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
Alovisetti Veronica
Bachelor’s Degree, LIUC Carlo Cattaneo University, Management Engineering – Industrial Engineering (2016-2019)
Master’s Degree, LIUC Carlo Cattaneo University, Healthcare System Management Engineering – Industrial Engineering (2019-2021)
Executive Master CopHTA (Health Technology Assessment), LIUC Business School (2021-2022)
Esame Stato (Qualification Exam) as a Senior Engineer, University of Brescia (2022)
WORKING EXPERIENCES:
General Management Support, GSD Galeazzi – Sant’Ambrogio Hospital, Milan (2022)
Organization & Workforce Planning, IRCCS Fondazione Policlinico “A. Gemelli”, Rome (2021)
CURRENT RESEARCH (ONGOING WITH LIUC & ITALIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH ISS & WHO):
Adult Training/Andragogy, Public Health and Training
Healthcare Management & Health Economics
Asperti Federica
B.Sc. Management Engineering, LIUC – Carlo Cattaneo University, Italy
M.Sc. Management Engineering – Health Care System Management, LIUC – Carlo Cattaneo University, Italy
Research interests and activities: Health Care Management, Health Impact Assessment, Multidimensional, environmental and sustainability evaluation of healthcare technologies, Applications and trends of sustainable healthcare, Innovation
Research Collaborator within the Healthcare Data Science LAB – HD LAB, Emergencies, Technologies and Beyond of LIUC
Croce Edoardo
B.Sc. Management Engineering, LIUC – Università Cattaneo, Castellanza, Italy
M.Sc.: Management Engineering, LIUC – Università Cattaneo, Castellanza, Italy
M.Sc.: International Business, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK
Executive Master in Health Technology Assessment, LIUC – Università Cattaneo, Castellanza, Italy
State Exam for Professional Engineering Qualification, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy
Collaborator of research for Scientific Direction, IRCCS Ospedale Galeazzi – Sant’Ambrogio, Milan, Italy, and for the Center for Health Economics, Social and Health Care Management, LIUC – Business School Castellanza, Italy
Research interests: Organization Studies; Organization Theory; Health Management and Policy; Health Governance
Sessa Claudia
B.Sc. in Economics, Management and Computer Science – Bocconi University, Milano, Italy
Exchange (2020): Emory Goizueta Business School, Atlanta, GA, USA
M.Sc. in Data Science and Business Analytics (Data Science track) – Bocconi University, Milano, Italy
Visting research period (2024): SKEMA Business School Grand Paris campus
Research Interests: Machine Learning, Explainable AI, Operations Research, Business Analytics
Siracusa Greta
B.Sc. in Food System: Management, Sustainability and Technologies, Università degli Studi di Parma (Italy)
M.Sc. in Food Marketing and Business Strategies, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Italy)
Working experience as Shopper Insight Analyst at IRI
Exchange: Regents University London (UK). Research visit: Faculty of Economics and Business at KU Leuven (Belgium)
Research Interests: Marketing, Retailing, Consumer Behaviour
Antonelli Luca
B.Sc. in Business Administration and Management at Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi (Italy)
M.Sc. in Marketing Management at Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi (Italy)
Working experience: Consultant (2016-2018), Member of Sport and Entertainment Knowledge Center (SEKC), Coordinator of FIFA Master Management Module and Coordinator of NBPA International Business Academy (IBA) at SDA Bocconi School of Management
Research Interests: Sport Management, Fan Engagement, Athlete Career, Innovation, Sustainability
Bianco Daniela
BA: Management Engineering (L-9), LIUC – Università Cattaneo, Castellanza, Italy
MS: Manufacturing Strategy – Management Engineering (LM-31), LIUC – Università Cattaneo, Castellanza, Italy
Erasmus: Jönköping University – Jönköping (Sweden); Management Center Innsbruck – Innsbruck (Austria)
Research Interests: Automation in logistics
Farioli Martina
B.Sc. in Management Engineering at LIUC – Università Cattaneo, Castellanza;
M.Sc. in Management Engineering, with a specialization in “Environment and Safety Management” at LIUC – Università Cattaneo;
Research Fellow and affiliate faculty, engaged in research and consulting activities in the field of sustainable logistics, with a particular focus on green logistics, green warehousing and supply chain management.
Research interests: sustainability, green logistics and innovation in logistics processes
Pastori Sonia
B.Sc. in Business and Economics – LIUC – Università Cattaneo, Castellanza, Italy
M.Sc. in Business Economics and Management – Accounting, Finance and Control – LIUC – Università Cattaneo, Castellanza, Italy
Research interests: Organizational Behavior, Diversity and Inclusion, Ageing Workforce, Older Workers, Blue collars, Manual Workers
Bandi Elettra Giulia Beatrice
B.Sc. in Business Economics and Management – Accounting, Finance and Control (University of Pavia)
M.Sc. in Business Economics and Business Law (University of Pavia)
Professional Experience: Chartered Accountant (Dottore Commercialista) and Auditor (Revisore legale) at Deloitte in Milan, Italy. Previously, Chartered Accountant and Auditor at PwC.
Research interests and activities: Accounting and Sustainability, ESG and Sustainability Reporting, Diversity and Inclusion and Women’s empowerment
Abbas Syed Muhammad
BE: Automotive Engineering; NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan
MBA: Management, Finance, Accounting & Operations; Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan
Working experience: Supply Chain Executive, Assistant Manager Production
Research Interests: Sustainable Supply Chains, Regeneration, Circular Economy
Baschieri Luca
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: Sustainability in Higher Education, Sustainability Reporting Practices in Higher Education, Accounting Education, Sustainability Accounting
Farshbafiyan Hosseininezhad Mirfarshad
B.Sc. in Tourism Management, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
M.Sc. in Tourism Economics and Management, University of Bologna, Rimini, Italy
Erasmus in Business & Management, Grenoble Ecole de Management, Grenoble, France
Working experience as Digital Marketing at WineTourism.com, Stockholm, Sweden
Research Interests: Digital Nudging, Consumer Behavior, Behavioral Economics, and Tourism & Hospitality
Rapuano Marisa
B.Sc. in Economics and Management at University of Insubria (Varese)
M.Sc. in Global Entrepreneurship Economics and Management at University of Insubria (Varese)
M.Sc. in International Business and Economics at Universität Hohenheim (Stuttgart)
Working experience: Transfer Pricing Intern at PwC Germany
Research interests: poverty, income distribution, labour market, social policies and welfare systems
Trevisiol Letizia
B.Sc. in Political Science and Administration – specialisation in Administration and Organization Sciences, Università degli Studi di Trieste (Italy)
M.Sc. in Business Administration and Management – specialisation in Human Resources Management: HR & Consulting, LIUC – Università Carlo Cattaneo (Italy)
Summer School: Entrepreneurship & Innovation, IESEG School of Management (France)
Winter School: Digital Marketing & Business Ethics, MCI School of Management (Austria)
Research Interests: Leadership, Generational Dynamics, Family Business
Valentini Jacopo
BA: Business Economics, Università del Piemonte Orientale – UPO, Novara, Italy
MS: Management and Finance in Human Resources, Università del Piemonte Orientale – UPO, Novara, Italy
Erasmus Student: Universidad de Jaén, Jaén, Spain
Erasmus Research Internship: Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
Working experience: University Tutor during the Master’s program and Professor at a Secondary School.
Research Interests: GenAI adoption, Risk Management, Behavioral Organization, Human Resource Management
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