Anna CANATO

30/01/2015
Anna CANATO
Ph.D. in Business Administration and Management
Associate Professor
IÉSEG School of Management, Management
[email protected]
EDUCATION
2008
Ph.D. in Business Administration and Management, Bocconi University, Italy
2001
Master, Business Administration, Innovation and entrepreneurship, Bocconi University, Italy
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Organizational Culture and Vision, Strategic Management and Leadership, Change Management
EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
ACADEMIC:
2008 - 2009:
Post-doc researcher, Imperial College Business School, London, United Kingdom.
2006 - 2006:
Research associate (visiting), Carlson School of Management - University of Minnesota, Minneapolis,
Minnesota, USA.
2003 - 2008:
Research associate, Bocconi University & SDA Bocconi, Milan, Italy.
PROFESSIONAL:
2001 - 2003:
Change Management Consultant, Accenture, Milan, Italy.
COURSES TAUGHT
ORGANIZATIONAL VISION AND IDENTITY, MASTER
STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT, MASTER
Strategic Analysis, Grande Ecole
Fundamentals of strategy, Grande Ecole
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INTELLECTUAL CONTRIBUTIONS
Published papers in refereed journals
Canato A., Ravasi Davide, (2014), Managing long-lasting cultural changes, Organizational Dynamics
Canato A., Ravasi D., (2013), How do I know who do you think you are? A review of research methods on
organizational identity, International Journal of Management Reviews, 15(2), pp. 185-204
Canato A., Ravasi D., Phillips N., (2013), Coerced practice implementation in cases of low cultural fit: Cultural
change and practice adaptation during the implementation of Six Sigma at 3M, The Academy of Management
Journal, 56(6), pp. 1724-1753
Provera B., Montefusco A., Canato A., (2010), A ‘No Blame’ Approach to Organizational Learning, British
Journal of Management, 21(4), pp. 1057-1074
Montefusco A., Provera B., Canato A., (2005), Apprendere dall’errore: Un approccio No Blame. [Learning from
error, a no blame approach], Studi Organizzativi
Canato A., Corrocher N., (2004), Information and communication technology: organisational challenges for
Italian banks, Accounting Business & Financial History, 14(3), pp. 355-370
Published papers in non-refereed journals
Canato A., Ravasi Davide, (2010), We are what we do (and how we do it): Organizational technologies and the
construction of organizational identity, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 29, pp. 49-78
Canato A., (2006), Business and Information Technology Survey 2004-2005: Research note, Economia e
Management, 1
Canato A., Montanari F., Montefusco A., Chiappa D., Garbini M., Mandelli A., (2004), “Fidarsi è bene… se sei
affidabile” [Trust is worth... when you are reliable], Economia e Management(4)
Communications in refereed conferences
International
Vakkayil J., Canato A., (2014), Vicious and virtuous practices of change: Logics of mining at the frontiers of an
emerging economy, Academy of Management Conference, Philadelphia, USA
Vakkayil J., Canato A., (2014), From vitiation to contradiction: Antecedents of changing logics in complex fields,
EGOS, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Canato A., Tartari Valentina, (2014), Dexterity in the use of organizational logics: The effect of self-monitoring. ,
SMS Special conference, Copenhagen, Denmark
Montefusco A., Canato A., (2013), How to educate, develop and sustain mindfulness? An education experiment
about a sustainable awareness of complexity, EGOS 2013, Montréal, Canada
Canato A., Ravasi D., Phillips N., (2010), Adaptation of Practices in Case of Low Cultural Fit: The Adoption of
Six Sigma at 4Post, 6th New Institutionalism Workshop, Lyon, France
Canato A., Ravasi D., Phillips N., (2010), Practice adaptation in case of low cultural fit: the case of Six Sigma at
3M, Culture and Innovation Dynamics Final Workshop, Milan, Italy
Canato A., Ravasi D., Phillips N., (2010), Adaptation of Practices in Case of Low Cultural Fit: The Adoption of
Six Sigma at 4Post, International Conference on institutions and Work, Vancouver, Canada
Chapters in books
Canato A., (2010), Preliminary reflections on fit processes and strategic orientation , in: Airoldi, Brunetti,
Corbetta and Invernizzi (Eds.), Scritti in onore di Vittorio Coda , Bocconi University, Milan, pp. 1251-1262
Canato A., (2006), Il paradosso della produttività [productivity paradox], in: Pennarola, F. (Eds.), Innovazione e
tecnologie informatiche, Università Bocconi Editore, Milan, pp. 598-623
Canato A., (2006), Knowledge Management, in: Pennarola, F. (Eds.), Innovazione e tecnologie informatiche,
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Biffi A., Canato A., Cantamessa M., Neirotti P., Mandelli A., Paolucci E., Parolini C., (2006), The Business and
Information Technology study, in: Karmarkar U., Apte, U. (Eds.), Managing in the Information Economy: Current
Research Issues, Springer, pp. 33-76
Case studies
Corbetta G., Canato A., (2010), MAPEI: The international growth of a family firm, SDA Bocconi
Gavetti F., Canato A., (2008), Università Bocconi: Transformation in the new millennium, Harvard University
Press, case study 9-709-406
Canato A., Pennarola F., Sampietro M., (2006), TISCALI (A): An internet service provider between service and
technology, ECCH European Case Clearing House, case study 306-476-1, teaching note 306-476-8, teaching
note supplement 306-476-4
Pennarola F., Canato A., Sampietro M., (2006), TISCALI (B): Unit Project - European is integration, ECCH
European Case Clearing House, case study 906-037-1, teaching note 906-037-8
Pennarola F., Canato A., Sampietro M., (2006), TISCALI (C): Management Consulting During is
Implementation, ECCH European Case Clearing House, case study 906-038-1, teaching note 906-038-8
Sampietro M., Canato A., Pennarola F., (2006), TISCALI (D): Project Management, ECCH European Case
Clearing House, case study 906-039-1, teaching note 906-039-8
Grants
2003:
CANATO, A., PhD research in Innovation and International Management (50000.000 €)
SCIENTIFIC PRIZES AND AWARDS
Award
2012:
Received the annual prize for the best paper published for the year 2011. The paper is Canato & Guangreco
2011, European Management Review Best Paper
2011:
Syntec Prize Finalist, Syntec Paris
2009:
Organization Science Winter Conference Best Poster
2003:
Bocconi University
EDITORIAL ACTIVITY
Member of the editorial board of an academic journal
2012:
European Management Review
Reviewer in an academic journal
2014:
Industrial and Corporate Change
2014:
British Journal of Management
2014:
Long Range Planning
2012:
International Journal of Art Management
2011:
Communication quarterly
2010:
IBM's research and development journal
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2010:
4/4
European Management Review