UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA
Department of Business
Government Philosophy Studies
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Matteo Cristofaro Italian
Ph.D. student in Business Management&Accounting
Tor Vergata University
(ranked 33 in the 2014 QS University Ranking “Top 50 Under 50”)
Department of Business Government Philosophy Studies
Via Columbia 2, 00133, Rome, Italy
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1 Summary
1. Profile Summary
2. Employment history
3. Education and Degree
4. Research
4.1 Interests
4.2 Publications
4.2.1 Journal Articles
4.3 Projects
4.4 Service
4.4.1 Academic Memberships & Peer Review Activities
4.4.2 Other
5. Teaching
5.1 Teaching Experience
5.1.1 Teaching assistance
5.2 Students’ supervision
6. Work Experience
7. Honors and Awards
8. Certificates
9. Skills, Hobbies and Highlights
Matteo Cristofaro 2 1. Profile Summary
Matteo Cristofaro is a Ph.D. candidate in Business Administration at the University of Rome Tor
Vergata, ranked 33 in the 2014 QS University Ranking “Top 50 Under 50”. From this University he
earned a Master’s Degree in Management (Supervisor Prof. Gianpaolo Abatecola) with a specific
focus on Consulting.
2. Employment history
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December, 2013 - present: Ph.D. candidate in Management, Tor Vergata University,
Department of Business Government Philosophy Studies.
3. Education and Degree
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08-2015: Statistical Methods for Social Research using SPSS, London Business School of
Economics (LSE).
11-2015: Decision Making School, Italian Ministry of Defence
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08-2014: Qualitative Research Methods, London Business School of Economics (LSE).
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04-2014/07-2014: British Council – Rome. Advanced English course.
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03-2014/05-2014: Business Simulations course on SAP Business ByDesign, provided by
Reply InEssence.
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03-2013/07-2013: English Studio – London (03/2013 – 07/2013) Advanced English course.
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10-2011/07-2013: Master’s Degree in Management, Tor Vergata University. Supervisor:
Prof. Gianpaolo Abatecola. Thesis: “Decision quality control in decision-making. The
experience of Consorzio ELIS”. Final Evaluation: 110/110 cum laude (with honors).
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10-2008/10-2011: Bachelor Degree in Business Administration, Magna Graecia University.
Supervisor: Prof. Andrea Calabrò. Thesis: “Business performance evaluation in family
business succession. The experience of the mass food retailer SIDIS”. Final Evaluation:
110/110 cum laude (with honors).
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09-2003/07-2008: High School Diploma, Scientific Lyceum (scientific studies, five-year
programme), Luigi Siciliani (Catanzaro, Italy).
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§ Research
o Interests
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Managerial Decision-Making, Problem Solving
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Behavioral Strategy
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Real Estate Management
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Business Modeling
(Industries: Real Estate, Consulting, Gaming)
o Publications
4.2.1 Journal articles
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Cristofaro, M., Uli, V. (2015), Management in adattamento. Tra razionalità economica,
evoluzione ed imperfezione dei sistemi. Review. (forthcoming in Economia e Diritto del
Terziario.
Cristofaro, M. (2015), Il miglioramento qualitativo delle decisioni nelle organizzazioni
complesse. Il caso Consorzio ELIS, Sviluppo&Organizzazione, Vol. 267, Issue Nov/Dic,
pp. 72-82.
Abatecola, G., Cristofaro, M. (2015), Upper Echelons and Executive Profiles in the
Construction Value Chain. Evidence from Italy. (forthcoming in Project Management
Journal).
4.2.2 Book Chapters
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G. Abatecola, M. Cristofaro (2015). Caratteristiche socio-demografiche e competenze
distintive nella governance dei player immobiliari in Italia. In: Cafferata, R. (eds.),
Tendenze evolutive del management nel settore immobiliare: continuità e cambiamento,
Bologna, Il Mulino, pp. 71-101.
4.2.3 Conference Presentations
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Cristofaro, M., (2015), Controlling the quality of decision making processes in complex
organizations. A qualitative research approach. EURAM, Warsaw (Poland), 17-20 June
2015, in Research methods and research practice track.
o Project
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2014: “Yearly Management consulting industry's report in Italy”. A Tor Vergata University
and Assoconsult study. National Scientific Coordinator: Prof. Gustavo Piga, Tor Vergata
University). Role: Team Member (Tor Vergata University Research Unit). Published in
attachment with: Harvard Business Review Italia, September 2014.
o Service
4.4.1 Academic Memberships & Peer Review Activities
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2014 – present: Academy of Management – AOM.
