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Simone Santoni
Curriculum Vitae
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July 4th , 2016
Academic Appointments
July 2015– Lecturer (Assistant Professor), Cass Business School, City University London, London.
December 2013–June 2015 Research Fellow, Cass Business School, City University London, London.
May 2012–November 2013 Postdoctoral researcher, University of Bologna, Bologna.
Education
January 2008–June 2012 Ph.D. Program in Managemen, University of Bologna, Bologna, ‘Defended’.
Sept. 2005–Sept. 2007 M.S., Economics, University of Siena, Siena, Summa cum Laude.
Sept. 2002–Sept. 2005 B.S., Economics, University of Siena, Siena, Summa cum Laude.
Research
Short Research Statement
Focus I am an organizational theorist working at the intersection of innovation,
networks and categories in markets. My goal is to understand the social
determinants of novel outcomes, such as innovative products or new artistic
canons.
Analytical approach Throughout my work I emphasize the interrelationship of individuals, groups
and social structures and try to detail the causal mechanisms through which
organizational and social facts are brought about.
Streams of research To date, I have three interrelated streams of research: (i) studies of social
structure of collaboration and novelty emergence, where I see networks and
dyads not only as a ‘stimulus’ for creativity but also as the product of actors’
efforts to pursue innovative outcomes; (ii) studies of social valuation, categorisation and novelty emergence, where I investigate the social construction
of novelty; (iii) studies of labour mobility in dynamic markets, where I use
categories and social identity arguments to investigate both the antecedents
and organisational effects of mobility processes.
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Published Research Articles
[1] Fini R., Grimaldi, R., Santoni S., & Sobrero M. (2011), ‘Complements
or substitutes? An empirical analysis of the role of universities and local
context in supporting the creation of academic start-ups,’ Research Policy,
40: 1113-1127.
Papers Under Review/Revision
[2] Santoni S., Ferri, P., & Lusiani, M. (2012), ‘Novelty conduits and social ties
form: To bond or to bridge? An earlier version of this paper was titled ‘The
contingent value of bridging and bonding social capital on performance: a
meta-analysis.’
[3] Fini R., Grimaldi, R., Santoni S. & Wright M. (2013) ‘Membership change
and functional diversity churn in new venture teams: How do social categories
and status matter?’ An earlier version of this paper was titled ‘How does
team diversity evolve? Exploring adaptation and perpetuation perspectives
in entrepreneurial team change.’
[4] Santoni S. (2015) ‘Organisation-level categorisation and employee social
identity: Implications for labour mobility.’
[5] Santoni S. (2016) ‘A review and comparison of core-periphery detection
algorithms.’
[6] Santoni S. (2016) ‘Natural experiments and models of inference: A crossdisciplinary review.’
Working Papers and Ongoing Projects
[7] Aversa P., Mesquita L., Santoni S. & Marino A. (2014) ‘Top management
teams and outsourcing technology portfolios.’ In preparation for submission.
[8] Santoni S. (2014) ‘Be my Virgil! Community outreach, nexus work, and
sociological ambivalence among industrial scientists and engineers.’ In
preparation for submission.
[9] Cattani G., Ferriani S. & Santoni S. (2015) ‘The king is dead, long live the
king! Superstar extinction and artist consecretion in the music industry,
1958 - 2014.’ Ongoing project and working paper (data re-analysis stage)
[10] Furnari S. & Santoni S. (2016) ‘The social structure of a new category:
Electronic music, 1946-1989.’ Ongoing project and working paper (data
re-analysis stage)
[11] Negro G., Santoni S. & Sorenson O. (2016) ‘Resource fluctations and novelty
emergence.’ Ongoing project (data analysis stage)
[12] Ferriani S., Santoni S. & Stark D. (2016) ‘Attention networks and offering
distinctiveness: Popularity trajectories in contemporary electronic music.’
Ongoing project (data collection stage)
Conference Presentations and Seminars
[9] ‘The king is dead, long live the king! Superstar extinction and allocation of
symbolic resources in the music industry 1959-2014.’ PDW—‘Big data for researchers with minimal programming background,’ Academy of Management
Meeting, Anheim, CA, US, August 5-9, 2016.
[9] ‘The king is dead, long live the king! Superstar extinction and allocation of
symbolic resources in the music industry 1959-2014.’ PDW—‘The Social
Structure of Creativity,’ Academy of Management Meeting, Anheim, CA,
US, August 5-9, 2016.
