PhD Program in Management, Finance and Accounting – 40th cycle 2024/2025
PhD program in Management, Finance and Accounting is primarily designed to train students for research-oriented careers in academia, but also for their employment in multinational companies, public and private organizations, financial institutions.
They can interpret business phenomena in an integrated way by using the general methodological principles for quantitative and qualitative research in the social sciences, with the perspectives provided by the subject areas of Corporate Finance, Accounting and Management Engineering.
The Program refers to the macro-sectors:
- Manufacturing Engineering, Plant Engineering and Management
- Business Administration
Program description
- Lessons are scheduled in two semesters:
I semester: 01/11/2024 – 31/01/2025
II semester: 01/02/2025 – 18/07/2025 - The Program offers admission according to the Calls published on the pages Call for application
- Duration of the program is 3 years
- Courses are offered in English
- After the methodological courses the program is organized in two tracks: Management – Finance and Accounting
| Area | Courses |
| Quantitative Methods for Managerial Sciences | Applied Statistics – 4 ECTS |
| Optimisation Techniques – 4 ECTS | |
| Cross Section Data Analysis – 4 ECTS | |
| Time Series Analysis – 4 ECTS | |
| Business Research Approaches and Techniques | Qualitative Research Methods in Management – 4 ECTS |
| Management Research and Experiment Design – 4 ECTS | |
| Modelling Decisions and Markets – 4 ECTS | |
| Non Expected Utility Theories – 4 ECTS | |
| Social Network Analysis – 4 ECTS | |
| Management | Supply chain and Sustainable Logistics – 2 ECTS |
| Technology Management, Digital Transformation & Circular Innovation – 2 ECTS | |
| Strategic Foresight – 2 ECTS | |
| Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources Management – 2 ECTS | |
| Marketing – 2 ECTS | |
| Finance and Accounting | Theory of Financial Accounting – 2 ECTS |
| Managerial Accounting and Performance Measurement – 2 ECTS | |
| Banking and Finance – 2 ECTS | |
| Decision Making and Asset Pricing – 2 ECTS |
Semesters
The Program is organized in semesters where:
- First Year: both semesters are dedicated, in overall, to approximately 18 courses/seminars
- Second Year, first semester: dedicated to other 5 courses/seminars
- Second Year, second semester: dedicated to the period abroad
- Third Year: all dedicated to the thesis preparation
Additional activities
1. Computer seminars (2 ECTS)
2. Information Literacy seminars (2 ECTS)
3. Writing for Scholarly Publications seminars (2 ECTS)
4. Research management and Research and funding system seminars (2 ECTS)
5. Systems of evaluation and enhancement and intellectual property seminars (2 ECTS)
6. The use and the analysis of geospatial data seminars (2 ECTS)
7. English language course for obtaining certification at level 2 of QCER (6 ECTS)
LIUC PhD students have also the opportunity to conduct several engagement activities with the academic and industrial communities.
This is a very good opportunity to connect research activities to practical experience in firms or to develop pratical applications and obtain additonal remuneration.
Students can be involved either in:
- LIUC Business School’s applied research projects with external organizations (typically in the form of advisory projects to support organizations in a specific industry-related challenge)
- Funded research projects within LIUC’s Strategic programmes & Special projects (applied academic research)
- «Progetti di Ateneo»: small research projects funded by LIUC’s Research & Grant Office
- Research projects funded by the EU, MUR, Regional Governments, and other funding bodies.
- Teaching Assitance, tutoring and support
PhD Program in Management, Finance and Accounting – 41st cycle 2025/2026
6 places with exemption from admission and tuition fees and with the provision of scholarships;
Monthly scholarship amount: approx. €1.500,00
Participation in Applied Research Projects and Research Awards
Provision of a notebook for personal use
Opening date: 18 April 2025
Closing date: 3 June 2025 (5 p.m. CEST)
- Call for application (XLI cycle)
- Bando (XLI ciclo)
- Application request 2025
- Online application– https://sol.liuc.it
- Online Application Guide
We welcome applications focusing especially on the following topics:
- Sustainable Innovation
- Sustainable and Circular Operations & Supply Chains
- Digital Transformation and Technology Management
- AI for Operations Optimization and Data-Driven Decision Making
- GenAI-powered ChatBots for SME Business Process Management
- Sustainable Corporate Finance and Private Assets
- Financial and Managerial Accounting aligned with ESG principles
- Impact of Fiscal Policies on the Economic Cycle
- Territorial Indicators for Sustainable Tourism Policymaking
- Behavioral Economics, Decision Making & AI
We inform all applicants that it is not possible to add any document on the site after the deadline. Only applications uploaded on the sol.liuc.it website, complete with all the required documentation (e.g. declaration of value) can be assessed.