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2014 – present: Accademia Italiana di Economia Aziendale Giovani – AIDEA Giovani.
2015 – present: European Academy of Management (EURAM).
2015 – Reviewer for AIDEA Conference 2015, Session 7: “Il ruolo della strategia aziendale
nella creazione e nella distribuzione di valore”.
2015 – present: Società Italiana di Management (SIMA).
4.4.2 Other
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2014-present: Teaching assistant for 3 editions of “SAP ByDesign Course” for graduate
students held at Tor Vergata University.
05-2014: SAP Business By Design Certificate.
§ Teaching
o Teaching Experience
Guest Lectureships
Academic
Year
Class name
Level
Role
Hours/CTS*
Language
Course Name
2014/15
General
Management
Graduate
Guest
lecturer
72/12 (2 hours of
lecturing)
English
Ms.
Management
2014/15
International
Management
Graduate
Guest
lecturer
34/6 (4 hours of
lecturing)
Italian
Ms. Management
2014/15
Service
Management
Graduate
Guest
lecturer
34/6 (2 hours of
lecturing)
Italian
Ms. Service
Management
2013/14
Managerial
Decision
Making
Graduate
Guest
lecturer
34/6 (10 hours of
lecturing)
Italian
Ms. Management
2013/14
2014/15
Entrepreneurshi
p
Graduate
Guest
lecturer
60/12 (16 hours
of lecturing)
Italian
Ms. Management
07/2014
Marketing
Graduate
Guest
lecturer
2 hours of
lecturing
English
BEST Tor Vergata
(IT students
association)
Guest
lecturer
Guest
lecturer
60/12 (3 hours of
lecturing)
72/12 (12 hours
of lecturing)
English
Ms. Management
English
Bs. Management
Guest
lecturer
36/12 (3 hours of
lecturing)
English
Ms. Management
2014/2015
2014/2015
2015/2016
International
Marketing
Organization &
Management
SAP ByDesign
Matteo Cristofaro Graduate
Graduate
Graduate
Topic
Business
Model
Innovation
Strategic
decisionmaking
processes in
internationaliz
ation;
TTIP: pros and
cons for Italian
firms
Measures of
service
quality
Business
analysis tools;
Creativity;
Negotiation
Business
Modelling;
New venutres
funding.
Social Media
Marketing
Social Media
Marketing
Strategy;
Creativity
Marketing to
opportunity,
quotes and
orders
Processes
Institution
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5 5.1.1 Teaching assistance
The data below summarize different courses in which I have been involved as a course assistant at
Rome “Tor Vergata” University.
Class Name
Managerial Decision Making
General Management
General Management
(Advanced)
Entrepreneurship
International Management
SAP ByDesign
Language
Italian
Italian
Level
Graduate
Undergraduate
English
Graduate
Italian
Italian
English
Graduate
Graduate
Graduate
Professor
Gianpaolo Abatecola
Roberto Cafferata
Corrado Cerruti
Francesco Scafarto
Cosetta Pepe
Corrado Cerruti
o Student’s supervision
The data below summarize the students supervised, at Tor Vergata University under the main
supervision of Prof. Gianpaolo Abatecola and Prof. Paola Paniccia. The students are listed
according to their graduation date.
No.
Student
1
Martina
Damia
2
Massimiliano
Biaggi
3
Dario Meloni
4
Beatrice De
Cecco
5
Ludovico
Tesei
6
Lorenzo
Colajacomo
7
Simeone
Rossetti
8
Eloisa
Picarelli
9
Fabio Stella
10
Flavia Del
Duca
11
Francesco
Piacentini
12
Francesco
Dissertation title
Decision quality control in
the frozen food industry: the
experience of Surgital S.p.A.
Upper Echelons Theory:
evidences from Parmalat
Decision quality control in
internationalization choices:
the experience of Stelin s.r.l.
Decision quality control in
the food industry: the
experience of De cecco
The influence of personalities
on team composition activity.
Evidences from the italian
consulting industry.
Business modeling and
decision-making in the
application mobile industry.
An analysis on the Google
Play Store.
