Teaching

I teach strategy and entrepreneurship at the PhD, MSc, undergraduate, and executive levels.

Current Courses

Strategic Management

PhDMaster of Research

SKEMA Business School & GREDEG, Université Côte d'Azur · 2017–present · 24h (8 sessions)

Research seminar on why some firms persistently outperform others. Students read and debate foundational and frontier papers, then develop their own research ideas grounded in each session's theme.

Each paper comes with an audio overview students listen to before class. The course ends with a full research proposal.

Organizational learningResource-based viewInstitutions & IPHuman capital & genderEntrepreneurshipPrivate equity & governanceMachine learning in strategy
Format:
Seminar with paper discussion and student-led debate
Assessment:
Research proposal developed across sessions
Materials:
20+ core papers, each with audio overview

Principles of Modern Management

Undergraduate (Global BBA)

SKEMA Business School, Sophia Antipolis · 2017–present · 34h/year (10 sessions)

Foundational management course organized around the four core functions: planning, organizing, influencing, and controlling. Each session pairs a management concept with a real company case.

Every session has a companion video explainer. Students work in teams on a semester-long company analysis project.

Strategic planningDecision makingLeadershipMotivationHR managementOrganizational cultureCSR & ethics
Format:
Lectures with 6 company cases and 10 video explainers
Assessment:
Team-based semester-long company analysis project
Materials:
Custom video series, case studies, team exercises

Private Equity: Corporate Strategy for Growth

MSc

SKEMA Business School, Paris · 2023–present · 6h (2 sessions)

Intensive module covering the full PE investment cycle, from deal sourcing and due diligence to corporate governance and operational value creation in portfolio companies.

Built entirely around the Avago Technologies buyout case, analyzed from deal entry through exit.

Fund structure & GP/LPDeal sourcingDue diligence & valuationBoard & monitoringOperational levers
Format:
Intensive case-based module (Avago Technologies buyout)
Assessment:
Case analysis and discussion
Textbook:
Zeisberger, Prahl & White, Mastering Private Equity

Visiting Teaching

Sapienza University, Rome

2024

Strategic Management

PhD

Università della Svizzera italiana, Lugano

2021

Strategic Management

PhD

Past Courses

Católica Lisbon

2012–2016

Organizational Learning

PhD2016

Business Strategy

MSc2012, 2014

Lean Entrepreneurship Project

MSc2012–2015

Business Plan

Executive2013–2016

LUMSA, Rome

2019–2023

Entrepreneurship and New Business Start Up

2019–2021

International Management

2021–2023

Bocconi University

2009–2010

Business Strategy

Undergraduate2009–2010

M&A and Buyouts Simulation "Mutari"

MBA2010

KIC InnoEnergy Master

2013–2015

Entrepreneurship

MSc2013–2015

University of Pisa

2009

Private Equity and Venture Capital

Executive2009

Teaching Awards

Teaching Award

SKEMA Business School, 2020

Award for Research in Education

SKEMA Business School, 2021

Teacher of the Year

Junior Achievement Portugal, 2016