SELENA AURELI NAME ADDRESS E-MAIL Selena Aureli University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Faculty of Economics via Saffi, 42 61029 Urbino (PU) - Italyselena.aureli@uniurb.it EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND April 2005: PhD Degree in Economia Aziendale (Business Studies), University of Urbino, Italy, with a dissertation on How to manage cultural differences inside business organizations - July 2001: Master course in Commercio estero e Marketing internazionale (International Trade and Marketing), University of Ancona in collaboration with IFOA (Training Institute for Business Operators), Italy. - June 2000: Degree in Economia e Commercio (Economics and Business Studies) magna cum laude, University of Urbino, Italy. ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE - From 2010 to date: Lecturer of Ragioneria Generale ed Applicata (Financial Accounting) and Lecturer of Programmazione e Controllo (Strategic Management and Management Control) at the Faculty of Economics, University of Urbino - From 2009 to 2010: Lecturer of Principi contabili internazionali (International Accounting Standards), Faculty of Economics, University of Urbino - From 2005 to 2009: Lecturer of Analisi e contabilità dei costi (5 CFU) (Cost Accounting) and Analisi e contabilità dei costi (8 CFU) (Managerial Accounting), Faculty of Economics, University of Urbino - From 2007 to 2008: Teaching Coordinator of the Master Program in Nautical Business Management - From 2002 to 2004: Instructor in the course of Ragioneria generale ed applicata (Financial Accounting), held by Prof. Massimo Ciambotti, Faculty of Economics, University of Urbino - Fall 2002: Tutor in the Master Program Gestione Finanziaria e controllo interno nelle Amministrazioni Pubbliche Locali (Internal Controls and Public Management), University of Ancona - From 2001 to 2004: Instructor in the course of Programmazione e controllo (Strategic Management and Management Control), held by Prof. Massimo Ciambotti, Faculty of Economics, University of Urbino In addition, Aureli Selena has taught in Master Programs and professional training courses (e.g. lessons on Administration, Financial Reporting and Control Systems in the Master Program Business advisor for employment, organized by the Faculty of Law, University of Urbino and in the Master Program Nautical Business Management, organized by the Faculty of Economics, University of Urbino. PUBLICATIONS IN ENGLISH Contributions to books - The introduction of innovative performance measurement and management control systems: the role of financial investors and their acquired companies, in M.J. Epstein, J.F. Manzoni, A. Davila (eds.), Performance Measurement and Management Control: Innovative Concepts and Practices, Emerald Group Publishing Ltd, 2010 - ISBN: 9781849507240. - The role of Chinese SMEs in Italian industrial districts, Quaderni di Economia Aziendale, Università degli Studi di Urbino, Facoltà di Economia, n. 14, 2010 (co-authored with E. Barberis) - ISBN: 9788839209016. 1
- Internationalization of Chinese firms in Europe: the role of cultural differences in the functioning of a M&A in the automotive industry, Quaderni di Economia Aziendale, Università degli Studi di Urbino, Facoltà di Economia, n. 13, 2010 (co-authored with P. Demartini) - ISBN: 9788839209023. - SME Financial Information Management and Web Sites, Quaderni di Economia Aziendale, Università degli Studi di Urbino, Facoltà di Economia, n. 11, 2006 (co-authored with F.M. Cesaroni, P. Demartini and P. Paoloni). - Immigrant entrepreneurs in Italy. Does national culture matter?, Quaderni di Economia Aziendale, Università degli Studi di Urbino, Facoltà di Economia, n. 10, 2006 - ISBN: 9788839207678. - Internationalisation and financial communication skills for small businesses, Quaderni di Economia Aziendale, Università degli Studi di Urbino, Facoltà di Economia, n. 9, 2005 (co-authored with F.M. Cesaroni and P. Demartini)- ISBN: 978883920766X. Journal articles - Italy: Demand for Social Responsibility in Mergers and Acquisitions, in Journal of Corporate Accounting & Finance, vol. 22, n. 6, pp. 45-50, 2011 (co-authored with M. Ciambotti and P. Demartini) - ISSN: 1044 8136. - Internationalisation of Italian shoemaking districts: some empirical evidence from the Marche region, Piccola Impresa/Small Business, n. 2, 2010 (co-authored with M. Ciambotti and F. Salvatori) - ISSN: 0394 7947. - Design differences in intellectual capital models for small and medium sized enterprises. Emphasizing the role of relational capital, Piccola Impresa/Small Business, n. 3, 2007 - ISSN: 0394 7947. Proceedings - Inter-organizational networks as a strategic response to current economic challenges. The Italian experience of the network contract : analysis of networks formation, goals and governance, in Proceedings of 25 th RENT Anniversary Conference on Entrepreneurial, Business and Society, Bodo, Norway, November 16-18, 2011 (co-authored with M. Ciambotti and M. Del Baldo) - ISSN: 2219 5572. - Exploring entrepreneurial orientation and strategic awareness among small business ownerentrepreneurs, in