The influence of personalities
on Not for profit
organization. The experience
of Diocesi di Frascati.
Decision quality control in
the sport industry. The
experience of Excalibur.
The influence of religion on
group decision-making: the
experience of Ceneri
dell’India.
The value chain in the
pharmaceutical industry. The
experience of Novartis S.p.A.
Quality control of
internationalization
decisions. The experience of
Atran S.p.A.
The influence of personalities
Language
Major1
Final
Evaluation
Completed
Current position
Italian
MDM
110/110
2013/2014
Surgitalia S.p.A.
Italian
MDM
106/110
2013/2014
Accountant
Italian
MDM
110/110 cum
laude
2013/2014
Accenture
Italian
MDM
102/110
2013/2014
F.lli De Cecco Di
Filippo Fara S.
Martino S.p.A.
Italian
MDM
110/110 cum
laude
2013/2014
PwC
Italian
MDM
110/110 cum
laude
2013/2014
KPMG
Italian
MDM
110/110
2013/2014
Trainee as chartered
acoountant
Italian
MDM
105/110
2013/2014
Trainee as chartered
acoountant
Italian
MDM
110/110 cum
laude
2013/2014
PwC
Italian
GM
105/110
2013/2014
Attending a
Master’s degree
Italian
MDM
108/110
2013/2014
New graduate
Italian
MDM
110/110 cum
2013/2014
Trainee as chartered
1 MDM= Managerial Decision-Making; GM= General Management. Matteo Cristofaro 6 Ricciotti
13
Fabrizio De
Luca
14
Mirko De
lumè
15
Flavio Buò
16
Simone
Lambertino
17
Pierluigi
Amelia
18
Valentina Lisi
on dynamic decision-making
processes.
Socio-demographic features,
personalities, brain
processes. An analysis on
decision making affecting
factors.
Crisi d’impresa. Fattori
endogeni ed esogeni. Il caso
Sorgenia
Azionariato popolare e
public companies: il caso FC
Barcellona.
Il processo di
internazionalizzazione delle
imprese: razionalita’ limitata
e controllo di qualita’ delle
decisioni. Il case study “Birra
del borgo srl”
Il potere negoziale nella
contrattazione dei beni
eterogenei: il caso L’Impero
degli Sposi.
Coalizioni nelle negoziazioni
multilaterali.
laude
acoountant
Trainee as chartered
acoountant
Italian
MDM
105/110
2013/2014
Italian
GM
102/110
2014/2015
Attending a
Master’s degree
Italian
GM
105/110
2014/2015
Attending a
Master’s degree
Italian
MDM
105/110
2014/2015
Store manager at
Owlchips Srl
Italian
MDM
107/110
2014/2015
New graduate
Italian
MDM
108/110
2014/2015
New graduate
§ Work experience
September 2013 - December 2013: Price Waterhouse&Coopers (PwC)
Position: Risk Management Consultant
I worked in the Systems and Process Assurance line of service of PwC and as a team member of
some projects I gained experiences in helping major organizations in understanding and managing
the risks associated with the financial reporting including related business processes and IT
processes.
Key duties and responsabilities included:
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Executing internal auditing controls by gathering, documenting and analyzing information
and evidence of the existence of risks and the effectiveness of processes and IT systems.
Clients served: Compagnia Surgelati Italiana (Frozen Food); Codere Italia (Gaming).
Semptember 2011 - September 2013: Accounting private office “Studio Antonini”
Position: Accounting assistant – trainee.
Achievements
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Assistant in drawing up balance sheets and budget forecasts, ensuring financial control;
Assistant in financial analysis and managerial accounting;
Assistant auditor for office’s clients.
September 2012 - March 2013: CONSEL
Position: Junior Business Analyst.
Achievements
Matteo Cristofaro 7 As part of a junior consulting team:
- I carried out business analysis and business modeling on a new technological product of
WIND S.p.A. created within the european project CHOReOS;
- I collaborated in the creation of an excel evaluation sheet to evaluate new business ideas,
ensuring a qualitative and quantitative evaluations.
§ Honors and Awards
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2013/2016: Tor Vergata University, PhD. in Business Management&Accounting. 3-year
Full Scholarship.
§ Certificates
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10-2014/10-2016: IELTS test. Score: 6.5 - Good user. British Council – Rome.
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05-2014: SAP Business By Design Certificate (provided by SAP Italy).
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