Claudio Demattè (4 March 1942 – 19 March 2004) was an Italian economist and founder of SDA Bocconi. He was also president of

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and chairman of

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. SDA Bocconi

Biography

Claudio Demattè was born in

Trento Trento ( or ; Ladin language, Ladin and ; ; ; ; ; ), also known in English as Trent, is a city on the Adige, Adige River in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol in Italy. It is the capital of the Trentino, autonomous province of Trento. In the 16th ...

on 4 March 1942. He graduated in

economics Economics () is a behavioral science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...

from

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 ...

under the guide of Giordano Dell'Amore in 1966 and earned his

M.B.A. A Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a professional degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration; elective courses may allow further study in a particular a ...

from

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in 1970. He spent most of his career at

and focused on

strategic management In the field of management, strategic management involves the formulation and implementation of the major goals and initiatives taken by an organization's managers on behalf of stakeholders, based on consideration of Resource management, resources ...

internationalization Internationalization or Internationalisation is the process of increasing involvement of enterprises in international markets, although there is no agreed definition of internationalization. Internationalization is a crucial strategy not only for ...

strategy Strategy (from Greek στρατηγία ''stratēgia'', "troop leadership; office of general, command, generalship") is a general plan to achieve one or more long-term or overall goals under conditions of uncertainty. In the sense of the " a ...

finance Finance refers to monetary resources and to the study and Academic discipline, discipline of money, currency, assets and Liability (financial accounting), liabilities. As a subject of study, is a field of Business administration, Business Admin ...

and the television industry. In 1971 he founded SDA Bocconi and was its Director from 1984 to 1989 and then Chairman from 1996 to 2002. In 1988 he founded the journal Economia & Management (Etas). As a professor and researcher he focused mainly on the following subjects: corporate strategy, internationalization strategy, banking and financial markets, financial services businesses, media & TV. He took also direct management responsibilities in top utilities and banking institutions. He was president of

in 1994, he decided to resign with the entire Board short after Berlusconi's electoral victory, he was chairman of

from 1998 to 2001, and chairman of the bank CARIME from 1996 to 2000 and before that chairman of Banca di Trento e Bolzano in his home town of Trento. In all these positions he brought competence, innovation, pragmatism and undisputed granitic integrity. He died at the age of 62 in

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on 19 March 2004.

References

Some of his articles and books

The articles he wrote for "Economia & Management" have been collected in the book "Il mestiere di dirigere" (Etas 2004). Some of them can be read here:
IMPRENDITORI E MANAGER: SI NASCE O SI DIVENTA?

LA TRIPLICE LEVA VINCENTE: RIDUZIONE DEI COSTI, INNOVAZIONE ED ESPANSIONE INTERNAZIONALE

PERCHE' BISOGNA BATTERSI PER DIFENDERE E AMPLIARE IL RUOLO DEI MERCATI

PER ALCUNE IMPRESE ITALIANE E' URGENTE UNA STRATEGIA PANEUROPEA

IL MESTIERE DI DIRIGERE
* La valutazione delle capacità di credito nelle analisi di fido, Vallardi, Milano * I mercati finanziari internazionali (con P. De Sury) (a cura di), Egea, Milano, 1992 * Economia degli Intermediari Finanziari (con G.Forestieri, P.Mottura) (a cura di), Egea, Milano, 1993 * Una cultura per l'impresa, Etas, Milano, 1996 * Strategia d'impresa (di G. Saloner, A. Shepard, J. Podolny) (curatela dell'edizione italiana con F. Perretti), Etas, Milano, 2002 * L'impresa televisiva. Principi economici e variabili strategiche (con Fabrizio Perretti), Etas, Milano, 2002 (seconda edizione)

Biography

References

Some of his articles and books

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