Elisa MONTORI
- Position
- Adjunct Professor
- Roles
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Member of the Observatory of the Ca' Foscari University of Venice dedicated to the analysis of the employment dynamics of the University staff
- Website
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https://www.unive.it/people/elisa.montori (personal record)
Office hours
Prof. Montori's office hours take place weekly on Tuesdays. To book an appointment, please use the following link (for students taking the 'Organizing in a Digital World' course) or this link (for students taking the 'Organizational Behaviour and Innovation' course). Otherwise, email me to book an ad hoc slot.
Once reserved, if students no longer wish to attend the scheduled meeting, they are kindly asked to cancel the reservation.
Teaching activity current year
Teaching activity previous years
Publication highlights
Montori, Elisa One, No One, and One Hundred Thousand: Founder and Venture Identity Work on Social Media Platforms , Academy of Management Proceedings, Academy of Management, vol. 2026, Convegno: Academy of Management Annual Meeting (ISSN 0065-0668)
DOI 2026,
Abstract in Atti di convegno - ARCA card: 10278/5123991
Montori, Elisa Re-Searching Organisations: Moving Organisational Ethnographies Online , Academy of Management Proceedings, Academy of Management, vol. 2026, Convegno: Academy of Management Annual Meeting (ISSN 0065-0668)
DOI 2026,
Abstract in Atti di convegno - ARCA card: 10278/5123992
Elisa MONTORI; Ambra Mazzelli; J. T. Carter Breaking Free or Breaking Up: Racial Discrimination and Black Founders’ Entrepreneurial Journeys , Academy of Management Proceedings, Academy of Management, Convegno: Academy of Management 2025
2025,
Article in Conference Proceedings - ARCA card: 10278/5104128
Elisa Montori; Anna Comacchio Actors on occasion, creators all along. Pitching as a sensemaking/sensegiving process in the entrepreneurial becoming. , Egos Conference 2023 - Cagliari 4-7 LUglio 2023, EGOS, Convegno: 39th EGOS Colloquium (July 6–8, 2023) - Organizing for the Good Life: between legacy and imagination, Cagliari 4-7 LUglio 2023
2023,
Article in Conference Proceedings - ARCA card: 10278/5033320
List of publications
Curriculum vitae
Research Interests
Entrepreneurship, Ecosystems, Narratives, Identity, Pitching, Emancipation, Digital Platforms.
Current Positions
08.2026 – 08.2027 Venice School of Management | Postdoctoral Researcher
Focus: Accelerators’ role in shaping entrepreneurial identities and developing a regional ecosystem within the Cultural and Creative Industries.
09.2025 – 09.2026 Venice School of Management | Adjunct Professor
Course: Individual and Group Behaviours for Innovation (M.Sc. in Innovation & Marketing).
09.2026 – 09.2027 Venice School of Management | Adjunct Professor
Course: Organizing in a Digital World (B.Sc. in Digital Management).
Course: Organizational Behaviour and Innovation (M.Sc. in Innovation and Management for Culture and Creativity).
Past Positions
04.2026 – 09.2026 Venice School of Management | Research Fellow
Focus: Accelerators and entrepreneurs in CCI.
01.2026 – 03.2026 Venice School of Management | Research Fellow
Focus: Identity processes of entrepreneurs in CCI.
Education
09.2021 – 01.2026 Venice School of Management, Italy & SKEMA Business School, France | PhD in Management | Excellent with Honours
Dissertation: ‘Venturing Off the Beaten Path: Three Close-Ups of Identities and Motivations in and around Entrepreneurship.’
09.2023 – 02.2024 Skema Business School, Grand Paris Campus, France | Research Visit
10.2018 – 06.2021 E. Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany | M. Sc. in Management and Economics | 1.43 (Grading: 1: Excellent; 6: Fail)
01.2020 – 07.2020 University of Technology Sydney, Australia | Overseas Exchange Semester
09.2015 – 07.2018 University of Bologna, Italy | B.Sc. in Economics, Markets, and Institutions | 105 (Grading: 110: Excellent; 65: Fail)
03.2017 – 07.2017 Universität Konstanz, Germany | Erasmus+ Exchange Semester
Conferences
Academy of Management Annual Meeting (AoM) | 2026; 2025
Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC) | 2026; 2024
European Group for Organisational Studies Colloquium (EGOS) | 2025; 2024; 2023
Philosophy and Organization Studies Colloquium (PHILOS) | 2026, 2025
Process Organization Studies International Symposium (PROS)| 2026; 2025; 2024
Workshops
Academy of Management Journal PDW | 2022
European Haniel Program on Entrepreneurship and the Humanities | 2024
Organizing Creativity PDW | 2023
Organization Studies Method/ology Development Workshop | 2026; 2025
Rethinking Entrepreneurship in Society Workshop | 2025
Schools
EGOS Pre-Colloquium Post-Doctoral & Early Career Scholars Workshop | 2026
EGOS Pre-Colloquium PhD Workshop | 2024
EURAM Early Career Colloquium | 2025
EUTOPIA Impact School 2025 on Science Communication | 2025
JBVI Entrepreneurship Academy | 2025
Organization Science Doctoral Colloquium | 2024
Invited Talks
20.05.2026 University of Bologna| M. Sc. in Business Management | Guest Lecturer
Seminar: ‘The next Medtech unicorn? Legitimation in entrepreneurial ecosystems.’
2025 – 2026 Venice School of Management | PhD Course in Organisation Studies | Guest Lecturer
Seminars: ‘Entrepreneurial narratives and identity processes’; ‘Organizational identity formation and construction.’
2024 – 2025 Vrije Universiteit | Presenter
Seminar: ‘Behind the scenes of the entrepreneurial pitch: A sensemaking process of identity formation.'
08.02.2024 H-Farm Accelerator | Guest Lecturer
Workshop: ‘How to Build the Perfect Pitch.’
Past Teaching Activities
2023 – 2024 Venice School of Management | M.Sc. in Management | Tutor
Course: Strategy Planning and Control System.
Academic Service
2023 – 2025 Ca’ Foscari University of Venice | PhD Students’ Representative in the Academic Senate
2021 – 2023 Ca’ Foscari University of Venice | President of PhD Students' Council
Venice School of Management | PhD Students’ Representative
Work Experience
02.2021 – 07.2021 FactSet, Milan, Italy | Client Solution Intern
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