VALERIA GIACOMIN

I am a business and global historian and Assistant Professor in the Department of Social and Political Sciences at Bocconi University. 

My research examines how business strategy and entrepreneurship operate within cities, industrial clusters, and global value chains to shape global markets. I also study and teach how entrepreneurship and ethics intertwine in different historical settings.

I apply a multi-disciplinary, qualitative approach combining archival research, oral history interviews, and structured datasets.

My work has appeared in leading peer-reviewed outlets in business and global history and management, as well as in edited volumes. 

At Bocconi, I am member of the Dondena Research Centre and the Baffi Centre. Prior to my current appointment I have held fellowships at Harvard Business School and University of Southern California. I obtained my PhD from Copenhagen Business School.

I am currently developing my first book project. The manuscript traces the globalization of the rubber–palm oil complex in maritime Southeast Asia, showing how global agribusiness has been contributing to environmental change in the 20th century. 

I am also working on a new side project on the global toy industry.