WHY THIS PROGRAM AT BBS:
For you:
- You want to understand how AI is reshaping the Administration, Finance & Control landscape
- You’re looking for practical ways to use AI to interpret the financial impact of business decisions
- You want a clear, structured view of opportunities, risks, and real implications of innovation in finance
For your company:
- Build internal expertise in AI applied to finance
- Enable faster, more effective data-driven decision-making
- Accelerate innovation and digital transformation initiatives
The AI and Finance Open Program is designed for professionals, managers, and entrepreneurs who want a clear, practical understanding of how Artificial Intelligence is transforming the financial sector—and how to apply it in their day-to-day work.
As AI continues to reshape decision-making models, operational processes, and investment strategies, the program provides hands-on tools to analyze data, support decisions, and assess the opportunities and risks linked to innovation. Through real-world cases and a business-driven approach, participants gain a concrete and applicable perspective on AI across banking, fintech, and asset management—without requiring advanced technical skills.
The program is developed in collaboration with DIMPACT – Digital Innovation Management Pioneering Artificial Intelligence and Change Technology, a research center within the Department of Management Sciences.
Accreditation
Bologna Business School is EQUIS – EFMD Quality Improvement System accredited, one of the most important international quality assessment and continuous improvement systems for Schools of Management and Business Administration.
Program Director
franco.visani2@unibo.it
"AI is no longer a future prospect in finance, it is becoming a practical necessity. This course is designed to help participants understand how artificial intelligence can strengthen analysis, support decision-making, and create real value in financial practice."
Structure
COURSES
The session provides an overview of the role of digital transformation in the contemporary business environment, with a focus on the evolution of Artificial Intelligence as a key driver of innovation and competitiveness for organizations.
Artificial Intelligence in Finance: current applications, conceptual overview, and case studies.
This session presents the positioning of Artificial Intelligence within the finance function, highlighting its growing relevance and its contribution to the development of new operating and decision-making models.
The session focuses on the role of Artificial Intelligence across core accounting, management control, and finance areas, emphasizing the value generated by the adoption of innovative solutions within business processes, with contributions from guest speakers from industry.
This session explores the contribution of Artificial Intelligence in decision-making contexts, highlighting its impact in supporting strategic and operational choices in economic and financial domains.
Learning approach
The faculty’s main role will be to facilitate the critical analysis of issues as well as the learning of tools and methodologies applicable to specific contexts.
Participants in the General Management Program will have the opportunity to interact in the classroom with faculty from diverse backgrounds including management consultants, university professors, and corporate managers, to discuss the best practices of various types of companies.
Faculty
Faculty members at Bologna Business School work together offering outstanding teaching standards. An international and interdisciplinary approach is guaranteed by a joint team of distinguished national core professors, adjunct, visiting professors, guest speakers and top managers.
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Franco Visani
Associate Professor of Business Administration
University of Bologna
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Filippo Boccali
Adjunct Professor and Research Fellow of Management
University of Bologna
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Marcello M. Mariani
Professore di Management Strategico e Marketing
Università di Bologna
Networking
Networking takes place between students of the same class, between participants and lecturers, as well as with students from other courses or previous editions of the same program.
COMPANIES
Over the years, our partners have been continuously involved in various activities that make up the structure of our programs. Companies belonging to our network participate in project work and master classes; they contribute actively in introducing guest speakers and organizing company visits. Our partners are our first supporters: sponsoring various scholarships, hosting internships for students, and providing career opportunities for graduates.
