Federico Niccolini is Associate Professor of Organizational Science at University of Macerata (Italy). His research interests focus on protected areas management and organization, CSR, organizational vision and culture, social networks, sustainable and responsible development. He has been Visiting Scholar or Professors in some US Universities (Colorado State, Stanford, Albany). From 1999 Federico Niccolini is member of the World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).