Maurizio Massaro

Ca' Foscari University of Venice | UNIVE · Department of Management

Aims The international literature underlines that physical activity has a role in preventing cancer and is beneficial for cancer recovery and rehabilitation. Therefore, patient education is essential to stimulate training. Telemedicine and e-health tools like apps and wearables can support patients’ education and the monitoring of their health cond...

Background The importance of environmental sustainability is acknowledged in all sectors, including healthcare. To meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 2030 Agenda, healthcare will need a paradigm shift toward more environmentally sustainable practices that will also impact clinical decision-making. The study investigates trauma an...

Background The importance of environmental sustainability is acknowledged in all sectors, including healthcare. To meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 2030 Agenda, healthcare will need a paradigm shift toward more environmentally sustainable practices that will also impact clinical decision-making. The study investigates trauma an...

Il settore sanitario è da sempre attento alle dinamiche legate alle sostenibilità sociale ed economica. Tuttavia, la sanità rappresenta un'industria che, date le proprie caratteristiche (un numero elevato di addetti e di strutture, pratiche manageriali complesse, largo impiego di beni sia consumabili che di investimento), produce un importante impa...

Purpose This paper aims to understand the main challenges connected with accountability issues across multiple layers of the metaverse, to identify whether and how any techwashing is taking place and to discuss implications for accounting research. Design/methodology/approach To develop the research, the authors refer to a critical dialogic accoun...

Obiettivo dell'articolo: L'articolo vuole approfondire la comprensione del legame tra imprenditorialità morale accademica, coinvolgimento degli stakeholder e traduzione della conoscenza durante i periodi di crisi. Metodologia: L'articolo si basa su di un caso di studio presentando l'ecosistema di innovazione sulla sostenibilità di Venezia (l'accele...

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses are competing in an unknown, ever-changing environment. This turbulence generates new forms of uncertainty and risks that not only affect business performance but also the wellbeing of employees. Groupwork as a management control system can support business risk reduction and increase employee we...

The current paper critically explores current research on the topic of accounting and blockchain. It draws from the commonly accepted categorization of account-ing studies into financial accounting, managerial accounting, taxation, and other accounting-related subjects. Borrowing this categorization and assuming a more holistic posture to observe b...

Digital transformation in healthcare is a strategic field for both scholars and practitioners. In this study, we attempted to analyze the current state of the art about the pervasive role of digital technologies in healthcare and to identify how the COVID-19 pandemic forced all the systems to disruptively adopt novel digital technologies, which aff...

Background: Shared decision-making (SDM) between clinicians and patients is one of the pillars of the modern patient-centric philosophy of care. This study aims to explore SDM in the discipline of trauma and emergency surgery, investigating its interpretation as well as the barriers and facilitators for its implementation among surgeons. Methods:...

(the Team Dynamics Study Group) Abstract Background Shared decision-making (SDM) between clinicians and patients is one of the pillars of the modern patient-centric philosophy of care. This study aims to explore SDM in the discipline of trauma and emergency surgery, investigating its interpretation as well as the barriers and facilitators for its i...

In the realm of digital transformation, Blockchain technologies are considered prominent for managing agrifood supply chains due to their contribution to traceability, safety, quality, transparency, and scalability. Both academia and businesses are paying increased attention to the application of Blockchain technologies in the agrifood sector, also...

Background: Artificial intelligence (AI) is gaining traction in medicine and surgery. AI-based applications can offer tools to examine high-volume data to inform predictive analytics that supports complex decision-making processes. Time-sensitive trauma and emergency contexts are often challenging. The study aims to investigate trauma and emergenc...

In the United States, from 1999 to 2019, opioid overdose, either regularly prescribed or illegally acquired, was the cause of death for nearly 500,000 people. In addition to this pronounced mortality burden that has increased gradually over time, opioid overdose has significant morbidity with se-vere risks and side effects. As a result, opioid misu...

