Ilaria Orlandi is a Tenure Track Assistant Professor in the Department of Strategy and Innovation at Copenhagen Business School. Ilaria’s research interests lie in the strategic leadership and corporate governance field. Her research seeks to understand the sociological and psychological mechanisms behind boards of directors’ appointments and the overall careers of executives and directors. She holds a Ph.D. degree in Strategic Management & Entrepreneurship from the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (2023). Before her doctoral studies, she obtained a Master in Philosophy (MPhil) degree in Business and Management in the field of Organizational Behavior (cum laude) from the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (2015) and a Bachelor degree (BSc) in Economics and Business Economics (cum laude) from Erasmus School of Economics (2013).
Primary research areas
• Strategic leadership and corporate governance • Directors’ appointments • Stigma • Social evaluation theory • Career theory
Advanced topics of strategic leadership and corporate governance (Master elective)
Organizational analysis (Bachelor core course)
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2023
Ilaria Orlandi / Unringing the Stigma Bell : Investigating Informational and Social Mechanisms behind Boards of Directors' Appointments. Rotterdam : Erasmus University Rotterdam 2023, 214 p.
PhD thesis
2019
Donald D. Bergh; David J. Ketchen, Jr; Ilaria Orlandi; Pursey P.M.A.R Heugens; Brian K. Boyd / Information Asymmetry in Management Research : Past Accomplishments and Future Opportunities. In: Journal of Management, Vol. 45, No. 1, 1.2019, p. 122-158