Federica Palazzi / Professoressa Associata

Federica Palazzi earned her Ph.D. at the University of Urbino in 2010. Currently, she is an associate professor in Accounting and Business Administration I, Accounting and Business Administration II, and International Accounting Standards. Her research interests are in the following areas: entrepreneurship, SMEs, intellectual capital, earnings management, small and medium-sized enterprise valuation, sustainability, diversity equity inclusion, gender certification, management accounting, management control systems, and performance management.

Palazzi F., Sentuti A., Cesaroni F.M. (2025), The Approach of Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) to the Gender Equality Certification System UNI/PdR 125:2022, In Paoloni P., Shaping Tomorrow, Gender Perspectives in a Sustainable World, SIDREA Series in Accounting and Business Administration, SPRINGER,  ISSN 2662-9879, ISSN 2662-9887 (electronic), ISBN 978-3-031-78998-4  ISBN 978-3-031-78999-1 (eBook).

Sentuti, A., Palazzi, F., Cesaroni, F.M. (2025 - in corso di pubblicazione), Drivers, barriers, enablers and benefits of gender equality certification systems. Insights from a case study, In Agostini, Beretta, Demartini, Ghio, Trucco (Editors), Diversity and Equity in Accounting. Emerging Issues, Challenges and Opportunities, Jan 2025, SPRINGER.

Palazzi, F., Sentuti, A., Cesaroni, F.M., Del Baldo, M. (2025 – in corso di pubblicazione). Integrating ESG into the business model through a network approach. In-sights from a case study, In Castellano, De Luca, D’Onza, Maffei, Melis, Environment, Social, Governance(ESG): risks, performances, monitoring, Springer. ISBN 978-3-031-76617-6

Chamochumbi Diaz G.D., Ciambotti M., Palazzi F., SENTUTI A. (2025 - in corso di pubblicazione), Young benefit corporations and impact reporting: an exploratory study, Atti del Convegno SIDREA “Digitalizzazione e tecnologie intelligenti per il governo delle aziende. Il contributo dell’economia aziendale al Sistema Paese”, FrancoAngeli, Milano

Chamochumbi Diaz, G.D., Palazzi, F., Sentuti, A., Sgrò, F. (2024). The Enactment of Gender Equality Plans in Academia. Insights from the Italian Context. In: Paoloni, P. (eds) Gender Issues in the Sustainable Development Era. SIDREA Series in Accounting and Business Administration. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-57193-0_2

Venturini, K., Capaldo, G., Palazzi, F., Amatori, C. and Capicchioni, A. (2024), "Action learning in public administration education: learning (evidence) from an action research case study", Journal of Workplace Learning, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/JWL-01-2024-0005

Vannoni, V., Palazzi, F., Sentuti, A., Sgrò F. (2024). The Role of the Management Control System in Supporting ESG-Focused Transformation in Financial Intermediaries: A Case Study of an Italian Bank. “International Journal of Economics and Finance”, ISSN 1916-971X, Vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 22-32.

Palazzi, F., Sentuti, A., Sgrò, F., Ciambotti, M., (2024) Italian Benefit Corporations: An Investigation on the Purposes. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-41610-1_2. In Place Based Approaches to Sustainability Volume II - Business, Economic, and Social Models - ISBN: 9783031416095. In PALGRAVE STUDIES IN SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS IN ASSOCIATION WITH FUTURE EARTH vol. II
 

Del Baldo, M., Palazzi, F. (2023), High-Growth Benefit Corporations: Leveraging on Intangibles—Insights from Italy. Sustainability 2023, 15, 10974.

Del Baldo, M., Cesaroni, F., Ciambotti, M., Chamochumbi Diaz, G.D., Giampaoli, D., Palazzi, F., Sentuti, A., Sgrò, F. (2023), Food Safety Climate and Drivers in Italian Agrifood Companies, 18th International Forum on Knowledge Asset Dynamics, Proceedings IFKAD 2023. 

Chamochumbi Diaz, G.D., Palazzi, F., Sentuti, A., Sgrò, F. (2023), Thematic Areas and Key Actions in Gender Equality Plans: Evidence from Italian Universities, 18th International Forum on Knowledge Asset Dynamics, Proceedings IFKAD 2023. 

Sentuti, A., Sgrò, F., Palazzi, F., Chamochumbi Diaz, G.D. (2023), Diversity and Inclusion: How Does ISO 30415 Affect a Company’s Business Model?, Chinese Business Review, Jan-Mar 23, Vol. 22(1), 1-14.

Chamochumbi Diaz, G.D., Palazzi, F., Sentuti, A., Sgrò, F. (2023), Gender Equality Plan: An Explorative Analysis of Italian Academia, Issue Vol. 6 No. 1 (2023): Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Gender Research.

Palazzi, F., Sgrò, F., Ciambotti, M., Bontis, N. & Gelsomini, L. (2023). The moderating effect of corporate size on the relationship between prospector strategy and management accounting practices. J Manag Control (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00187-023-00353-2

Ciambotti M., PALAZZI F., Sgrò F. (2023). Accounting and art: the art commissions of the confraternities during the 15th and 16th centuries. JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT HISTORY, ISSN: 1751-1348, doi: 10.1108/JMH-12-2021-0072.
 

PALAZZI F. (2022). REVIEW: K. Biginas, S. Sindakis, A. Koumproglou, V. Sarantinos & P. Wyer (Edited by), Small business management and control of the uncertain external environment, Advanced Strategies in Entrepreneurship, Education and Ecology, Emerald Publishing, 2022. In Piccola Impresa/Small Business, n. 2.

