Prof. Silvio Vismara

BIOGRAPHY

Silvio Vismara is Professor of corporate finance at the Department of Management of the University of Bergamo, Italy, and at IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy. He has held prior visiting appointments at Ghent University (Belgium), Indiana University (USA), University of Augsburg (Germany), Manchester Business School (UK), Cass Business School (UK), University of Florida (USA), and University of La Laguna (Spain). His research interests focus on fintech, corporate governance, corporate finance, and entrepreneurial and digital finance. He is Editor of Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Small Business Economics, and Journal of Technology Transfer, Co-Founder and Executive Editor of Review of Corporate Finance, and Associate Editor of the British Journal of Management, Management Review Quarterly, and Venture Capital. He is listed as a highly cited researcher by
Clarivate. His research interests are in entrepreneurial finance and focus mainly on IPOs, equity crowdfunding, and ICOs. His research has been published in international journals, including the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Business Venturing, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Journal of Corporate Finance, Research Policy, Journal of Management Studies, and Journal of Banking and Finance. The research activity has benefited from his experience as a scientific consultant for the Italian Stock Exchange, as Vice-Chancellor for Research and a member of the board of directors of the University of Bergamo, as well as a founder of its first academic spin-off company (Universoft). His research has been covered in the media outlets around the world, including The Economist and The Financial Times