Silvia Cantele

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Position
Associate Professor
Academic sector
SECS-P/07 - BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND ACCOUNTING STUDIES
Research sector (ERC)
SH1_4 - Banking; corporate finance; international finance; accounting; auditing; insurance

SH1_11 - Industrial organisation; strategy; entrepreneurship

SH1_10 - Management; organisational behaviour; operations management

Office
Polo Santa Marta,  Floor 2,  Room 2.34
Telephone
045 802 8220 (VR) - 0444 393943 (VI)
E-mail
silvia|cantele*univr|it <== Replace | with . and * with @ to have the right email address.
Curriculum

Silvia Cantele is Associate Professor of Business administration since April 2017. She received her PhD’s Degree in Business Management and Administration at the University of Verona in 2006. She has been certified as Chartered Accountant and Auditor in 2002.
 
Her main research interests are:
•    corporate social responsibility and sustainability      
•    sustainable business models             
•    sustainability reporting and non-financial disclosure in for profit organizations         
•    benefit corporations and B-Corp      
•    performance antecedents in firms and impact measurement           
•    business networks: antecedents, life-cycle and critical success factors
Her publications are mainly articles in national and international scientific journals (among them Sustainability and Journal of Cleaner Production).
Among her recent research projects: Sustainable supply chain orientation in the food industry (Fondazione Cariverona), CSR model for the restaurants business ecosystem (Regione Veneto, DGR 948/16).
She is member of the editorial board of the journal ““World review of entrepreneurship, management and sustainable development” since 2014, and reviewer for journals like Sustainability, Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, International Journal of Sustainable Strategic Management, Azienda Pubblica, Management Control.
In 2015 she obtained the “Best Track Chair Award”, for the 8th Euromed Annual Conference.
 
With reference to Third Mission, in 2017 and 2018 she participated to Kids University and to several popular-scientific workshops on corporate social responsibility and Benefit Corporations destined to high school students and the public.

