The main research topics lie at the intersection of entrepreneurship, organization, and innovation, focusing on understanding the mechanisms driving entrepreneurial behaviors in creating new ventures and within existing organizations.

Topics of interest include organizational learning, entrepreneurial organization, new venture creation, and, more broadly, the relationship between individuals and their context in fostering change and innovation.

Teaching activity

• Lecturer for the courses "Innovation and Creativity" and "Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship" in the Master’s program in Managerial Economics, Faculty of Economics, Law, and Political Sciences (University of Cagliari).

• Coordinator of the integrated course "Economics and Law" and lecturer for the course "Business Organization" in the Master’s programs for healthcare professions, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery (University of Cagliari).

• Lecturer for the course "Innovation and Health" in the specialization school of "Health Psychology," Faculty of Humanities (University of Cagliari).

Main publications

Marras, G., Opizzi, M. and Loi, M. (2024). Understanding the multifunctional role of entrepreneurial coaching through a systematic review of the literature, Journal of Managerial Psychology, 39(6), 795-814. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMP-01-2023-0070.

Opizzi, M., Loi, M. and Macis, O. (2024). Entrepreneurship by Ph.D. students: intentions, human capital and university support structures, Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 31(2), 325-349. https://doi.org/10.1108/JSBED-12-2022-0525.

Maryami, S., & Loi, M. (2024). Why a systematic literature review is a powerful tool for gaining insights into entrepreneurship: application to entrepreneurial teams in the venture creation process. In A. Fayolle, S. Le Pontois, D. Kally (Eds), Big Questions and Great Answers in Entrepreneurship Research (pp. 163-193). Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., Northampton.

Opizzi, M., Loi, M., & Bellini, D. (2024). The Formation of Opportunity Prototypes in Technology Entrepreneurship: Does Human Capital Matter?. In Innovations for Healthcare and Wellbeing: Digital Technologies, Ecosystems and Entrepreneurship (pp. 477-496). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.

Loi, M., Castriotta, M., Barbosa, S. D., Di Guardo, M. C., & Fayolle, A. (2023). Entrepreneurial intention studies: A hybrid bibliometric method to identify new directions for theory and research. European Management Review. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/emre.12599.

Maryami, S., Loi, M., Martinez, M. and Di Guardo, M.C. (2023). On the role of team passion in inventing, founding and developing: what happens in the early stages of entrepreneurship?.  Journal of Small Business and  Enterprise Development, 30(4), 692-713. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/JSBED-07-2022-0302.

Bellini, D., Barbieri, B., Loi, M., Mondo, M., & De Simone, S. (2023). The Restorative Quality of the Work Environments: The Moderation Effect of Environmental Resources between Job Demands and Mindfulness. Social Sciences, 12(7), 375.

Foliard, S., Le Pontois, S., Verzat, C., Dubard-Barbosa, S., Tavakoli, M., Bornard, F., Loi, M., Gabay-Mariani, L., Tixier, J., Friedman, C., Toutain, O., Fabri, J., Tessier, C. and Lacerda, J.A. (2023), "Decentration and Intersubjectivity: Collage as a Qualitative Method of Data Collection", Higgins, D., Brentnall, C., Jones, P. and McGowan, P. (Ed.) Nurturing Modalities of Inquiry in Entrepreneurship Research: Seeing the World Through the Eyes of Those Who Research (Contemporary Issues in Entrepreneurship Research, Vol. 17), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 149-170. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2040-724620230000017010.

Loi, M., & Fayolle, A. (2022). Rethinking and reconceptualising entrepreneurship education a legacy from Alistair Anderson. Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 34 (7-8), 701-721. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/08985626.2022.2072001.

Loi, M., & M. Chiara, Di Guardo (2022). Imprenditorialità e creazione di impresa nel contesto universitario Italiano. Franco Angeli: Milano. ISBN: 9788835121886.

Loi, M., Marras, G., & Cabiddu (2022). Pensiero divergente e performance dei social media influence: quale ruolo per la creatività?. In G. Bertoli et al., (Eds.), Innovazione e Management (pp. 327-337). EGEA Editore, Milano.

