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Nicola Bellini

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Nicola Bellini

Department of Business, Law, Economics and Consumption
Faculty of Arts, Fashion and Tourism
Nicola Bellini

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Full professor of Management, at the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Pisa (Institute of Management; Interdisciplinary Center on Sustainability and Climate). Previously:

- research Fellow, Nomisma - Economic Research Institute, Bologna (1982-1990);

- advisor for economic policy and planning, Office of the President of the Emilia Romagna Region (1990-1991);

- director of the Tourism Management Research Institute and Professor of Tourism Management at Groupe Sup de Co La Rochelle / La Rochelle Business School, La Rochelle (France) (2014-2018);

- in charge of courses at: Stanford University - Breyer Center for Overseas Studies in Florence (1988-1999 and since 2022), University of Sassari (1996-1999), University of Pisa (2005-2008), Grenoble Ecole de Management (2011-2013), Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila (2013-2018), Luiss Business School (since 2016), IULM Milan (since 2019), La Rochelle Business School (2019-2020), University of Pisa / Campus Foundation, Lucca (since 2020);

- within the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna: tenured since 1991 (since 2005 as full professor), member of the board of directors (2002-2004 and 2007-2010), director of student affairs (2002-2004), coordinator of the research laboratory on innovation management (2002-2010);

- chairman of the board of directors of Pont-Tech soc. cons. a r.l., based in Pontedera (1996-2002);

- board member and trustee of the Regional Studies Association (2008-2011); board member of the Association Francophone de Management du Tourisme (AFMAT) (2017-2021);

- director of the Galileo Galilei Italian Institute in Chongqing (2007-2014) and co-director of the Confucius Institute in Pisa (2010-2014);

- director of the Regional Institute for Economic Planning of Tuscany (IRPET), Florence (2009-2011);

- expert at the European Commission (DG Regio) for the analysis of regional "smart specialization" strategies (2012-2016) and for the ex-ante evaluation of the "Sustainable Tourism" priority under the "Urban Agenda of the European Union" (2022).

MAIN AREAS OF SCIENTIFIC INTEREST

Tourism management and policies; territorial marketing and place branding; industrial policies; regional innovation policies; innovation in performing arts.

 

 

