FONTI Fabio
PhD, Management
People & Organisations
PhD, Management
Fabio Fonti is Associate Dean for Faculty and Research and Full Professor at NEOMA Business School. He received his PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and held full-time appointments at Rennes School of Business, Boston College, and the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano. His research focuses on the antecedents and consequences of social networks (specifically on network evolution, network embeddedness, and network multiplexity). He is also interested in categorization processes, managerial cognition, and design. He also studies the effects of (in)congruency across multiple institutional logics and/or classifications on organizations and/or individuals. His work has been published in Strategic Management Journal, Strategic Organization, and Advances in Strategic Management, among others. He is a member of the Academy of Management, EGOS, and INFORMS. Dr. Fonti has worked extensively with organizations and managers, both in the US and Europe.
Areas of research
- Strategic and organizational implications of social networks (intra-and inter-organizational), with a focus on embeddedness, multiplexity, and evolution
- Categorization and classification processes
- Managerial Cognition
- Social network Analysis
- Institutional Complexity, Institutional Logics, and Stakeholders’ Management
Participation at an academic or professional conference
- FONTI, F., J.-M.ROSS, M.CARLSSON-WALL, "Leading a data-driven sports world" Executive Development Workshop, Center for Sports & Business (Stockholm School of Economics). 2020, Stockholm, Sweden
- ROSS, J.-M., F.FONTI, M.CARLSSON-WALL, "Advancing management theory with sports data" Paper and Idea Development Workshop, Stockholm School of Economics. 2020, Stockholm/online, Sweden
- CHOU, R. K., F.FONTI, "Joint International Research Workshop & Hackathon – College of Commerce, NCCU (National Chengchi University) & Rennes School of Business" College of Commerce, NCCU (National Chengchi University), Taipei (Taiwan). 2019, Rennes, France
- FONTI, F., R. K.CHOU, "Joint International Research Workshop & Hackathon – Rennes School of Business and College of Commerce, NCCU (National Chengchi University)" Rennes School of Business. 2019, Rennes, France
- MAORET, M., F.FONTI, R.MO, "Against the grain: Peers’ affective and behavioral responses to employees’ networking-up. Rotterdam School of Management (Erasmus University) Seminar Series" Rotterdam School of Management (Erasmus University) Seminar Series. 2019, Rotterdam, Netherlands
- MASHABA, N., F.FONTI, "Attending multiple logics when “doing good”: The influence of CSR activities fit for organizational performance" Cass Business School Seminar Series. 2017, London, United Kingdom
- FONTI, F., J.LIEDTKA, I.STIGLIANI, T.TSCHANG, "Using design to build (more) meaningful organizations: Toward a research agenda" in Academy of Management Annual Meeting Professional Development Workshop (PDW), 2016, Anaheim, CA, United States
- FONTI, F., "Sustaining communities of practice: The relevance of network roles in supporting knowledge creation and exchange." ESADE. 2008, Barcelone, Spain
- FONTI, F., "Geographical clustering and network evolution: A study on the determinants of interfirm networking" University of Bologna. 2007, Bologna, Italy
- FONTI, F., R.CORRADO, S.FERRIANI, "Geographical clustering and network evolution: A study on the determinants of interfirm networking." Workshop on Scientific and Managerial Knowledge. 2007, London, United Kingdom
- FONTI, F., F.MONTANARI, M.MAORET, "Exploring the micro-foundations of organizational routines: The role of network stability and relational intensity" Workshop on Scientific and Managerial Knowledge. 2006, London, United Kingdom
- FONTI, F., "Networks and space: Locales as moderators of the link between embeddedness and firm performance" Workshop on Scientific and Managerial Knowledge. 2006, London, United Kingdom
- FONTI, F., "One relationship is not enough: Toward a theory of multiplex embeddedness." University of Urbino. 2003, Urbino, Italy
- FONTI, F., "One relationship is not enough: Toward a theory of multiplex embeddedness" University of Modena. 2003, Modena, Italy
- FONTI, F., "One relationship is not enough: Toward a theory of multiplex embeddedness" University of Bologna. 2003, Bologna, Italy