Regulations
- Regolamento generale per la disciplina dei corsi di Dottorato di Ricerca
- Regolamento del Corso di Dottorato in Management, Finance and Accounting – XLI ciclo
- Regulations of the PhD program in Management, Finance and Accounting – XLI Cycle
- Faculty Board – cycle XLI
Document formats
Contacts
PhD Program Office (LIUC – Università Cattaneo)
e-mail: [email protected]
Rectoral Decree of 9/1/2020 regarding inactive PhD students n. 499
Rectoral Decree of 3/5/2021 regarding inactive PhD students n. 738
Enrollment to second and third year
Phd student is considered regularly enrolled after Faculty Board approval and yearly regional tax payment.
Making regional tax payment Phd student meets the requirement to present enrollment form.
Procedure for requesting duty stamped certificates
Once Phd students have completed their study they can ask for duty stamped certificates that can only be used in relationships between private individuals and entities, on which the following caption is printed, as required by law:
“This certificate cannot be generated for use by entities in public administration or private agencies administering public services.”
In order to obtain duty stamped certificates the interested party must personally bring or send the following by “posta raccomandata” to Phd office:
- the certificate request form, on which a €16.00 duty stamp must be affixed
- another €16.00 duty stamp for each certificate requested
- € 5.00 for secretary duties
The certificates available are:
- Phd title and date
- Phd title and years of enrollment
- Phd title, date and thesis title
- Phd title and exams taken with evaluation
Self-certification forms
In accordance with article 15 of Law 183/2011, local authorities and agencies managing public services can no longer request or accept certificates from private individuals and entities that have been generated by other public offices.
For relationships with entities in public administration and agencies administering public services, self-certification forms are always used in lieu of certificates, which these same entities and agencies are obligated to accept; if they do not, it is considered a violation of their official duties.
Our PhD students
Meet some of our current PhD students
Nicola Argelli
Sc. In Economics, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Milan).
Primary Research Interests: Experimental Economics, Economics of Technology, Economics of Education
Secondary Research Interests: Behavioral Economics, Information Economics
Barbara Maggi
Master degree in Management & Finance and Bachelor degree in Business Administration at University of Eastern Piedmont (UPO)
Research interests: Family Business
Massimo Riva
Visiting researcher at Sintonía – Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla, Mexico.
M.Sc. Entrepreneurship&Innovation (LM-77), LIUC – Università Cattaneo, Castellanza, Italy
B.Sc. Organizational Science(L-16), Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
Research Interests: Competitiveness, Regional Clusters, Entrepreneurial Ecosystems.
Maria Rucsandra Stan
Visiting Researcher at the Education Department, University of Oxford (UK).
Project PRIN BANDO 2017: “The effects of evaluation on academic research: knowledge production and methodological issues”.
Project CGHE Transition Centre – “The role of research in higher education and research assessment”.
B.Sc: Business Economics, LIUC – Università Cattaneo, Castellanza, Italy with double degree at University of Hertfordshire – Hatfield (UK).
M.Sc: International Business Management, LIUC – Università Cattaneo, Castellanza, Italy.
Research Interests: Dynamics of knowledge production in academia; Role of researchers in evaluative cultures within academia; Organisational Studies.
