Leonardo BUZZAVO
- Position
- Subject expert
- Telephone
- 041 234 6678
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buzzavo@unive.it
- Fax
- 041 234 8701
- Academic discipline
- Management [ECON-07/A]
- Website
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https://www.unive.it/web/en/19197/people/buzzavo(personal record)
- Office
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Venice School of Management
Website: https://www.unive.it/dep.management
Office hours
Venice – San Giobbe – Department of Management – C1 building – ground floor – room n.40 / UNLESS THERE ARE OTHER INDICATIONS FOR A GIVEN DATE
See notices (avvisi) for schedule of student hours. Interested students are invited to book a slot by emailing buzzavo@unive.it.
Students interested in discussing a potential Master's thesis request are kindly required to check out this link: https://www.unive.it/pag/15461/ and also consider that eligible students must have attended at least one course with the teacher, with a grade equal or above 26/30. Also they should present beforehand via email an extended abstract outlining the research question plus some selected bibliography.
Teaching activity current year
Teaching activity previous years
Activities and research skills
- Academic discipline
- Economia e gestione delle imprese [ECON-07/A]
- Geographic areas in which the research experience mainly applies
- Internazionale: Europa
- Known languages
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Italiano
(scritto: madrelingua parlato: madrelingua)
Inglese (scritto: avanzato parlato: avanzato)
Spagnolo (scritto: intermedio parlato: intermedio)
Francese (scritto: intermedio parlato: intermedio)
Portoghese (scritto: intermedio parlato: intermedio)
- Main departmental research areas and fields
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Area:
Azienda Linea:
Settori industriali - risorse e strumenti
Area: Beni culturali Linea: Valorizzazione di beni culturali
Area: Economia Linea: Settori industriali - politiche e gestione
Area: Economia Linea: Settori industriali - risorse e strumenti
Area: Economia Linea: Sistema economico - politiche e gestione
Area: Economia
- Studio di fattori di competitività di imprese mediante raccolta e analisi dati e informazioni, e realizzazione di studio di casi
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- Description:
- Study of drivers of competitiveness for firms through gathering and analysis of data and information, and development of case-studies
- Ideazione e coordinamento della realizzazione di eventi che integrano presentazione di risultati di ricerca con occasioni di incontro per operatori e imprese
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- Description:
- Concept and coordination of events that integrate the presentation of research results with opportunities for networking among practitioners
- Analisi del potenziale dei modelli di business per il riuso dei beni culturali digitali
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- SSD:
- SECS-P/08
- Architetture distributive commercializzazione automobilistica e servizi
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- SSD:
- SECS-P/08
- Coordinamento supply chain automotive
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- SSD:
- SECS-P/08
- Strategia, vantaggi competitivi e innovazione strategica
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- SSD:
- SECS-P/08
- Strategie di imprese leader nel Veneto
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- SSD:
- SECS-P/08
- Strategie di superamento della crisi e rilancio competitivo di imprese italiane della filiera automotive
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- SSD:
- SECS-P/08
- Other members of the research group:
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Vladi FINOTTO
Andrea STOCCHETTI
Francesco ZIRPOLI
- Strategie, dinamiche imprenditoriali/manageriali, creatività
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- SSD:
- SECS-P/08
Publication highlights
Buzzavo, Leonardo Automotive Distribution at the Gates of Change: Towards New Architectures in Buzzavo, Leonardo, The Green Transition of the Automotive Industry, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 161-179 (ISBN 978-3-031-37199-8; 978-3-031-37200-1)
DOI 2023,
Book Article - ARCA card: 10278/5044321
Buzzavo, Leonardo; Favero, Giovanni; Zirpoli, Francesco Reshaping the Auto Industry Through Unconventional Challenges , The Green Transition of the Automotive Industry, Cham, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 13-43 (ISBN 978-3-031-37199-8; 978-3-031-37200-1)
DOI 2023,
Book Article - ARCA card: 10278/5043749
LEONARDO BUZZAVO L’era dell’iper-scelta e la frontiera della relazione. Al lavoro sull’attitudine e non solo sulla competenza in INTERAUTONEWS, vol. 10 (ISSN 1970-6243)
2022,
Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/5009043
BUZZAVO, L. What type of dealers? Different avenues for automotive distribution architectures , Solihull, ICDP (ISBN 978-1-909591-43-1)
2021,
Working paper - ARCA card: 10278/3750730
BUZZAVO L. Dall'apprendimento all'omnicanalità, i fronti di innovazione per le concessionarie auto in INTERAUTONEWS, vol. 10 (ISSN 1970-6243)
2020,
Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/3733747
List of publications
Curriculum vitae
Leonardo Buzzavo has been Associate Professor until July 31st 2024 at the Department of Management of the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, where he gained a B.A. Business Economics (magna cum laude) in 1994 and a Ph.D degree in Business Economics and Management in 1998. He has also gained a one-year scholarship at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA).
His research has been focusing on strategy innovation, business models and entrepreneurship with specific reference to automotive distribution architectures. In the past he also dealt with lean production and lean thinking.
From 2018 to July 2024 he has been Coordinator of the Master Degree of Marketing and Communication.
From 2010 to 2014 he has acted as President’s delegate for the valorization of the brand, history and facilities of Ca’ Foscari and as a Member of the Board at the Fondazione Ca’ Foscari (www.fondazionecafoscari.it).
He has co-ordinated the start-up phase of the new Ca’ Foscari Alumni Association (www.cafoscarialumni.it).
He carried out active roles in the international research network ICDP - International Car Distribution Programme (www.icdp.net) from 1994 to 2016.
He carried out teaching and training activities at various institutions and companies and he has been speaking at over 200 conferences and seminars in over 20 countries, mainly on themes related to automotive marketing and distribution strategies.
He is Program Coordinator for Automotive Dealer Day (www.dealerday.it), the European leading b2b event for the automotive distribution chain and cofounder of Quintegia, for which carries out scientific collaboration on projects regarding training, research and events in the automotive field.
He has authored many publications, including academic reviews such as Economia & Management, Finanza Marketing & Produzione, Mercati & Competitività, Sviluppo & Organizzazione, InternationalJournal of Automotive Technology and Management and magazines such as Mondo Ecomomico, Il Sole 24Ore, Quattroruote and AutoPro.
Within the field of non-scientific publications he has contributed to the meta-novel “Le Aziende In-visibili” – “The invisible firms” (edited by Marco Minghetti & the living mutants society Ed. Scheiwiller, 2008) within the stream of Humanistic Management; he has edited and produced a book with writings from people with different business backgrounds (“Il secondo cassetto”, “The second drawer”, ed. Matteo Editore, 2007); he has produced the book “Jorge Scassa – Mixed Media Art” focusing on digital painting techniques ed. Matteo Editore 2007; he has contributed to the Whaiwhai guide “Amor” for the city of Verona.
Besides Italian (his mother tongue), he speaks English, French, Spanish and Portuguese. Whenever possible, he enjoys playing the piano and rowing, as well as travelling and reading about cultural anthropology, neurobiology, cognitive psychology and creative processes) and he loves travelling to explore new contexts.
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