user image

Agostino Deborah

Associate Professor

Agostino Deborah

Associate Professor

Deborah Agostino is Associate Professor of Management Accounting.

She is a core faculty member of POLIMI Graduate School of Management, where she teaches financial and management accounting in executive and post-graduate courses.

She is a member of the scientific committee of the EIASM Public Sector Conference. She published over 50 contributions in academic journals and conference proceedings on the subject of performance measurement and management in public sector and cultural institutions.

Career

PHD: Management Economics and Industrial Engineering, Politecnico di Milano

Master of Science: Management Engineering, Politecnico di Milano

Research

Her research interests are in the field of management accounting in public sector and cultural institutions, with a particular focus on digital technology and its implications for management accounting.

One major research stream investigates the potentialities and risks of integrating social media and web-based data in performance measurement systems of cultural institutions.

A further research stream focuses on the challenges of digital technologies for public sector and cultural institutions.

Selected Publications

Agostino D.| Arnaboldi M. (2021), "From preservation to entertainment: Accounting for the transformation of participation in Italian state museums", Accounting History, 26, 102-122

Agostino D.| Brambilla M.| Pavanetto S.| Riva P. (2021), "The contribution of online reviews for quality evaluation of cultural tourism offers: The experience of italian museums", Sustainability (Switzerland), 13

Agostino D.| Arnaboldi M.| Lampis A. (2020), "Italian state museums during the COVID-19 crisis: from onsite closure to online openness", Museum Management and Curatorship, 362-372

Agasisti T.| Agostino D.| Soncin M. (2020), "Implementing Performance Measurement Systems in Local Governments: Moving from the “How” to the “Why”", Public Performance and Management Review, 43, 1100-1128

Agostino D.| Arnaboldi M.| Lema M.D. (2020), "New development: COVID-19 as an accelerator of digital transformation in public service delivery", Public Money and Management, 1-4