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Guerini Massimiliano

Professore Associato

Massimiliano Guerini is Associate Professor at Politecnico di Milano and Director of the Full Time MBA at POLIMI Graduate School of Management. His scientific activity is mainly in the area of Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Finance, and Entrepreneurial Ecosystems.

His research has been published in numerous journals including Journal of Business Venturing, California Management Review, Journal of Corporate Finance, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Research Policy, and Small Business Economics.

Massimiliano has participated in numerous research projects, promoted by the European Union, firms and public institutions.

Carriera

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

Master of Science: Management Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

Ricerca

Much of Massimiliano Guerini’s research focuses on the role of entrepreneurial finance in supporting entrepreneurial activity and the performance of entrepreneurial ventures.

He has studied whether and how different financing sources for start-ups (e.g., venture capital, angel financing, crowdfunding) contribute to the removal of innovative start-ups' financial constraints, as well as the implications for entrepreneurial activity of governmental initiatives.

He has also investigated the role of universities for the emergence of local entrepreneurial ecosystems.

His full publication list is available in the curriculum vitae.

Pubblicazioni Selezionate

Hong, S., Guerini, M. & Park, H. (2025). Global Connections, Local Impacts: The Enduring Effects of International Syndication Experience on Venture Capital Investments: Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, forthcoming.

Colombo, M. G., Guerini, M., Hoisl, K., & Zeiner, N. M. (2023). The dark side of signals: Patents protecting radical inventions and venture capital investments. Research Policy, 52(5), 104741.

Dushnitsky, G., Guerini, M., Piva, E., Rossi-Lamastra, C. (2016). Crowd funding in Europe: Determinants of platform creation across countries. California Management Review, 58(2), pp. 44-71.

Guerini, M., Quas, A. (2016). Governmental venture capital in Europe: screening and certification. Journal of Business Venturing, 31(2), pp. 175-195.

Ghio, N., Guerini, M., Lehmann, E.E., Rossi-Lamastra, C. (2015). The emergence of the knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship. Small Business Economics, 44(1), pp. 1-18.

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