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Prof. Dr. Michele Grimaldi
Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Cassino, Italy

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0 Intellectual Capital Management
0 Open Innovation
0 Knowledge management within organizations and in collaborations among organizations
0 Intangible asset evaluation and strategies
0 Processes and tools for knowledge management

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Journal article
Published: 30 June 2021 in International Journal of Production Economics
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Despite the popularity of reverse logistics in literature, the effect of different collaboration types on the likelihood to introduce reverse logistics innovation has been under-investigated. Hence, this article explores the impact of domestic collaboration with competitors, customers, suppliers, research institutions, and the breadth of collaboration on a firm's reverse logistics innovation. Four hypotheses - grounded on institutional, resource dependence, and absorptive capacity theories – are tested through generalized structural equation modelling analyses on a longitudinal sample of German firms. The results show a positive impact of vertical collaboration, horizontal collaboration, and collaboration with research institutions on the likelihood to introduce reverse logistics innovation. In contrast, collaboration breadth has a negative impact on reverse logistics, an unexpected and surprising result for the innovation management literature. The article offers recommendations to practitioners as to which partners are more likely to increase the odds of introducing reverse logistics innovation and demonstrates that – to such an aim - firms should select a limited number of partners, identifying the ones that suit their needs the most.

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Livio Cricelli; Marco Greco; Michele Grimaldi. An investigation on the effect of inter-organizational collaboration on reverse logistics. International Journal of Production Economics 2021, 240, 108216 .

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Livio Cricelli, Marco Greco, Michele Grimaldi. An investigation on the effect of inter-organizational collaboration on reverse logistics. International Journal of Production Economics. 2021; 240 ():108216.

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Livio Cricelli; Marco Greco; Michele Grimaldi. 2021. "An investigation on the effect of inter-organizational collaboration on reverse logistics." International Journal of Production Economics 240, no. : 108216.

Journal article
Published: 21 March 2021 in Technological Forecasting and Social Change
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The innovation literature on operations-based organisations describes the positive effect of Open Innovation (OI) on productivity. However, a systemic overview of how OI directly and indirectly impacts productivity is missing, particularly for project-based organisations. Hence, the article aims to fill this gap by providing a systemic representation of how OI enhances project-based organisations' productivity. The article focuses on the construction ecosystem since construction is an exemplary project-based industry and is known for its widespread and longstanding poor productivity. In particular, we investigated how OI is adopted and how OI can enhance productivity in the construction ecosystem. We conducted twenty semi-structured interviews with experts involved in OI construction projects in the UK. This paper makes three academic contributions. First, it provides an account of the most relevant causes for poor productivity in construction. Second, it consolidates primary and secondary data in a novel cognitive map providing a systemic representation of how OI enhances productivity in construction. The validity of the map goes beyond the boundaries of the construction ecosystem, being supported by several cross-sectorial references. Third, the paper offers six strategies that leverage OI to address the specific causes of low productivity in construction.

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Marco Greco; Michele Grimaldi; Giorgio Locatelli; Mattia Serafini. How does open innovation enhance productivity? An exploration in the construction ecosystem. Technological Forecasting and Social Change 2021, 168, 120740 .

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Marco Greco, Michele Grimaldi, Giorgio Locatelli, Mattia Serafini. How does open innovation enhance productivity? An exploration in the construction ecosystem. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 2021; 168 ():120740.

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Marco Greco; Michele Grimaldi; Giorgio Locatelli; Mattia Serafini. 2021. "How does open innovation enhance productivity? An exploration in the construction ecosystem." Technological Forecasting and Social Change 168, no. : 120740.

