Role
Associate Professor of Economics and Business Management and Director of the B2B Observatory at the Venice School of Management of Ca' Foscari University of Venice.
Bio
Cinzia Colapinto earned a degree in Political Science with a focus on International Economics and a PhD in Business History, Business Systems, and Corporate Finance from the University of Milan.
She has taught and conducted research at numerous Italian and international universities (including Milano-Bicocca, Free University of Bolzano, QUT in Australia, Abu Dhabi School of Management, London School of Economics, and SKEMA Business School in France). Since 2011, she has been at the Venice School of Management at Ca' Foscari University of Venice, where she is an Associate Professor with responsibility for communications and Director of the B2B Observatory. She is also Director of the Chair in Sustainable Family Business & Entrepreneurship at IPAG Business School in France, and since 2025, she has been a board member of the STEP (Successful Transgenerational Entrepreneurship Practices) Project Global Consortium.
Her research focuses on innovation, digital transformation, female entrepreneurship with a particular focus on family businesses, and decision-making processes in different cultural contexts. Her research on family businesses focuses on management and behavioral aspects, as well as on how to ensure their prosperity across generations.