Phd in MANAGEMENT, BANKING AND COMMODITY SCIENCES

Research: Corporate strategic responses to shocks

Biography

Pietro Taragoni is a doctoral candidate in Management and Finance at Sapienza University of Rome and a visiting PhD student at London Business School in the 2025-2026 academic year. He received his B.A. and M.A. in economics and business management from Sapienza University of Rome and MBA from Northern Illinois University. His prevailing research interests include topics at the intersection with corporate finance, entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial finance, corporate strategy, risk and real options, and corporate governance.

He has published scientific articles, primarily in international journals, on corporate finance, valuation, and on the theory and practice of business management. He regularly participates in national and international conferences. He regularly performs referral service for national and international scientific journals and institutions.


Research Interests

• Corporate valuation
• Corporate finance
• Entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial finance
• Corporate strategy
• Risk and real options
• Corporate governance


Academic Background

London Business School – London, UK, 2026-
Visiting PhD Student – Department of Strategy and Entrepreneurship

Sapienza University of Rome, Faculty of Economics – Rome, Italy, 2023-2026
PhD in Management, Finance – Department of Management

Sapienza University of Rome, Faculty of Economics – Rome, Italy, 2023
M.A., Economics and Business Management, 110 cum laude

Northern Illinois University, College of Business – Chicago, US, 2022
M.B.A., Summa Cum Laude

Sapienza University of Rome, Faculty of Economics – Rome, Italy, 2021
B.A., Economics and Business Management, 110 cum laude