Pierli G., Murmura F., PALAZZI F. (2022). Women and Leadership: How Do Women Leaders Contribute to Companies' Sustainable Choices? Frontiers in Sustainability, 
Sec. Sustainable Organizations    doi.org/10.3389/frsus.2022.930116

Sgrò F., PALAZZI F., Ciambotti M. (2022). Business continuity and planning effectiveness: An empirical analysis of Italian manufacturing SMEs. MANAGEMENT CONTROL, vol. 2022, p. 89-108, ISSN: 2239-4397, doi: 10.3280/MACO2022-003005

Chamochumbi Diaz G. D., Ciambotti M., Del Baldo M., PALAZZI F. (2022). Innovazione e Covid-19: effetti e implicazioni sulle medie imprese italiane. Un’indagine esplorativa del contesto marchigiano. Quaderni di Ricerca sull’Artigianato, 10(2), 243-260, Doi 10.12830/105178 (ISSN 1590-296X). 

Chamochumbi Diaz G. D., Ciambotti M., PALAZZI F., Sgrò F. (2022). The digital transformation process in the agri-food sector: a case study. Management Control, Special issue 2, 43-70, Doi: 10.3280/MACO2022-002-S1003 (ISSN 2239-0391).

PALAZZI F., Sentuti A., Sgrò F. (2022), “Gender differences in the personal values of for-benefit entrepreneurs. An investigation of Italian Benefit Corporations”, pp. 31-45, in Paoloni P., Lombardi R. (eds.), Organizational Resilience and Female Entrepreneurship During Crise. Emerging Evidence and Future Agenda, SIDREA Series in Accounting and Business Administration, Springer International Publishing, Switzerland. eBook ISBN 978-3-030-89412-2. Hardcover ISBN 978-3-030-89411-5. DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-89412-2. 

PALAZZI F., Sentuti A., Sgrò F. (2022), “Industry 4.0 and intellectual capital: a state of the art”, in Dell’Atti V., Muserra A.L., Marasca S., Lombardi R. (a cura di), DALLA CRISI ALLO SVILUPPO SOSTENIBILE Principi e soluzioni nella prospettiva economico-aziendale,  Franco Angeli, Milano, ISBN  9788835139317.

Sgrò F., PALAZZI F., Ciambotti M., Gabbianelli L. (2022), “Causes of corporate crisis: an investigation on SMEs to support the learning process”, Piccola Impresa/Small Business, Vol. 3/2021 (https://doi.org/10.14596/pisb.2856).
 

Chamochumbi Diaz G.D., Ciambotti M., Del Baldo M., PALAZZI F. (2021), “Innovation and Covid-19 crisis: evidence from Italian medium-sized firms”, in Atti del Convegno 5th PISB Workshop BEYOND THE CRISIS: WHAT IS THE FUTURE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES? Challenges, opportunities and lessons learned, ISBN: 978-88-31205-06-1, DOI: https://doi.org/10.14596/pisb.3362

Sgrò F., PALAZZI F., Ciambotti M. (2021), “What leads to SMEs continuity?”, in Atti del Convegno 5th PISB Workshop BEYOND THE CRISIS: WHAT IS THE FUTURE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES? Challenges, opportunities and lessons learned. ISBN: 978-88-31205-06-1 DOI: https://doi.org/10.14596/pisb.3362

Mattioli G., PALAZZI F., Ciambotti M. (2021), Activity Based Costing negli Ospedali Riuniti Marche Nord: le risonanze magnetiche, Controllo di gestione, Vol. 4/2021, pp. 24-34, Wolters Kluwer, Milano. ISSN: 1828-4205

PALAZZI F., Sentuti A. (2021), La sicurezza alimentare per le imprese italiane dell’agrifood: barriere, driver e benefici percepiti, Argomenti, 18, pp. 105-125. DOI: https://doi.org/10.14276/1971-8357.2456

Matonti G., Iuliano G., PALAZZI F., Tucker J. (2021), Earnings management techniques in the context of Italian unlisted firms, African Journal of Business Management, Vol. 15(2), pp. 79-92, DOI: 10.5897/AJBM2021.9199, ISSN 1993:8233. 
 

Ciambotti M., Del Baldo M., PALAZZI F., Sgrò F. (2020), Capitale intellettuale e performance nelle università italiane: ruolo e contributo dei dirigenti universitari e della componente non accademica, in Deidda Gagliardo E., Paoloni M. (a cura di), Il Performance Management nelle Università statali. Stato dell'arte e nuove sfide, FrancoAngeli, Milano, 9788835112679.

Annalisa Sentuti, Francesca Sgrò, Gail Denisse Chamochumbi Diaz, PALAZZI F. and Massimo Ciambotti (2020). The Management Process Underpinning the Non-financial Reporting: A Case Study of a Listed Italian Company. In Del Baldo, Dillard, Baldarelli, Ciambotti, Accounting, Accountability and Society. Trends and Perspectives in Reporting, Management and Governance for Sustainability. Springer ISSN 2196-7075 ISSN 2196-7083 (electronic) CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance ISBN 978-3-030-41141-1 ISBN 978-3-030-41142-8 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41142-8.

Francesca Sgrò, PALAZZI F., Massimo Ciambotti, Lorenzo Gelsomini. Factors promoting and hindering the adoption of management accounting tools: empirical evidence from Italian manufacturing SMEs. Management Control. 2020; 1. DOI: 10.3280/MACO2020-SU1002.

PALAZZI F., Francesca Sgrò, Massimo Ciambotti, Nick Bontis. Technological intensity as a moderating variable for the intellectual capital–performance relationship. Knowl Process Manag. (2020); 27: 3–14. https://doi.org/10.1002/kpm.1617 (FASCIA B), SCOPUS 2-s2.0-85075191164. WOS:000496332900001.