Behind the curtain of sustainable business models: the role of firm’s strategic agility in value creation

Anna Mina’ is Associate Professor of Management at the University of Rome LUMSA. Previously, she served as an Assistant Professor of Management at the University of Enna and was Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Strategic Management at both Sapienza University of Rome and the University of Catania. She has also held visiting positions as Visiting Scholar at NYU Stern School of Management and ISB-Indian School of Business. She earned her Ph.D. in Business Economics and Management from the University of Catania. Her research has been published or is forthcoming in prestigious outlets such as Academy of Management Perspectives, Long Range Planning, Strategic Management Review, Management and Organization Review and the Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing. Her research interests revolve around two key areas: (a) managing paradoxes, with a particular emphasis on the competitive and cooperative interactions among firms and the emergence of coopetition; (b) corporate social (ir)responsibility and sustainability. She was Rep-at Large for the Cooperative Strategy IG of the Strategic Management Society. At LUMSA she is founder and currently coordinator of the Bachelor Degree in Digital Communication and Marketing. She server as vice-coordinator of the Ph.D. Program in Mediterranean Studies. History, Law and Economics.

Laura Michelini is Full Professor of Management at LUMSA University, where she teaches Management and Business Model Innovation. Her primary research interests include sustainable business models, social innovation and entrepreneurship, sharing economy and social impact. She has authored and co-authored over 80 national and international publications on these topics. Additionally, she serves as the vice-coordinator of the Ph.D. Program in Sciences of the Civil Economy, Governance, Institutions and History at LUMSA University. She is also an elected member of SIMA (Italian Society of Management) and a member of the Advisory Board of the New Business Model Conference.