Golf is becoming an increasingly popular sport, and golf clubs have, therefore, a growing social and environmental impact, with several stakeholders engaged in the activities. While the press and the media have reported countless initiatives conducted by golf clubs worldwide that highlight how environmentally and socially conscious and supportive t...

Emergency teams are made up of professionals of different specialities, including emergency physicians, surgeons, anesthesiologists, and nurses. Such units are characterized by the need to face unexpected situations with little time to make clinical decisions. In trauma and emergency settings, clinicians must act in a coordinated way, ensuring, at...

Background Investigating the context of trauma and acute care surgery, the article aims at understanding the factors that can enhance some ethical aspects, namely the importance of patient consent, the perceptiveness of the ethical role of the trauma leader, and the perceived importance of ethics as an educational subject. Methods The article empl...

Background: Investigating the context of trauma and acute care surgery, the article aims at understanding the factors that can enhance some ethical aspects, namely the importance of patient consent, the perceptiveness of the ethical role of the trauma leader, and the perceived importance of ethics as an educational subject. Methods: The article emp...

Background: Investigating the context of trauma and acute care surgery, the article aims at understanding the factors that can enhance some ethical aspects, namely the importance of patient consent, the perceptiveness of the ethical role of the trauma leader, and the perceived importance of ethics as an educational subject. Methods: The article emp...

Background: Investigating the context of trauma and acute care surgery, the article aims at understanding the factors that can enhance some ethical aspects, namely the importance of patient consent, the perceptiveness of the ethical role of the trauma leader, and the perceived importance of ethics as an educational subject. Methods: The article emp...

The number of oncological patients who may benefit from proton beam radiotherapy (PBT) or carbon ion radiotherapy (CIRT), overall referred to as particle radiotherapy (RT), is expected to strongly increase in the next future, as well as the number of cardiological patients requiring cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs). The management of...

Negli Stati Uniti, dal 1999 al 2019, l’overdose da oppioidi, derivante sia da farmaci regolarmente prescritti che acquisiti o assunti illecitamente, è stata la causa di morte di quasi 500.000 persone. I decessi sono via via aumentati nel tempo. Questo andamento è stato accompagnato anche da seri rischi ed effetti collaterali, portando ormai così gl...

Purpose This study aims to present an overview of topics addressed in the papers appearing in this AAAJ special issue: Blockchain in accounting, accountability and assurance. Design/methodology/approach The authors present a review focussing on the papers published in this special issue. The authors imported the eight accepted papers into NVivo, c...

Crises generate disruptions, but they can also foster the development of academic moral entrepreneurship when the stakeholders' engagement is obtained. In this article, we present how knowledge translation (KT) was used to create stakeholder engagement in the academic moral entrepreneurship case of the Venice sustainability innovation accelerator (...

The paper investigates the relationship between Blockchain technology and new sustainable business models (SBMs). The literature notes a lack of empirical classifications and successful case studies. Using a multiple case studies methodology, our research article aims to answer the research question (RQ): How can Blockchain enable new SBMs and supp...

La chirurgia d'urgenza e del trauma è un contesto particolarmente complesso, in cui il personale sanitario deve lavorare sotto pressione, spesso con limitata conoscenza ri-spetto alla causa del trauma, all'identità del paziente, alle sue patologie pregresse e preferenze di cura. I team di chirurgia d'urgenza sono multidisciplinari e coordinati da u...

The current technological innovation has contributed to the emergence of multiple digital advances which can support and accelerate the achievement of organizational strategic goals. The digital paradigms characterizing the Fourth Industrial Revolution range from digital manufacturing, involving the application of digital technologies, to manufactu...

Background: Artificial intelligence (AI) applications aiming to support surgical decision-making processes are generating novel threats to ethical surgical care. To understand and address these threats, we summarize the main ethical issues that may arise from applying AI to surgery, starting from the Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy Artificial In...

The final chapter involves the description of the Amazon case study. The intention is to reconnect the various categorizations illustrated in the previous chapter to a real-world example for the purpose of presenting a successful case of business disruption as Amazon is known to have disrupted retail. The analysis aims at highlighting the fact that...