[9] ‘The king is dead, long live the king! Superstar extinction and allocation
of symbolic resources in the music industry 1959-2014.’ Creative Industry
Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 12-13, 2016 (scheduled).
[9] ‘The king is dead, long live the king! Superstar extinction and allocation
of symbolic resources in the music industry 1959-2014.’ Scuola Superiore
Sant’Anna Pisa, Italy, June 22, 2016 .
[9] ‘The king is dead, long live the king! Superstar extinction and allocation of
symbolic resources in the music industry 1959-2014.’ Analytical Sociology
Conference, Utrecht, Netherlands, June 3-4, 2016.
[9] ‘The king is dead, long live the king! Superstar extinction and allocation of
symbolic resources in the music industry 1959-2014.’ University of Trento,
Italy, April 28, 2016 (scheduled).
[9] ‘The king is dead, long live the king! Superstar extinction and allocation of
symbolic resources in the music industry 1959-2014.’ Rotterdam School of
Management, Netherlands, March 17, 2016.
[9] ‘The king is dead, long live the king! Superstar extinction and allocation
of symbolic resources in the music industry 1959-2014.’ PDW—‘Advanced
social network analysis,’ Academy of Management Meeting, Vancouver, CA,
August 7-11, 2015.
[4] ‘Organisation-level categorisation and employee social identity: Implications for labour mobility.’ PDW—‘Mechanisms of mobility,’ Academy of
Management Meeting, Vancouver, CA, August 7-11, 2015.
[7] ‘Top management teams and alliance portfolio variety.’ DRUID Society
Conference, Rome, June 17, 2015.
[7] ‘Top management teams and alliance portfolio variety.’ Academy of Management Meeting, Vancouver, CA, August 7-11, 2015.
[8] ‘Be my Virgil! Community outreach, nexus work, and sociological ambivalence among industrial scientists.’ XXXV Sunbelt Conference of the
International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA), Brighton, UK,
June 23-June 28, 2015.
[9] ‘The king is dead, long live the king! Superstar extinction and allocation of
symbolic resources in the music industry 1959-2014.’ XXXV Sunbelt Conference of the International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA),
Brighton, UK, June 23-June 28.
[7] ‘Top management teams and alliance portfolio variety.’ Strategic Management Society Special Conference, Santiago de Chile, CL, March 19-21,
2015.
[8] ‘Be my Virgil! Community outreach, nexus work, and sociological ambivalence among industrial scientists.’ Grenoble Ecole de Management, Grenoble,
France, March 13, 2015.
[8] ‘Be my Virgil! Community outreach, nexus work, and sociological ambivalence among industrial scientist.’ Aalto School of Business, Helsinki, FN,
September 15, 2014.
[8] ‘Be my Virgil! Community outreach, nexus work, and sociological ambivalence among industrial scientists.’ Academy of Management Meeting (TIM
Junior Faculty Workshop), Philadelphia, PE, August 1-5, 2014.
[8] ‘Be my Virgil! Community outreach, nexus work, and sociological ambivalence among industrial scientists.’ UCL, London, UK, May 28, 2014.
[3] ‘Membership change and functional diversity churn in new venture teams:
How do social categories and status matter?’ Academy of Management
Meeting, Orlando, FL, August 9-13, 2013.
[3] ‘Membership change and functional diversity churn in new venture teams:
How do social categories and status matter?’ Purdue University, Lafayette,
IN, February 27, 2013.
[3] ‘Membership change and functional diversity churn in new venture teams:
How do social categories and status matter?’ University of Illinois at Chicago,
Chicago, IL, February 23, 2013.
[3] ‘Membership change and functional diversity churn in new venture teams:
How do social categories and status matter?’ PDW—‘Assessing Academic
Entrepreneurship: A Comparative Analysis of Europe vs. US on Entrepreneurship,’ Academy of Management Meeting, Boston, MA, August
3-7, 2012.
[3] ‘Membership change and functional diversity churn in new venture teams:
How do social categories and status matter?’ DRUID Summer Conference
2012, Copenhagen, DK, June 19-21, 2012.
[1] ‘Complements or substitutes? An empirical analysis of the role of universities
and local context in supporting the creation of academic start-ups,’ Babson
College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Lausanne, CH, June 9-12,
2010.
[2] ’Novelty conduits and social ties form: To bond or to bridge?,’ Academy of
Management Meeting, Chicago, IL, August 7-11, 2009.