Loi, M., Fayolle, A., van Gelderen, M., Riot, E., Refai, D., Higgins, D., ... & Cavarretta, F. (2021). Entrepreneurship Education at the Crossroads: Challenging Taken-for-Granted Assumptions and Opening New Perspectives. Journal of Management Inquiry, DOI: 10564926211042222.

Castriotta, M., Loi, M., Marku, E., & Moi, L. (2021). Disentangling the corporate entrepreneurship construct: conceptualizing through co-words. Scientometrics. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-020-03846-2

Loi, M., Barbieri, B., Castriotta, M. and Di Guardo, M.C. (2021). Strive towards a good performance or avoid a failure performance in entrepreneurship education: a look into growth and independence-oriented intentions. Education + Training, 63(4), 513-529. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/ET-08-2020-0254.

Loi, M. & Fayolle, A. (2021). The impact of entrepreneurship education. An overview of the past, the present, and a glimpse of future trends. In C. H. Matthews and E. W. Liguori (Eds.), Annals of Entrepreneurship Education & Pedagogy (pp. 170-193). Edward Elgar Publishing.

Di Guardo, M. C., Marku, E., Bonivento, W. M., Castriotta, M., Ferroni, F., Galbiati, C., Gorini, G. & Loi, M. (2021). When nothing is certain, anything is possible: open innovation and lean approach at MVM. R&D Management. https://doi.org/10.1111/radm.12453

Marku, E., Castriotta, E., Loi, M., & Di Guardo, M. C. (2020). General Purpose Technology: The Blockchain Domain. International Journal of Business and Management, 15(11), 192-205.

Castriotta, M., Di Guardo, M.C., Loi, M., & Marku, E. (2020). La strategia. In M. Martinez (Ed). Organizzazione aziendale. Giappichelli Editore.

Castriotta. M., Loi, M., Marku, E., & Naitana, L. (2019). What's in a name? Exploring the Conceptual Structure of Emerging Organizations. Scientometrics. DOI: 10.1007/s11192-018-2977-2.

Marku, E., Castriotta, M., Di Guardo, M.C. & Loi, M. (2019). Mapping innovation in the digital transformation era: The role of technology convergence. In K. Mezghani & W. Aloulou (Eds.), Business Transformations in the Era of Digitalization. PA: IGI-Global. ISBN: 9781522572626.

Loi, M. (2018). Dealing with the inconsistency of studies in entrepreneurship education effectiveness: A systemic approach to drive future research. In A. Fayolle (Ed.), A Research Agenda for Entrepreneurship Education. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN: 978 1 78643 291 9.

Tixier J., Loi, M., Le Pontois, S., Tavakoli, M., & Fayolle, A. (2018). Entrepreneurship education effectiveness: What we can learn from education and organizational studies. In J. Turner & G. Mulhollandr (Eds.), Enterprising Education: International Perspectives, Challenges, and Practice. Routledge. ISBN: 9781315518206.

Loi, M. (2018). Dynamics of entrepreneurship education: How human and social capital interact with learning. In N. Zakaria, & L. Kaushal (Eds.), Global Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation in the Sharing Economy. Hershey, PA: IGI Global. ISBN: 9781522528357.

Loi, M., Castriotta, M., &  Di Guardo, M. C. (2018). The Power of optimism and the adaptive process in a learning context of venture creation. In P. Canonico, S. Consiglio, G. Mangia, M. Martinez, R. Mercurio, & L. Moschera (Eds), Organizing in the shadow of power: Voices from the Italian community of organization studies. Studi MOA. ISBN: 9781317749462.

Bellò, B., Mattana, V., & Loi, M. (2018). The power of peers: A new look at the impact of creativity, social context and self-efficacy on entrepreneurial intentions. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, 24(1), 214-233.

Castriotta, M., & Loi, M. (2017). Entrepreneurship education and the rise of new organizations. Mapping research and future tendencies. Franco Angeli: Milano. ISBN: 9788891763860.

Di Guardo, M. C., & Loi, M. (2016). Nuova Impresa – Cercasi studente esperto con forte propensione imprenditoriale. Prospettive in Organizzazione, 5, 1-7.

Loi, M., Castriotta, M., & Di Guardo, M. C. (2016). The Theoretical foundation of entrepreneurship education: How co-citations are shaping the field, International Small Business Journal, 34(7), 948-971.

