Franco Amatori is professor of

economic history Economic history is the academic learning of economies or economic events of the past. Research is conducted using a combination of historical methods, statistical methods and the application of economic theory to historical situations and ins ...

at Bocconi University,

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

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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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