Performance management

People with expertise in this area
Research interests

People with expertise in this area

Andrea Beretta Zanoni: Full Professor
Bettina Campedelli: Full Professor
Silvia Cantele: Full Professor
Andrea Guerrini: Associate Professor
Stefano Landi: Associate Professor

Chiara Leardini: Full Professor
Sara Moggi: Associate Professor
Paolo Roffia: Associate Professor
Silvia Vernizzi: Associate Professor

Research interests

Research interests
Topic	People	Description
Strategic control	Andrea Beretta Zanoni Silvia Vernizzi	Analysis of the firms’ performance adopting the strategic control point of view. Research activity is focused on the role of assumptions in the process of strategy definition and execution, on the monitoring and evaluation of economic and financial targets and on the analysis corporate strategy role as driver of specific organizational processes. The research activity is based on case study methodology owing to its usefulness in assessing qualitative characteristics in organizational settings and in corporate strategy.
Cost Analysis in Healthcare	Stefano Landi Chiara Leardini	L'analisi dei costi è fondamentale nel campo della gestione sanitaria, volta a ottimizzare l'allocazione delle risorse e migliorare l'efficienza delle organizzazioni. Tra le metodologie più utilizzate in sanità vi sono l'Activity-Based Costing (ABC) e il Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing (TDABC). L'ABC consente di attribuire i costi indiretti alle attività specifiche che li generano, fornendo una visione dettagliata dei driver di costo. Il TDABC, una sua evoluzione, utilizza il tempo come fattore principale per la determinazione dei costi, semplificando il processo e migliorando la precisione dell'analisi, specialmente in contesti complessi come quelli sanitari. Questi approcci permettono una valutazione accurata dei costi legati a tecnologie sanitarie e interventi, supportando decisioni informate per migliorare la sostenibilità economica.
Health Technology Assessment (HTA)	Stefano Landi Chiara Leardini	L'Health Technology Assessment (HTA) è un processo multidisciplinare che valuta l'impatto di nuove tecnologie sanitarie per supportare decisioni basate su evidenze. Oltre le fondamentali valutazioni di efficacia clinica e di sicurezza, l'area economica dell'HTA prevede le valutazioni di economiche, manageriali e organizzative. Le valutazioni economiche analizzano il rapporto costi-benefici e l'efficacia delle tecnologie, mentre quelle manageriali esaminano l'impatto sulla gestione delle risorse e sui processi decisionali. Le valutazioni organizzative considerano l'integrazione della tecnologia nelle strutture sanitarie, tenendo conto di aspetti logistici e operativi. Questi approcci garantiscono una visione completa per migliorare la sostenibilità e l'efficacia dell'innovazione sanitaria.
Performance management in hospitals	Bettina Campedelli Andrea Guerrini Chiara Leardini Sara Moggi	Study of the exogenous and endogenous determinants of efficiency in public and private hospitals. Analysis of organizational models and performance measurement with reference to public hospitals. Cost analysis and cost effectiveness analysis of innovative models of taking care of the patient. The employed research methods are both quantitative and qualitative.
Performance antecedents in firms and impact measurement	Bettina Campedelli Silvia Cantele Silvia Vernizzi	Study of antecedents of financial performance in firms belonging to different size and industry clusters. Among analysed determinants there are the effects of internationalisation, innovation, networking and cooperation, or sustainability implementation. The research methodologies are mainly quantitative.
Variables of efficiency in the management of public utilities	Bettina Campedelli Andrea Guerrini Chiara Leardini	Study of operational and environmental variables that influence the efficiency of local public service management companies, in particular with regard to the management of water services, the management of water purification and the management of waste collection. Among the determinants can be recognized the ownership structure, the company size, the population density served, the degree of vertical integration and the type of user served. The employed research methods are mainly quantitative (e.g. Data Envelopment Analysis - DEA).
Performance management in SMEs and family business	Paolo Roffia	Performance management study in small and medium-sized enterprises, often family-run, analyzing the peculiarities that these firms strongly widespread in the north-east of Italy have compared to the plurality of enterprises (e.g., size, decision-making weight of the family, etc.) and the influence of these factors on the strategies pursued. The research methodology used is based on quantitative empirical analysis, by mainly using questionnaires.
Planning, control and performance measurement systems in universities	Bettina Campedelli Silvia Cantele	Analysis of the planning, reporting and performance measurement practices of universities. The systems of accounting, strategic planning, budgeting and the indicators dashbords are investigated, put into relationship with the organisations’ features and the institutional context, and analysed with reference to their effectiveness and their impacts on universities’ performance.