Academic department

Strategy, Entrepreneurship and International Business

Main campus

Lyon

Areas of research

  • International development of organizations
  • Networking Strategies
  • Links between international management and territory

Areas of teaching

  • Networking strategies
  • International Business and Management
  • International Business
  • Sustainable development
  • Strategic management

Grants and awards

2026

Award for the best educational tool presented at the Atlas-AFMI annual conference
Atlas AFMI, Paris, France

2021

2nd prize for the Best Paper Award: "Sustaining the Development of New Science-based Firms: The Role of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems". MASCIK Workshop
MASCIK, Lyon, France

2021

Finalists for the Best Case Award: ONLYLYON, an international network of ambassadors (with Mayrhofer U.)
Atlas AFMI, Paris, France

Publications from the last 5 years

Articles

VALDEMARIN, S. (2024). Back to Origins: Rediscovering the Role of Individuals in the Uppsala Model. Management International, 28(Numéro spécial), pp. 112–131.

SETTI, A. and VALDEMARIN, S. (2022). Sustaining the development of new science-based firms: The role of the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Gestion 2000, Volume 39(1), pp. 71-101.

VALDEMARIN, S. and MAYRHOFER, U. (2022). Successful reconfiguration and network evolution within the multinational company. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 35(3), pp. 527-540.

VALDEMARIN, S. (2021). The international development of network organizations: The case of ONLYLYON. Management International, 25(special issue), pp. 39-57.

Scholarly books

VALDEMARIN, S. and LUCIA, M.G. (2022). Geografia dell'attrattività territoriale. 1 ed. New York: Pearson, 256 pages.

Conference papers (with selection committee)

SARTORIOUS, A. and VALDEMARIN, S. (2026). Microfoundations of inter-subsidiary collaboration in MNEs: Care-based relational mechanisms. In: Congrès de l’ADERSE Prendre soin pour transformer : Care management, innovation responsable et nouveaux visages de la RSE. Lyon.

VALDEMARIN, S. (2026). Lovely I$land$: The strategic game of tax havens, lobbying and regulation. In: 16e conférence Atlas-AFMI. Clermont Ferrand.

BORSI, B., GORJI, Y. and VALDEMARIN, S. (2025). Entrepreneurial Lessons from Thrash Metal: A Network Perspective on Organizational Survival. In: 3rd International Danube Cup Conference. Széchenyi István University, Győr.

VALDEMARIN, S. and BLESBOIS, P. (2025). Importing Coca-Cola: A Journey Through Incoterms, Customs and Logistics. In: Conférence annuelle d'Atlas AFMI. La Rochelle.

VALDEMARIN, S., SALOMONE, V. and SHOMALI, A. (2025). Supporting Startups Developing their International Network: The Role of Entrepreneurial Support Systems. In: Conférence annuelle d'Atlas AFMI. La Rochelle.

SALOMONE, V., VALDEMARIN, S. and SHOMALI, A. (2024). The role of Entrepreneurial Support Systems in the Development of International Network of Startups. In: 4e édition du MASCIK. Angers et Lyon.

VALDEMARIN, S. and MAYRHOFER, U. (2024). Developing Network Organizations in Home and Host Countries: Which Liabilities Matter? In: EIBA 2024. Aalto University.

Books Editor

HOERBER, T., BOHAS, A. and VALDEMARIN, S. [Eds] (2023). The EU in a Globalized World. 1 ed. Abindgon: Routledge, pp. 206.

LUCIA, M.G. and VALDEMARIN, S. [Eds] (2022). International Strategy - Managing companies in the global economic system. 1 ed. Bocconi: Bocconi University Press, pp. 240.

Textbooks

LUCIA, M.G., EPASTO, S., MAGLIO, M. and VALDEMARIN, S. (2024). Geografia Finanziaria. New York: Mc Graw-Hill Education, United States of America.

Books chapters and other contributions

VALDEMARIN, S. and BLESBOIS, P. (2025). Importer du COCA-COLA : Entre Incoterms, douane et logistique. GI0070. Paris. CCMP.

VALDEMARIN, S. and BLESBOIS, P. (2025). Importing Coca-Cola: A Journey Through Incoterms, Customs, and Logistics. GI0071(GB). Paris. CCMP.

VALDEMARIN, S. (2024). L’altrove della Ricchezza Globale: I Paradisi Fiscali. In: Lucia, M. G., Epasto, S., Margio, M., & Valdemarin,, S. eds. Geografia Finanziaria: Temi e Scenari Emergenti nel Mondo in Cambiamento. 1st ed. New York: Mc Graw-Hill Education.

SETTI, A. and VALDEMARIN, S. (2022). Attrattività Territoriale e Innovazione: Gli Ecosistemi Imprenditoriali. In: Valdemarin, S., Lucia, M.G. eds. Geografia dell'attrattività territoriale. 1 ed. Bocconi: Bocconi University Press.

BOVETTI, M. and VALDEMARIN, S. (2022). Misurare l'Attrattività Territoriale: Una Prospettiva d'Impresa. In: Valdemarin, S., Lucia, M.G. eds. Geografia dell'attrattività territoriale. 1 ed. New York: Pearson.

PIGNET-FALL, L. and VALDEMARIN, S. (2022). Intercultural Management in a Globalized World. In: Maria Giuseppina Lucia, Stefano Valdemarin eds. International Strategy: Managing companies in the global economic system. 1st ed. Bocconi: Bocconi University Press, pp. 181-198.

SERRAVALLE , F. and VALDEMARIN, S. (2022). The Strategic Analysis: Assessing the International Potential of a Company. In: Maria Giuseppina Lucia, Stefano Valdemarin eds. International Strategy: Managing companies in the global economic system. 1st ed. Bocconi: Bocconi University Press, pp. 77-92.