Alessandro Piazza

Alessandro Piazza is an Assistant Professor of Strategic Management in the Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University. Alessandro's research touches upon several areas at the intersection of organizational theory, entrepreneurship, economic sociology, and strategic management, including (but not limited to): 1) stigma and scandals across organizations; 2) social movements; 3) status and networks; as well as 4) social dynamics in venture financing. His work has appeared in print or is forthcoming at outlets such as Academy of Management Journal, Annual Review of Sociology, Journal of Management, Organization Science, Social Forces, and Strategic Management Journal.

Alessandro teaches courses in strategic management, technology strategy, and organizational theory in the undergraduate, MBA, and PhD programs at Rice's Jones School of Business. He received a PhD in Management from Columbia Business School, an MBA from the Collège des Ingénieurs, as well as a BSc and an M.Sc. from the University of Bologna, both in nuclear engineering.

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Columbia University in the City of New York (2013 — 2018)
• Dottorato di ricerca Università Bocconi
• Master of Business Administration - MBA Collège des Ingénieurs Italia (CDI Italia)
• Master of Science - MS Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna (2006 — 2009)
• Education Abroad Program University of California, Berkeley (2007 — 2008)
• Bachelor of Science - BS Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna (2003 — 2006)

PUBLICATIONS

• Fremeth, A., Holburn, G.F., and Piazza, A. (2021). Activist Protest Spillovers into the Regulatory Domain: Theory and Evidence from the U.S. Nuclear Power Generation Industry. Forthcoming at Organization Science.
• Augustine, G. and Piazza, A. (2021). Category Evolution under Conditions of Stigma: The Segregation of Abortion Provision into Specialist Clinics in the United States. Forthcoming at Organization Science.
• Giangreco, A., Slavich, B., Piazza, A., Castellucci, F., & Mohadjer, C. (2021). The Role of Celebrity and Status in the Performance–Pay Relationship: Evidence from the “Big Five” European Football Leagues. M@n@gement, 24(1): 1–16
• Piazza, A., Phillips, D. J., & Castellucci, F. (2020). High-Status Affiliations and the Success of Entrants: New Bands and the Market for Live Music Performances, 2000-2012. Organization Science, 31(5): 1272–1291.
• Piazza, A., & Abrahamson, E. (2020). Fads and Fashions in Management Practices: Taking Stock and Looking Forward. International Journal of Management Reviews, 22(3): 264–286.
• Piazza, A., & Perretti, F. (2020). Firm Behavior and the Evolution of Activism: Strategic Decisions and the Emergence of Protest in U.S. Communities. Strategic Management Journal, 41(4): 681–707.
• Piazza, A., & Wang, D. J. (2020). Claim Specialization, Tactical Diversity and the Protest Environment in the Success of U.S. Antinuclear Activism. Mobilization, 25(1): 93–114
• Abrahamson, E. & Piazza, A. (2019). The Lifecycle of Management Ideas: Innovation, Diffusion, Institutionalization, Dormancy, and Rebirth. Pp. 42–67 in The Oxford Handbook of Management Ideas, edited by A. Sturdy, S. Heusinkveld, T. Reay, and D. Strang. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
• Wang, D. J., Piazza, A., & Soule, S. A. (2018). Boundary-Spanning in Social Movements: Antecedents and Outcomes. Annual Review of Sociology, 44: 167–187.
• Piazza, A. & Jourdan, J. (2018). When the Dust Settles: The Consequences of Scandals for Organizational Competition. Academy of Management Journal, 61(1): 165–190.
• Wang, D. J. & Piazza, A. (2016). The Use of Disruptive Tactics in Protest as a Trade-Off: The Role of Social Movement Claims. Social Forces, 94(4): 1675-1710.
• Piazza, A. & Perretti, F. (2015). Categorical Stigma and Firm Disengagement: Nuclear Power Generation in the United States, 1970-2000. Organization Science, 26(3): 724–742.
• Piazza, A., & Castellucci, F. (2014). Status in Organization and Management Theory. Journal of Management, 40(1): 283–311.