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Enrico Forti
Lecturer (Education)
Honorary Research Fellow
Biography
Enrico Forti is a Lecturer in the Strategy & Entrepreneurship group at UCL School of Management.
His research programme lies at the intersection of strategy and organisation theory with a specific interest in strategy evolution and contemporary industries that are migrating toward project-based production, as well as platforms characterised by gig and remote work. His work has been published in leading academic journals, such as Organization Science, the Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, the Journal of Product Innovation Management and Research Policy.
Enrico has performed research and taught MBA, Executive MBA, MSc, and undergraduate courses at leading business schools in the US, UK, EU and China, including Columbia Business School, the UCL School of Management at University College London, the University of Bologna, and Peking University.
He teaches courses in the areas of strategy and has been the recipient of the UCL School of Management Excellence in Teaching Award (Best Professor, as voted by students).
He received a PhD degree in Management with highest honours from the University of Bologna and was a visiting doctoral student at London Business School. In 2017-2021, Enrico served as Chazen Visiting Associate Research Scholar at Columbia Business School.
Press
Ching, K., Forti, E., & Rawley, E. (2024). Competitive familiarity: learning to coordinate by competing. Organization Science. Https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2022.17068 Equally contributed. Authors listed in alphabetical order.
Ching, K., Forti, E., Katsampes, S., & mammous, K. (2024). Style and quality: Aesthetic innovation strategy under weak appropriability. Research policy. 53(3), 104947. Https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2023.104947 The first two authors contributed equally. Authors listed in alphabetical order.
Forti, E., Funari, F., & Zhang, C. (2020). Does VC backing affect brand strategy in technology ventures? Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal. doi: 10.1002/sej.1318
Forti, E., Sobrero, M., & Vezzulli, A. (2020). Continuity, change, and new product performance: the role of stream concentration. Journal of Product Innovation Management, jpim.12521. doi: 10.1111/jpim.12521
Ching, K., Forti, E., & Rawley, E. (2020). Extemporaneous Coordination in Specialist Teams: The Familiarity Complementarity. Organization Science. doi:10.1287/orsc.2020.1376
Forti, E., & Jong, S. (2014). When Ambidexerity Backfires: Discipline in New Technology Ventures. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2014 (1), 11111. doi:10.5465/ambpp.2014.143
Forti, E., Franzoni, C., & Sobrero, M. (2013). Bridges or isolates? Investigation the social networks of academic inventors. Research Policy, 42 (8), 1378-1388. doi:10.1016/j.respol.2013.05.003
Forti, E., Sobrero, M., & Vezzulli, A. (2011). Managing trade-offs within and across decision domains: Continuity, changes and new product performance. Academy of Management 2011 Annual Meeting - West Meets East: Enlightening. Balancing. Transcending, AOM 2011.
Ching, K., Forti, E., & Rawley, E. (n.d.). Extemporaneous Coordination in Specialist Teams: The Familiarity Complementarity. Elsevier BV. doi:10.2139/ssrn.3491456