U. Fueglistaller, T. Volery, W. Weber (eds.), Strategic Entrepreneurship The Promise for Future Entrepreneurship, Family Business and SME Research?, KMU-Verlag HSG, Switzerland, 2010 - ISBN: 3906541274. - Interpretative analysis of the Italian shoemaking industry: some empirical evidence from the Marche region, in Proceedings of 22nd Annual Rent Conference, Portugal 21-22 November 2008 (co-authored with M. Ciambotti and F. Salvatori) - ISBN: 978989654001. - SME Financial Information Management and Web Sites, in Proceedings of 27th Congress of European Accounting Association, Prague, Czech Republic, 1-4 April 2004 (co-authored with: F.M. Cesaroni, P. Demartini and P. Paoloni) - ISBN: 8024506866. PUBLICATIONS IN ITALIAN Books - La gestione delle differenze culturali nell attività d impresa, Giappichelli, Torino, 2008 - ISBN: 978834883662. - Imprenditorialità straniera. Un analisi quantitativa e qualitativa delle piccole imprese create dagli immigrati nella Provincia di Ancona, Edizioni Goliardiche, Urbino, 2005 - ISBN: 9788878730090. Contributions to books - La valutazione ed il controllo delle risorse immateriali nelle aziende partecipate dai fondi di private equity e venture capital, in L. Marchi, S. Marasca (eds.), Le risorse immateriali nell economia delle aziende, Atti Convegno Aidea, Il Mulino, Bologna 2010 (co-authored with M. Ciambotti and F. Salvatori) - ISBN: 9788815139276. - Nuovi approfondimenti di studio nell ambito del comparto delle piccole imprese: le ethnic and minority businesses, in C. Lipari, G. Guzzo (eds.), Ripensare l azienda. Approcci generalisti e specialisti tra momenti, funzioni, settori, Franco Angeli, Milano, 2009 - ISBN: 9788856823455. 2
- La comunicazione economico-finanziaria via web delle società non quotate e delle piccole e medie imprese italiane, in F.M. Cesaroni, P. Demartini (eds.), Ict e informazione economico-finanziaria. Saggi sull applicazione delle nuove tecnologie nelle grandi e nelle piccole e medie imprese, Franco Angeli, Milano, 2008 (co-authored with F.M. Cesaroni and P. Paoloni) - ISBN: 9788846499158. - Chapter 1: Gli obiettivi della ricerca e la metodologia d indagine and Chapter 8: Il caso Diasint Italia, in M. Paoloni, F.M. Cesaroni, P. Demartini (eds.), Internazionalizzazione e comunicazione economicofinanziaria delle piccole imprese, Franco Angeli, Milano, 2005 - ISBN: 9788846467272. - Chapter 9: La comunicazione economico-finanziaria via Internet delle grandi società italiane non quotate and Chapter 10: La comunicazione economico-finanziaria via web delle piccole e medie imprese italiane, in C. Teodori (ed.), I siti web e la comunicazione ai mercati finanziari. Il comportamento delle società, Franco Angeli, Milano, 2004 (co-authored with P. Demartini, F.M. Cesaroni, P. Paoloni) - ISBN: 8846465008. Journal articles - Il contratto di rete come strumento di sviluppo delle piccole e medie imprese. Un'analisi delle prime esperienze, in Argomenti, n. 33, 2011 (co-authored with M. Ciambotti, M. Del Baldo) - ISSN 1125-9116. - Dalla ricerca universitaria alla creazione d impresa: il caso EryDel SpA, in Piccola Impresa/Small Business, n. 3, 2010 - ISSN: 0394 7947. - Il controllo dei costi non strategici, come contributo al miglioramento della performance aziendale, in Impresa Progetto-Electronic Journal of Management, n. 2, 2010 (co-authored with A. Rizzuto) - ISSN: 1824 3576. - Case study: la nuova proprietà cinese di Benelli QJ, Piccola Impresa/Small Business, n. 1, 2009 (coauthored with P. Demartini) - ISSN: 0394 7947. - Gli approcci di studio all imprenditorialità straniera, Piccola Impresa/Small Business, n. 3, 2005 - ISSN: 0394 7947. - Processi di internazionalizzazione e comunicazione economico-finanziaria delle piccole imprese, Piccola Impresa/Small Business, n. 1, 2004 (co-authored with F.M. Cesaroni, P. Demartini) - ISSN: 0394 7947. Proceedings - Il contratto di rete come strumento di risposta delle PMI alla crisi: aspetti strategici, organizzativi e di governance. Uno stato dell arte delle esperienze in corso in Italia, in Atti del 3 Workshop I processi innovativi nelle piccole imprese. Le sfide oltre la crisi, 16-17 settembre 2011, Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Urbino (co-authored with M. Ciambotti and M. Del Baldo) - ISBN: 978 88 85363 56 4. RESEARCH PAPERS PRESENTED AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES - Are long term incentives the only solution to avoid executives risky behaviour? An investigation on possible links between reward schemes and risk management, paper presented at 3 rd EUROPEAN REWARD MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE, organized by EIASM, Brussels (Belgium), December 1-2, 2011 (coauthored with F. Salvatori). - Inter-organizational networks as a strategic response to current economic challenges. The Italian experience of the network contract : analysis of networks formation, goals and governance, paper presented at 25 th RENT Conference, Bodo (Norway), November 16-18, 2011 (co-authored with, M. Ciambotti and M. Del Baldo). - Are performance-dependent rewards a viable tool to assure managers commitment toward firm s goals about risk management?, paper presented at 6 th Conference on Performance Measurement and Management Control, Nice (France), 7-9 September, 2011 (co-authored with F. Salvatori). - Exploring Entrepreneurial Orientation and Strategic Awareness among Small Business Owner-Entrepreneurs, paper presented to the Rencontres de St-Gall 2010, St-Gall (Svizzera), 6-8 September 2010. - The role of firm s local stakeholders in merger & acquisitions: a new challenge for social responsibility, paper presented at the 3 rd Bergamo-Wharton Joint Conference Stakeholder theory(ies). Ethical bases, managerial applications, conceptual limits, Università degli Studi di Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy, 1-2 July 2010 (co-authored with M. Ciambotti, P. Demartini). 3
