CV

Academic positions

Assistant Professor, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (2020–)
Assistant Professor, University of Amsterdam (2018–2020)

Education

Data Science Specialization, Utrecht University (2018)
Ph.D. cum laude, Delft University of Technology (2018)
M.A. cum laude, Erasmus University Rotterdam (2012)
B.A. summa cum laude, Sierra Nevada College (2011)

Publications

Piazzai, Michele, and Marilena Vecco (2020). Deaccessioning. In John L. Jackson (Ed.), Oxford Bibliographies in Anthropology. Oxford Bibliographies Online. New York: Oxford University Press.

Piazzai, Michele, and Nachoem M. Wijnberg (2019). Product proliferation, complexity, and deterrence to imitation in differentiated-product oligopolies. Strategic Management Journal 40(6), 945–958.   

Liu, Min, Martina Montauti, and Michele Piazzai (2018). Old at heart, young at the periphery: An age dependence approach to resource partitioning. Academy of Management Best Papers Proceedings 2018(1), 11589.

Vecco, Marilena, Andrej Srakar, and Michele Piazzai (2017). Visitor attitudes toward deaccessioning in Italian public museums: An econometric analysis. Poetics: Journal of Empirical Research on Culture, the Media, and the Arts 63, 33–46.

Conradie, Willem, Sabine Frittella, Alessandra Palmigiano, Michele Piazzai, Apostolos Tzimoulis, and Nachoem M. Wijnberg (2017). Toward an epistemic-logical theory of categorization. In Jérôme Lang (Ed.), Theoretical Aspects of Rationality and Knowledge. Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science 251, 167–186. Waterloo, Australia: Open Publishing Association.  

Piazzai, Michele, and Nachoem M. Wijnberg (2017). Diversification, proliferation, and firm performance in the U.S. music industry. Academy of Management Best Papers Proceedings 2017(1), 16528.

Conradie, Willem, Sabine Frittella, Alessandra Palmigiano, Michele Piazzai, Apostolos Tzimoulis, and Nachoem M. Wijnberg (2016). Categories: How I learned to stop worrying and love two sorts. In Jouko Väänänen, Åsa Hirvonen, and Ruy de Queiroz (Eds.), Logic, Language, Information, and Computation. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 9803, 145–164. Berlin/Heidelberg, Germany: Springer.  

Vecco, Marilena, and Michele Piazzai (2015). Deaccessioning of museum collections: What do we know and where do we stand in Europe? Journal of Cultural Heritage 16(2), 221–227.

Talks

2020

• Strategy and International Business Seminar, University of Warwick (invited)
• Mïnd Seminar, Rennes School of Business (invited, postponed)
• Entrepreneurship and Innovation Seminar, University of Amsterdam
• Nagymaros Conference, ESMT Berlin

2019

• Mathematics, Physics, and Computation Seminar, Chapman University (invited)
• Strategy Seminar, IE Business School (invited)
• Management and Behavioral Research Seminar, Pompeu Fabra University
• Nagymaros Conference, Stanford University
• Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Boston
• Strategy Seminar, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (invited)
• Management Seminar, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (invited)

2018

• Applied Logic Workshop, Delft University of Technology
• Nagymaros Conference, University of Cambridge
• Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Chicago
• Culture Club Seminar, University of Amsterdam (invited)

2017

• Logic and Algebra Workshop, University of Johannesburg
• Creative Industries Research Seminar, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
• Entrepreneurship and Innovation Seminar, University of Amsterdam (invited)
• Nagymaros Conference, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
• Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Atlanta
• Strategic Management Society International Conference, Houston
• Management Seminar, Durham University (invited)

2016

• Logic and Algebra Workshop, University of Johannesburg
• Lorentz Workshop, Leiden University
• European Group for Organizational Studies Colloquium, Naples
• Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Anaheim
• International Workshop on Logic and Cognition, Sun Yat-sen University

2015

• Logic and Algebra Workshop, University of Johannesburg
• Medici Summer School in Management Studies, University of Bologna
• European Group for Organizational Studies Colloquium, Athens
• Workshop on Cultural Economics, Austrian Institute for Economic Research

2014

• European Group for Organizational Studies Colloquium, Rotterdam
• International Association for the Study of Popular Music Conference, Rotterdam
• Music Matters Master Class, Tilburg University

Teaching

Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Organizational Design, B.Sc. (2020–)
Strategic Management, M.Res. (2020–)

University of Amsterdam

Thesis Research Workshop, B.Sc., M.Sc. (2019–2020)
Innovation Management, B.Sc. (2018–2020)
Cases in Creative Entrepreneurship, M.Sc. (2017–2019)
Cultural Entrepreneurship and Innovation, M.Sc. (2015–2019)
Strategic Management in the Creative Industries, M.Sc. (2015–2017)

Delft University of Technology

Formal Methods for Strategic Decision-Making, B.Sc. (2016–2017)
Ethics and Engineering, M.Sc. (2015–2017)

Honors

Best Papers Proceedings, Academy of Management (2018)
Best Papers Proceedings, Academy of Management (2017)
Departmental Scholar Award, Sierra Nevada College (2011)
Camille and Larry Ruvo Scholarship, Sierra Nevada College (2010)
National Italian American Foundation Scholarship, Sierra Nevada College (2009)

Service

Conference organization

Scientific committee of the Nagymaros Conference, ESMT Berlin (2020)
Organizer of the Applied Logic Workshop, Delft University of Technology (2018)

Departmental activities

Business Administration Program Committee, University of Amsterdam (2018–2019)

Reviews

Academy of Management Annual Meeting; Organization Studies; Strategy Science

Programming

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