Study of the characteristics and patterns of the new environment of disclosure and corporate accountability and understanding of the audit practice. In particular, the study focuses on disclosure context represented by the modern capital markets in order to quantify the systemic effects and assess their importance for the regulation of accounting disclosure.

Examines the relationship between the role that the entrepreneur´s network environment and social ties play as mediator between individual uncertainty and opportunities for innovation

Investigate how organizational identity impact legitimacy seeking strategies pursued by entrepreneurs entering in new industries

Study of how situations or regulatory changes may create national industries in the gambling and online gambling. In particular, the group explores the relationship between legislative initiatives, increased the legitimacy of the gambling industry online, speeding up the process of institutionalization, the awareness of consumers and market growth.

Exploring the determinants of the time-variation of stock market correlations. Its main focus, in particular, is on the propagation of states of financial distress among firms and sectors of a domestic economy, and among countries of an international economy, which is at the heart of the observed countercyclical pattern of correlations. To a more micro-financial but not less important extent, the project also investigates the implications of financial agents’ private wealth covariation that necessarily arises because of delegated portfolio management schemes.

Study of effective implementation of  Social Policies for Work and Life Balance throughout the organization. Includes a new multi-level perspective of positive leadership that integrates via social learning and role modeling top leadership with lower-level leadership to influence employees´ wellbeing and business outcomes

The objective  is to expand and refine this framework for systematic comparisons between attainment and maintenance goals. This objective involves identify and empirically establish differences in the properties of the two goal types

To understand the underlying dynamics of such a phenomenon-how
a well-established collaborative supply chain, on the one hand, generates value but, on the other,
causes relational inertia that inhibits partners’ capacity to meet changing market demands. Analyzes two fairly distinct broad categories of risks affecting supply chain design
and management: risks arising from the problems of coordination and risk arising from disruptions
to normal activities.

Study of structural and behavioral bases of operational capabilities and performance, to understand how individual and organizational competencies are linked and jointly identify operational and financial performance such as manufacturing costs, product quality, delivery, industrial banks, etc. Development of a diagnostic tool to evaluate the fit between the internal set of organizational capabilities and performance priorities.

Multidimensional approach of political risk or probability that changes or events in the political and institutional environment will negatively affect the profitability or viability of a given private sector investment.

Study the role of financial markets in the determination of long-term firm strategies in both private and public companies, with special regards on how financial markets mold (rightly or not) the different paths of corporate diversification and innovation strategies. By this, the Team aims to build bridges between Corporate Finance and Strategic Management research about firm Strategies.

Study of the relevant media's effects on the health of democracy, particularly on tolerance, perception of bias in the media and political participation, analyzing the problem of forced choice error (non-selection content by users.)