- Rethinking the acquisition process in terms of social responsibility: the point of view of the target company and its stakeholders, paper presented at 10 th Annual Euram Congress Back to the future, Rome, Italy, 19-22 May 2010 (co-authored with M. Ciambotti, P. Demartini). - The role of Chinese SMEs in Italian industrial districts, paper presented at the 2 nd Asian Management and Entrepreneurship Workshop, Brussels, Belgium, 30 th November 1 st December 2009 (co-authored with E. Barberis). - Internationalization of Chinese firms in Europe: the role of cultural differences in the functioning of a M&A in the automotive industry, paper presented at the 2 nd Asian Management and Entrepreneurship Workshop, Brussels, Belgium, 30 th November 1 st December 2009 (co-authored with P. Demartini). - Introduction of innovative performance measurement and management control systems in venture-backed companies, paper presented at the 5 th Conference on Performance Measurement and Management Control, Nice, France, 23-26 September 2009. - Interpretative analysis of the Italian shoemaking industry: some empirical evidence from the Marche region, paper presented at the XXII nd Rent Conference Entrepreneurship as an Engine for Regional Development, Covilhã, Portugal, 21-22 November 2008 (co-authored with M. Ciambotti, F. Salvatori). - Analysis and measurement of relational capital in small and medium sized enterprises, paper presented at the 2 nd EIASM Workshop on Visualising, Measuring and Managing Intangibles and Intellectual Capital, Maastricht, Holland, 25-27 October 2006 (co-authored with M. Ciambotti). - Immigrants entrepreneurs in Italy. Changes among small and medium sized firms, paper presented at the 34 th EISB-emfd Conference, Turku, Finland, 8-10 September 2004. - SME financial information management and Web Sites, paper presented at the XXVII Congress of European Accounting Association, Prague, 1-4 April, 2004 (co-authored with F. Cesaroni, P. Demartini, P. Paoloni). - Internationalisation and financial communication skills for small businesses, paper presented at the 33 rd EISB Conference, Milan, 10-12 September 2003 (co-authored with S. Angeloni, F. Cesaroni, K. Corsi, M. DelBaldo, P. Demartini). - The impact of cultural diversity on managerial control, paper presented at the XXVI Congress of European Accounting Association, Seville, 2-4 April, 2003 (co-authored with M. Ciambotti). PROFESSIONAL TRAINING - June 2010: Corse on Qualitative Research, Grounded Theory and use of software NVivo 8 (University of Roma Tre, Rome, Italy) - October 2005: Course for University research staff on how to transfer new technologies from university to private enterprises (University of Urbino, Urbino, Italy) - September 2005: Course on Teaching Methodologies at Scuola AIDEA di Metodologia della Didattica (University of Turin SUMI, Pinerolo, Italy). RESEARCH PROJECTS 2006-2008 Research grant at the Faculty of Economics, University of Urbino for the analysis of immigrants small firms characteristics and their inclusion in the Italian economy. 2007-2008 Research grant to study the Redesigning the financial infrastructure of networks of companies: in search of new financial, institutional and IT solutions to support competitiveness, innovation, corporate reorganization and risk management : a national project financed by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Scientific Research. 2004 Research grant to work for the International Project E.T.N.I.C.A Experiencing Together Natives Immigrants Cooperation and Acknowledgement, supported by the European Union (EQUAL Initiative), the Italian Ministry of Labour and Social Politics and the Region of Marches. 4
HONOURS - Visiting Professor at ITT - Institute of Technology Tallaght, Dublin (Ireland), September, 20 th - 29 th 2011 - Participation to the Erasmus/Socrates project at the Otto Friedrich Universität, Bamberg, Germany Academic Year 1997-1998. - Scholarship for the Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ -USA-, Fall Semester 1999. MEMBERSHIP - Member of ASPI - Associazione per lo Studio della Piccola Impresa (Association for the Study of Small Businesses) from 2003 - Member of AIDEA Giovani Accademia Italiana di Economia Aziendale (Italian Academy of Business Studies) from 2010 - Member of Controller Associati (Italian Association of Experts in Management Accounting) from 2010 5