Teaching

I have experience delivering educational content in a wide range of entrepreneurship, innovation and strategic management topics, as well as in research methods, at institutions in The Netherlands, Italy, and the UK.

I am an empathic teacher with a clear and calm communication style.

I currently am in charge of the following courses at the University of Edinburgh Business School:

Undergraduate (honors)

• The Entrepreneurial Manager (10 ECTS): This course uses relevant theories in entrepreneurship and innovation to examine entrepreneurial practices in several contexts, such as start-ups, large corporations, social enterprises, and family businesses. Opportunities are created for students to benchmark the practical relevance of their learnings by engaging with guest lecturers active in entrepreneurial roles in various settings.

Postgraduate

• Family Business Management (5 ECTS): This course provides students with fundamental insights into the ‘predictably unpredictable’ nature of, and specific challenges faced by family businesses. Essential theoretical and practical tools needed to understand and analyse a family business and its owning family are discussed and directly applied in engaging case studies of real and fictional family business problems. Opportunities are created for students to benchmark the practical relevance of their learnings by engaging with guest lecturers active in the fascinating world of family business.
• Doing Research for Business (5 ECTS): This course develops students’ knowledge and skills necessary for planning, executing, and writing up an original business research project, with particular attention for their research dissertation or business plan capstone.