Francesco Longo

Associate Professor
Knowledge groupGovernment, Health and Not for Profit
Research domainsHealthcare Management
Teaching domainsStrategic Management in Health Care Organizations, Measuring Public Value and Impact, Government Reform, Co-Production and Citizens Involvement, Public Network Design & Management
Francesco Longo

Biography

Francesco Longo is an Associate Professor at the Department of Social and Political Sciences at Università Bocconi.

At SDA Bocconi, he is a researcher at CERGAS Bocconi (Center for Research on Health and Social Care Management) of which he was Director from 2006 to 2012. He is the Director of OASI, the CERGAS/SDA Bocconi Observatory on the healthcare sector and its companies. He is member of the National Advisory Board for the Minister of Health. He conducts research, education and change management projects in public and healthcare sectors with ministries, regions, public and private companies.

His research activities focus on following topics: institutional and governance models of public sector organizations; strategies of companies and public interest networks; platform economy and co-production in the public realm, organization and human resources management in public companies; health and social care organizations management; digital ecosystems and service design; public policies design and evaluation in an implementation perspective; change management in enterprises and public sectors.

He is the author of numerous books and articles on his topics of interest. His works have been published in Health Care Management Review, Health Policy, Mecosan, Rivista Trimestrale AGENAS and Azienda Pubblica, among others. He is a reviewer for the international journals Public Administration Review, Health Care Management Review, Managing Accounting Review and The international Journal of Public Sector management; he is a member of the scientific committee of the journals Azienda Pubblica and Prospettive Sociali e Sanitarie and he is a referee for Mecosan and Azienda Pubblica. He is a member of many national committees, scientific committees and advisory boards of many major businesses and public organizations. He has been a Visiting Professor in many universities, including the Erasmus University Rotterdam and the Aix-Marseille University; he has also been a Research Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government (Harvard University) and at the University of Potsdam.

Francesco earned a degree in Economics from Bocconi University.

Recent Publications

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  • 2026
    Italian Healthcare: Comforting Narratives, Governable Criticalities, and a Dual Managerial Agenda
    RICCI, A., F. LONGO, "Italian Healthcare: Comforting Narratives, Governable Criticalities, and a Dual Managerial Agenda" in The Italian Health System: Perspectives on Policy and Management - 2026, Egea, Milano, Italia., Ricci, A.; Longo, F.; Broccolo, G.; Palvarini, A.; Puritani, G (Eds.), Egea, chap. 2, pp. 9-16, 2026
  • 2026
    Long-Term Care for Older Adults in Italy: Challenges and Ongoing Discussions
    PEROBELLI, E., G. FOSTI, F. LONGO, S. MANFREDI, E. MIRAGLIA, E. NOTARNICOLA, A. ROTOLO, "Long-Term Care for Older Adults in Italy: Challenges and Ongoing Discussions" in The Italian Health System: Perspectives on Policy and Management., Ricci, A.; Longo, F.; Broccolo, G.; Palvarini, A.; Puritani, G (Eds.), Egea, pp. 37-43, 2026
  • 2026
    The Italian Health System: Perspectives on Policy and Management
    RICCI, A., F. LONGO, G. BROCCOLO, A. PALVARINI, G. PURITANI (Eds.), "The Italian Health System: Perspectives on Policy and Management" - 2026, Egea, Milano, Italy
  • 2026
    The Italian Healthcare System: Institutional Features and Recent Trends
    RICCI, A., G. BROCCOLO, F. LONGO, A. PALVARINI, G. PURITANI, "The Italian Healthcare System: Institutional Features and Recent Trends" in The Italian Health System: Perspectives on Policy and Management - 2026, Egea, Milano, Italia., Ricci, A.; Longo, F.; Broccolo, G.; Palvarini, A.; Puritani, G (Eds.), Egea, chap. 1, pp. 1-7, 2026
  • 2026
    Variability in Outpatient Consumption and Prescriptions within the Italian NHS: An Inter-and Intra-Regional Comparison
    RICCI, A., G. BROCCOLO, A. FURNARI, F. LONGO, G. PURITANI, "Variability in Outpatient Consumption and Prescriptions within the Italian NHS: An Inter-and Intra-Regional Comparison" in The Italian Health System: Perspectives on Policy and Management - 2026, Egea, Milano, Italia., Ricci, A.; Longo, F.; Broccolo, G.; Palvarini, A.; Puritani, G (Eds.), Egea, chap. 4, pp. 27-35, 2026
  • 2025
    Beyond Merit and Spoils System to Select Public Executives: The Italian Puzzle—Intersectoral Lessons from Italian Public Administrations
    LONGO, F., R. SAPORITO, R. FLORIO, "Beyond Merit and Spoils System to Select Public Executives: The Italian Puzzle—Intersectoral Lessons from Italian Public Administrations" in Public Administration in Italy: The Science and the Profession., Edoardo Ongaro, Carla Barbati, Fabrizio Di Mascio, Francesco Longo, Alessandro Natalini (Eds.), Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 361-385, 2025