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MULTIPLYING EXPERIENCES AND COMPETENCIES
The Hybrid Master in Business Administration is designed for professionals and middle managers who want to accelerate their career growth, expanding their strategic perspective and acquiring the skills needed to lead functions, teams, and complex projects.
In a context where careers demand increasing adaptability, the Hybrid MBA goes beyond the traditional model by introducing a modular structure, designed to support professional development in a progressive and coherent way. The program integrates strategy, finance, innovation, and leadership into a comprehensive path focused on real-world application.
Designed for specialists aiming to evolve into cross-functional roles, the Hybrid MBA enables participants to balance education, work, and personal life through an effective mix of online learning and on-campus sessions, ensuring flexibility and a high-quality learning
The Hybrid MBA is the perfect MBA for those who want to combine study and work, without losing the fundamental human aspect: contact, exchange, and networking.
Ranking

QS Quacquarelli Symonds is the international network focused on services, analysis and in-depth reports of post-experience and university education, geared toward international mobility and career development. The QS Online MBA Ranking is based on insights from the business world and a methodology that allows programs to be evaluated according to four parameters: Faculty and Teaching, Class Profile, Employability and Class Experience.
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.
Academic Director
franco.visani2@unibo.it
"A program that features the flexibility of online sessions and the possibility of on-campus interaction."
The Hybrid MBA methodology is designed to offer real flexibility by combining online learning with on-campus sessions in a modular format tailored for working professionals. The program goes beyond the rigidity of traditional weekly schedules, allowing participants to manage their time, content, and learning approach more independently, while ensuring continuity and effectiveness.
Learning Modules
The program is structured into thematic learning modules that progressively support the development of managerial skills. It begins with Strategic Foundations, which build core knowledge in economics, accounting, AI tools, and diversity, and continues with Strategy, Market & Innovation, Finance & Decision Making, and Leadership & Innovation, concluding with Business Planning, where all competencies are integrated into a final project. This structured journey combines strategic vision with operational capability, with a strong focus on practical application.
Distance Learning
The online platform is a core component of the program, ensuring continuity and accessibility. It includes learning materials, exercises, and tools that enable interaction among participants, faculty, and tutors, fostering continuous and collaborative learning.
Mentoring, Leadership & Soft Skills
The program is enriched by activities focused on leadership and soft skills development, with the direct involvement of top managers. Through mentoring sessions, participants develop the capabilities needed to lead teams and organizations in complex environments.
Smart Week
The Master includes four optional on-campus Smart Weeks, immersive experiences dedicated to networking and practical application. During these sessions, participants take part in:
Smart Weeks provide a valuable opportunity to apply what has been learned and expand participants’ professional network.
The Business Strategy course delves deeper into the company’s decision-making process, the planning approach and the search for the target competitive positioning in changing contexts. It provides logical tools for the understanding of the competitive environment and competitive dynamics, of the value generation process and the role played in this field by the internal resources and expertise and the relationships with other players.
Cinti Luciani AndreaThe use of economic and financial information to manage competitive advantage. Models for the analysis of economic and financial performance. Parameters for the valuation of the profitability of a company. Financial sustainability for the tax performance of a company. Strategic sustainability of a company’s performance. Economic and financial benchmarking. Budget analysis for the management of vendor client relations. Strategic control systems and performance monitoring (Balanced Scorecard). Simulation techniques for economic and financial performance. Performance management.
Visani FrancoThe cross-sectionality of the logistics function and the value chain. Design and planning of the production system layouts. Management and forecasting of market demand. General criteria of programming and audit of production. Procurement and management of inventory and consumable materials. Evolution of just in time systems: from lean production to lean thinking. Automation of the information flow: from barcode to RFID technologies. Management of physical distribution.
Barbieri PaoloThe construction of the market position requires, first of all, the knowledge and the accurate management of the perception of the value for the customer. This implies understanding the logic that governs the purchasing and development processes of the reference markets. Starting from the examination of these aspects, the course explores the processes related to the articulation of strategic marketing plans and their implementation in different sectorial and environmental contexts.