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  • Il paesaggio sonoro e la valorizzazione culturale del territorio. Riflessioni a partire da un`indagine sui luoghi pucciniani (co-author with G. Cortesi G., E. Izis, M. Lazzeroni), Bologna: Patron Editore, 2010
  • Managing Otherness. The political economy of place images in the case of Tuscany (co-author with A. Loffredo and C. Pasquinelli) in Ashworth, G.J. - Kavaratzis, M. (ed.s), Towards Effective Place Brand Management: Branding European Cities and Regions, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2010, 89-115
  • Regional Development Agencies: The Next Generation? (editor and co-author with M. Danson and H. Halkier), London: Routledge, 2012
  • Europe’s Changing Regional Geography. The Impact of Inter-regional Networks, (editor and co-authorwith U. Hilpert), London: Routledge, 2013
  • The territorial approach to cultural economy: new opportunities for the development of small cities (co-author with G. Cortesi, A. Loffredo, M. Lazzeroni), in “European Planning Studies”, 21 (4), April 2013, 452-472
  • "Smart specialisation": le sfide del nuovo ciclo di programmazione comunitaria per il regionalismo italiano, in Agnoletti C. et al. (ed.s), Compettitività urbana e policentrismo in Europa, Bologna: Il Mulino, 2014, 271-278
  • Case D: The Power of Soft Infrastructure in Influencing Regional Entrepreneurship and Innovativeness (co-author with C. Pasquinelli) in F. Go, A. Lemmetyinen and U. Hakala (ed.s), Harnessing Place Branding Through Cultural Entrepreneurship, London: Palgrave MacMillan, 2015, 159-177
  • Smart specialisation in Europe: looking beyond regional borders, in “Symphonya. Emerging Issues in Management”, 2015, n. 1, 22-29
  • Smart Specialisation: l’esperienza delle regioni italiane (co-author with S. Bertini, A. De Crinito, M. Baccan, M. Pillarella, E. Villa, E. Guccione), in R. Antonetti, G. Corò, F. Gambarotto (ed.s), Uscire dalla crisi. Città, comunità, specializzazione intelligenti, Milano: Franco Angeli, 2015, 189-199
  • Branding the Innovation Place: Managing the Soft Infrastructure of Innovation (co-author with C. Pasquinelli), in U. Hilpert (ed.), Handbook on Politics and Technology, London: Routledge, 2016, 79-90
  • Urban brandscape as value ecosystem: The cultural destination strategy of fashion brands, (co-author with C. Pasquinelli), in “Place Branding and Public Diplomacy”, 2016, 12, 5-16
  • The Local Embeddedness of Foreign Campuses: The Case of Tongji University in Florence (co-author with C. Pasquinelli, S. Rovai and S. Tani), in “Journal of Studies in International Education”, 2016, 20(4), 371–385
  • The concierge. Tradition, obsolescence and innovation in tourism (co-author with L. Convert), in “Symphonya. Emerging Issues in Management”, 2016, 2, 17-25.
  • Tourism in the City. Towards an Integrative Agenda on Urban Tourism (editor and co-author, with C. Pasquinelli), Berlin: Springer, 2017
  • Tourism and regional economic resilience from a policy perspective: lessons from smart specialisation strategies in Europe (co-author with F. Grillo, G. Lazzeri and C. Pasquinelli), in “European Planning Studies”, 2017, 25 (1), 140-153
  • Virtual Cultural Experiences: The Drivers of Satisfaction (co-author with M. Bergamasco, R. Brehonnet, M. Carrozzino and J. Lagier), in “Symphonya. Emerging Issues in Management”, 2018, 2, 52-65
  • Industry Modernisation and Beyond. Visions and Pragmatism in Italian Industrial Policy, in. A. Grasse, M. Grimm, J. Labitzke (ed.s), Italien zwischen Krise und Aufbruch. Bilanz und Perspektiven der Ära Renzi, Wiesbaden: Springer, 2018, 221-238
  • Chinese creative entrepreneurs in fashion and luxury: an exploratory case study of a concept store in Beijing (co-author with S. Rovai), in Lazzeretti, L., Vecco, M. (ed.s) Creative Industries, Entrepreneurship and Local Development: Paradigms in transition in a global perspective, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2018, 221-238
  • Global management and “economic patriotism”, in Brondoni, S. (ed.), Competitive Business Management, London – Torino: Routledge – Giappichelli, 2018, 69-78
  • Gastronomy and Local Development. Quality of products, quality of places, quality of experiences (editor and co-author, with C. Clergeau and O. Etcheverria), London: Routledge, 2019
  • Enjeux et défis du “tourisme urbain” (co-author with C. Guibert and M. R. Khomsi), in “Téoros. Revue de recherche en tourisme”, 2019, 38(1), 1-7.
  • Patterns of policy learning in the RIS3 processes of less developed regions (co-author with G. Lazzeri and S. Rovai), in “Regional Studies”, 2021, 55(3), 414-426.
  • Adoption of Circular Economy and Environmental Certifications: Perceptions of Tourism SMEs (co-author with O. Khan, L. Marcucci and T. Daddi), in “Journal of Management and Sustainability”, 2021, 11(1), 218-231
  • Sustainability in Overtouristified Cities? A Social Media Insight into Italian Branding Responses to Covid-19 Crisis (co-author with Pasquinelli, C., Trunfio, M. and Rossi, S.) in “Sustainability”, 2021, 13, 1848.
  • “Back to Normal” vs. “New Normal”: the Post-pandemic Recovery of Italian Tourism, in “Symphonya. Emerging Issues in Management”, 2021 (2), 26-37
  • Opera as Luxury in Culture: the marketing impact of digitalization, in Ozuem, W. and Ranfagni, S. (ed.s), The Art of Digital Marketing for Fashion and Luxury Brands: Marketspaces and Marketplaces, Palgrave Macmillan, 2021
  • Effects of behavioral intention and dynamic capabilities on circular economy adoption and performance of tourism SMEs (co-author with O. Khan, T. Daddi and F. Iraldo), in “Journal of Sustainable Tourism”, 2022
  • Reimagining urban destinations: Adaptive and transformative city brand attributes and values in the pandemic crisis (co-author with Pasquinelli, C., Trunfio, M. and Rossi, S.) in “Cities”, 2022, 124, 103621.
  • Linking place brands and regional innovation: Sustainable business strategies leveraging heritage (co-author with C. Pasquinelli and S. Rovai) in “Regional Studies”, 2023 
  • Reluctant innovators. Dynamic capabilities and digital transformation of Italian opera houses in the pandemic crisis (co-author with M. Raglianti) in “Administrative Sciences”, 2023, 13(3), 83.

 

 

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