Isabella Fadda is Associate Professor at the Department of Economics and Business Sciences of the University of Cagliari, and she is PhD in Economics and Business Management.

She currently teaches General and Applied Accounting and Business Economics at the University of Cagliari in the bachelor’s degree courses in Economics and Finance and in Business Administration. She has 15 years of teaching experience in both bachelors and master degree courses.

Her main research interests are: Public Management; Accounting, Budgeting and Financial Reporting in Public Administrations; Internal Control Systems.

Recent publications

• Informal Payments and Performance in the Health Care Sector: Possible Relationships in a Sub-National Perspective, in International Journal of Business and Management, vol.15 (n.3), coautori E. Reginato, P.Paglietti, A. Pavan.
• Analysing Corruption: Effects on the Transparency of Public Administrations. In: AA. VV. (a cura di): Borgonovi Elio Anessi-Pessina Eugenio Bianchi Carmine, Outcome-Based Performance Management in the Public Sector. p. 251-267, Springer International Publishing, coautori E. Reginato, P.Paglietti, A. Pavan.
• 2016. The Influence of Resistance to Change on Public Sector Reform Implementation: The Case of Italian Municipalities’ Internal Control System, International Journal Of Public Administration, vol.39 issue 12, coautori E. Reginato, P.Paglietti.

Carla Massidda is Full professor in Political Economy at the University of Cagliari. She teaches Microeconomics and Sustainable Tourism Development. Her research interests concern environmental, migration and tourism economics. During her career, she has attended numerous conferences and seminars of national and international relevance and has taken part in important research projects. Her researches on tourism have been published in outstanding international journals, such as Annals of Tourism Research, Current Issues in Tourism, Journal of Travel Research, Tourism Economics and Tourism Management. The most recent published papers are:

Massidda C. – Piras R.- Seetaram N. (2020). A Microeconomics Analysis of the Per Diem Expenditure of British Travellers, Annals of Tourism Research, DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2020.102877;

Etzo I. - Massidda C. – Piras R. (2020). Do firms follow immigrants? Empirical evidence from Italy, Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie (Journal of Economic and Social Geography), DOI: 10.1111/tesg.12405;

Full Professor of Accounting and Business, Director of the Department of Economic and Business Admistration and member of the Academic Senate of the University of Cagliari. Former Dean of the Faculty of Economics and a member of the Board of Directors. Scientific director of the Azienda e Società series accredited by AIDEA and published by Maggioli. President of the Steering Committee of the magazine Azienda Pubblica (Maggioli). Scholar of CIGAR Network – Comparative International Governmental Accounting Research. He was an external lecturer at the National School of Administration – SNA, at the Presidency of the Council of Ministers (2000-2014), member of the Observatory on Finance and Accountancy of Local Authorities at the Ministry of the Interior (2004-2009), member of the Board of Directors of the Italian Academy of Business Admistration - AIDEA (from 2013 to 2017). He is author of n° 100 publications (from IRIS/UNICA website), mainly in scientific journals and monographs; more significant: Pavan A., Reginato E., Fadda I. (2014), The implementation gap of NPM reforms in Italian local government. An empirical analysis, Milano: Franco Angeli. Pavan A., Reginato E. (2012) Programmazione e controllo nelle amministrazioni pubbliche. Gestione per obiettivi e contabilità integrata. Milano: Giuffrè. Pavan A. (2008), L’amministrazione economica delle aziende. Milano: Giuffrè.

Romano Piras is Full professor in Economics. He teaches Principles of Economics, Microeconomics, Economic Growth at the University of Cagliari. His research interests concern economic growth theory, migration economics and tourism economics. He has published in various national and international journals. The most recent published papers are:

Massidda C., Piras R., Seetaram N. (2020). A Microeconomics Analysis of the Per Diem Expenditure of British Travellers, Annals of Tourism Research, DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2020.102877.

Etzo I., Massidda C., Piras R. (2020). Do Firms Follow Immigrants? Empirical Evidence From Italy, Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, DOI: 10.1111/tesg.12405.

Full Professor in Business Economics at the University of Cagliari - Department of Economics and Business Studies - where she teaches issues relating to public sector management planning and control.

-Main research area include public sector management with specific reference to accountability, accounting internal controls and performance management in central and local governments and in healthcare organizations.

-Winner in 2004 of the National General Accounting Department’s research award.

- Since 1998 Member of Research Groups in different National and local research Projects.

-PhD students’ Supervisor in the field of economic and social performance of tourism enterprises.

-Member of the Editorial Board of Mecosan, the premier Italian quarterly journal in the field of healthcare management.

-Member of The Italian Society of Professors in Accounting and Business Administration - SIDREA and of the Italian Academy of Business Administration and Management - AIDEA.

Publications:

1. Fadda I., Paglietti P., Reginato E., Pavan A. (2018). Analysing Corruption: Effects on the Transparency of Public Administrations. In: AA. VV.. (eds.): Borgonovi Elio Anessi-Pessina Eugenio Bianchi Carmine, Outcome-Based Performance Management in the Public Sector. p. 251-267, USA:Springer International Publishing, ISBN: 978-3-319-57017-4, doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-57018-1
2. Dessalvi B., Modica P., Reginato E. (2017), L'impatto economico sociale dei contributi pubblici sulle imprese alberghiere, Cacucci Editore, ISBN 978-88-6611-599-1.
3. Reginato E., Fadda I. Paglietti P. (2016) The influence of resistance to change on public sector reform implementation: the case of Italian municipalities' internal control system in International Journal of Public Administration, pp.1-11 ISSN 0190-0692, DOI:10.1080/01900692.2015.1068325.

Martina Catte received her Bachelor's degree in Economics and Management of Tourism Services from the University of Cagliari in 2016 and her Master's degree in Sustainability and Tourism Management from the University of Trento in 2020 with a thesis aimed at studying the individual and contextual factors that influence the propensity and decision to take action in favour of environmental sustainability (link to her thesis). A qualified Auditor and Advisor for the sustainability assessment of tourist destinations, during her master's studies she began collaborating with the University of Cagliari on the project "Destinations' performance measurement and the role of public policies", mainly dealing with the management and implementation of the measurement of tourism impacts, and subsequently with the dissemination of scientific and practical results and performance indicators of tourist destinations.

Michele Scarlato received a BS degree in Internet Science in 2008 and a Master degree in Computer Science in 2012, from the University of Bologna, Italy. In 2014 he achieved his second Master degree in Computer Science with a specialization in Networks and Telematics at Murcia University. In 2020 he obtained a Ph.D in Electronic and Computer Engineering at Cagliari University. He also worked as a network and system administrator in companies such as Telecom Italia, Fairmail, IZSLER, Unicredit Bank and Quentral. His main research interests cover Next Generation Networking (mainly SDN and ICN) and Blockchain. He is carrying on an active collaboration with Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), South Korea, after having visited the Institute in 2017, during his Ph.D course, thanks to a “Pierre-Marie Curie” scholarship. Here is the link to his publications and his thesis.