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font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;\">\u00a0at <span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-weight: 600;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #1e809e;\"><a style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #1e809e;\" href=\"https:\/\/leap.unibocconi.eu\/people\/affiliated-faculty\/michela-carlana\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bocconi University<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;\">and the director of <a href=\"https:\/\/inspire.unibocconi.eu\">INSPIRE<\/a> and\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;\" href=\"https:\/\/leap.unibocconi.eu\">LEAP<\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;\"> at Bocconi University. <\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; 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