The digital transformation and its consequent technological innovations represent the major drivers of strategic innovation as well as business model disruption. The current challenges characterizing the present industrial scenario are encouraging companies to shift to advanced organizational structures. In order to achieve so, multiple strategic t...

Disasters like the recent COVID-19 pandemic can benefit from the use of digital tools and Knowledge Management Systems (KMSs) to manage the emergency and improve the resilience of the system. Such KMSs must prove the quality of the system, service, situation, and knowledge which is gathered, transferred, and shared. However, KMSs must cope with the...

Objectives To provide an overview of the impact of the pandemic on the clinical activity and take a snapshot of the contingent challenges that European particle therapy centers are called to face, we surveyed the members of the European Particle Therapy Network (EPTN). Material and methods A 52-questions survey was conducted from 4th April 2021 to...

The paper aims at understanding how small and medium accounting practices micromanage their Intellectual Capital (IC) for sustaining their performance in a constantly changing environment, starting from the CAOS framework. The paper employs a quantitative methodology based on a questionnaire developed with the Italian Chartered Accounting Associati...

In this paper we review the main evolution of intellectual capital (IC) research after 20 years from the first article published by Leif Edvinsson on the topic. In developing the paper, we highlight the main concerns that were stimulating the debate at the time. The paper employs a conceptual review starting from the questions raised in one of the...

The current technological disruptions characterizing the present business environment require organizations to embrace change in order to drive innovation. Companies must disrupt their existing business models for the purpose of surviving the digital revolution. Changing customer needs and technological innovations solicit businesses to shift from...

Background: Investigating the context of trauma and acute care surgery, the article aims at understanding the factors that can enhance some ethical aspects, namely the importance of patient consent, the perceptiveness of the ethical role of the trauma leader, and the perceived importance of ethics as an educational subject. Methods: The article emp...

Background: Investigating the context of trauma and acute care surgery, the article aims at understanding the factors that can enhance some ethical aspects, namely the importance of patient consent, the perceptiveness of the ethical role of the trauma leader, and the perceived importance of ethics as an educational subject. Methods: The article emp...

Purpose The Italian government addressed the first wave of its COVID-19 outbreak with a series of social restrictions and calculative practices, all branded with the slogan #istayathome. The hashtag quickly went viral, becoming both a mandate and a mantra and, as the crisis played out, we witnessed the rise of the Italian social movement #istayatho...

The healthcare sector is a complex ecosystem in which multiple stakeholders have to interact, and digital transformation is providing new ways for those actors to cooperate. Among the different new technologies, blockchain is one of the most discussed in a confrontation between true believers and skeptics. To shed light on the question of how block...

Purpose This paper investigates the relationship between agricultural entrepreneurship (AE) and new technologies using academic and practitioners' perspectives to understand how new technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and augmented reality can promote agri-businesses. Design/methodology/approach The paper adopts a c...

Il 21 aprile 2021 la Commissione Europea ha emanato una proposta di regolamento titolata “Regolamento del parlamento europeo e del consiglio che stabilisce regole armonizzate sull’intelligenza artificiale (Artificial Intelligence Act) e modifica di alcuni atti legislativi dell’Unione”. Tale proposta si pone come obbiettivo quello di garantire che i...

Background: Emergency surgery represents a unique context. Trauma teams are often multidisciplinary and need to operate under extreme stress and time constraints, sometimes with no awareness of the trauma's causes or the patient's personal and clinical information. In this perspective, the dynamics of how trauma teams function is fundamental to ens...

Responding to the calls for empirical research on the extent and nature of business model reporting, this paper has the purpose to assess the quality of busi-ness model disclosure. To accomplish this purpose, the study takes advantage of an interventionist research project that was conducted in an Italian listed compa-ny operating in the informatio...

Smart technologies are profoundly changing the way organizations conduct their business. Among such technologies, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and the Blockchain are considered the most disruptive ones. Our study investigates the potential impacts of AI and the Blockchain on business models by employing a structured literature review (SLR). We ana...