Loi, M., & Di Guardo, M. C. (2015). The third mission of universities: An investigation of the espoused values. Science and Public Policy, 42(6), 855-870.

Loi, M., & Di Guardo, M. C. (2015). A start-up generation approach for teaching entrepreneurship: An overview of affective learning results. Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship, 20(04), 1550027.

Loi, M., Bellò, B., & Mattana, V. (2015). Valutazione del rischio stress lavoro correlato: il caso di una pubblica amministrazione. Giornale Italiano di Medicina del Lavoro ed Ergonomia, 37 (1), 56-64.

Peer-reviewed Proceedings

Loi, M., Castriotta, E., Marku, E., Di Guardo, M. C., & Patriotta, G. (2021). Prospecting, balancing and reversing: entrepreneurial learning from positive and negative events. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2021, No. 1, p. 15755). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management.

Opizzi, M., & Loi, M. (2021). A theory-driven model of the spin-off creation process: A Social Information Processing perspective. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2021, No. 1, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management. DOI_https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2021.15849abstract

Opizzi, M., & Loi, M. (2021). Looking at the spin-off process through a social information processing lens: a systematic literature review. In Workshop di Organizzazione Aziendale (WOA) 2021.

Loi, M., Castriotta, E., Marku, E., Di Guardo, M. C., & Patriotta, G. (2020). Everyday experience and entrepreneurial learning: When ordinary events trigger learning. Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2019: BCERC Proceedings (Best paper - BCERC).

Loi, M., Barbieri, B., Castriotta, M., & Di Guardo, M. C. (2020). Strive or Avoid: A Motivational Perspective of Growth and Independence-oriented Intentions. Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. ISSN: 0065-0668.

Maryami, S., Loi, M., & Martinez, M. (2020). Peers and Social Network in the Entrepreneurial Development: A Systematic Literature Review. EURAM The business of now: the future starts here.

Maryami, S., Loi, M., Di Guardo, MC., & Martinez, M. (2020). Teams: A systematic literature review and implications for entrepreneurship education". ESU Conference - Helsinki, Finland.

Loi, M., Cogoni, M., Di Guardo, M. C., & Filatotchev, I. (2019, July). The Cognitive Base of Educational Background and its Impact on Entrepreneurial Knowledge Structures. Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2019, No. 1, p. 12077). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management.

Loi, M., Castriotta, M., Marku, E., & Di Guardo, M.C. (2018). Entrepreneurs’ practical wisdom: Entrepreneur-event nexus in the entrepreneurial learning process. XXXII Rent Conference. ISSN: 2219-5572.

Loi, M., Castriotta, M., Barbosa, S., Di Guardo, M. C., Fayolle, A., & Linan, F. (2017). Modes of thought in entrepreneurial intention studies: A collective intelligence perspective. In Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, Atlanta. ISSN: 0065-0668.

Loi, M., Barbieri, B., Castriotta, M., & Di Guardo, M. C. (2017). Entrepreneurial intention or intentions? An empirical investigation on Douglas’ conceptualization. XXXI Rent Conference. ISSN: 2219-5572.

Loi, M., Cogoni, M., & Di Guardo, M. C. (2015). An investigation on entrepreneurial knowledge structures: The role of university students background. In Linking Technology and Feeding the Mind, ECP Congress; Innexta: Milano. ISBN: 978-8898116225.

Loi, M., & Di Guardo, M. C. (2015). Fostering entrepreneurship: Which outcomes for Entrepreneurial education?. In Linking Technology and Feeding the Mind, EPC Congress; Innexta: Milano. ISBN: 978-8898116225.

 

Education and Career

• June 2024: National scientific qualification as Full Professor – Business Organization (Econ 08)
• August 2022 – Present: Associate Professor of Business Organization (Econ 08)
• November 2018 – February 2019: Visiting scholar at Warwick Business School (Coventry, UK)
• October – December 2016: Visiting scholar at EMLyon Business School (Lyon, France)
• 2012 – 2022: Researcher at the University of Cagliari
• 2008 – 2011: Collaborator at the Technology Transfer Office, University of Cagliari
• 2008: Ph.D. in Organizational Psychology at the University of Verona in collaboration with the University of Lille 3 (France)