Modules

Modules running in the period selected: 42.
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Course Name Total credits Online Teacher credits Modules offered by this teacher
Bachelor's degree in Economics and Business (Vicenza) Management control (2020/2021)   9  eLearning 5 
Bachelor's degree in Economics and Business (Verona) Management control (2020/2021)   9  eLearning 5 
Master’s degree in Management and business strategy Sustainable business models (SBMs) (2020/2021)   9  eLearning 9 
Bachelor's degree in Economics and Business (Vicenza) Management control (2019/2020)   9  eLearning 5 
Bachelor's degree in Economics and Business (Verona) Management control (2019/2020)   9  eLearning 5 
Master’s degree in Business Management (Vicenza) Sustainability Management and Reporting (2019/2020)   9  eLearning 9 
Bachelor's degree in Business Administration (Verona) Management control (2018/2019)   9  eLearning 3 
Bachelor's degree in Economics and Business (Vicenza) Management control (2018/2019)   9  eLearning 5 
Bachelor's degree in Business Administration (Verona) Social responsibility model for the restaurants' ecosystems (2018/2019)   1    1 
Master’s degree in Business Management (Vicenza) Sustainability Management and Reporting (2018/2019)   9  eLearning 9 
Bachelor's degree in Economics and Business (Vicenza) Management control (2017/2018)   9  eLearning 5 
Bachelor's degree in Business Administration (Verona) Management control (2017/2018)   9  eLearning 3 
Master's degree in Languages for Communication in Tourism and Commerce Planning & Control (2017/2018)   6  eLearning 3 
Master’s degree in Business Management (Vicenza) Sustainability Management and Reporting (2017/2018)   9  eLearning 9 
Bachelor's degree in Business Administration (Verona) Management control (2016/2017)   9  eLearning 3 
Bachelor's degree in Economics and Business (Vicenza) Management control (2016/2017)   9  eLearning 5 
Master’s degree in Business Management (Vicenza) Sustainability Management and Reporting (2016/2017)   9  eLearning 9 
Bachelor's degree in Business Administration (Vicenza) Management control (2015/2016)   9  eLearning 5 
Master’s degree in Business Management (Vicenza) Sustainability Management and Reporting (2015/2016)   9  eLearning 9 
Bachelor's degree in Economics and Business (Vicenza) Management control (2014/2015)   9  eLearning 5  (lezione 1)
Master’s degree in Business Management (Vicenza) Sustainability Management and Reporting (2014/2015)   9  eLearning 9 
Bachelor's degree in Economics and Business (Vicenza) Management control (2013/2014)   9  eLearning 4 
Master’s degree in Business Management (Vicenza) Sustainability Management and Reporting (2013/2014)   9  eLearning 9 
Bachelor's degree in Business Administration (Vicenza) Management control (2012/2013)   9  eLearning 4 
Master’s degree in Business Management (Vicenza) Sustainability Management and Reporting (2012/2013)   9  eLearning 5 
Bachelor's degree in Business Administration (Vicenza) Management control (2011/2012)   9  eLearning 4 
Master’s degree in Business Management (Vicenza) Sustainability Management and Reporting (2011/2012)   9  eLearning 9 
Bachelor's degree in Business Administration (Vicenza) Management control (2010/2011)   9    4 
Master’s degree in Business Management (Vicenza) Sustainability Management and Reporting (2010/2011)   9    9 
Master's degree in Viticulture, Oenology and the Wine Market (interuniversity) Strumenti di gestione dell'impresa vitivinicola (2010/2011)   10    5  Analisi di bilancio e pianificazione aziendale
Master's degree in Corporate Law and Economics (until 2008-2009) Sustainability reporting (2009/2010)   5    2  (2 - esercitazione)
3  (1 - lezione)
Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Economics (category 17)(Vicenza) (until 2008-2009) Planning and Checking in Small and Medium sized companies (PMI) (2008/2009)   5    5 
Master's degree in Corporate Law and Economics (until 2008-2009) Sustainability reporting (2008/2009)   5    5 
Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Economics (category 17)(Vicenza) (until 2008-2009) Planning and Checking in Small and Medium sized companies (PMI) (2007/2008)   5    2  Esercitazione
3  Lezione
Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Economics (category 17)(Vicenza) (until 2008-2009) Planning and Checking in Small and Medium sized companies (PMI) (2006/2007)   5    5 
Master's degree in Languages for commercial communication and the promotion of international tourism (until 2008-2009) Reading and analysis of the budget (2006/2007)   6    6 
Master's degree in Corporate Law and Economics (until 2008-2009) Sustainability reporting (2006/2007)   5    5 
Bachelor's degree in Company Economics (cat. 17) Managerial Planning and Control (2005/2006)   4    1  LEZIONE 2
Master's degree in Corporate Law and Economics (until 2008-2009) Sustainability reporting (2005/2006)   5    2  ESERCITAZIONE
3  LEZIONE

 