Special issue paper
Published: 15 November 2020 in R&D Management
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The COVID‐19 pandemic has caused unprecedented public health and economic crises. As a response to face the current emergency, science and innovation communities are realizing a fundamental contribution to tackle the crisis. During the past few months, we have witnessed an impressive number of initiatives to encourage networking opportunities, to foster interactions between the different stakeholders involved (health care, industry, governments, academics, ordinary people), and to develop innovative solutions and collaborative infrastructures in support of the health sector. Adopting an open and collaborative approach and joining forces is essential in the fight against the COVID‐19 crisis. Also, the involvement of crowds as innovation partners can be of great support. Therefore, our work aims to review and classify those initiatives, based on the crowdsourcing model, that have been put into place to face the emergency generated by the novel coronavirus pandemic. We illustrate the 16 crowdsourcing initiatives devoted to the SARS‐CoV‐2 outbreak that we identified, detailing their development and implementation. Then, we propose a classification of them, along two dimensions: type of crowdsourcing configuration and kind of tasks, being able to find a relationship between these two aspects. Evidence from the analyzed projects suggests that across disparate domains, crowdsourcing can be an effective strategy in the response to the COVID‐19 pandemic. To conclude, we suggest some important implications for innovation best practices and lessons that can be learned for the future: crowdsourcing, harnessing the power of crowds and online communities, can help tackle the COVID‐19 pandemic, by providing original, actionable, quick, and low‐cost solutions to the challenges of the current health and economic crisis.

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Silvia Vermicelli; Livio Cricelli; Michele Grimaldi. How can crowdsourcing help tackle the COVID‐19 pandemic? An explorative overview of innovative collaborative practices. R&D Management 2020, 51, 183 -194.

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Silvia Vermicelli, Livio Cricelli, Michele Grimaldi. How can crowdsourcing help tackle the COVID‐19 pandemic? An explorative overview of innovative collaborative practices. R&D Management. 2020; 51 (2):183-194.

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Silvia Vermicelli; Livio Cricelli; Michele Grimaldi. 2020. "How can crowdsourcing help tackle the COVID‐19 pandemic? An explorative overview of innovative collaborative practices." R&D Management 51, no. 2: 183-194.

Journal article
Published: 31 October 2020 in Technovation
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This paper evaluates the effectiveness of a policy mix between general innovation policies and environmental policies in fostering the adoption of global warming-related eco-innovations both in the short term and long term. Focusing on process eco-innovations, we investigate whether the combined impact of general innovation and environmental policy instruments, which we term a cross-instrumental policy mix, is greater than their individual impact. We examined data from the Mannheim Innovation Panel on German firms, investigating both cross-sectional data from 2015 and longitudinal data from two waves of the survey conducted in 2009 and 2015. We apply two models, based respectively on a matching analysis and a panel analysis. We find that cross-instrumental policy mix has a stronger positive effect on process eco-innovations than the impact of general innovation policy instruments alone, both in the short and long term. In contrast, although we expected the greater impact of a cross-instrumental policy mix relative to environmental policy instruments, this argument is not supported by our empirical results. Our study offers policy implications concerning the coordination of innovation and environmental policies in achieving an optimal policy mix.

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Marco Greco; Francesca Germani; Michele Grimaldi; Dragana Radicic. Policy mix or policy mess? Effects of cross-instrumental policy mix on eco-innovation in German firms. Technovation 2020, 102194 .

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Marco Greco, Francesca Germani, Michele Grimaldi, Dragana Radicic. Policy mix or policy mess? Effects of cross-instrumental policy mix on eco-innovation in German firms. Technovation. 2020; ():102194.

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Marco Greco; Francesca Germani; Michele Grimaldi; Dragana Radicic. 2020. "Policy mix or policy mess? Effects of cross-instrumental policy mix on eco-innovation in German firms." Technovation , no. : 102194.

Journal article
Published: 06 October 2020 in Journal of Business Research
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Adequate management of intellectual property (IP) is critical to sustaining competitive advantage and managing outbound open innovation (OI), which describes the inside-out flows of knowledge and technology. This article presents an IP strategic framework comprising the following strategies: a ‘defensive’ strategy, aimed at avoiding knowledge spillovers and building barriers to competition; a ‘collaborative’ strategy, aimed at collaborating with other organizations and entering new markets; and an ‘impromptu’ strategy, which describes firms protecting their IP without a clear purpose. We investigate the relationships of such IP strategies with outbound OI and innovation performance in 158 Italian firms. Most of them declared an impromptu IP strategy. We found that not having any IP protection strategy can be a barrier to outbound OI and that firms with a defensive IP strategy embraced outbound OI more than those declaring a collaborative IP strategy. Finally, firms with collaborative IP strategies outperformed those with defensive strategies.

