Valentina Marano is Associate Professor in the International Business & Strategy Group at the D’Amore-McKim School of Business, Northeastern University, and an Associate Fellow for the Center for Emerging Markets. She received her PhD in International Business from the Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina.
Marano's research explores the practice adoption, organizational legitimacy, and performance of multinational corporations from emerging and advanced economies and broader issues of comparative corporate governance and corporate sustainability. Her works have appeared in Academy of Management Review, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Management, and Journal of Management Studies, among others.
She sits on the reviewing boards of Business & Society, Global Strategy Journal, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Management Studies, and Journal of World Business. In addition, she regularly reviews for journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal, and Journal of Management, among others.
Her teaching interests include global strategy, international business, and corporate sustainability, and she delivers courses on these subjects to both undergraduate and MBA students.
Education
- PhD, University of South Carolina
- MA, George Washington University
- BA, Università degli Studi di Roma Tre, Rome, Italy
Selected Publications
- Franco, S., Valentino, A., Marano, V., & Caroli, M. 2026. Governing Sustainability in Multinational Companies: Headquarter-Subunit Strategic Alignment and Control Mechanisms. Global Strategy Journal, 16(1): 3-38.
- Marano, V., Wilhelm, M., Beugelsdijk, S., Kostova, T., & Doh, J. 2024. Multinational Firms and Sustainability in Global Supply Chains: Scope and Boundaries of Responsibility. Journal of International Business Studies, 55(4): 413-428.
- Flankova, S., Tashman, P., van Essen, M., & Marano, V. 2023. When Are Voluntary Environmental Programs More Effective? A Meta-Analysis of the Role of Program Governance Quality. Business & Society, 63(6): 1340–1379.
- Spadafora, E., Addo, K.A., Kostova, T., Kumodzie-Dussey, M.K., Leo, E., Marano, V. and van Essen, M. 2022. Board Independence and Firm Internationalization: A Meta-Analysis. Multinational Business Review, 30(4): 499-525.
- Tashman, P., Flankova, S., van Essen, M., & Marano, V. 2022. Why Do Firms Participate in Voluntary Environmental Programs? A Meta-Analysis of the Antecedents of Voluntary Environmental Programs. Organization & Environment, 35(1): 3-29.
- Aragon-Correa, J.A., Aguilera, R.V., & Marano, V. 2022. Rethinking Corporate Power to Tackle Grand Societal Challenges: Lessons from Political Philosophy. Academy of Management Review, 47(4): 637-645.
- Marano, V., Sauerwald, S., & van Essen, M. 2022. The Influence of Culture on the Relationship between Women Directors and Corporate Social Performance. Journal of International Business Studies, 53(7): 1315-1342.
- Aguilera, R.V., Aragon-Correa, J.A., Marano, V., & Tashman, P. 2021. The Corporate Governance of Environmental Sustainability: A Review and a Proposal for Future Research. Journal of Management, 47(6): 1468-1497.
Selected Presentations
- Pulled in All Directions: Supplier Environmental Sustainability under Institutional Complexity (with Y. Lee, S. Wang, S. Franco), IB&S/MOD/E&I Brownbag, D'Amore-McKim School of Business, December 3, 2025.
- Discussant, Symposium: “How Can Boards of Directors and Top Managers Promote Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility-CSR” (Organizers: A. Majocchi, T. Miandar, M. Minciullo; Other participants: A. Zattoni, E. Moulton-Tetlock, I. Filatotchev, G. Radaelli), Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Copenhagen, DK, July 2025.
- “Greenwashing and government action: A global, comparative perspective,” Professional Development Workshop “Greening State Capitalism.” (Organized by G. Schnyder; other participants: D.B. Fuller, A. Grosman, R. Klingler-Vidra, E. Thurbon, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Copenhagen, DK, July 2025.
- Reviewing for IB Conferences and Journals (Invited), Academy of International Business Online Seminar with Ilya Cuypers and Jesper Edman, January 14 and January 16, 2025.
- Third-Party Assurance and Selective Corporate Environmental Disclosures (with R. Aguilera, S. Flankova, & P. Tashman), DMSB Brownbag, D'Amore-McKim School of Business, October 9, 2024.
- Third-Party Assurance and Selective Corporate Environmental Disclosures (with R. Aguilera, S. Flankova, & P. Tashman), IB&S/MOD/E&I Brownbag, D'Amore-McKim School of Business, September 19, 2024.
- Examining the Effectiveness of CSR Contracting for CSR Outcomes: A Comparative Perspective (with P. Tashman & S. Sauerwald), Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, August 2024.
- Examining the Effectiveness of CSR Contracting for CSR Outcomes: A Comparative Perspective (with P. Tashman, S. Sauerwald, & R. Aguilera), IB&S/MOD/E&I Brownbag, D'Amore-McKim School of Business, March 25, 2024.
Awards & Recognition
2026
- 2026 Best Reviewer Award, Journal of International Business Studies
2024
- 2024 Best Reviewer Award, Journal of International Business Studies
2023
- 2023 Best Reviewer Award, Journal of International Business Studies
- Best Paper Award, European International Business Academy, Track 3 “MNEs, Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development,” for the paper titled: “The impact of control mechanisms and home-host institutional environment on the alignment of sustainability-Specific Strategic practices in Multinational Companies” by Franco, S., Valentino, A., Marano, V. & Caroli, M.
2022
- 2022 Best Reviewer Award, Journal of Management Studies
- DMSB Summer Research Award (awarded in December 2022 for Summer 2023)
