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Bengo Irene

Associate Professor

Bengo Irene

Associate Professor

Irene Bengo is researcher on new, social and innovative management approaches, practices and tools for: social enterprise, enterprises networks, impact finance and social ecosystem. Expert on impact measurement systems.

Lecturer on "Business in Transformation: Social and Sustainability Challenges Lab". Scientific coordinator and project manager of different national and international projects on these research fields.

Scientific Coordinator of “Tiresia - observatories on Social business and Impact finance”, member of Committees, Advisory Boards for different public and private institution. President of Engineering Without Borders of Milan

Career

PHD: Management Economics and Industrial Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

Master of Science: Environmental and Land Planning Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

Research

Her research focus on new, social and innovative management approaches, practices and tools for: social enterprise, enterprises networks, social innovation and social ecosystem. She is expert on impact measurement systems.

Selected Publications

Bengo I.| Borrello A.| Chiodo V. (2021), "Preserving the integrity of social impact investing: Towards a distinctive implementation strategy", Sustainability (Switzerland), 13, 1-19

Gerli F.| Chiodo V.| Bengo I. (2021), "Technology transfer for social entrepreneurship: Designing problem-oriented innovation ecosystems", Sustainability (Switzerland), 13, 1-19

Al Taji F.N.A.| Bengo I., "The Distinctive Managerial Challenges of Hybrid Organizations: Which Skills are Required?", Journal of Social Entrepreneurship, 10, 328-345

Bengo I.| Arena M., "The relationship between small and medium-sized social enterprises and banks", International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 68, 389-406