Creating Value Through Sustainability

Francesca Bernini is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics and Management at the University of Pisa (Italy). She teaches Business economics, Performance valuation, and Valuation and control of strategies. Her primary research interests include Accounting, Business valuation, Business ethics, and Sustainability. She is the author of several international publications and she is involved in various study groups of SIDREA, contributing to numerous research projects and publications. She has served as an institutional referee for the Italian Valuation Principles (OIV) and participated in the multidisciplinary group on 'Valuation Standards in Corporate Crises' (CNDCEC - SIDREA). She has engaged in the activities of various research groups. Professor Bernini coordinates the University of Pisa research project 'Value Creation and ESG Strategies: A Multidisciplinary Approach' and is involved in the PNRR partnership 'Future Artificial Intelligence Research - Human-centered AI'.

Analyzing the Link between ESG Initiatives and Shareholder Value Creation through the Value Chain Lens: a Qualitative Approach.- Artificial Intelligence's (AI's) Responsible Use: How to Manage Digital Ethicswashing.- Barriers and Drivers for the Integration of ESG into Risk Management and Performance Measurement Systems: a Field Study in the Italian Context.- ESG and the Reformed Italian Constitution: toward a Constitutionally Oriented Reading of Corporate Sustainability.- Administrative Controls for Sustainability: a Case Study of an Italian Bank.- Integrating HRM and ESG Literature: from Triple to Quadruple Bottom Line.- Exploring the Tax avoidance-CSR Interplay: Insights from ESG Components.- Italian Benefit Company ('Società Benefit') and Default Risk: an Empirical Analysis of the Italian Context.