• Academy of Management, OMT Division, Best paper in Entrepreneurship runner-up (2023)
  • Academy of Management, TIM Division, Outstanding Service Award (2021)
  • Honorable Mention in the Best Conference Paper Prize competition, Strategic Management Society Conference (2020)
  • Academy of Management, IM Division, Georgetown Best Conference Paper in International Business and Policy Award (2020)
  • ESSEC Foundation PhD student advisor Award (2020)
  • Visiting Professor, LUISS Business School (2018 – Sabbatical)
  • Academy of Management, OMT Division, Best Symposium Award runner-up (2018)
  • Administrative Science Association of Canada, Best Conference Paper Award in Technology and Innovation Management (2017)
  • Academy of Management, OMT Division, Best Conference Paper Award runner-up (2015)
  • EGOS Best Paper Award, Social Network Working Group (2015)
  • ESSEC Foundation Research Award (2014)
  • Academy of Management, TIM Division, Best Conference Paper Award (2012)
  • Academy of Management, Best Conference Paper Proceedings: 2008 (TIM Division), 2010 (TIM Division), 2012 (TIM Division), 2015 (OMT Division), 2019 (STR Division)
  • Academy of Management, Outstanding Reviewer Award:
  • TIM Division (2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014), STR Division (2009, 2012), OMT Division (2017, 2021)
  • Optime Award (2003) assigned to the best University graduates, Polytechnic of Turin (IT)
  • Eutopia (2020) Research Travel grant for the project “Microfoundations of entrepreneurial ecosystems”
  • AAP Paris-Seine (2018) Research Grant “Regional resilience to environmental shocks: a network approach” (EUR 44,500)
  • ANR JCJC Jeunes Chercheurs Jeunes Chercheuses program (2018) Research Grant for the project “Résilience économique aux chocs: Le rôle des réseaux régionaux d’innovation” (EUR 44,500)
  • Essec Research grant program for a project on organized crime presence and MNC entry (2019) (EUR 16,000)
  • Essec Research grant for a project on the Palio di Siena (2015) (EUR 4,500)
  • Swiss National Foundation Post-Doctoral Research Grant (2009 – 2011) (CHF 120,000)
  • Bocconi University, PhD Fellowship (2005 – 2009) Milan (IT)