Best Student Paper Award to Antonio Daood at WOIC 2019!

Clio’s member Antonio Daood – Research Fellow at Luiss Guido Carli University and Ph.D. Candidate at Sapienza University of Rome – presented the paper titled “The Unsung Role of Nonprofit Organizations in Value Creation: The Case of an Italian Food Bank“ (co-authored with Prem Sagar Menghwar) at the 6th World Open Innovation Conference – WOIC 2019, featuring the theme “Opening Up for Managing Business and Societal Challenges,” held at Luiss Guido Carly University in Rome (Dec. 12-13).

The paper has been awarded the conference Best Student Paper Award and a 1000$ cash award.

Evaluation of the external award committee:

“The paper breaks through stereotypes to offer a nuanced and insightful perspective on how non-profits and for-profits may together create value that neither type of organization can create alone.”