Nicolò Saporiti
B.Sc. Energy Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
M.Sc. Management Engineering, LIUC – Università Cattaneo, Castellanza, Italy
Research Interests: Advanced Manufacturing, Industry 4.0, Simulation and integration of simulation systems, Digital Twins
Sofia Brunelli
BA: Business Economics, LIUC – Università Cattaneo, Castellanza, Italy
MS: Business Economics and Management, LIUC – Università Cattaneo, Castellanza, Italy
Erasmus: University of Hertfordshire – Hatfield (UK)
Research Interests: family business
Maria Concetta Carissimi
BA: Management Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy
MA: Management Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy
Research Interests: Sustainable supply chain, Resilient supply chain, Logistics
Alessandra Centinaio
Single-Cycle Master program in Law, LIUC – Università Cattaneo
Master’s Degree in Economics and Management, LIUC – Università Cattaneo
Research Interests: Macroeconomics, Business Cycles, Fiscal Policy
Michele Lertora
B.Sc. Business Administration, Università degli Studi di Genova, Italy
M.Sc. Banking and Finance, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano, Italy
Working experience in M&A
Research Interests: Private Capital and Corporate Finance
Michael Murgolo
BSc in Economics and Management (L-18), Bocconi University
MSc in Economics and Management (LM-77), Bocconi University
CPA at STS Deloitte and Master in Taxation, IPSOA – Wolters Kluwer
Research Interests: Accounting, ESG Dynamics, Corporate Governance and Green Finance
Sofia Silvola
M.Sc. Management Engineering – Health Care System Management, LIUC, Castellanza, Italy
B.Sc. Management Engineering, LIUC, Castellanza, Italy
Research Interests: Health Care management, Health Economics, Health Technology Assessment
Marco Taula
B.Sc. in Business Administration at Università degli studi di Sassari (Italy), M.Sc. in Finance and II° Level Specializing Master in M&A at LIUC University (Italy), Executive Program in Entrepreneurship at Georgetown University (United States).
Working experience as Management Consultant, Sales Director, Entrepreneur, Board Member.
Research Interests: Optimization, Logistics and Entrepreneurship.
Hameem Bin Hameed
Bachelor of Science Civil Engineering (Fall-2013), BUITEMS, Pakistan.
Master of Science Engineering Management (Fall-2018), Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute, Pakistan.
Research Interest: Supply Chain, Decision Making, Risk Assessment
Lorenzo Cervello
B.Sc. Business Economics and Management, LIUC – Università Cattaneo, Castellanza, Italy
M.Sc. Business Economics and Management, LIUC – Università Cattaneo, Castellanza, Italy
Research Interests: Family Business.
Cristina De Silva
B.Sc. in Economics & Management at LUISS Guido Carli University
M.Sc. with honours in Corporate Finance at LUISS Guido Carli University
Working experience in Digital Business Strategy
Research Interests: Fintech, Venture Capital and Sustainable Finance
Margherita Mietto
B.Sc. with honors in International Management at Bocconi University.
M.Sc. with honors in Accounting, Financial Management and Control at Bocconi University.
Research Interests: Private Equity, Finance for Infrastructures and Smart cities, Corporate Finance.
Anna Lucia Missaglia
B.Sc. in Business Economics – Management and Entrepreneurship (L-18), LIUC – Università Cattaneo, Castellanza, Italy
M.Sc. in Business Economics and Management – Administration and Control (LM-77), LIUC – Università Cattaneo, Castellanza, Italy
Research Interests: Strategic Management Accounting, Performance Measurement Systems, Non-Financial Disclosure, Sustainability
Mattia Saltalamacchia
BA: Business Economics, LIUC – Università Cattaneo, Castellanza, Italy
MS: Business Economics and Management, LIUC – Università Cattaneo, Castellanza, Italy
Research Interests: Artificial intelligence, Supply Chain.
Rodrigo Bruno Santolin
B.Sc. Environmental Engineering – UFRGS (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul) – Brazil
M.Sc. Industrial Engineering – UFRGS (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul) – Brazil
Research Interests: Sustainability, ESG, Circular Economy and SDGs
Vincenza Vota
Master’s Degree in Law at University Carlo Cattaneo – LIUC, Castellanza, Italy
Master’s Degree with honours in Economics, Law and Finance at University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
Research interests: Sustainability reporting and benefit companies
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