FRANCESCO LAVIOLA

PhD Student

PhD program:: XXXVII
email: francesco.laviola@uniroma1.it
building: RM019 - Via del Castro Laurenziano 9
room: 8 - III piano Ala B




supervisor: Prof. Nicola Cucari

Research: How to improve Human Resource Development through Artificial Intelligence: Research on the readiness of the market, companies, and individuals to accept Artificial Intelligence as an alternative to classical human-to-human relationship-based training

Passionate about Information Technology since childhood, Francesco Laviola is a fierce advocate of a unifying vision of knowledge, technology and knowledge economy.
He earned a Bachelor's degree in Business Informatics from the University of Studies "G. d'Annunzio" Chieti - Pescara.
After a Master's degree in Technology Management, Innovation and Sustainability at Sapienza University of Rome earned with honors, he is currently a Ph.D. Candidate in Business Management also at Sapienza.
He collaborates with Rocky Robots Srl (Rocky.ai) as part of his doctoral research activity. He conducts research mainly in the areas of Innovation Management and Technology Management, with a primary focus on the implications of Artificial Intelligence on Human Resource Management and Development paradigms and processes.
He is also engaged in research in the areas of entrepreneurship, specifically student and unconventional entrepreneurship, and Corporate Governance, mainly on ESG factors.
Winner of a public competition by titles and colloquium launched by the Department of Management of Sapienza University of Rome, he held in the Academic Year 2021/22 the position of Course Tutor for the Advanced Training Course in Packaging Management. In the same year, he was the winner of two competitions for titles and interviews announced by the Faculty of Economics of Sapienza University of Rome, the first for the assignment to PhD students of the Faculty of 4 grants for performing orientation and monitoring activities aimed at tutoring activities (1 grant won) and the second for 6 grants for performing tutoring activities for Public Administration employees (2 grants won).
He also won the University Research Call 2022, funded by Sapienza University of Rome, in the Early Stage Research - Type 1 section, with a research project proposal called "Acceptance, Adoption and Trust in Technology: the Case of Artificial Intelligence in Human Resource Development".
In March 2023, he was elected Ph.D. Students' representative on the Faculty Board of the Ph.D. Course in Management, Banking and Commodity Sciences for the years 2023-2025.
Also in Academic Year 2022/2023, he held the position of Course Tutor for the Advanced Training Course in Packaging Management.
Since 2023, he has provided supplementary and seminar teaching within the "Corporate Governance" course and the "Data Analysis for Business Decisions" laboratory.
In June 2023 has been awarded with the "Selected Paper" at Sinergie-SIMA Management Conference: the Scientific Committee included the paper entitled “Human Resource Development and Artificial Intelligence in the view of Personal Development: a literature review and bibliometric analysis” among the 10 papers worthy of publication in a special issue of the Sinergie Italian Journal of Management.
He won the University Research Call 2023, funded by Sapienza University of Rome, in the Early Stage Research - Type 1 section, with a research project proposal called "The antecedents of acceptance, adoption, and trust in Artificial Intelligence: a comprehensive survey of its strategic role in business processes".
Since November 2023, he is Assistant lecturer in Economics and Management of Sports Enterprises in the Management of Sport and Physical Activities Master's Degree (LM47).
As of January 2024, he has published in conferences and journals of national and international standing, and is involved in research projects including those of national interest (PRIN).

Research products

11573/1714852 - 2024 - Governing Small Villages: Review and A Multi-Level Perspective
Cristofaro, Matteo; Cucari, Nicola; Mare, Simona; Haylemariam, Leul Girma; Schilleci, Pinalba; Laviola, Francesco; Zannoni, Anastassia; Lo Conte, Davide Liberato; Monda, Antonella - 04b Atto di convegno in volume
conference: EURAM 2024 (European Academy of Management) Conference. Fostering Innovation to Address Grand Challenges (Bath; United Kingdom)
book: EURAM 2024 conference proceedings. Fostering Innovation to Address Grand Challenges - (978-2-9602195-6-2)

11573/1708242 - 2024 - Intelligenza artificiale e blockchain. Opportunità, rischi e sfide per la corporate governance del futuro
Cucari, Nicola; Laviola, Francesco - 02a Capitolo o Articolo
book: Corporate governance. Teorie, attori e sistemi di controllo nelle imprese - (9788838612190)

11573/1701191 - 2024 - Exploring students' entrepreneurial intention and entrepreneurship education efforts through the lens of GUESSS project
Cucari, Nicola; Laviola, Francesco; Vito, Pietro; Hahn, Davide - 04b Atto di convegno in volume
conference: XL Convegno Nazionale AIDEA (Salerno)
book: L’aziendalismo crea valore! Il ruolo dell’accademia nelle sfide della società, dell’economia e delle istituzioni - (9788894783926)

