Prof Simona Zambelli

Dr Simona Zambelli is Associate Professor of Financial Intermediation at University of Bologna (School of Economics). She holds a Ph.D. in Economics of Financial Intermediation from the University of Siena (Italy); a degree in Economics with a legal focus from University of Bologna (Italy); and a second level postgraduate degree in Finance, with a Mathematical Finance specialization, Birkbeck College (London).

After specializing in financing of innovation & venture capital at Harvard Business School (as post-doctoral Research Fellow), she was visiting professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute –RPI (NY, USA); University of Leicester (UK); Westminster University (UK); and York University-Schulich School of Business (Toronto, CA), where she specialized in Private Equity Impact of Financial Regulation. Her main research interests refer to the Entrepreneurial Finance areas, especially: Venture Capital, Private Equity, Financial Regulation Economic Impact, Corporate Governance Impact (especially in terms of Gender Entrepreneurship), Crowdfunding; and Impact Investing. Her research approach is empirical, and she especially enjoys dealing with Law & Finance issues and implications. Dr Zambelli has published several articles in international Journals, including: Journal of Banking and Finance, European Financial Management, International Journal of Management Reviews, as well as books with high rating publishers (such as Oxford University Press).

She is currently engaged in various research projects and international collaboration, especially with York University (Toronto, Canada) and Leicester University (Leicester, UK), as well as in a number of international exchange programs with IPAG Business School (Paris), and Westminster University (London, UK). More about Prof Zambelli’s research, awards and publications is available at https://sites.google.com/site/simonazambellihomepage/home.