Impact
Presentations, industry engagement, and media coverage.
Presentations
Includes presentations by coauthors on joint papers.
Speaking
Debates
DRUID Debate: Difference-in-Differences Estimators
DRUID25, Rotman School of Management, Toronto · June 2025
“The method of difference-in-differences estimators in strategy, entrepreneurship and innovation research needs an overhaul.”
Against: F. Castellaneta, L. ZhangFor: R. Agarwal, A. Arora
Interviews
Interview on organizational learning and knowledge appropriabilitySTORM Research Center, EM Lyon Business School
2024The tech start-up scene in Portugal (video reportage)Corriere della Sera
2016Managerial & Service Talks
Speaker, “IA générative et Sciences de gestion,” IAE Nice / GREDEG-CNRS, Université Côte d’Azur2026
Speaker, World AI Cannes Festival (WAICF) 2026, with 3IA Côte d’Azur and SKEMA Business School2026
Panelist, “Nurturing Research Excellence on the French Riviera,” IRMBAM2025
Panelist, Junior Faculty PDW “Navigating Department Politics and Strategic Service,” SMS Annual Conference, San Francisco2025
Engagement
Industry
Generali SME EnterPRIZEWhite papers on fostering sustainability in SMEs
2021, 2022, 2023–2024JP Morgan Chase Foundation — Business ResilienceResearch project on business resilience
2018–2020McKinsey & CompanyPrivate equity in emerging markets
2010In the Media
New discoveries begin with a PhDVia Sarfatti 25 (Bocconi)
2020Private equity investment committeesSKEMA Knowledge
2020Private equity investments in higher educationIl Sole 24 Ore
2020O futuro do capital privado em PortugalObservador
2016The tech start-up scene in PortugalCorriere della Sera
2016Buyouts: when ownership by PE firms mattersAnalyse Financière / Knowledge@HEC
2015Drop the mantras of contemporary managementVia Sarfatti 25 (Bocconi)
2010The buy and build strategyVia Sarfatti 25 (Bocconi)
2009