11573/1701282 - 2024 - Trends and patterns in ESG research. A bibliometric odyssey and research agenda
Esposito De Falco, Salvatore; Montera, Raffaella; Leo, Sabrina; Laviola, Francesco; Vito, Pietro; Sardanelli, Domenico; Basile, Gianpaolo; Nevi, Giulia; Alaia, Raffaele - 01g Articolo di rassegna (Review)
paper: CORPORATE SOCIAL-RESPONSIBILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ([Chichester, West Sussex] : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. : ERP Environment, c2002-) pp. 1-21 - issn: 1535-3966 - wos: WOS:001180956700001 (1) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85187105806 (2)

11573/1701098 - 2024 - A valuation of football companies between tangible and intangible values. A preliminary study
Laviola, Francesco; Camastra, Fernando; Conturso, Annabella; De Renzi, Roberto - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT STUDIES (Milano: Franco Angeli) pp. 65-92 - issn: 2704-8462 - wos: (0) - scopus: (0)

11573/1711971 - 2024 - Artificial intelligence in personal development from cradle to grave: a comprehensive review of HRD literature
Laviola, Francesco; Cucari, Nicola; Novic, Harry - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: SINERGIE (-Verona Italy: Cueim Comunicazione Srl) pp. 121-163 - issn: 0393-5108 - wos: (0) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85193748662 (3)

11573/1714850 - 2024 - All that Glitters is not Gold: A Comparison Between Generative and Traditional AI Chatbots in Education
Laviola, Francesco; Palese, Biagio; Tae Kim, Sun; Cucari, Nicola - 04b Atto di convegno in volume
conference: EURAM 2024 (European Academy of Management) Conference. Fostering Innovation to Address Grand Challenges (Bath; United Kingdom)
book: EURAM 2024 conference proceedings. Fostering Innovation to Address Grand Challenges - (978-2-9602195-6-2)

11573/1708235 - 2024 - Enterprise chatbots in managers' perception. A strategic framework to implement successful chatbot applications for business decisions
Savastano, Marco; Biclesanu, Isabelle; Anagnoste, Sorin; Laviola, Francesco; Cucari, Nicola - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: MANAGEMENT DECISION (Emerald:60 62 Toller Lane, Bradford BD8 9BY United Kingdom:011 44 1274 777700, EMAIL: shalliday@emeraldinsight.com, INTERNET: http://www.emeraldinsight.com, Fax: 011 44 1274 785202) pp. - - issn: 0025-1747 - wos: WOS:001197463100001 (0) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85189964949 (0)

11573/1689277 - 2023 - Diversity & Inclusion. Una review bibliometrica
Di Guida, Carmela; Laviola, Francesco; Esposito De Falco, Salvatore - 04b Atto di convegno in volume
conference: Sinergie Sima Management Conference - Rediscovering local roots and interactions in management (Bari; Italy)
book: Rediscovering local roots and interactions in management - (978-88-947136-1-9)

11573/1691198 - 2023 - Mapping ESG's studies in business management field: A review based on bibliographic coupling analysis
Esposito De Falco, Salvatore; Montera, Raffaella; Leo, Sabrina; Vito, Pietro; Sardanelli, Domenico; Laviola, Francesco; Basile, Gianpaolo; Alaia, Raffaele; Nevi, Giulia - 04b Atto di convegno in volume
conference: EURAM 2023 (European Academy of Management) Conference. Transforming Business for Good (Dublino (Irlanda))
book: EURAM 2023 Management Conference Proceedings - (978-2-9602195-5-5)

11573/1689276 - 2023 - Human resource development and artificial intelligence in the view of personal development. A literature review and bibliometric analysis
Laviola, Francesco; Cucari, Nicola; Novic, Harry - 04b Atto di convegno in volume
conference: Sinergie Sima Management Conference - Rediscovering local roots and interactions in management (Bari; Italy)
book: Rediscovering local roots and interactions in management - (978-88-947136-1-9)

11573/1685710 - 2023 - CEO succession and shared leadership. Which factors shape firm performance?
Quarato, Fabio; Rocco Cambrea, Domenico; Laviola, Francesco - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT STUDIES (Milano: Franco Angeli) pp. 103-130 - issn: 2704-8462 - wos: (0) - scopus: (0)

11573/1655742 - 2022 - Artificial Intelligence and Human Resource Development: a Literature Review and Research Agenda
Cucari, Nicola; Laviola, Francesco; Novic, Harry - 04b Atto di convegno in volume
conference: Sima Management Conference Boosting knowledge & trust for a sustainable business, Milano, June 30th and July 1st 2022 University of Bocconi – Milano (Milano)
book: Boosting knowledge & trust for a sustainable business - (9788894713602)

11573/1655763 - 2022 - L'Intelligenza Artificiale nei processi di creazione del valore: il caso dell'AI-Driven Innovation
Laviola, Francesco - 02a Capitolo o Articolo
book: Economia, gestione e strumenti d’impresa - (978-88-6950-523-2)

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