Maddalena DELLA VOLPE | Curriculum

Maddalena della Volpe

Associate Professor in Economics and Business Management

Department of Political and Communication Sciences

University of Salerno, Italy

Academic positions

2017-present Professor of Business Education and Digital Management

University of Salerno – Department of Political and Communication Sciences

2009-2017 Professor of Strategic Communication

University Suor Orsola Benincasa of Naples – Faculty of Education

2005-2009 Professor of Corporate Communication

University of Molise – Department of Economics

International assignments

2023-present Member of the Board of Professor – PENSER (NGO for teachers’ training in America Latina)

2021-present International Academic Evaluation Commissioner for the accreditation of Universities in Colombia (Consejo Nacional de Acreditacion).

2020-present Permanent Visiting Professor at Universidad Católica de Pereira (Colombia)

2017-present Permanent Visiting Professor at Universidad Católica de Colombia, Bogotá (Colombia)

National assignments

2022-2023 Commission Member Ethics and Equal Opportunities (UNISA DISA-MIS)

2017-2022 Commission Member Internships and Placement (UNISA DISA-MIS)

2011-2015 Rector’s Delegate for Business Relationships and Internship Coordination

University Suor Orsola Benincasa of Naples

2013-2015 Scientific Director of the research project WayOut

WayOut, University Center for study and creation of Enterprise (Project funded with PONa3_00109)

University Suor Orsola Nenincasa of Naples

Main research contents

Design Thinking • Higher education • University-Business-Cooperation • Entrepreneurial university • Third Mission • Entrepreneurial mindset development • Internship • Innovation • Corporate Communication • Web and Big Data •

Main publications

2022 della Volpe, M., & Jaramillo-Gutiérrez, A. (Eds.). Educación digital, inclusión, emprendimiento. Bogotá, Colombia: Penguin Random House. ISBN: 978-958-5165-22-9

2020 della Volpe, M., & Gabalán-Coello, J. (Eds.). (2020). Empresa Universidad y Sociedad. Bogotá, Colombia: Penguin Random House. ISBN: 978-958-9219-99-7

2019 Vollero, A., Siano, A., & della Volpe, M. (2019). A Systems Perspective for Conceptualizing Sustainability in Long‐lived Family Businesses. Research Proposals on Risk Taking and Innovativeness. Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 36(1), 111-127. DOI: 10.1002/sres.2548, ISSN: 1099-1743.

della Volpe, M. Entrepreneurial Innovation Management: the joint Italy–Colombia master’s degree. International Journal of Educational Management, 34(1), 70-80. ISSN: 0951-354X, https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEM-03-2019-0107

2018 della Volpe, M., Entrepreneurial University and Business Education: Towards a Network Model”. International Journal of Business and Management, 13(3), 13-27. ISSN 1833-3850, DOI:10.5539/ijbm.v13n3p13.

della Volpe, M. & Esposito, F., Empreserialidad e innovacion: el ecosistema startup en Colombia e Italia. In M. Colucciello, G. D’Angelo, R. Minervini (Eds.), Ensayos Americanos, 1, (pp. 371- 402). Bogotá, Colombia: Penguin Random House.

2017 della Volpe, M. (2017). Formación para el emprendimiento en la educación superior. Estudio comparativo entre Colombia e Italia. Cultura Latinoamericana, Revista de Estudios Interculturales, 26(2), 184-204. ISSN: 2346-0326.

2016 della Volpe, M., Siano, A., Vollero, A. & Esposito, F. (2016). Exploring Curricular Internships in Italy: Towards Entrepreneurial Universities. International Business Research, 9 (9), 150-167. ISSN: 1913-9004.

2013 della Volpe, M. (2013). Empresa y web. Bogotá, Colombia: Editorial Planeta Colombiana S.A. ISBN: 978-958-42-3740-8.

Main participation as speaker at conferences and conventions

2023 International Summer School for Professor Training - Corporacion Penser, “El Design Thinking como perspectiva centrada en el ser humano” (Bogotà, Colombia, 29 giugno)

2022 International Summer School for Professor Training - Corporacion Penser, “Design Thinking para la Innovacion” (Bogotà, Colombia, 30 luglio)

Book presentation “Educacion digital, inclusion, emprendimiento” Universidad del Valle de Atemajac, Jalisco, Mexico (9 maggio)

Research & Innovation Forum “Universities and digital skills development in Colombia” Atene (22 aprile)

2021 The 24th “Excellence in Services International Conference “Digital transformation and higher educaion in Colombia: new skills for new opportunities”. University of Salerno, Hotel dei Principati, Baronissi, Salerno (2-3 settembre)

Workshop “De la creatividad a la innovación” UNIVA, México (28 gennaio)

2020 International Summer School for Professor Training - Corporacion Penser, “Educación empresarial: entre creatividad e innovacion” (29 luglio)

2018 Conference “Fake news e crisis management: le risposte dell’Industria di Marca”, UNISA (19 ottobre)

Conference ICSB (International Council Small Business) “Higher Education, Innovation and Entrepreneurship: a combined Italy-Colombia Master’s Degree”, UNISA and Ravello (4- 5 ottobre)

2017 UIIN University-Industry Conference “Universities web-radio: a web-based tool to improve industries, institutions and academic interaction” , Dublino, Irlanda (7-9 June)

ICEM “Redesigning business education through web tools: from university web-radios to on-line magazine”, Conventions Center University of Naples Federico II, (20-22 september)

2016 NooJ International Conference “Using Text Mining and Natural Language Processing to support Business Decision: towards a NooJ application”, České Budějovice, Czech Republic, (9-11 June)

UIIN University-Industry Conference “Curricular internships as entrepreneurial university indicators: evidence from Italian courses of study”, Amsterdam, Olanda (1-3 June)