The Bologna Business School’s business partners are:
ADMENTA AEFFE AEMILIA HOTEL AEROPORTO G. MARCONI AFORISMA AGGF DIEGO DALLA PALMA ALCE NERO MIELIZIA ALFA WASSERMANN ALLESTIMENTI SRL ALTOGRAF ALTRO MERCATO ANCORA SERVIZI ANTICA CORTE PALLAVICINA APT EMILIA ROMAGNA ARPER ARREDOLUCE AUTOMOBILI LAMBORGHINI AVANZI HOLDING AZIENDA VINICOLA RIVERA BAHLSEN BANCA DI BOLOGNA BANCA POPOLARE DELL'EMILIA ROMAGNA BAXTER BELLCO S.R.L. BERLUTI BOLOGNAFIERE BONATTI BONFIGLIOLI RIDUTTORI BORBONESE B&T BUFFETTI BUTOS HORECA B.V.M. - LES COPAINS CADIAI CAMERA DI COMMERCIO DI SIDNEY CAMST CANTINA FEUDI DI SAN GREGORIO CAREGIVING CASSA DI RISPARMIO DI BOLOGNA CATERINGROSS CAVIRO CEFLA CENTRO HERCOLANI CERAMICA SANT'AGOSTINO CERAMICHE GARDENIA ORCHIDEA CHAMPION EUROPE S.P.A. CHLORIDE CHLORIDE SPA CINETECA DI BOLOGNA CINIUS CIPRIANI ABBIGLIAMENTO CIR FOOD CISA CMC CNA COMER INDUSTRIES CONAD CONFINDUSTRIA EMILIA ROMAGNA CONSERVE ITALIA CONSORZIO PARMIGIANO REGGIANO COOP ADRIATICA COOP CENTRALE ADRIATICA COOP CERAMICA IMOLA COOP ESTENSE CREDEM CREDITO EMILIANO CRIF CUCINA SRL DATALOGIC D&C DELOITTE DIENNEA DORELAN DUCATI MOTOR HOLDING EBC CONSULTING EGS SOLUTION ENTE FIERE DI PARMA ERNST & YOUNG ERVET E-STAT EUROCOMM EUROVO FASHION LAB FASTWEB FATER FELSINEA RISTORAZIONE FERRARA FOOD FERRARI FERRETTI GROUP FERROVIE EMILIA ROMAGNA - GRUPPO TPER FINCANTIERI FLORIM CERAMICHE FLYER FMR ARTÈ FONDAZIONE ALDINI VALERIANI FRATELLI BRANCA INTERNATIONAL FREELANDS NETWORK SRL FRUITECOM FURLA GABS GA.MA GAME 7 ATHLETICS GA OPERATION G.D GDH GENERAL ELECTRIC GEOCOM GE OIL & GAS GESA FINANCE GHEPI GI GROUP GMPR GROUP GRANAROLO GRAPHIC STORE GROUPM GRUPPO CINTI GRUPPO COIN OVIESSE GRUPPO HERA GRUPPO IMA GRUPPO INDUSTRIALE TOSONI GRUPPO LA PERLA GRUPPO MAX MARA GRUPPO MONRIF GRUPPO MONTENEGRO GRUPPO TREVI GUABER GUCCI H3G HAVAIANAS HAWORTH HAYS HOEL CONSULTING ICONSULTING I.G.D. I GUZZINI ILLUMINAZIONE IKEA INFOAREA INFO MANAGER INTERFASHION INTERMEDIA INTERTABA IREN GRUPPO ISTITUTO GIORDANO JACKPOT STAFF JECKERSON JOHNSON & JOHNSON MEDICAL KEMON KIREY SRL KPMG LABORATORIO DELLE IDEE LA COMPAGNIA DELLA BELLEZZA LANDI RENZO LA RINASCENTE LEROY MERLIN LIMONI LINK LIU JO LOBBY BROS LORO PIANA MACRON MAGNETI MARELLI MANDARINA DUCK MANUTENCOOP MARCO POLO MASERATI MAZARS & GUERARD MCS MEC3 MIKADO FILM MOLLUSCO & BALENA MONNALISA MORTARA RANGONI MTV ITALIA NIKE ITALY NIMAX NOEMALIFE NOMISMA OCTAGONA OIKOS OTIS GROUP PAGE PERSONNEL PANDA PDFOR CONSULENZA DIREZIONALE PHOTOSÌ PIQUADRO PRAXI PROMOTOR INTERNATIONAL PWC RADIANT RCS MEDIA GROUP REGENESI REGIONE EMILIA ROMAGNA RENÉE BLANCHE RIA & PARTNERS S&A CHANGE SAECO INTERNATIONAL GROUP SAMIA SCM GROUP S.E.C.I. GRUPPO MACCAFERRI SERGIO ROSSI SIDA GROUP SIGARO TOSCANO SIGMA SOCIETA' ITALIANA VINI STARWOOD HOTEL TECHNOGYM TEIKOS CONSULTING TERME DI SALSOMAGGIORE TETRA PACK THE COLOMER GROUP TONINO LAMBORGHINI TWINERGY UMBERTO CESARI VINI UNICREDIT UNICREDIT GROUP UNIGRÀ UNIPOL UNIQUE ITALIA VALSOIA VICINI ZANOTTI YOOX
FEES
INTERPROFESSIONAL FUNDS
Alumni and Companies can check the availability of vouchers at the Interprofessional Fund reference:
Fondimpresa – for middle management
Fondo Dirigenti PMI – for managers of industrial SMEs
Fonditalia
Fondirigenti – for managers
Fon.Coop – for Cooperatives
REQUIREMENTS
The course is reserved for a maximum of 30 participants with at least 2 years of work experience.
APPLICATION PROCESS
Request the application form by sending an email to openprograms@bbs.unibo.it to proceed with the enrollment.
FAQs
Yes, there is a certificate upon successful completion of all courses, the final examination and 70% attendance. The certificate will attest to successful completion of the courses and will award 60 university credits (CFU).
The documents used in the classroom and any further reading or exercises will be uploaded to our platform, whose credentials will be delivered in the classroom.
Should a group of colleagues wish to participate in the program, it is possible to contact the Program Manager to evaluate an ad hoc participation price.
Our short courses do not require a specific course of study. It is important to have a few years of work experience behind you that can help you, inside the classroom, by bringing real cases dealt with and solutions adopted during your work.
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Telefono: +39 051 2090177
Email: openprograms@bbs.unibo.it
