DENTONI Domenico

Domenico Dentoni is Full Professor in Business, Resilience and Transformation and Director of the Communication and OrgAnizing for Sustainable Transformations (COAST) Chair at MBS School of Business since 2021. After a PhD at Michigan State University (USA, 2006-2009) and one year at University of Adelaide (Australia), he spent 10 years as professor – with international research, project management, multi-stakeholder engagement, course development and teaching responsibilities – at Wageningen University (The Netherlands). Domenico’s research seeks to understand why, when and how organizations coordinate across scales to address complex social-ecological problems. As a practice informed by this research, Domenico specializes in novel applications of systems thinking and systems mapping within and across organizations in multiple industries including food and agriculture, energy and water. For these projects, Domenico has acquired and managed 3,5 million EUR in grants from national and international public organizations between 2012 and 2024. Since early 2024, he is co-founder of the Systems Mapping & Co-Design Lab for management and innovation practice. Domenico is author of more than 70 international publications - published, among other journals, in Organization Studies, Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of Business Ethics, Long Range Planning, Business & Society and Organization & Environment - contributing to the fields of sustainable entrepreneurship, organization, business ethics, socio-ecological and agri-food studies. His research, training and innovation work was awarded in 2019 by the US non-profit Food Tank as one of the Top 25 world leaders ‘shaking the current food systems’.

DENTONI, D., M. C. ANNOSI, E. MATTARELLI, A. M. PETRUZZELLI, "The micro-foundations of ambidexterity for corporate social performance: A study on sustainability managers’ response to conflicting goals  ", Long Range Planning, March 2024, vol. 57, no. 1, pp. 102412

ROGLIC, M., L. TESSIER, G. OTTAVIANI AALMO, D. DENTONI, E. WAUTERS, F. MARCHAND, D. G. RODRIGUEZ, M. MASOTTI, C. ANTIER, R. FRICK, N. HAMMOND, P. FEINDT, D. KAPGEN, O. EJDERYAN, D. GUARIENTO - "Mapping Systems Across Scales: A Methodological Framework for the ENFASYS Project" - 2023, Montpellier, France

DENTONI, D., S. PASCUCCI, K. POLDNER, W. B. GARTNER, "Learning “who we are” by doing: Processes of co-constructing prosocial identities in community-based enterprises.", Journal of Business Venturing, December 2018

DENTONI, D., V. BITZER, G. SCHOUTEN, "Harnessing wicked problems in multi-stakeholder partnerships.", Journal of Business Ethics, March 2018, vol. 2, no. 150, pp. 333-356

DENTONI, D., V. BITZER, S. PASCUCCI, "Cross-sector partnerships and the co-creation of dynamic capabilities for stakeholder orientation.", Journal of Business Ethics, June 2016, vol. 1, no. 135, pp. 35-53

ROGLIC, M., D. DENTONI, C. CUCCHI, R. LUBBERINK, R. BENDER-SALAZAR, "Systems thinking, mapping and change in food and agriculture.", Bio-Based & Applied Economics, February, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 277-301

CUCCHI, C., R. LUBBERINK, D. DENTONI, W. B. GARTNER, "That's Witchcraft': Community entrepreneuring as a process of navigating intra-community tensions through spiritual practices.", Organization Studies, June 2022, vol. 2, no. 43, pp. 179-201

KANGOGO, D., D. DENTONI, J. BIJMAN, "Adoption of climate‐smart agriculture among smallholder farmers: Does farmer entrepreneurship matter?", Land Use Policy, February 2021, vol. 105666, no. 109

MANYISE, T., D. DENTONI, "Value chain partnerships and farmer entrepreneurship as balancing ecosystem services: Implications for agri-food systems resilience.", Ecosystem Services, March 2021, vol. 101279, no. 49

PASCUCCI, S., D. DENTONI, J. CLEMENTS, K. POLDNER, W. GARTNER, "Forging forms of authority through the sociomateriality of food in partial organizations.", Organization Studies, January 2021, vol. 2, no. 42, pp. 301-326

Resilience and transformation, Sustainable strategy and business model - Agriculture, forestry and fishing, Education, Food industry, Professional, scientific and technical activities

Sustainable development and social responsibility, Entrepreneurship, Organizations