Background: Emergency surgery represents a unique context. Trauma teams are often multidisciplinary and need to operate under extreme stress and time constraints, sometimes with no awareness of the trauma's causes or the patient's personal and clinical information. In this perspective, the dynamics of how trauma teams function is fundamental to ens...

Background: Emergency surgery represents a unique context. Trauma teams are often multidisciplinary and need to operate under extreme stress and time constraints, sometimes with no awareness of the trauma's causes or the patient's personal and clinical information. In this perspective, the dynamics of how trauma teams function is fundamental to ens...

Background: Emergency surgery represents a unique context. Trauma teams are often multidisciplinary and need to operate under extreme stress and time constraints, sometimes with no awareness of the trauma's causes or the patient's personal and clinical information. In this perspective, the dynamics of how trauma teams function is fundamental to ens...

Background: Emergency surgery represents a unique context. Trauma teams are often multidisciplinary and need to operate under extreme stress and time constraints, sometimes with no awareness of the trauma's causes or the patient's personal and clinical information. In this perspective, the dynamics of how trauma teams function is fundamental to ens...

Background Emergency surgery represents a unique context. Trauma teams are often multidisciplinary and need to operate under extreme stress and time constraints, sometimes with no awareness of the trauma’s causes or the patient’s personal and clinical information. In this perspective, the dynamics of how trauma teams function is fundamental to ensu...

Purpose: The paper aims at analysing the role of business plan development as a knowledge translation tool, especially for the creation of start-ups. In a complex knowledge ecosystem populated by multiple diverse and autonomous actors (like potential entrepreneurs, local companies, local public entities, and business consultants) bonded together by...

Healthcare research is a multidisciplinary field that looks at the entire stakeholder ecosystem. Digital transformation could assist in the resolution of problems in medical practice by introducing new value creation trends. Blockchain technology has the potential to help speed up this digital transformation process by reducing certain elements, su...

In an economic scenario that sees greater attention paid to sustainability issues, the retail sector features significant economic influence and resources to address sustainability challenges successfully. The retail industry is challenged to carry on corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives whilst aiming at competitive prices and communic...

Surgical Trauma Teams are characterised by the need to face unexpected situations, with little time to make decisions. In emergency contexts, teams must act in a coordinated way, ensuring, at the same time, proper knowledge transfer and sharing to reach the best possible outcome for the patient. Considering the specific research context, team dynam...

Starting from a recent experience with breast cancer patients, our paper argues how co-production may represent a successful strategy to empower patients and reach better surgical outcomes, especially when a multistakeholder approach is employed. Co-production, where clinicians and other meaningful stakeholders like citizens, patient's associations...

The Covid-19 crisis has undermined and disrupted several business fields. Organizations are called to address the new challenges by rethinking their business models. Employing an EFTE (estimate, feedback, talk, estimate) approach, the paper highlights 50 paradoxes to be taken into consideration in the strategic transformation process.

The article aims at deepening the topics related to the governance of healthcare organizations with prevalently female management. The paper employs a case study approach, analyzing the case of the National Centre for Oncological Hadrontherapy (CNAO Foundation), trying to identify the relevant characteristics that impact operational management. Th...

The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted several business fields, besides the healthcare sector. The new situation calls for new challenges, with several organizations needing to rethink their business models. Using an EFTE (estimate, feedback, talk, estimate) approach, the article presents 50 paradoxes to rethink post-pandemic business models, highlight...

The COVID-19 pandemic changed expectations for information dissemination and use around the globe, challenging accepted models of communications, leadership, and social systems. We explore how social media discourse about COVID-19 in Italy was affected by the rapid spread of the virus, and how themes in postings changed with the adoption of social...

This paper has a two-fold aim: to analyze the development of the digital transformation field, and to understand the impact of digital technologies on business model innovation (BMI) through a structured review of the literature. The results of this research reveal that the field of digital transformation is still developing, with growing interest...

