Does strategic orientation influence strategy formulation and organisational design in Italian food medium sized enterprises? The role of the family

Lara Penco is Associate professor of Business Strategy and Strategic Management & Corporate Strategy in the University of Genoa, Department of Economics and Business Studies. She holds a PhD in “Service Management” from the same university. She is Member of C.I.E.L.I., the Italian Center of Excellence on Logistics Transports and Infrastructures. Her research interests lie in strategic management, corporate strategy and governance. She is Track Chair of Euram Conference – SIG “Entrepreneurship”, Member of the Editorial Board of several international journals, and author of books and papers on academic national and international Journals.

Teresina Torre is Full Professor of Organisation and Human Resources Management, Department of Economics and Business Studies, University of Genoa, where she teaches “Organisation” and “Human Resources Management and Organizational Behaviour”. She is Coordinator of the Master Course of Management in the University of Genoa and president of the MBA – Internacional en Gestion Estrategica. Finanzas e Internacionalizacion de las Empresas in collaboration between the University of Genoa and the Catholic University “Sedes Sapientiae” of Lima (Perù). She is Vice President of ASSIOA (the Italian Academy of Organisation). She is Member of C.I.E.L.I., the Italian Center of Excellence on Logistics Transports and Infrastructures. Her main research interests are: organisation, change management, human resources, digitalisation soft skills. She is Co-editor of Impresa Progetto Electronic Journal of Management and Member of the Scientific Board of several journals and author of many books and papers on qualified national and international Journals.

Roberta Scarsi is Associate Professor of Management, Department of Economics and Business Studies, University of Genoa, where she teaches “Management” and “Operations Management”. She holds a PhD in “Service Management” from the same university. She is Member of C.I.E.L.I., the Italian Center of Excellence on Logistics Transports and Infrastructures. Her main research interests are: strategic management, logistics, bulk shipping. She is author of several books and papers on qualified national and international Journals.