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Michele Grimaldi; Marco Greco; Livio Cricelli. A framework of intellectual property protection strategies and open innovation. Journal of Business Research 2020, 123, 156 -164.

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Michele Grimaldi, Marco Greco, Livio Cricelli. A framework of intellectual property protection strategies and open innovation. Journal of Business Research. 2020; 123 ():156-164.

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Michele Grimaldi; Marco Greco; Livio Cricelli. 2020. "A framework of intellectual property protection strategies and open innovation." Journal of Business Research 123, no. : 156-164.

Journal article
Published: 11 July 2020 in International Journal of Project Management
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Megaprojects require substantial R&D activities involving many different organisations. Megaprojects are therefore an ideal setting for Open Innovation (OI), which favours risk-sharing, enables trustful collaboration, and facilitates the development of breakthrough innovations. OI has been widely studied at the organisational level, however far less attention has been paid at the individual level, including the motivations, costs and benefits perceived by the people involved in the innovation process. This paper aims to address this gap by studying the micro-foundations of OI in megaprojects and focusing on the experiences of people involved in university-industry co-supervised Ph.D. projects. The paper provides two original contributions. Firstly, it contributes to the micro-foundations literature, by analysing the experience of university and industrial supervisors and Ph.D. students involved in megaprojects. Secondly, it expands the OI literature by describing how the interpersonal interactions and the intentional knowledge spillovers promote innovation outside the original boundaries of the Ph.D. project.

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Giorgio Locatelli; Marco Greco; Diletta Colette Invernizzi; Michele Grimaldi; Stefania Malizia. What about the people? Micro-foundations of open innovation in megaprojects. International Journal of Project Management 2020, 39, 115 -127.

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Giorgio Locatelli, Marco Greco, Diletta Colette Invernizzi, Michele Grimaldi, Stefania Malizia. What about the people? Micro-foundations of open innovation in megaprojects. International Journal of Project Management. 2020; 39 (2):115-127.

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Giorgio Locatelli; Marco Greco; Diletta Colette Invernizzi; Michele Grimaldi; Stefania Malizia. 2020. "What about the people? Micro-foundations of open innovation in megaprojects." International Journal of Project Management 39, no. 2: 115-127.

Journal article
Published: 20 November 2019 in Journal of Business Research
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Intellectual capital (IC) is among the most long-lived topics in managerial literature. More recently, the emergence of the open innovation (OI) paradigm has encouraged the understanding that firms should collaborate with other organizations to leverage their own R&D capabilities. We propose that these two streams of managerial literature should join forces since the OI paradigm could be considered an approach to innovation with foundations in relational capital, facilitated by an appropriate level of human and structural capital. Surprisingly, only a few researchers have put IC and OI into relation. Therefore, this paper has two main goals: providing a theoretical model that synoptically presents how IC and OI overlap and testing the theoretical model by analyzing how firms’ IC affects OI-related performance. We analyze a sample of 3744 Spanish firms. We find that the three IC constructs positively affect OI performance, with relational and human capital subject to diminishing returns.

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Jesús Barrena-Martínez; Livio Cricelli; Esther Ferrándiz; Marco Greco; Michele Grimaldi. Joint forces: Towards an integration of intellectual capital theory and the open innovation paradigm. Journal of Business Research 2019, 112, 261 -270.

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Jesús Barrena-Martínez, Livio Cricelli, Esther Ferrándiz, Marco Greco, Michele Grimaldi. Joint forces: Towards an integration of intellectual capital theory and the open innovation paradigm. Journal of Business Research. 2019; 112 ():261-270.