Ancarani Fabio Guido UldericoThe course provides a framework for understanding and analysing investment and financial decisions of corporations. Lectures and readings provide an introduction to present value techniques, capital budgeting, capital structure decisions, corporate cost of capital, initial and seasoned equity offerings and an introduction to corporate risk management.
Baschieri GiuliaThe course aims to provide participants the knowledge and instruments related to organization and management of projects, with a particular focus on agile methodology. The subjects analyzed include project planning and control (timing, costs, and technical progress); project organization, the role of project manager and the management of the team; risk management; and management of a project portfolio.
Grandi AlessandroThe construction of a sales network. The selection and motivation of the sellers. Evaluating of sales projections. The management of the customer portfolio. The construction of the incentive system. The economic and financial assessments for the sales manager. Key Account Management.
Cofano AnnamariaDigital transformation is a complex process at the intersection of strategy, technology, and organization. The course aims to address these three elements both individually—by delving into them through case studies and reviewing practical tools—and by exploring the strong interdependencies among them.
Throughout the lessons, various approaches to transformation will be presented, aiming to cover the full spectrum of strategic options—both internal and external—including guest speakers with significant experience in the field of innovation.
Folonari Giuseppe
Working in a global, uncertain and complex world requires a new managerial play book that allows you to bring together agile organizations and people’s engagement. In the course, starting from what neurosciences have taught us about how people “work”, we will decline an innovative way of people management that can help us, even at the cross-cultural level, to improve the drivers of the performance.
Ghini MassimilianoEvery year our society uses the resources that the planet Earth takes about a year and a half to regenerate. This and other empirical evidence of global significance bring the theme of sustainability to the center of the economic, political and social debate. Recent studies show that a sustainability-oriented management approach adopted by some companies leads to a medium-long term competitive advantage over competitors, a success achieved thanks to the ability to innovate the business model and introduce measurement tools to monitor and better manage the value creation process. The course aims to launch a debate on how to introduce sustainability policies and practices within companies.
Zanni SaraLe lectures su Visioning & Mentoring sono un laboratorio di condivisione di esperienza manageriale e di discussione del ruolo che le competenze trasversali e le soft skills – attitudini personali, comportamenti e socialità – giocano nell’affermazione personale e nella costruzione di una carriera professionale.
Si affrontano temi quali le competenze emotive, relazionali e cognitive, il feedback, il performance management, lo sviluppo professionale e la gestione di quelle situazioni ambigue e paradossali che ci mettono fuori dalla nostra area di comfort e si affrontano con strumenti che non si imparano sui banchi di scuola, ma su quelli della vita.
Artificial Intelligence e Machine Learning for Business
Lo sviluppo dell’Intelligenza Artificiale e del Machine Learning come supporto alle decisioni aziendali sta diventando una realtà per molte aziende. Il Digital Talk affronta le opportunità di tale approccio, per differenti tipologie di aziende e processi.
Industry 4.0
Lo sviluppo dell’Industry 4.0 porta il digital nello stabilimento, fornendo opportunità prima impensate, grazie alla disponibilità di dati e alla possibilità di elaborarli. Il Digital Talk presenterà le principali opportunità e criticità applicative dell’Industry 4.0.
Fintech
Il Fintech sta modificando efficienza ed efficacia di molti servizi finanziari, sia per gli individui che per le aziende. Il Digital Talk ne approfondisce i principali filoni di sviluppo e i principali vantaggi che può determinare in ambito aziendale.
Digital Marketing
L’avvento dei social network ha completamente rivoluzionato il modo di approcciare il proprio mercato attuale e potenziale. Il Digital Talk approfondirà l’argomento, chiarendo il potenziale di crescita che il Digital Marketing può garantire.
Smartworking and new organizational models
Lo Smartworking è entrato nella vita di molti di noi senza che fosse programmato. E’ qui per rimanere o solo per gestire un’emergenza? Quali i vantaggi e i limiti di applicabilità di questo approccio al lavoro ancora insolito per molti di noi?
