Research Professor

Diego Marconatto

Prof. Diego Marconatto is a specialist in International Business and International Law from Centro Produttività Veneto (Italy), holds a Ph.D. from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at HEC Montréal (Canada).

He has also served as a Visiting Scholar at the University of Seville (Spain) and the University of Galway (Ireland). Before pursuing an academic career, he accumulated ten years of managerial experience in a Coca-Cola operation and worked as a consultant to high-performing companies.

Professor Marconatto’s research focuses on the performance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), including growth, profitability, productivity, and competitiveness, with a particular emphasis on high-growth firms.