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Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies | SSSUP · Institute of Management

A partire dai temi del Manifesto “L’impresa che vogliamo”, il gruppo Regenerative Innovation della Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna di Pisa riflette sui principi di una innovazione generativa che integri (1) l’adozione di un purpose pro-sociale, (2) la valorizzazione delle persone e (3) la generazione di impatto positivo. Illustrando le linee di attività...

Corporate accelerators have emerged in recent years as an innovation mechanism that builds bridges between corporations and startups. Through inbound Open Innovation (OI) activities, established firms open their innovation processes to startups to acquire their knowledge. Previous research has focused either on independent accelerators or on corpor...

New, exponentially growing and adopted technologies are becoming key drivers of the economic and societal transition (Deloitte, 2017; Di Vaio et al., 2020; Loureiro et al., 2021). Common examples of such technologies include artificial intelligence and machine learning, additive manufacturing, augmented and virtual reality, digital biology and biot...

Purpose Recognizing novel entrepreneurial opportunities arising from a crisis is of paramount importance for firms. Hence, understanding the pivotal factors that facilitate firms in this endeavor holds significant value. This study delves into such factors within a representative empirical context impacted by a crisis, drawing insights from existin...

Recently, there has been a widespread recognition of Corporate Entrepreneurship (CE) as a means to facilitate innovation within firms. In this context, it is important to revisit the concept of innovation, through the lenses of Industry 5.0 and Society 5.0, in order to understand the role of innovation in this context. More specifically, Innovation...

Industry 4.0, the Fourth Industrial Revolution, has fundamentally transformed manufacturing by integrating advanced digital technologies like IoT, AI, big data, and the cloud, creating intelligent, interconnected environments. Developed nations have embraced this revolution to enhance efficiency and productivity. However, the adoption of Industry 4...

In recent years, a growing number of firms have implemented the concept of shared value creation and proposed themselves as purpose-driven organisations. It is widely argued that such a dynamic will influence the next wave of innovation and growth in the global economy and contribute to reshape capitalism and its impact on society. In this perspect...

Purpose Humane Entrepreneurship (HumEnt) is strongly purpose-oriented and characterized by a focus on inclusiveness and social and environmental sustainability, with attention to both internal and external stakeholders and their needs. In the attempt to provide new research in this field, this study aims to conduct an empirical investigation within...

During Covid-19, some innovative start-ups not only absorbed the shock but also improved afterwards through the development of capabilities related to antifragility. Drawing on the antifragility literature we have selected a set of internal capabilities that influence the survival of start-ups. Then, we applied qualitative benchmarking of the fuzzy...

Research and development in agricultural sector are becoming a crucial issue, especially to answer to growing global market needs and, in general, for rural innovation development. The innovation process involves stakeholders of all levels and rural development requires both personal farmers' characteristics along with favourable socio-political an...

Purpose This study investigates the role of “soft” factors of total quality management – in terms of empowerment and engagement of employees – in facilitating or hindering organizational performance of the university technology transfer offices. Design/methodology/approach The authors developed an Ordinary Least Squares (OLS), multiple regression...

Purpose This study aims to combine open innovation (OI) and organizational learning (OL) literature in the context of strategic alliances. Design/methodology/approach The authors develop a conceptual framework that links OI to OL literatures. The authors empirically validate this framework through four representative cases of dyadic strategic alli...

The literature on Entrepreneurial University has emphasised the importance of encouraging and supporting the entrepreneurial intent of students, both PhDs and undergraduates. However, more research is needed about how PhD students can be supported in their entrepreneurial and technology transfer initiatives. This study seeks to contribute to this f...

For better or worse, digital technologies are reshaping everything, from customer behaviors and expectations to organizational and manufacturing systems, business models, markets, and ultimately society. To understand this overarching transformation, this paper extends the previous literature which has focused mostly on the organizational level by...

In the last years, universities have assumed a prominent role in the science and technology-based economic development. The concept of entrepreneurial university, a key concept in the triple helix model developed by Etzkowitz, identifies the evolution of the university role with the addition to the traditional missions of university (education and...

Purpose This study focuses on the role of individuals in the innovation management process, by concentrating on leaders and associated behaviors. Specifically, Entrepreneurial Leadership (EL) represent one of the most important fields of innovation management that has become increasingly multifaceted and interdisciplinary with its evolution. Thus,...

The innovation chain of the pharmaceutical industry is more and more complex. In particular, a new type of players, the start-ups founded by researchers (Academic Start-ups) have proven to be particularly effective in the first steps of exploring new, radically innovative technologies. These small start-ups miss the financial resources and the indu...

During the COVID‐19 pandemic, a huge number of firms had to stop their activities due to the lockdown situation that has been decided in most countries. However, to contribute to the many emergencies caused by the pandemic through purpose‐led actions, many of those firms have reacted with innovative projects and changes in their manufacturing activ...

Nel presente capitolo vengono presentati i dati relativi alle attività di trasferimento tecnologico svolte dagli Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) negli anni 2017 e 2018. Netval ha avviato fin dal 2002 la raccolta e l’analisi di dati relativi alle attività di trasferimento tecnologico in ambito universitario e poi anche ne...

Purpose This paper combines the literature on knowledge transfer and that on organizational behavior to analyze how perceived empowerment and perceived engagement affect knowledge transfer offices’ (KTOs’) performance, measured in terms of the number of license agreements. Design/methodology/approach The authors measured the cognitions which const...

Macro (entrepreneurial environment and socio-economic macrosystem) and micro (personal turbulence) environments, provide several stimuli (Tang, 2008) to entrepreneurs. They are always under pressure (Imran et al., 2016) and often find themselves reacting to external stimuli in a complex macrosystem. In a complex macrosystem, especially when catastr...

Purpose of the paper: In recent years, the Pharma Industry (PI) has undergone radical changes in R&D management. It is estimated that between 1/3 and ½ of every dollar spent on R&D from pharma companies now goes to Contract Research Organizations (CROs). The main purpose of our paper is therefore to interpret major features and changes underpinning...

Crowdfunding have recently drawn the attention of both scholars and professionals as an outstanding financial tool. From its birth, because of its evolutionary nature, this financial mechanism has experienced a lot of changes, with a common driver: the capability to adapt the crowdfunding model to many different fields. In this study, the author...

Crowdfunding have recently drawn the attention of both scholars and professionals as an outstanding financial tool. From its birth, because of its evolutionary nature, this financial mechanism has experienced a lot of changes, with a common driver: the capability to adapt the crowdfunding model to many different fields. In this study, the authors f...

Academic spin-offs, i.e. new venture projects backed by one or more researchers, are attracting increasing attention by researchers and policy makers as an effective way to improve technology transfer's rate from Public Research Organizations (PRO) to the business environment. With the aim of supporting technology transfer processes, in the last ye...

The issue of vertical integration in Organization’s processes has been discussed extensively. According to the Resource-based view of the firm, the more the R&D processes contribute to Competitive Advantage the more a vertical integration approach will be justified. So it might be counterintuitive in an R&D-based industry, as it is in the case for...