The team building experience as a training tool to enhance the relationship and trust for the purpose of good teamwork. The course contents analyze how people and groups interact within a company. The aim is to develop knowledge and tools to manage people in the workplace, in terms of quality such as good and psychological well-being.
Franceschetti MassimoFaculty 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.
Fabio Guido Ulderico Ancarani
Full Professor of Marketing
University of Bologna
Paolo Barbieri
Associate Professor of Business and Management Engineering
University of Bologna
Giulia Baschieri
Associate Professor in Corporate Finance
University of Bologna
Andrea Carosi
Full Professor of Corporate Finance
University of Sassari
Andrea Cinti Luciani
Managing Director
CliCon Health&Economics
Annamaria Cofano
Managing Partner
WeDoLab
Paolo Di Marco
Founding Partner
PDFOR Consulenza Direzionale
Giuseppe Folonari
Chief of Operations & Growth
Onde Alte
Massimo Franceschetti
Coach and Consultant
Equilibra
Giuseppe Gherardi
Manager and Business Consultant
Race srl
Massimiliano Ghini
Director
European Center for Team Emotional Intelligence
Alessandro Grandi
Full Professor of Innovation and Project Management
University of Bologna
Andrea Lipparini
Full Professor of Management
University of Bologna
Franco Visani
Associate Professor of Business Administration
University of Bologna
Alessandra Zammit
Associate Professor of Management
University of Bologna
Sara Zanni
Assistant Professor of Business Sustainability
University of Bologna
AGE
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
35
AVERAGE AGE
8 years
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Marco Ronzoni
eBusiness Manager, Max Mara Srl
Hybrid MBA (Ed. 2024/2026)
"The Hybrid MBA represents a strategic evolution that bridges academic rigor with a deep mastery of global market dynamics. Its core achievement lies in the synergy between expanding technical expertise and joining an international community of leaders, where seamless networking transcends geographical boundaries to deliver tangible competitive advantages."
Elisa Oppici
Direttore Generale, Medlavitalia S.r.l. e Forsafe S.r.l.
Hybrid MBA (Ed. 2020/2021)
"The Master represents a real burst of energy! The "Hybrid" formula of BBS allows me to better reconcile the times of personal, work and training life and is structured in such a way as to maximize and enhance the strengths of a mainly online path: "digital" is well harmonized with objectives and both personal and group needs, without making you regret the size of the classroom alone! Expectations have been exceeded!"
Luca Venturi
Country Sales Manager Italia, Langmatz Gmbh
Hybrid MBA (Ed. 2020/2021)
"The MBA in BBS is a challenging path that continually stimulates and excites. The preparation and availability of the teachers allow to acquire concepts, notions and tools to read and face an increasingly complex world at 360 degrees. The Hybrid formula is perfect for combining professional and personal needs and optimizes time management. ""
Giuseppe Marrazzo
Project Engineering Manager, Titagarh Firema Spa
Hybrid MBA (Ed. 2020/2021)
"Participation in the Master creates the same sensations as building something with your hands that leaves you satisfied, with the passing of the months you are more and more aware that you are experiencing something unique and unrepeatable. The environment, the lessons, the working groups and the teachers represent an opportunity to be lived without hesitation and, at the same time, with a lot of curiosity and desire to get involved."
Valentina De Leo
Store Manager
Hybrid MBA (Ed. 2020/2021)
"The master gave me the opportunity to undertake a real professional growth thanks to the skills and knowledge acquired."
Gianluca Dal Santo
Responsabile di Produzione
Hybrid MBA (Ed. 2020/2021)
"Hybrid MBA was first of all a challenge to myself. The difficulties encountered along the way, however, have all been amply rewarded with the satisfaction of knowing many professionals and being able to deepen company issues that were previously little known. Enriching, motivating and prestigious are the adjectives that best sum up my experience in BBS"
Jessica Galantucci
Responsabile Commerciale e Management Team Member, M.D. Micro Detectors di Modena
Hybrid MBA (Ed. 2020/2021)
"Hybrid MBA is for me the possibility of being able to realize my educational and professional ambition in a simple, absolutely complete and structured way. Hybrid training has allowed me to strengthen and increase my skills thanks to a team of motivated and impeccably trained teachers and professionals."
