EDUCATION

  • 1989 University of Modena – Degree in Economics, with honors
  • 1991 University of Turin –  Master in Business Administration, full marks. School of Business Administration (SAA)  (Advisor: Prof. Lorenzo Peccati)
  • 1996 University of Trieste – PhD in Mathematics for economic decisions (Advisor: Prof. Lorenzo Peccati)
  • 1998-2000 University of Bologna – Department of Philosophy – Studies in philosophy: Mathematical Logic, Philosophy of Science, History of Science, Methodology of Natural Sciences

 
ACADEMIC DEGREES

  • 1995 University of Modena – Assistant Professor
  • 2004 University of Modena and Reggio Emilia – Associate Professor
  • 2021 University of Modena and Reggio Emilia – Full Professor

 
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
BEST PAPER AWARDS

  • 2011 – Best paper award. “Eugene L. Grant” Award as best paper published in 2010 on The Engineering Economist (Taylor & Francis): “Average Internal Rate of Return and Investment Decisions: A New Perspective”. Granted by Engineering Economy Division of the American Society for Engineering Education (second most read paper of The Engineering Economist) [This paper provides a complete resolution to the well-known pitfalls of the Internal Rate of Return (IRR) (non-uniqueness, non-existence, non-compatibility with NPV, inapplicability for time-varying costs of capital, etc.]
  • 2021 – Best paper award. 23rd International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS 2021): “An integrated task and personnel scheduling problem to optimize distributed services in hospitals”. Granted by the Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication. (Online presentation)

NOMINATIONS TO BEST PAPER AWARDS

  • 2021 – Nomination to Best Industrial Paper Award for “Decision Support System to Evaluate Suppliers in the Context of Global Service Provider”. 23rd International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS 2021). Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication. (Online presentation)

 
VQR EVALUATION 2015-2019

  • MAGNI CA 2015. Investment, financing and the role of ROA and WACC in value creation. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH, vol. 244, p. 855-866, ISSN: 0377-2217 Excellent and extremely significant
    Points 30 /30

    • Originality: Excellent (10)
    • Methodological rigor: Excellent (10)
    • Impact: Excellent and extremely significant (10)

     
    MAGNI CA 2015. Aggregate return on investment for investments under uncertainty. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS, p. 29-37, ISSN: 0925-5273

    		 Excellent and extremely significant
    Points 30 /30

    • Originality: Excellent (10)
    • Methodological rigor: Excellent (10)
    • Impact: Excellent and extremely significant (10)

     
    MAGNI CA, MARCHIONI A 2018. Investment decisions and sensitivity analysis: NPV-consistency of rates of return. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH, vol. 268, p. 361-372, ISSN: 0377-2217 Excellent and extremely significant
    Points 29 /30

    • Originality: Excellent (9.5)
    • Methodological rigor: Excellent (9.5)
    • Impact: Excellent and extremely significant (10)

     

 
OTHERS

  • 1990 Winner of Scholarship “Carlo Verri”. Granted by Alitalia for attending the Master in Business Administration of SAA – School of Business Administration, University of Turin
  • 2008 Recognized Reviewer Status Achieved. Granted by European Journal of Operational Research – ELSEVIER
  • 2014 Recognized Reviewer Status Achieved.  Granted by Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance – ELSEVIER
  • 2014 Winner of selective procedure for incentive compensation, year, D.I. n. 665/2013, art.29, c. 19, of L. 240/2010 [Decree n. 155, 28/10/2014] attributed to Associate Professors belonging to the top quartile (top 25%)  in the relevant scientific-disciplinary sector
  • 2015 Recognized Reviewer Status Achieved. Granted by Omega – ELSEVIER
  • 2016 Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing. Granted by Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance – ELSEVIER – In cooperation with the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
  • 2017 Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing. Granted by International Journal of Production Economics – ELSEVIER
  • 2017 Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing. Granted by International Review of Economics and Finance – ELSEVIER
  • 2017 Winner of FFABR (financing fund for base research activities), Legge 232/2016) (una tantum, €3,000). Granted by the Italian Ministry of University and Research to those professors belonging to the top quartile (top 25%) of Associate Professors in the relevant scientific-disciplinary sector