bocconi (2007 — 2016)
  • Direttore CReSV – Centro di Ricerca su Sostenibilità e Valore Università Bocconi (2010 — 2015)

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