The objective of this article is to analyze the impact of Industry 4.0 on business models considering technological change as a driver of strategic innovation. The research aims to provide the key to interpreting a process of innovation that, starting from the technological transformation, translates it into a broader change of business models. A s...

The paper aims at understanding the state-of-the-art on the performance measurement models in the public sector. Thus, the article highlights the existing studies in the international scenario, critical-ly analyzing the main topics, and drafting the future research lines. A structured literature review has been employed to analyze the papers publis...

Italy was one of the countries most affected by the number of people infected and dead during the first COVID-19 wave. The authors describe the rapid rollout of a population health clinical and organizational response in preparedness and capabilities to support the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Italian province of Modena. The authors r...

The union between Industry 4.0 and the circular economy (CE) appears relatively recent. In this sense, new trading zones for sharing a common scenario among academics and practitioners are needed. The paper aims to investigate the link between Industry 4.0 and the CE by understanding how Industry 4.0 can foster the impact of the CE on companies. Th...

Knowledge translation is the ability to translate concepts and ideas effectively among different stakeholders, leading to innovation and new knowledge. Translating knowledge is particularly challenging in the healthcare sector, which has been experiencing a shift from a centralized and sequential model of value creation to a more distributed and op...

Knowledge translation (KT) is the ability to make knowledge accessible to different stakeholders by translating it into various contexts. Translating knowledge is particularly crucial in the healthcare sector, which is currently under significant pressure due to technological innovation, increasing demand of services by an ageing population, budget...

The literature states that physical activity can contribute to faster rehabilitation of cancer patients. Educating patients to correct daily fitness activity results in better life quality. However, the need for a tailored approach and the absence of recommendations valid for all make it difficult to implement any program successfully. The Oncology...

The "BaCri" project was conceived by the Burlo Garofolo Scientific Research Institute of Trieste as a prospective and multicenter study. The project aims to support the pediatrician in the early recognition of those clinical conditions in which, despite the lack of symptoms of a severe bacterial infection, this hypothesis could occur. Data is colle...

This study aimed to examine the role of environmental commitment, environmental consciousness, green lifestyle, and green self-efficacy in influencing pro-environmental behaviour. Data were obtained through a survey of 72 students at one of the training centers in Malaysia. The hypothesized relationships were tested using partial least squares (PLS...

The recent literature has highlighted the need for surgical systems to develop antifragile strategies in recovering from the COVID-19 crisis. Building on crisis management theory, our paper explores antifragility principles and their possible practical applicability to the surgical system.

Purpose The paper aims to contribute to the debate concerning the use of knowledge translation for implementing co-production processes in the healthcare sector. The study investigates a case study, in which design was used to trigger knowledge translation and foster co-production. Design/methodology/approach The paper employs a case study methodo...

New technologies can foster the development of new sustainable business models (SBMs). Our paper wants to investigate how the blockchain can facilitate the development of new SBMs by analyzing some real-world case studies. Findings highlight how the characteristics of the blockchain can extend existing theories in leading to new SBMs.

Purpose:This paper aims to provide a better understanding of accelerators’ phenomenon, developing a business model framework for these organizations. The proposed framework aims to offer helpful guidance for practitioners and policymakers, together with various research opportunities for scholars. Design/Methodology/Approach:The study employs a st...

Purpose The objective of this study is to deepen how blockchain technology through smart contracts can support the development of sustainable business models (SBMs). Particularly, the authors aim to determine the key elements enabling SBMs by applying smart contracts. Design/methodology/approach The research context focusses on the case study of S...

Sustainability is a central topic for an increasing number of companies, as a part of their business strategies. Human sustainability, i.e. preserving and improving the quality of human life, in other words, maintaining and advancing human capital, appears as one relevant issue in that context. Humans and human capital are the foremost resources fo...

Purpose This study aims to identify the legitimacy issues raised during a sustainable business model innovation, deployed by an Italian company, which was analyzed through the lens of the legitimation theory and the business model innovation theory. Design/methodology/approach A single case study methodology is employed for empirical research. Sem...