[1] ‘Complements or substitutes? An empirical analysis of the role of universities
and local context in supporting the creation of academic start-Ups,’ Academy
of Management Meeting, Chicago, IL, August 7-11, 2009.
Professional Activities
Organisation of Workshops
{ Cass Junior Faculty Workshop Series (2014; 2015)
Service
{ Academy of Management Meeting reviewer for Organization and Management Theory Division and Technology and Innovation Management
Division (January 2009-).
{ Ad hoc reviewer for ‘Research Policy’ (2011-).
{ Ad hoc reviewer for ‘Organizational Research Methods’ (2011-).
{ Ad hoc reviewer for ‘Industry and Innovation’ (2012-).
{ Ad hoc reviewer for ‘Journal of Management’ (2012-).
{ Ad hoc reviewer for ‘Journal of Management Studies’ (2012-).
{ Ad hoc reviewer for ‘Industrial and Corporate Change’ (2012-).
{ Ad hoc reviewer for ‘Organization Science’ (2015-).
{ Ad hoc reviewer for ‘Administrative Science Quarterly’ (2015-).
{ Ad hoc reviewer for ‘Journal of Mathematical Sociology’ (2015-).
Membership
{ Academy of Management (2009-): Organization and Management Theory
Division, Technology and Innovation Management Division.
{ International Network for Social Network Analysis (2014-.)
{ International Network of Analytical Sociologists (2014-).
{ American Sociological Association (2014-).
{ European Group of Organization Studies - EGOS (2011-2014).
{ Strategic Management Society (2009; 2014)
Initiatives
{ The Medici Summer School, Bologna, June 1-5, 2015.
{ Selected scholar from Cass Business School, Junior Faculty Workshop
of the Strategic Management Society, Competitive Advantage Group,
Madrid, Spain, August 1-5, 2014.
{ Selected scholar from Cass Business School, Junior Faculty Workshop
of the Academy of Management Meeting, Technology and Innovation
Management division, Philadelphia, PE, August 1-5, 2014.
{ Selected scholar from University of Bologna for Doctoral Consortium
of the Academy of Management Meeting, Technology and Innovation
Management division, Montreal, Canada, August 8-12, 2010.
{ Network and Innovation Training Programme, Imperial College, London,
UK, September 10-13, 2013.
{ AMJ/OMT Research Development Workshop, Bocconi University, Milano,
Italy, May 7-8, 2012.
{ Selected student from University of Bologna for Doctoral Consortium
of the Academy of Management Meeting, Technology and Innovation
Management division, Montreal, Canada, August 8-12, 2010.
Research Grants and Awards
{ Elsevier Foundation Grant: ‘Studying professionals” mobility through
bipartite networks (September 2012 - September 2014).
{ Universitá di Bologna ‘Best Doctoral Disseration Award’ – academic year
2011 - 2012.
Teaching Experience
Undergraduate Courses
{ Cass Business School, ‘SB3105 - New Product Management’ (2016): The
course provides an inter-disciplinary view—cutting across marketing, organisation theory, and sociology—on new product ideation, development,
and market positioning. Teaching evaluation 4.3/5.
Postgraduate Courses
{ Cass Business School, ‘SMM881 - Advanced Strategic Analysis’ (2016):
The course revolves around a selected number of strategic topics which
are particularly salient in contemporary business world—namely, product
positioning and audience evaluation, open innovation as an organisational
innovation, and business model change. Teaching evaluation 4.5/5.
{ Cass Business School, ‘SMM488 - Research Design’ (2015; 2016): The
course provides methodological tools that are fundamental to craft and
manage social science and business research projects. Teaching evaluation
4.2/5 (2015).
PhD Courses
{ Cass Business School, ‘Social Network Analysis’ (2016): The course has
two parts. The first part illustrates the role of social network analysis
within the fields of sociology and social psychology. The second part is
technical in nature and deals with the analysis of macro-, meso-, and
micro-aspects of social (and information) networks.
MBA Courses
{ Cass Business School, ‘Business Mastery Project’ (2016): The course
focuses on business analytics and the application of advanced research
methods for business projects.
Technical Skills
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Multilevel modeling
Social network analysis
Management and analysis of big-data
Meta-analysis
Computer Skills
Programming
Scientific computing
Data management
Text editing
Operating system
Python
Julia, R
MongoDB
LATEX
Linux
Languages
Italian mother tongue
English fluent
Interests
Sport Rugby
Music Theory of music
History The Renaissance in Medici’s Florence; history of architecture.