Dr Alvise Favotto

  • Lecturer (Accounting & Finance)

telephone: +44 (0) 141 330 5119
email: Alvise.Favotto@glasgow.ac.uk

Adam Smith Business School, Room 470, Main Building, University Avenue, Glasgow, G12 8QQ

ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7121-7149

Biography

Alvise joined the Adam Smith Business School in 2015 as a Lecturer in Management Accounting. Previously, he worked in Political Science at the University of Glasgow, and at Ca’ Foscari, University of Venice. In his research, Alvise focuses on management control and governance systems with a particular interest in corporate social responsibility and labour relations.

Research interests

Alvise is a member of the School's Accounting research cluster.

Areas of expertise:

  • Management Control Systems
  • Corporate Accountability
  • Social and Environmental Accounting
  • Corporate political activity
  • Labour rights
  • Public good

Publications

List by: Type | Date

Jump to: 2021 | 2020 | 2018 | 2016
Number of items: 9.

2021

Favotto, A. and Kollman, K. (2021) When rights enter the CSR Field: British firms’ engagement with human rights and the UN Guiding Principles. Human Rights Review, (doi: 10.1007/s12142-020-00614-w) (Early Online Publication)

Favotto, A. and Kollman, K. (2021) Mixing business with politics: does corporate social responsibility end where lobbying transparency begins? Regulation and Governance, 15(2), pp. 262-279. (doi: 10.1111/rego.12275)

2020

Kominis, G. , Dudau, A. , Favotto, A. and Gunn, D. (2020) Risk governance through public sector interactive control systems: the intricacies of turning immeasurable uncertainties into manageable risks. Public Money and Management, (Accepted for Publication)

Wilson, J. M. and Favotto, A. (2020) Industrial topiary: bending trees for building ships. Topiarius, 24(Summer), pp. 32-35.

Dudau, A. , Favotto, A. , Kominis, G. and Sicilia, M. (2020) Building trust in public sector networks: the role of rhetoric and persuasion. Financial Accountability and Management, 36(2), pp. 134-150. (doi: 10.1111/faam.12229)

Favotto, A. and Kollman, K. (2020) An expanding conception of social responsibility? Of global norms and changing corporate perceptions. In: Hansen-Magnusson, H. and Vetterlein, A. (eds.) The Rise of Responsibility in World Politics. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, pp. 188-212. ISBN 9781108490948 (doi:10.1017/9781108867047.013)

2018

Okay-Somerville, B. , Dudau, A. , Favotto, A. , Du, M., McMaster, R. and Morgan-Thomas, A. (2018) Adam Smith Cared and We Should Too: Our Duty of Care for Student Wellbeing and Resilience. Academy of Management, Teaching and Learning Conference, Chicago, IL, USA, 10-14 Aug 2018.

Dudau, A. , Favotto, A. and Kominis, G. (2018) Boundary-spanning leadership in hybrid networks: a case study of English local safeguarding children boards. In: Bonomi Savignon, A., Gnan, L., Hinna, A. and Monteduro, F. (eds.) Hybridity in the Governance and Delivery of Public Services. Series: Studies in public and non-profit governance (7). Emerald Publishing: Bingley, UK, pp. 243-260. ISBN 9781787437708 (doi:10.1108/S2051-663020180000007008)

2016

Favotto, A. , Kollman, K. and Bernhagen, P. (2016) Engaging firms: The global organisational field for corporate social responsibility and national varieties of capitalism. Policy and Society, 35(1), pp. 13-27. (doi: 10.1016/j.polsoc.2015.12.003)

This list was generated on Mon Jul 26 23:56:04 2021 BST.
Jump to: Articles | Book Sections | Conference or Workshop Item
Number of items: 9.

Articles

Favotto, A. and Kollman, K. (2021) When rights enter the CSR Field: British firms’ engagement with human rights and the UN Guiding Principles. Human Rights Review, (doi: 10.1007/s12142-020-00614-w) (Early Online Publication)

Favotto, A. and Kollman, K. (2021) Mixing business with politics: does corporate social responsibility end where lobbying transparency begins? Regulation and Governance, 15(2), pp. 262-279. (doi: 10.1111/rego.12275)

Kominis, G. , Dudau, A. , Favotto, A. and Gunn, D. (2020) Risk governance through public sector interactive control systems: the intricacies of turning immeasurable uncertainties into manageable risks. Public Money and Management, (Accepted for Publication)

Wilson, J. M. and Favotto, A. (2020) Industrial topiary: bending trees for building ships. Topiarius, 24(Summer), pp. 32-35.

