Arena Marika
Full Professor
Arena Marika
Full Professor
Marika Arena, Ph.D. is Full Professor of Accounting Finance and Control at Politecnico di Milano.
She is the Director of the Master of Science in Manangement Engineering and she is part of the Board of the Ph.D in Management Engineering.
She's author of over 100 papers published in national and international journals and conference proceedings and book chapters.
Career
PHD: Management Economics and Industrial Engineering, Politecnico di Milano
Master of Science: Management Engineering, Politecnico di Milano
Research
Her research interests are articulated along four main streams:
- performance measurement and management of complex systems;
- change management and innovation processes related of internal auditing and risk management systems in private and public organizations;
- sustainability strategies and corporate social innovation;
- comprehensive engineering for social impact.
The research activities in these four areas have been developed through both qualitative and quantitative research methods (case study, action research, survey, sentiment and opinon analysis) and have been often characterized by collaborations with researchers and of other departments and other universities (in Italy and abroad).
Selected Publications
Arena M.| Azzone G.| Grecchi M.| Piantoni G. (2021), "How can the waste management sector contribute to overcoming barriers to the circular economy?", Sustainable Development, 29, 1062-1071
Arena M.| Azzone G.| Piantoni G. (2021), "Uncovering value creation in innovation ecosystems: paths towards shared value", European Journal of Innovation Management, 25, 432-451
Calissano A.| Vantini S.| Arena M. (2020), "Monitoring rare categories in sentiment and opinion analysis: a Milan mega event on Twitter platform", Statistical Methods and Applications, 29, 787-812
Sinha V.K.| Arena M. (2020), "Manifold Conceptions of the Internal Auditing of Risk Culture in the Financial Sector", Journal of Business Ethics, 162, 81-102
Arena M.| Azzone G.| Piantoni G. (2020), "Shared value creation during site decommissioning: A case study from the energy sector", Journal of Cleaner Production, 251oduction, 251
Community service
- Programme Director of MSc. Management Engineering
- Member of the PhD Board - PhD Program in Management Engineering
- Editor of International Journal of Auditing