Lorenzo Diaferia

Lecturer
Knowledge groupLeadership, Human Resources and Digital Technologies
Research domainsDigital Transformation
Teaching domainsDigital Innovation, High Impact Technologies, Artificial Intelligence
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Biography

Lorenzo Diaferia is a Lecturer of Digital Transformation at SDA Bocconi School of Management, where he is also researcher at the Digital Enterprise Value and Organization (DEVO) Lab.

Lorenzo is director of the online course “Artificial Intelligence in action” at SDA Bocconi and he took part in MISA, EMBA, MDE and custom programs as instructor on the business implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI).

His research activities focus on digital transformation, its enabling technologies, data exploitation, and the business implications of AI. Lorenzo coordinates the DEVO Lab research stream on enterprise AI adoption. He is working with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on a periodic research initiative to identify and assess high impact digital technologies. At SDA Bocconi, he also collaborates with the LIFT Lab, a laboratory that operates at the convergence between digital and life science topics. Lorenzo worked at several custom research projects for companies and institutions. Among these, Accenture, CRIF, Edenred, Google Italy, NTT DATA, Teradata.

He is author and coauthor of articles and books on digital transformation, AI, and platform economy. Among others, his contributions have been published in Springer International Publishing, Economia & Management and Bancaria Editrice. He is also coauthor of several reports for companies and institutions.

Lorenzo holds a Master of Science degree cum laude in Management and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics both from Bocconi University. He was also an exchange student at Dartmouth College (US).

Recent Publications

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  • 2025
    Esplorare il mercato e comprendere gli utilizzi dell'AI
    DIAFERIA, L., L. DE ROSSI, G. SALVIOTTI, "Esplorare il mercato e comprendere gli utilizzi dell'AI", Economia & Management Plus, 14 January 2025
  • 2025
    AI in azienda: come identificare aree di intervento e iniziative
    DIAFERIA, L., L. DE ROSSI, G. SALVIOTTI, "AI in azienda: come identificare aree di intervento e iniziative", Economia & Management Plus, 24 April 2025
  • 2025
    AI in azienda: valutare e prioritizzare le aree di intervento
    DIAFERIA, L., L. DE ROSSI, G. SALVIOTTI, "AI in azienda: valutare e prioritizzare le aree di intervento", Economia & Management Plus, 14 July 2025
  • 2025
    Four ways to introduce AI in companies - Quattro strade per introdurre l’AI in azienda
    MEREGALLI, S., L. DE ROSSI, L. DIAFERIA, "Four ways to introduce AI in companies - Quattro strade per introdurre l’AI in azienda", SDA Bocconi Insight, 7 October 2025
  • 2024
    A Metaverse Typology: Exploring the Role of Immersivity and Centralization in Driving Value Creation
    SALVIOTTI, G., L. DE ROSSI, N. ABBATEMARCO, L. DIAFERIA, "A Metaverse Typology: Exploring the Role of Immersivity and Centralization in Driving Value Creation" in Proceedings of the 57th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, January 3-6, 2024, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
  • 2024
    A lot of hype but also a lot of doubts
    DIAFERIA, L., "A lot of hype but also a lot of doubts", Via Sarfatti 25, 2024, no. 2, pp. 82-83