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Jesús Barrena-Martínez; Livio Cricelli; Esther Ferrándiz; Marco Greco; Michele Grimaldi. 2019. "Joint forces: Towards an integration of intellectual capital theory and the open innovation paradigm." Journal of Business Research 112, no. : 261-270.

Journal article
Published: 26 July 2019 in Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis
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Livio Cricelli; Federico Maria Famulari; Marco Greco; Michele Grimaldi. Searching for the one: Customer relationship management software selection. Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis 2019, 27, 173 -188.

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Livio Cricelli, Federico Maria Famulari, Marco Greco, Michele Grimaldi. Searching for the one: Customer relationship management software selection. Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis. 2019; 27 (3-4):173-188.

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Livio Cricelli; Federico Maria Famulari; Marco Greco; Michele Grimaldi. 2019. "Searching for the one: Customer relationship management software selection." Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis 27, no. 3-4: 173-188.

Journal article
Published: 12 July 2019 in Knowledge Management Research & Practice
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Michele Grimaldi; Livio Cricelli. Indexes of patent value: a systematic literature review and classification. Knowledge Management Research & Practice 2019, 18, 214 -233.

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Michele Grimaldi, Livio Cricelli. Indexes of patent value: a systematic literature review and classification. Knowledge Management Research & Practice. 2019; 18 (2):214-233.

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Michele Grimaldi; Livio Cricelli. 2019. "Indexes of patent value: a systematic literature review and classification." Knowledge Management Research & Practice 18, no. 2: 214-233.

Journal article
Published: 27 February 2019 in Sustainability
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Every company, in a knowledge-based economy and, in a sustainability-aware era, is “doomed” to deal with a critical mass of strategic assets, in order to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage. Maintaining this system up-to-date requires financial/organizational efforts. Therefore, in order to optimize performance, it is necessary to detect which are the assets that can be outsourced/externalized without jeopardizing the business model architecture. Nevertheless, several studies confirm the inherent risks upcoming with any decision of outsourcing; pursuing a bearable long-term advantage over competitors mostly involves combinations of resources and capabilities, i.e., intangible assets. By the means of a multi-criteria indicator, the proposed framework builds a quantitative relational ranking of such resources, disclosing their critical weight (revealing which assets are actually strategic), hence the convenience for each of them to be outsourced or kept “in-house” to create sustainable value. This solution permits a strategy-level prioritization to take informed decisions on outsourcing candidates, also returning further analytics on the status of each investigated entity. Designed as a discriminating tool in make/buy resolutions to be used alongside traditional cost-based criteria, it represents a comprehensive approach capable of appreciating the complexity of the problem and the involved risks in order to keep a sustainable momentum.

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Franco Maria Battagello; Livio Cricelli; Michele Grimaldi. Prioritization of Strategic Intangible Assets in Make/Buy Decisions. Sustainability 2019, 11, 1267 .

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Franco Maria Battagello, Livio Cricelli, Michele Grimaldi. Prioritization of Strategic Intangible Assets in Make/Buy Decisions. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (5):1267.

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Franco Maria Battagello; Livio Cricelli; Michele Grimaldi. 2019. "Prioritization of Strategic Intangible Assets in Make/Buy Decisions." Sustainability 11, no. 5: 1267.

Journal article
Published: 01 September 2018 in Information Processing & Management
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Andrea De Mauro; Marco Greco; Michele Grimaldi; Paavo Ritala. In (Big) Data we trust: Value creation in knowledge organizations - Introduction to the special issue. Information Processing & Management 2018, 54, 755 -757.

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Andrea De Mauro, Marco Greco, Michele Grimaldi, Paavo Ritala. In (Big) Data we trust: Value creation in knowledge organizations - Introduction to the special issue. Information Processing & Management. 2018; 54 (5):755-757.

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Andrea De Mauro; Marco Greco; Michele Grimaldi; Paavo Ritala. 2018. "In (Big) Data we trust: Value creation in knowledge organizations - Introduction to the special issue." Information Processing & Management 54, no. 5: 755-757.

Journal article
Published: 01 September 2018 in Information Processing & Management
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Andrea De Mauro; Marco Greco; Michele Grimaldi; Paavo Ritala. Human resources for Big Data professions: A systematic classification of job roles and required skill sets. Information Processing & Management 2018, 54, 807 -817.

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Andrea De Mauro, Marco Greco, Michele Grimaldi, Paavo Ritala. Human resources for Big Data professions: A systematic classification of job roles and required skill sets. Information Processing & Management. 2018; 54 (5):807-817.

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Andrea De Mauro; Marco Greco; Michele Grimaldi; Paavo Ritala. 2018. "Human resources for Big Data professions: A systematic classification of job roles and required skill sets." Information Processing & Management 54, no. 5: 807-817.

Original articles
Published: 08 June 2018 in Technology Analysis & Strategic Management
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A vast amount of studies have shown how firms embracing the open innovation paradigm tend to improve their industrial and economic performance. Somewhat surprisingly, in such established background, few studies attempted to understand whether the open innovation benefits compensate its costs. To fill this gap, this article presents a novel theoretical framework composed of twelve propositions describing the main benefits and costs of inbound and outbound open innovation modes. Such theoretical framework was tested on a sample of 96 small and medium manufacturing enterprises. While most of the identified cost and benefit classes are acknowledged by the majority of the interviewed firms, most interviewees affirmed that their firms did not suffer from costs associated with the not-invented-here syndrome and with the potential loss of competitive advantage. The results of the study have implications for both firms and scholars, which are expected to lead to future researches.

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Marco Greco; Michele Grimaldi; Livio Cricelli. Benefits and costs of open innovation: the BeCO framework. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management 2018, 31, 53 -66.

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Marco Greco, Michele Grimaldi, Livio Cricelli. Benefits and costs of open innovation: the BeCO framework. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management. 2018; 31 (1):53-66.

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Marco Greco; Michele Grimaldi; Livio Cricelli. 2018. "Benefits and costs of open innovation: the BeCO framework." Technology Analysis & Strategic Management 31, no. 1: 53-66.

Journal article
Published: 12 March 2018 in Journal of Intellectual Capital
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Purpose Several causes may induce firm managers to analyze the actual technology condition of patent portfolios, among which is the need of exploiting patents strategically. In this paper, the question of how to support intellectual property (IP) managers of large high technology companies in their strategic decision-making process of evaluating patents is examined. The purpose of this paper is to provide a decision support framework that suggests the suitable exploitation strategy for patents. Design/methodology/approach The paper proposes an audit framework able to point out whether patents are aligned to the overall business strategy, to select those that are not aligned, and to identify the most appropriate exploitation strategy for each patent of the portfolio. The framework is structured into two phases: in the first one, patents are selected through the analysis of four dimensions that characterize the value of patents effectively; in the second one, a questionnaire is distributed to IP managers in order to support their decision on patents. The paper illustrates case-based applications of the framework. Findings Results of applications show that the framework is able to suggest IP managers the suitable exploitation strategy on four possible alternatives (maintaining, licensing, selling, abandoning) for each patent of their portfolios. Originality/value The framework is an innovative and valuable tool to IP managers, and besides its structural formulation, it is appreciable in terms of application expedition and efficiency of performance.

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Michele Grimaldi; Livio Cricelli; Francesco Rogo. Auditing patent portfolio for strategic exploitation. Journal of Intellectual Capital 2018, 19, 272 -293.

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Michele Grimaldi, Livio Cricelli, Francesco Rogo. Auditing patent portfolio for strategic exploitation. Journal of Intellectual Capital. 2018; 19 (2):272-293.

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Michele Grimaldi; Livio Cricelli; Francesco Rogo. 2018. "Auditing patent portfolio for strategic exploitation." Journal of Intellectual Capital 19, no. 2: 272-293.

Journal article
Published: 08 January 2018 in Journal of Intellectual Capital
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between intellectual capital (IC) and performance of public universities in emerging countries in order to identify patterns and provide recommendations that may turn the universities’ IC into development opportunities, in terms of research, innovation, and education. Design/methodology/approach The analysis targeted the whole population of the public universities in the Republic of Colombia. A cluster analysis, based on five performance variables, has been conducted. Then, the IC of the universities pertaining to the three resulting clusters has been compared. Subsequently, for each performance variable, the IC of above-average and below-average universities has been benchmarked. Findings The results of this study show how different aspects of IC are associated with University performance. Among the many, the authors found that universities should achieve a critical mass to obtain outstanding research and innovation results. The findings also identify the particular importance of both students and scholars’ international mobility programs for most of the performance variables. Social implications This study provides a baseline for the assessment of the impact on society of the IC available in the universities of emerging countries. The application may serve as a guide in the choice of public policies, dedicated to the strengthening of the universities’ IC in order to improve their performance. Originality/value This paper proposes an innovative model to analyze the relationship between IC and university performance in emerging countries. The model identifies the association between the IC accrued in the universities and their capability of transferring it to the society under the form of science, innovation, and education.

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Livio Cricelli; Marco Greco; Michele Grimaldi; Leidy Paola Llanes Dueñas. Intellectual capital and university performance in emerging countries. Journal of Intellectual Capital 2018, 19, 71 -95.

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Livio Cricelli, Marco Greco, Michele Grimaldi, Leidy Paola Llanes Dueñas. Intellectual capital and university performance in emerging countries. Journal of Intellectual Capital. 2018; 19 (1):71-95.

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Livio Cricelli; Marco Greco; Michele Grimaldi; Leidy Paola Llanes Dueñas. 2018. "Intellectual capital and university performance in emerging countries." Journal of Intellectual Capital 19, no. 1: 71-95.

Journal article
Published: 22 August 2017 in European Journal of Innovation Management
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Purpose The purpose of the paper is to advance a framework that can assess and analyze the value of patent portfolios. On this purpose, the framework develops a conceptual and comprehensive index, the patent portfolio value index (PPVI), to assess the patent innovation level and suggest economic-strategic guidelines. Design/methodology/approach The authors have designed and applied a framework that synthesizes into a single index the results of a multiple criteria approach, based on information derived from quantitative objective data (claims, citations, and market coverage), information related to qualitative determinants (strategic positioning and economic importance), and information derived from decision makers’ perceptions and judgments. Findings The authors have applied the PPVI to the 3,532 patent portfolio documents in an Italian worldwide player in aerospace and defense market. The combined analysis, provided by the PPVI and a qualitative synoptic representation, has made it possible to understand the strategic positioning and alignment of patents with the core business of the company. The results of the analysis have provided managers with the necessary suggestions regarding action items to be performed: to reinforce, license, try to dismiss, or sell some of the examined patents of the portfolios. Practical implications The PPVI supplies a quick procedure to ascertain the profitability of patents and accounts for the value of a patent portfolio from an internal business perspective. Originality/value As it is built and defined, the PPVI shows elements of novelty compared to the other indexes existing in the literature, in that it follows a multiple criteria approach by merging quantitative and qualitative information.

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Michele Grimaldi; Livio Cricelli; Francesco Rogo. Valuating and analyzing the patent portfolio: the patent portfolio value index. European Journal of Innovation Management 2017, 21, 174 -205.

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Michele Grimaldi, Livio Cricelli, Francesco Rogo. Valuating and analyzing the patent portfolio: the patent portfolio value index. European Journal of Innovation Management. 2017; 21 (2):174-205.

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Michele Grimaldi; Livio Cricelli; Francesco Rogo. 2017. "Valuating and analyzing the patent portfolio: the patent portfolio value index." European Journal of Innovation Management 21, no. 2: 174-205.

Journal article
Published: 02 May 2017 in International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the contribution of professional social networking websites (PSNWs) to entrepreneurial learning in high-tech startups. In addition, in the present paper, the relationships between intellectual capital (IC) and PSNW-supported entrepreneurial learning have been investigated. Design/methodology/approach The paper is based on data collected through a questionnaire distributed to entrepreneurs and managers of high-tech startups. In order to understand the behavior of startuppers in PSNWs two theoretical constructs have been devised, which could put into evidence knowledge sharing and knowledge seeking occurrences. In these constructs, entrepreneurial learning represents the dependent variable, while IC components are considered as moderators. The obtained results have been analyzed through hierarchical regression. Findings Results have indicated that PSNWs support the learning processes of startuppers and that the social capital, one of the components of IC acts as an important mediator in the hypothesized relationships between knowledge seeking activities and entrepreneurial learning. Research limitations/implications This study has taken a sample of middle-sized entrepreneurships into consideration. Future research could be focused on larger entrepreneurships, in order to validate the obtained results. In addition, it could be interesting to examine further factors affecting the improvement of entrepreneurial learning practices in startuppers and larger organizations. Originality/value PSNWs are often used by entrepreneurs to create relations and to exchange knowledge. This fact notwithstanding, there is a dearth of studies that analyze how entrepreneurial learning can be facilitated by online social networking. The paper provides a clearer view of these issues and represents a first step in filling this research gap.

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Emanuela Scarmozzino; Vincenzo Corvello; Michele Grimaldi. Entrepreneurial learning through online social networking in high-tech startups. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research 2017, 23, 406 -425.

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Emanuela Scarmozzino, Vincenzo Corvello, Michele Grimaldi. Entrepreneurial learning through online social networking in high-tech startups. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research. 2017; 23 (3):406-425.

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Emanuela Scarmozzino; Vincenzo Corvello; Michele Grimaldi. 2017. "Entrepreneurial learning through online social networking in high-tech startups." International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research 23, no. 3: 406-425.

Journal article
Published: 01 May 2017 in Technological Forecasting and Social Change
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Marco Greco; Michele Grimaldi; Livio Cricelli. Hitting the nail on the head: Exploring the relationship between public subsidies and open innovation efficiency. Technological Forecasting and Social Change 2017, 118, 213 -225.

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Marco Greco, Michele Grimaldi, Livio Cricelli. Hitting the nail on the head: Exploring the relationship between public subsidies and open innovation efficiency. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 2017; 118 ():213-225.

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Marco Greco; Michele Grimaldi; Livio Cricelli. 2017. "Hitting the nail on the head: Exploring the relationship between public subsidies and open innovation efficiency." Technological Forecasting and Social Change 118, no. : 213-225.

Review
Published: 01 February 2017 in Knowledge Management Research & Practice
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Michele Grimaldi; Vincenzo Corvello; Andrea De Mauro; Emanuela Scarmozzino. A systematic literature review on intangible assets and open innovation. Knowledge Management Research & Practice 2017, 15, 90 -100.

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Michele Grimaldi, Vincenzo Corvello, Andrea De Mauro, Emanuela Scarmozzino. A systematic literature review on intangible assets and open innovation. Knowledge Management Research & Practice. 2017; 15 (1):90-100.

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Michele Grimaldi; Vincenzo Corvello; Andrea De Mauro; Emanuela Scarmozzino. 2017. "A systematic literature review on intangible assets and open innovation." Knowledge Management Research & Practice 15, no. 1: 90-100.

Back matter
Published: 09 January 2017 in European Journal of Innovation Management
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Vincenzo Corvello; Michele Grimaldi; Pierluigi Rippa. Guest editorial. European Journal of Innovation Management 2017, 20, 2 -3.

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Vincenzo Corvello, Michele Grimaldi, Pierluigi Rippa. Guest editorial. European Journal of Innovation Management. 2017; 20 (1):2-3.

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Vincenzo Corvello; Michele Grimaldi; Pierluigi Rippa. 2017. "Guest editorial." European Journal of Innovation Management 20, no. 1: 2-3.