Giovanni Scarso Borioli is a full-time member of the faculty in London, specializing in strategy, innovation, and organizational transformation.

His research focuses on how companies formulate and execute strategy, with a particular interest in overcoming execution challenges and integrating strategic frameworks for effective decision-making. Giovanni is actively involved in qualitative research, employing Grounded Theory to analyze how CEOs and senior executives navigate strategic challenges in large multinational organizations.

Giovanni is also working at the cross section of Management and Computer science research, focusing on developing a machine-readable framework for Strategy formulation, aiming at enabling GenAI agents to effectively reason about Corporate and Business Strategy in a formally rigorous and explainable way, as well as adding deep layers of context-specificity.

At ESCP, he teaches courses on strategy and innovation, guiding students in applying cutting-edge methodologies to real-world business problems. He is also the Academic Director of a MIM specialization in Management Consulting Excellence (MCE).

Beyond academia, Giovanni has extensive experience as a strategic advisor to global corporations, particularly in enterprise software, industrial sectors, and consumer goods. He is also the co-founder of an Enterprise SaaS company and is leading the development of a professional association for strategy professionals, aiming to establish industry standards and certification programs.

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ESCP Impact Papers

2024

SOLA, D., G. SCARSO BORIOLI

Navigating Uncertainty: The Power of Foresight in Business Strategy

ESCP Impact Papers, 2024-46-EN

Academic Articles

2018

QUAGLIA, R., D. SOLA, G. SCARSO BORIOLI

Predicting GPs engagement with artificial intelligence

BRITISH JOURNAL OF HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT, 2018 Vol 24 No 3, 132-138

Academic Articles

2018

SCARSO BORIOLI, G., J. , G. COUTURIER

How blockchain technology can improve the outcomes of clinical trials

BRITISH JOURNAL OF HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT, 24 (3), 156-162

Academic Articles

2015

SOLA, D., G. SCARSO BORIOLI, G. SCALABRINI

New Product Development and Disciplined Experimentation

SYMPHONIA - EMERGING ISSUES IN MANAGEMENT, Issue 2, pp. 103-118 (16 p.)

Academic Articles

2012

SOLA, D., G. SCARSO-BORIOLI, C. RAICIU, J. COUTURIER

How can the Internet of Things help to overcome current healthcare challenges

COMMUNICATIONS AND STRATEGIES, Issue 87, pp. 67-81 15 p.

Working Papers

2012

SOLA, D., G. SCARSO-BORIOLI, C. RAICIU, J. COUTURIER

Babolat

ESCP Europe Working Paper, 15 p.

Chapters

2010

TAILLARD, M., G. SCARSO-BORIOLI, D. SOLA

Orchestrating Change

In: Towards the Next Orbit, Corporate Odyssey, VERMA, Subir (Ed.) Sage, pp. 245-266 22 p.

Conference Presentations

2010

COUTURIER, J., G. SCARSO-BORIOLI, D. SOLA

Quantitative Management: A Critical Resource in Business Model Innovation

Strategic Management Society, N° 30

Conference Presentations

2010

SOLA, D., G. SCARSO-BORIOLI, M. TAILLARD

Shared intentions, the missing link in change management

Strategic Management Society

Conference Presentations

2010

TAILLARD, M., G. SCARSO-BORIOLI, D. SOLA

Towards a Theory of Change Management : Uncovering the Power of Shared Intentions

Strategic Management Society