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This study aimed to understand whether the increased use of digital technologies improves innovation performance of firms. Previous studies reveal that the more the firms use digital technologies, the more they can be potentially innovative. However, this is a myth. In fact, one of the main limitations of such studies is their undifferentiated approach toward the vast ocean of digital technologies. Yet, given the increasing pervasiveness of digital technologies at all levels, business and society, a question emerges: how they impact the capability of firms to be innovative? Counter-intuitively, we argue that most frequently used digital technologies have very low impact on innovation performance of firms as innovation is the result of creativity and of constant R&D efforts. By contrast, excess use of digital technologies may even deplete the long-run innovation capability of firms, for instance, by impoverishing the relational capital. We performed two different statistical analysis to understand whether this intuition was grounded and hypotheses would be confirmed. First, we used a principal component analysis to identify the digital technologies that are salient for innovation performance. Second, we conducted a multivariate analysis of variance to understand if the identified technologies predicted innovation performance. All tests were conducted on a large-scale sample of firms operating the European Union. The findings confirmed that digital technologies have very low impact on innovation performance, whilst R&D expenses are the most reliable predictor of innovation. These results challenge the false belief that digital technologies improve innovation performance. At a practical level, the results suggest that decision makers should debias themselves from considering digital technologies as the ultimate ingredient for a successful innovative firm, as this may backfire eventually.
A. Usai; F. Fiano; A. Messeni Petruzzelli; P. Paoloni; M. Farina Briamonte; B. Orlando. Unveiling the impact of the adoption of digital technologies on firms’ innovation performance. Journal of Business Research 2021, 133, 327 -336.
AMA StyleA. Usai, F. Fiano, A. Messeni Petruzzelli, P. Paoloni, M. Farina Briamonte, B. Orlando. Unveiling the impact of the adoption of digital technologies on firms’ innovation performance. Journal of Business Research. 2021; 133 ():327-336.
Chicago/Turabian StyleA. Usai; F. Fiano; A. Messeni Petruzzelli; P. Paoloni; M. Farina Briamonte; B. Orlando. 2021. "Unveiling the impact of the adoption of digital technologies on firms’ innovation performance." Journal of Business Research 133, no. : 327-336.
The present research analyzes the determinants of the technological impact of the innovations developed by R&D collaborations between universities and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Specifically, by adopting a multilevel approach, this study reveals the significant role played by SMEs’ absorptive capacity, as well as by social and geographical proximity between the partnering organizations. In addition, this article shows the positive impact of the regional knowledge spillovers that are close to the technological fields of the innovations developed. The findings provide a better understanding of interactive learning in R&D collaborations between universities and SMEs, explaining how it may be further nurtured by knowledge spillovers available in SMEs’ Regional Innovation Systems (RIS). The article may also support SME managers in the definition of these collaborations, university managers in the orientation of their technology transfer effort, as well as policy makers interested in the development of a more effective RIS.
Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli; Gianluca Murgia. A multilevel analysis of the technological impact of university-SME joint innovations. Journal of Small Business Management 2021, 1 -33.
AMA StyleAntonio Messeni Petruzzelli, Gianluca Murgia. A multilevel analysis of the technological impact of university-SME joint innovations. Journal of Small Business Management. 2021; ():1-33.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAntonio Messeni Petruzzelli; Gianluca Murgia. 2021. "A multilevel analysis of the technological impact of university-SME joint innovations." Journal of Small Business Management , no. : 1-33.
One of the key issues in the field of technology analysis and innovation management is how new technologies origin and evolve in the presence of environmental threats. We confront this problem focusing on emerging innovative solutions to cope with unexpected and harmful problems posed by crises and needing a rapid, effective response. We specifically analyze the patterns of critical innovations to cope with new coronavirus disease (COVID‐19) that is generating public health and economic issues worldwide. Accordingly, in the context of the theory of technological exaptation, we adopted a narrative approach examining vital innovations that ended up treating COVID‐19 even though they were originated to treat other diseases (more or less distant from the COVID‐19 domain), as the antiviral drug Remdesivir and the antirheumatoid arthritis drug Tocilizumab. Results reveal that technological exaptation, especially if characterized by a longer exaptive distance, is a potential driving force of innovation to cope with COVID‐19 in the short‐term and other similar issues. On this basis, we provide propositions for a more general crisis model of innovation. This study adds a new perspective that may be helpful to explain the evolution of innovation in the presence of crises, considering technological exaptation in a context of environmental threats.
Lorenzo Ardito; Mario Coccia; Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli. Technological exaptation and crisis management: Evidence from COVID‐19 outbreaks. R&D Management 2021, 51, 381 -392.
AMA StyleLorenzo Ardito, Mario Coccia, Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli. Technological exaptation and crisis management: Evidence from COVID‐19 outbreaks. R&D Management. 2021; 51 (4):381-392.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLorenzo Ardito; Mario Coccia; Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli. 2021. "Technological exaptation and crisis management: Evidence from COVID‐19 outbreaks." R&D Management 51, no. 4: 381-392.
Management and organizational scholars have paid increasing attention to the interconnections between digital transformation and innovation management in the last decade. However, a highly fragmented understanding of this topic is what we are left with so far. In this editorial, we suggest an approach to open up the black box of the interplay between digital transformation and innovation management by providing a framework that identifies three levels of analyisis (i.e., macro, meso, and micro) along which existing and future research on the topic can be organized. This model encourages scholars to conduct theoretical and empirical studies on how digital transformation affects ecosystems’ structure and governance, how industries and firms compete and organize for innovation in a digitalized world, how the processes for developing new products and services change under the effect of digital technologies, and the implications of digital transformation on managing people and teams involved in the innovation process, among the other topics. We also provide a synthesis of the eight papers published in the Special Issue that this editorial introduces and develop an agenda for future research that will hopefully contribute to encourage and shape future scholarly efforts into this field.
Francesco Paolo Appio; Federico Frattini; Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli; Paolo Neirotti. Digital Transformation and Innovation Management: A Synthesis of Existing Research and an Agenda for Future Studies. Journal of Product Innovation Management 2021, 38, 4 -20.
AMA StyleFrancesco Paolo Appio, Federico Frattini, Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli, Paolo Neirotti. Digital Transformation and Innovation Management: A Synthesis of Existing Research and an Agenda for Future Studies. Journal of Product Innovation Management. 2021; 38 (1):4-20.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFrancesco Paolo Appio; Federico Frattini; Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli; Paolo Neirotti. 2021. "Digital Transformation and Innovation Management: A Synthesis of Existing Research and an Agenda for Future Studies." Journal of Product Innovation Management 38, no. 1: 4-20.
Prior studies have examined the link between female representation in the boards of directors (BoD) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). However, these studies have underestimated the multidimensional nature of CSR, whereby CSR comprises different dimensions, and organizations engage in CSR activities in various degrees, thus leading to potentially contrasting performance respect to such different dimensions. Therefore, this study aims at (a) elucidating the varying mechanisms underlying the effects of the presence of women on BoD and several dimensions of CSR performance and (b) testing these effects considering multiple CSR performance measures (i.e., environmental performance, employees' well‐being, customers' management, community engagement, and ethical governance). To do so, we propose a set of hypotheses based on upper echelon and social role theories that are tested on a sample of European and US certified Benefit Corporations (B Corps). Results reveal that female representation in the BoD is not beneficial for each specific CSR dimension, albeit it is beneficial at an aggregate level. Specifically, it is positively associated with customers' management and community engagement, negatively related to environmental performance and employees' well‐being, and not significantly associated with ethical governance.
Lorenzo Ardito; Rosa Maria Dangelico; Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli. The link between female representation in the boards of directors and corporate social responsibility: Evidence from B corps. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management 2020, 28, 704 -720.
AMA StyleLorenzo Ardito, Rosa Maria Dangelico, Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli. The link between female representation in the boards of directors and corporate social responsibility: Evidence from B corps. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. 2020; 28 (2):704-720.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLorenzo Ardito; Rosa Maria Dangelico; Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli. 2020. "The link between female representation in the boards of directors and corporate social responsibility: Evidence from B corps." Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management 28, no. 2: 704-720.
Small to medium enterprises (SMEs) are often marked by limited resources, a high dependence on others, and a scope of business that gets narrower as they seek to adapt to the current dynamic and knowledge-intensive context. Additionally, in their relationship with multinational enterprises (MNEs), SMEs are driven to a continuous specialization of their knowledge and technological resource bases. They so source global knowledge by positioning along a global value chain of those MNES. Especially SMEs employ a repositioning organizational knowledge dynamics by functional upgrading and downgrading strategy. In order to address the query on dynamic capabilities in knowledge management (KM) in different inter-organizational collaborations in the global value chain, this study shows that the choice between functional upgrading or downgrading can determine a more effective cross-innovation strategy which enables SMEs to exploit external paths to the market by revealing or selling their ideas, knowledge and technologies. Such strategies can reveal opportunities for SMEs to increase their network to find an optimum position in the market. SMEs, in turn, become more specialised in their offerings, moving up or down the global value chain, leveraging on a combination of dynamic and technological capabilities along with high degree of involvement in knowledge management process. This scenario is investigated through the study of 532 European knowledge-intensive SMEs via structural equation modelling. Hence, results offer relevant implications for policy-makers and SMEs managers in better employing the organizational ambidexterity for the repositioning strategy in the global value chain.
Veronica Scuotto; Alexeis Garcia-Perez; Chiara Nespoli; Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli. A repositioning organizational knowledge dynamics by functional upgrading and downgrading strategy in global value chain. Journal of International Management 2020, 26, 100795 .
AMA StyleVeronica Scuotto, Alexeis Garcia-Perez, Chiara Nespoli, Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli. A repositioning organizational knowledge dynamics by functional upgrading and downgrading strategy in global value chain. Journal of International Management. 2020; 26 (4):100795.
Chicago/Turabian StyleVeronica Scuotto; Alexeis Garcia-Perez; Chiara Nespoli; Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli. 2020. "A repositioning organizational knowledge dynamics by functional upgrading and downgrading strategy in global value chain." Journal of International Management 26, no. 4: 100795.
In this study, we advance two mechanisms that lead firms to engage in emerging digital technologies, namely, the dominant coalition's motivation and its ability to deploy the resources needed to pursue such motivation. Building on the performance and strategic development, and on board capital literature streams, we construe prior economic performance as a proxy of the firm's motivation, and human and social board capital as proxies of the firm's ability, analyzing their effect on adding emerging digital technologies, such as Internet of Things solutions, to the firm's resource base. Longitudinal analyses on a panel of Fortune 500 manufacturing firms between 2002 and 2012 reveal that these mechanisms highlight two important aspects of firm influence that can shape its digital technology behavior, explaining the heterogeneity and variability in firms engaging in emerging digital technologies.
René Ceipek; Julia Hautz; Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli; Alfredo De Massis; Kurt Matzler. A motivation and ability perspective on engagement in emerging digital technologies: The case of Internet of Things solutions. Long Range Planning 2020, 101991 .
AMA StyleRené Ceipek, Julia Hautz, Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli, Alfredo De Massis, Kurt Matzler. A motivation and ability perspective on engagement in emerging digital technologies: The case of Internet of Things solutions. Long Range Planning. 2020; ():101991.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRené Ceipek; Julia Hautz; Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli; Alfredo De Massis; Kurt Matzler. 2020. "A motivation and ability perspective on engagement in emerging digital technologies: The case of Internet of Things solutions." Long Range Planning , no. : 101991.
This paper investigates the Augmented Reality (AR) technology with a novel approach based on patent research. We searched the USPTO for AR-related granted patents in the period 1993–2018, we selected and manually browse a total of 2,373, we classified them in five key technological classes i.e., display device, tracking, user interaction, application, and system, and we finally analyzed the results. The main contribution of this paper is the investigation of the technological trends, with outcomes that can be useful for researchers and developers for technical steering, but also for policymakers, managers and entrepreneurs for technology scouting and forecasting. Our study found that AR technological development has especially increased in the last decade. In particular, we evidenced a remarkable steady of 82 % annual growth rate of the number of granted patents after 2012. From geographical distribution, we found that North America is the leader (68 %); Asia (18 %) and Europe (13 %) are lagging behind despite dedicated Industry 4.0 policies actuated by the governments. