Giuseppe Festa

Associate Professor (with National Scientific Qualification for Full Professor) of “Management” at the Department of Economics and Statistics of the University of Salerno (Italy), where he teaches “Business management”, “International marketing for SMEs” (in English) and “Wine Business”. He also taught in other Universities (“Business management”, Department of Sciences - School of Pharmacy, University of Basilicata; “Business organization”, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples “Federico II”; “Corporate Finance”, School of Economics, University of Molise). He is Member of the Teaching Committee of the following high education courses: Doctorate Course in “Tech for Good. Technology transfer, global foresight and sustainable innovation in knowledge ecosystems” (Link University in Rome), Second Level Master’s Degree in “Management of healthcare organizations - DAOSAN” (University of Salerno), Postgraduate Course in “Wine Business” (University of Salerno), and Postgraduate Course in “Pharmaceutical services management and organization” (University of Salerno). PhD in “Economics and Management of Public Organizations”, Director and President of the Scientific Committee of the Postgraduate Course in “Wine Business”, Chairman of the “Wine Business” Research Interest Committee (Euromed), and Member of the Scientific Committee of RECEVIN (European Network of Wine Cities). Member of the Editorial Reviewers Board for national and international journals (e.g., Journal of Business Research, Journal of Innovation and Knowledge, Esperienze d’impresa, and so on). He is President of SISIT (Italian Society of Information and Technology Sciences). He is President of UNISCE (Union of Graduates in Economics and Management). He is Member of SIMA (Italian Society of Management), SIM (Italian Society of Marketing), AIDEA (Italian Association of Business Administration), AIES (Italian Association of Health Economics), EuAWE (European Association of Wine Economists), AICA (Italian Association for Informatics and Automatic Calculation), VICINA (International Association of Business Consultants for Internationalization), and IASA (International Association of Sensory Analysis). Author (single and/or multiple) of more than 140 scientific publications, considering monographs, book chapters, articles on journals (national and international), and papers at conferences (national and international). His main research topics focus on marketing and communication in wine markets, governance and management of business information systems, and managerial issues of healthcare and pharmaceutical organizations. These insights have led to continuous field interactions with enterprises and industry associations, through analysis of case studies (included in the publications), participation on invitation to seminars / conferences, and implementation of training activities for managers and professionals (ECM - Continuing Medical Education, IFTS - Advanced Technical Education and Training, and so on), with responsibility about scientific and teaching coordination.