Martina Montinaro
Research and Development Manager, DFV S.r.l.
Hybrid MBA (Ed. 2020/2021)
"The Master is a challenging path that allows me to complete and expand my technical-scientific preparation by providing me with the tools to break down and analyze the company system in its various dimensions, enhancing my managerial vision skills. The professionalism of the teachers and the sharing with the other participants make the path rich and exciting and the hybrid format increases its potential and amplifies its advantages."
The MBA Hybrid Online gives participants the opportunity to engage with cutting-edge businesses through on-campus activities.
Many companies have chosen the MBA Hybrid Online as the best route to enhance their talents, because it completes their managerial vision and greatly improves their performance in the company.
In recent editions among other partners, we also worked with:
PHARMA QUALITY EUROPE SRL REKEEP COIND SOCIETÀ COOPERATIVA CAMO SRL ACCADEMIA ITALIANA MEDICI SPECIALIZZANDI C.M.S.A. SOCIETÀ COOPERATIVA STERRATORI E AFFINI ELETTROTECNICA ROLD SRL GINO GIROLOMONI LUCART SPA
During the Master, and once it is ended, it is possible to join the activities dedicated to the Community, to further increase your own network. Furthermore, meetings open to the entire BBS Community are periodically scheduled with managers, entrepreneurs and guests, focusing on the different scenarios of a constantly evolving society and market.

“The Hybrid MBA is the answer to the evolving businesses ecosystem, where managers, entrepreneurs and talents are looking for liquid connections, flexible structures, physical and digital systems”.
Lucia Chierchia, Managing Partner, Gellify and Adjunct Professor, Bologna Business School

“A Mentor helped me to understand the corporate world, made me discover my strengths and supported me to design a path in order to become CEO”.
Eugenio Sidoli, Managing Director, Max Mara
The registration fee for the Master’s course on a company basis is 26,200 Euros + VAT.
The registration fee for the Master’s course on an individual basis is 20,800 Euros + VAT.
Reduced fee available.
For further information, please contact mba-h@bbs.unibo.it
The registration allows to:
FINANCIAL RELIEF
Companies that make investments in education 4.0 aimed at the acquisition or consolidation, by the company’s employees, of skills in the technologies relevant to the implementation of the process of technological and digital transformation can take advantage of the tax credit in 2022 provided by the “National Plan Enterprise 4.0”. For more information, click here.
Long-term and low-interest loan:
– Repayable in 10 years
– Reduced interest rate
– Possibility to postpone the 1st payment fee to 36 months
For more information please, mail mba-h@bbs.unibo.it
The Master is mainly intended for people whom are already experts in a professional position but who desire to extend their skill-set to include other functions and tools aiding in management decisions.
The Master is open to graduates with more than 3 years of professional experience and non-graduates, who are required to have at least 5 years of work experience.
The admission process consist of:
To gain access to the selections for the Master, write to mba-h@bbs.unibo.it
The selection process consists of an interview with the Master’s Director, organised by the Program Manager upon candidate request and after sending of the Curriculum Vitae. The interview is not binding on enrollment.
The Program Manager can send a certificate of attendance record at the end of the didactic sessions to those that make a request, upon verification of the attendance.
In order to get admitted to the Master Executive, it is required to have a Bachelor’s Degree, however, a limited number of places are available for those who do not have a Bachelor’s Degree but that can demonstrate to have significant professional experience, to be evaluated during the assessment interview.
No, it is not. The Executive Masters are not University Masters, therefore they do not have ECTS credits (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System), that in Italy are called “crediti formativi universitari (CFU).
At the end of the Master, a certificate of attendance (which includes the achieved results) and a Diploma of Participation (upon verification of successful completion of each course and of at least a 70% of class attendance) are issued.
No, because it is not a university Master.