After an extensive experience in the economic research departments of two leading Italian industrial companies, in 1973 he became a management consultant, specializing in economic analysis and forecasting. In 1980 he joined Confindustria, the Italian Confederation of Manufacturing Associations, Rome, as Director of the Research Department. From 1986 to the present date he has been active again as a management consultant. In this capacity he has assisted many leading Italian and European companies, as well as European institutions

He started teaching Business Planning at the LUISS (Libera Università Italiana degli Studi Sociali), Rome, in 1983. In 1985/86 he was Director of the Management School of the same University. From 1986 to the present date he has been teaching Business Policy and Strategy at the Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi in Milan, as well as in the business School (SDA) pf the same University. He also taught in several other Italian Universities. In 1996 and 2000 he was Visiting Professor at the Summer School of the University of San Diego. In 1999 he taught at the European Studies Programme of the University of Malaysia at Kuala Lumpur.

He has written ten books and about a hundred articles and papers on economic and management issues. His most recent book (in Italian) is “The World of 2010. The Maps of Change”, 1997. The following are his most recent publications in English:

• Scenarios and System Dynamics, Rivista Italiana di Analisi Dinamica dei Sistemi, no. 5, 1991
• Will a United Italy Survive until 2010? Futures Research Quarterly, Spring 1995
• Scenarios and Business Strategy: Some Recent Developments, CEMS (Consortium of European Management Schools) Review, 1996, vol. 1, no. 4;
• Long – term Structural Consequences of the euro, Futures Research Quarterly, Spring 1999.

Prof. Martelli is a member of various professional and scientific associations, including the American Economic Association. He is married and has two children.

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