Mislav Radic
I am an Assistant Professor at Bocconi University, and an Honorary Research Fellow at University College London. Prior to joining Bocconi, I was a Research Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
My research and teaching lie at the intersection between strategy, public policy and organization theory, examining the shifting boundaries between public and private organizing. I have been fortunate to receive research grants from the Economic and Social Research Council (UK), the British Academy (UK), and the Croatian Science Foundation. My research has been published in outlets such as the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Management and the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Psychology and has received research awards from organizations such as the Academy of Management. It has also been recognized beyond academia, as it has been featured in leading media outlets such as the Financial Times, BBC, Prospect Magazine, and the Conversation, and was presented in front of policy makers and executives.
In addition to academic research, I act as a policy and strategy advisor for several private and public sector organizations, and serve as an active member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers community.
My research is structured around three main streams, all examining the evolving boundaries between public and private organizing.
The first stream explores how changing configurations of state involvement reshape firms and public organizations. Focusing on privatizations, nationalizations, and public sponsorship of private firms, I examine how shifts in ownership and government control transform governance structures, strategic priorities, and organizational self-understandings. This research centers on radical change, organizational identity, and resilience, highlighting how organizations reconfigure their structures, decision-making processes, and accountability mechanisms as their relationship with the state is redefined.
The second stream investigates the socio-political implications of digital technologies. By examining phenomena such as digital transformation, platform responsibility, and algorithmic governance, this research has led me to focus on core theoretical concepts including organizational misconduct, political corporate social responsibility (PCSR), and opacity. Through this work, I analyze how digital infrastructures reshape accountability, redistribute regulatory authority, and create new challenges for oversight at the intersection of business and government.
The third and most recent stream examines the use of market mechanisms to address grand challenges. Studying initiatives such as carbon offsetting and transnational organizations like the Global Fund, I focus on institutional fields, transnational governance, and open-system orchestration. This research analyzes how heterogeneous actors coordinate through market-based arrangements, how authority and accountability are structured in these settings, and how such mechanisms reconfigure the organization of collective action across public and private domains.