Dudau, A. , Favotto, A. , Kominis, G. and Sicilia, M. (2020) Building trust in public sector networks: the role of rhetoric and persuasion. Financial Accountability and Management, 36(2), pp. 134-150. (doi: 10.1111/faam.12229)

Favotto, A. , Kollman, K. and Bernhagen, P. (2016) Engaging firms: The global organisational field for corporate social responsibility and national varieties of capitalism. Policy and Society, 35(1), pp. 13-27. (doi: 10.1016/j.polsoc.2015.12.003)

Book Sections

Favotto, A. and Kollman, K. (2020) An expanding conception of social responsibility? Of global norms and changing corporate perceptions. In: Hansen-Magnusson, H. and Vetterlein, A. (eds.) The Rise of Responsibility in World Politics. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, pp. 188-212. ISBN 9781108490948 (doi:10.1017/9781108867047.013)

Dudau, A. , Favotto, A. and Kominis, G. (2018) Boundary-spanning leadership in hybrid networks: a case study of English local safeguarding children boards. In: Bonomi Savignon, A., Gnan, L., Hinna, A. and Monteduro, F. (eds.) Hybridity in the Governance and Delivery of Public Services. Series: Studies in public and non-profit governance (7). Emerald Publishing: Bingley, UK, pp. 243-260. ISBN 9781787437708 (doi:10.1108/S2051-663020180000007008)

Conference or Workshop Item

Okay-Somerville, B. , Dudau, A. , Favotto, A. , Du, M., McMaster, R. and Morgan-Thomas, A. (2018) Adam Smith Cared and We Should Too: Our Duty of Care for Student Wellbeing and Resilience. Academy of Management, Teaching and Learning Conference, Chicago, IL, USA, 10-14 Aug 2018.

This list was generated on Mon Jul 26 23:56:04 2021 BST.

Grants

  • 2019: CoSS Strategic Research Fund - Financial Education in Scotland - with Betty Wu
  • 2019: Leverhulme Trust - Responsible Lobbyists? Corporate Responsibility and Public Policy - with Kelly Kollman
  • 2016: The Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland – Sustainability at the Venice Arsenale - with James Wilson
  • 2015: ESRC Impact Acceleration Account - Borderless Politics - with Kelly Kollman
  • 2012: Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research - Performance measurement systems in Italian Universities - with Maria Bergamin

Supervision

Supervisory interests

  • Corporate Accountability and Governance
  • Management Control Systems
  • Social and Environmental Accounting
  • Corporate political activity

Current supervision

  • Alrefaei, Najla Mutlaq M
    Reform and the development of the accounting education in Saudi Arabia.
  • Baird, James
    How audit engagement leaders make audit opinion decisions; the impact of new audit methods, the compliance culture and systemic regulations on audit engagement leaders and their audit opinion decision-making
  • Binti Abdul Aziz, D Abdul
    The accounting profession in Malaysia: Understanding future accountants trajectory.
  • Dong, Mengyi
    Pay and justice: its discourse and justification
  • Georgiou, Vasileios
    “Management control for risk management in the public sector: a levers of control perspective”
  • Gracher, Hannah
    Documenting corporate human rights accountability from below in Colombia
  • Jayathileka, Chaya
    The role of local consultants in modernizing public sector organizations in a Developing country with special reference to Sri Lanka
  • Moeed, Afshan
    'Analysing the role of non-executive directors in UK Banks: Three Essays'
  • Rodríguez Toribio, Isabel
    Cooperating to Cut it off at the Source? The International Community and The Fight Against Terrorist Financing and Money Laundering.
  • Winardi, Rijadh
    Accountability for Corruption: The Case of Whistleblowing Arrangements in Government Sector
  • Xiao, Ya
    The impact of governance structure on the quality of the UK

Teaching

Current courses

  • Financial Information and Analysis (MBA)
  • International Corporate Governance & Accountability (PG)
  • Management Accounting & Control (PG)
  • Management Control Systems (UG)
  • Social and Environmental Accounting (UG)

Past teaching

  • Accountability and Human Rights (UG)
  • Accounting for Management Control (UG)
  • Business Management 2A (UG)
  • Global Issues in Management Accounting (PG)
  • Human Rights and Business (PG)
  • Introduction to Management Accounting and Control (UG)
  • Management Accounting I (UG)
  • Management Accounting II (UG)
  • Social & Environmental Accounting (PG)

Dr Alvise Favotto, Lecturer in Accounting