Nicholas Imparato is a professor of marketing and management at the University of San Francisco and a research fellow at the Hoover Institution. His research involves the intersection of business strategy and public policy.

His current research focuses on the attitudes of investor-advisers toward regulatory reform and competitive advantage and, in a separate project, a comparative analysis of industry and advocacy models of corporate human rights policies.

During a series of university special leaves of absence, Imparato served in senior corporate positions, including chief operating officer and lead board member of closely held and publicly listed companies. He was instrumental in encouraging the passage of interim legislation in Tanzania in 2007 that resulted in removing it from the list of nations in violation of human rights standards according to reports filed with the United Nations’ Human Rights Council and other groups, a removal with broad economic and political implications. He has given keynote speeches and presentations in more than 30 countries for both government and corporate audiences, particularly on the evolution of globalization and innovation leadership as they affect strategy and best practices.

Imparato is the editor of Public Policy and the Internet: Privacy, Taxes and Contract (2002) and Capital for Our Time: The Economic, Legal, and Management Challenges of Intellectual Capital (1999), as well as author and coauthor of numerous publications including Jumping the Curve: Innovation and Strategic Choice in an Age of Transition (1994). Additionally, he has served as contributing editor for Security Technology and Design and Intelligent Enterprise magazines.

He was honored with the Tops in Marketing Award by Sales and Marketing Executives International, an award normally given to Fortune 500 CEOs. Other honors include a special award from the Bishop Gassis Sudan Relief Fund for “raising the awareness of the plight of the peoples of Sudan” and the University Distinguished Teacher Award at the University of San Francisco.

Imparato has been interviewed and quoted extensively in numerous publications, including the Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal. He has served on the faculties of Boston College and the University of California at Berkeley. He received his PhD from Bowling Green State University.