Research groups

Sustainability reporting, measurement and stakeholder engagement
The research group aims at analysing the social, sustainability and non-financial disclosure processes and practices within different clusters of organizations.
Business networks: antecedents, life-cycle and critical success factors
The research group has the aim to analyse the phenomenon of business networks from the perspective of antecedents which enable the collaborative strategy and the expected outputs in terms of competitive advantages for the firms in the network; the research activity includes the analysis of network contracts, their distinctive features and their strengths and weaknesses.
Corporate sustainability and business models
The research group operates in the research fields of corporate sustainability (CS), corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainable business models (SBM), by deepening the application of sustainable development principles in the business context
Research interests
Topic Description Research area
Performance antecedents in firms and impact measurement Study of antecedents of financial performance in firms belonging to different size and industry clusters. Among analysed determinants there are the effects of internationalisation, innovation, networking and cooperation, or sustainability implementation. The research methodologies are mainly quantitative. Performance management
Performance management
Sustainable business models Deepening of scientific knowledge on business archetypes/models for sustainability, and also the tools which enable their implementation. Specific case studies of firms which have adopted sustainable management practices, created or converted the business through sustainability innovations, or implemented circular business models or inter-organisational forms of cooperation (business networks for sustainability) are analyzed, mainly through qualitative methodologies. CSR, sustainability and business ethics
CSR, sustainability and business ethics
Sustainability reporting and non-financial disclosure in for profit organizations Analysis of the social, sustainability and non-financial disclosure practices within different clusters of firms. The reporting analysis is conducted through qualitative and quantitative methodologies as well as few techniques (e.g., content analysis, scoring, discourse analysis) and place into relationships with firms’ features, their institutional context, the implementation of some kind of practices, and the attainment of outputs/performance results. CSR, sustainability and business ethics
CSR, sustainability and business ethics
Business networks: antecedents, life-cycle and critical success factors Analysis of the business networks phenomenon, from the standpoint of antecedents that enables the collaborative strategies and of expected outputs in terms of competitive advantages for firms in the networks. The life-cycle stages and the possibile failure factors that lead to termination or stasis are analysed. The research methodologies consist in interviews, focus groups, but also quantitative analysis. Corporate governance and strategy
Corporate governance and strategy
Planning, control and performance measurement systems in universities Analysis of the planning, reporting and performance measurement practices of universities. The systems of accounting, strategic planning, budgeting and the indicators dashbords are investigated, put into relationship with the organisations’ features and the institutional context, and analysed with reference to their effectiveness and their impacts on universities’ performance. Performance management
Performance management
Benefit Corporations and B-Corp Study of the development of the Benefit Corporation in Italy and comparison with the US experiences. The facilitators and the factors that lead companies to change in the statute have been analysed, as well as the costs and obstacles encountered in this process. Special attention is paid to the integration of the "benefit" dimension into the business model and the development of transparency and reporting tools required by the law. The epistemological approach used involves the use of case studies and field studies supported by data collection through interviews, focus groups, and document collection. CSR, sustainability and business ethics
CSR, sustainability and business ethics
Projects
Title Starting date
Analisi delle performance e rendicontazione non finanziaria della Cantina di Soave 2/15/18
Modello di responsabilità sociale d’impresa per l’ecosistema di business della ristorazione 9/1/17
SSCOFOOD Sustainable supply chain orientation in the food industry 1/1/17
#BIT, Business Innovation & digital Transformation 1/1/17
La sostenibilità nelle PMI: driver, barriere ed impatti sulla performance aziendale 1/1/17
Sustainable Business Models 1/1/17
A comparative analysis of institutional frameworks for social enterprises in Italy and Slovenia 1/1/16
Reti di impresa: strategie e performance 12/30/14
Reti di impresa e Banco Popolare 12/1/14
FILIERE E NETWORK: i nuovi "ambiti" di azione delle imprese 1/1/14
Bilancio sociale LIONS club Distretto 108 Ta1 5/1/13
La misurazione delle performance delle maggiori aziende vicentine appartenenti ai settori economici rilevanti per il territorio - bilanci 2009-2010 2/15/12
Impatto economico creato sul territorio veronese dalle attività fieristiche svolte presso il polo fieristico di Verona 12/1/11
L'analisi della qualità della vita a Verona 11/3/11
Verona City of opportunities 11/3/11
La misurazione delle performance delle maggiori aziende veronesi appartenenti a settori rilevanti per il territotorio 10/1/11
Supporto scientifico all'elaborazione di dati di questionari redatti dalle imprese 4/1/09
Supporto scientifico per elaborazione dati redatti dalle imprese 3/17/08
Supporto scientifico per analisi dei dati per pubblicazione sulla storia e le strategie della Cantina di Soave 4/1/07
Gli indicatori di performance nel processo di pianificazione e controllo della responsabilità sociale d'impresa 10/1/05
STRUMENTI DI MISURAZIONE DELLE PERFORMANCE SOCIALI 4/1/04