Massimiliano Ferrara

Dr. Massimiliano Ferrara received the master’s degree (cum laude) in economics from the University of Messina, the master’s degree (cum laude) from the University of Naples Fed- erico II, the master’s degree (cum laude) from the Scuola Normle Superiore di Pisa, and the Ph.D. degree (cum laude) from the University of Messina. He has been a Research Affiliate with the ICRIOS–Invernizzi Center for Research on Innovation, Organization, Strategy and Entrepreneurship, University Bocconi of Milan, since 2013, the President of Scientific Committee of the MEDAlics Research Center, and the Scientific Director of the DECISIONS Lab. He was a General Counsel of the Fondazione Banco di Napoli, the Vice Rector with the University for foreigners “Dante Alighieri’’ of Reggio Calabria, and the Head of Region Calabria Department for Cultura, Research and Education. He was a Visiting Professor with Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA, Western Michigan University, USA, Morgan State University, Baltimora, MD, USA, the Northeastern University di Boston, USA, and recently with the Center for Dynamics of Dresden University of Technology, Germany. He is currently a Full Professor of mathematical economics, statistics, business analytics & decision theory, applied economics with the Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, where he is also the Chairman of the Department of Law, Economics & Human Sciences, and a Member of the Academic Senate. He is the author and co-author of up 200 articles on peer-review and ISI journal and ten research monographs. He has been Knight Order of Merit of the Italian Republic since 2010 “for international scientific merits”. He is in the prestigious US Encyclopedia Hmolpedia on thermodynamics and the theoretical and applied physics, for offering a decisive contribution to the creation and development of the scientific theory called “Economic geometric dynamics”. He is also an Editor, a Co-Editor, an Associate Editor, and a Referee of reputable international scientific journal in economics, business intelligence, pure and applied mathematics.