Franco Amatori is professor of

economic history Economic history is the study of history using methodological tools from economics or with a special attention to economic phenomena. Research is conducted using a combination of historical methods, statistical methods and the Applied economics ...

Bocconi University Bocconi University or Università Bocconi (formally known in Italian language, Italian as ''Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi'' – Luigi Bocconi Commercial University) is a private university in Milan, Italy. The university is consistently ...

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. With a scholarship of the U.S.-Italy Fulbright Commission, Amatori spent three semesters in the individual studies program of

Harvard Business School Harvard Business School (HBS) is the graduate school, graduate business school of Harvard University, a Private university, private Ivy League research university. Located in Allston, Massachusetts, HBS owns Harvard Business Publishing, which p ...

under the tutelage of Alfred D. Chandler, Jr. Since then, Prof. Amatori has pioneered the academic study of business history in Italy. He has translated Chandler's works into Italian. Also, with Andrea Colli, Prof. Amatori co-authored a synthesis of Italian industrialization, published in 1999, ''Impresa e industria in Italia dall'Unità a oggi''.

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21st-century Italian historians Academic staff of Bocconi University Economic historians English–Italian translators Italian male non-fiction writers Harvard Business School alumni Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Italian expatriates in the United States {{italy-academic-bio-stub