Professors

Diego ZUNINO

Associate Professor

Entrepreneurship, Organization Theory, Innovation

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Diego ZUNINO

Academy

Innovation

Research center

Knowledge, Technology and Organization

Location

Sophia Antipolis

Discipline

Strategy, Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Education
2018
PhD in Economics and Management, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
2015
Master of Philosophy, Management, Boston University, United States of America
2012
Master of Science, Economics and Management of Innovation and Technology, Bocconi University, Italy
Experience
Full-time academic positions
Since 2023
Visiting Associate Professor, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Since 2022
Associate Professor, SKEMA Business School, France
2018 - 2022
Assistant Professor of Strategy, SKEMA Business School, France
Other academic affiliations and appointments
Since 2022
Head of Research Center, SKEMA Business School, France
2019 - 2023
Postdoctoral Researcher, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Research grants, Awards and Honors
Awards and Honors
2022
2022 Sebastian Hoenen Research Prize, SEI Consortium
2022
2022 Innovations that Inspire, Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
Research Grants
2019
Crowdfunding for Youth Entrepreneurs in Tanzania, Danish International Development Agency
2014
Project "Why are Category Labels Adopted? Familiarity, Creativity and the Labeling of New Technologies", Slatkin Family Fund Research Grant
2014
Project "Are Genetics and Environment Substitutes or Complements in Affecting Entrepreneurial Choice?", Achille e Giulia Boroli Award
Other research activities
Reviewer for:
IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Industrial and Corporate Change, Journal of Business Ethics, British Journal of Management, Nature Human Behavior, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, M@n@gement, Asia Pacific Business Review, Strategic Management Journal, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Organization Science, Research Policy, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Journal of Technology Transfer
Organization of a conference or a research seminar
2023 - 2024
2024 Annual Conference, Nice, DRUID Society, Denmark
PhD Supervision
Since 2023
C. ZHANG, PhD thesis, Thesis jury member
Since 2021
M. IBN BRAHIM, SKEMA Business School, PhD thesis, Thesis co-director
2024
M. GUILHON, PhD thesis, Thesis jury member
Other academic activities
Since 2024
AIMS, France
2014 - 2020
Strategic Management Society
2012 - 2020
Academy of Management

Peer-reviewed journal articles

ZUNINO, D., CASTELLANETA, F. and DI BIAGGIO, L. (2024). Tension between digital distance and bodily presence in hybrid teaching: evidence from two natural experiments during the COVID-19 pandemic in a French Business School. M@n@gement, 27(1), pp. 38-56.
ZUNINO, D., CIRILLO, B., WEZEL, F. and BRESCHI, S. (2024). New entrants, Incumbents, and the Search for Knowledge: The Role of Job Title Ambiguity in the U.S. Information and Communication Technology Industry, 2004–2014. Industrial and Corporate Change, 33(1), pp. 172-193.
ZUNINO, D., DUSHNITSKY, G. and VAN PRAAG, M. (2022). How Do Investors Evaluate Past Entrepreneurial Failure? Unpacking Failure Due to Lack of Skill versus Bad Luck. Academy of Management Journal, 65(4), pp. 1083–1109.
ZUNINO, D. (2022). Influence of genetic factors and institutional environment on entrepreneurial activity: evidence from a twin study in Italy. Industrial and Corporate Change, 31(3), pp. 681-714.
ZUNINO, D., SUAREZ, F. and GRODAL, S. (2019). Familiarity, Creativity, and the Adoption of Category Labels in Technology Industries. Organization Science, 30(1), pp. 169-190.

Conference proceedings

ZUNINO, D., MICKELER, M. and HADENGUE, M. (2024). Identity Provision & Indirect Contributions in Idea Contests: A Field Experiment. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2024(1), pp. 18875.
IBN BRAHIM, M., ZUNINO, D. and FORBES, D. (2024). When is Startup Employment Attractive to Technical Job Seekers?: Evidence from Online Experiments. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2024(1), pp. 17289.
ZUNINO, D., CIRILLO, B., WEZEL, F.C. and BRESCHI, S. (2022). Job Titles and Mobility of Knowledge Workers. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2022(1), pp. 15804.
ZUNINO, D. (2021). Applications of Text-Based Analysis in Management Research. Academy of Management Proceedings, 1, pp. 12570.

Book chapters

DUSHNITSKY, G. and ZUNINO, D. (2019). The role of Crowdfunding in Entrepreneurial Finance. In: Handbook of Research on Crowdfunding. 1st ed. London: Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 46-94.

Published business cases

VALENTI, A., ZUNINO, D. and PANILIO, L. (2019). Rappi: The Growth Dilemma. Barcelone. IESE Publishing.

Conference presentations

ZUNINO, D., GAFNI, H., GAROFALO, O. and JEPPESEN, L.B. (2023). Crowding in Crowdfunding: Willingness to fund in a Monetarily Incentivized Social Market. In: World Finance Conference. Kristiansand.
ZUNINO, D., CIRILLO, B., WEZEL, F.C. and BRESCHI, S. (2023). New entrants, Incumbents, and the Search for Knowledge: The Role of Job Title Ambiguity in the U.S. Information and Communication Technology Industry, 2004–2014. In: Druid Society Annual Conference. Lisbon.
ZUNINO, D., FORBES, D. and IBN BRAHIM, M. (2023). Influence of Expected Role Ambiguity on Attraction of Technical Human Capital. In: DRUID Society Annual Conference. Lisbon.
ZUNINO, D., CIRILLO, B., WEZEL, F.C. and BRESCHI, S. (2022). Job Titles and Mobility of Knowledge Workers. In: Israel Strategy Conference. Herzliya.
ZUNINO, D., SITRUK, J. and DI BIAGGIO, L. (2022). Symbolic Value of Blending Category Labels and Resource Acquisition of Entrepreneurial Projects: Evidence from Reward- Based Crowdfunding, 2010—2015. In: Israel Strategy Conference. Herzlyia.
ZUNINO, D., CIRILLO, B., WEZEL, F.C. and BRESCHI, S. (2022). Job Titles and Mobility of Knowledge Workers. In: Strategic Management Society. London.
ZUNINO, D. and JEPPESEN, L.B. (2021). Crowdfunding for Youth Entrepreneurs in Tanzania: A Study of Motivations to Crowdfunding. In: DRUID Society Annual Conference. Frederiksberg.
ZUNINO, D. and MARTIN, V. (2020). Recruiting Talent for Early-stage Ventures: An Online Experiment on Startup Job Ads. In: Strategic Management Society Special Conference. Berkeley.
ZUNINO, D. and MARTIN SANCHEZ, V. (2020). Recruiting Talent for Early Stage Ventures: an Experiment on Startup Job Ads. In: Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC). Virtual.
SITRUK, J., DI BIAGGIO, L. and ZUNINO, D. (2020). Category Labels and Entrepreneurial Resource Acquisition: A Study of Crowdfunding Campaigns. In: Academy of Management Annual Meeting. Virtual.
SITRUK, J., DI BIAGGIO, L. and ZUNINO, D. (2019). Category Labels and Entrepreneurial Resource Acquisition: a Study of Crowdfunding Campaigns. In: Strategic Management Society annual Conference. Mineapolis.
SITRUK, J., DI BIAGGIO, L. and ZUNINO, D. (2019). Category Labels and Resource Acquistion: Evidence from Crowdfunding Campaigns. In: Strategic Management Society annual Conference. Minneapolis.
ZUNINO, D., DUSHNITSKY, G. and VAN PRAAG, M. (2019). Failure is Not Fatal: Investors' Evaluation of Past Entrepreneurial Failure. In: AOM American Academy of Management Conference. Boston.
ZUNINO, D., DUSHNITSKY, G. and VAN PRAAG, M. (2019). Failure is Not Fatal: Investors' Evaluation of Past Entrepreneurial Failure. In: Strategic Management Society Special Conference. Frankfurt.
ZUNINO, D. (2018). Institutional Environment and Predisposition to Entrepreneurship. Evidence from a Twin Study in Italy. In: Munich Summer Institute. Munich.
ZUNINO, D. (2017). Badge of Honor or Scarlett Letter? Unpacking Failure in Venture Teams. In: Digital Transformation and Strategy Forum. London.
ZUNINO, D., DUSHNITSKY, G. and VAN PRAAG, M. (2017). Badge of Honor or Scarlett Letter? Unpacking Failure in Venture Teams. In: REER. Atlanta.
ZUNINO, D. (2017). Less is more? Cognitive-linguistic insights into the adoption of category labels. In: AOM American Academy of Management Conference. Atlanta.
ZUNINO, D. (2017). Badge of Honor or Scarlett Letter? Unpacking Failure in Venture Teams. In: DRUID Conference. Odense.
ZUNINO, D. (2016). Are Genetics and Environment Substitutes or Complements in Affecting Entrepreneurial Choice? In: Consortium on Competitiveness and Cooperation. Milan.
ZUNINO, D. (2016). Are Genetics and Environment Substitutes or Complements in Affecting Entrepreneurial Choice? In: DRUID Conference. Copenhagen.
ZUNINO, D. (2016). Are Genetics and Environment Substitutes or Complements in Affecting Entrepreneurial Choice? In: AOM American Academy of Management Conference. Anaheim.
ZUNINO, D. (2015). Why are Category Labels Adopted? Familiarity, Creativity and the Labeling of New Technologies. In: AOM American Academy of Management Conference. Vancouver.
ZUNINO, D. (2015). Less is more? Cognitive-linguistic insights into the adoption of category labels. In: DRUID Conference. Rome.
ZUNINO, D. (2014). Are Genetics and Environment Substitutes or Complements in Affecting Entrepreneurial Choice? In: SMS Special Conference on Microfoundations. Copenhagen.
ZUNINO, D. (2014). Why are Category Labels Adopted? Familiarity, Creativity and the Labeling of New Technologies. In: DRUID Conference. Copenhagen.
ZUNINO, D. (2014). Why are Category Labels Adopted? Familiarity, Creativity and the Labeling of New Technologies. In: SMS Annual Conference (Strategic Management Society). Madrid.
ZUNINO, D. (2013). Are Genetics and Environment Substitutes or Complements in Affecting Entrepreneurial Choice? In: DRUID Conference. Aalborg.

Faculty research seminar presentations

ZUNINO, D. (2024). Identity Provision & Indirect Contributions in Idea Contests: A Field Experiment. In: ESADE Business School. Barcelona.
ZUNINO, D., CIRILLO, B., WEZEL, F.C. and BRESCHI, S. (2022). Job Title Ambiguity and Corporate Inventors' Mobility in the U.S. Information and Communication Technology Industry, 2000-2014. In: 23rd Taiwan Symposium on Innovation Economics and Entrepreneurship. Taiwan.
ZUNINO, D., SITRUK, J. and DI BIAGGIO, L. (2022). Category labels and entrepreneurial resource acquisition: a study of crowdfunding campaigns. In: IIM Bangalore. Bangalore.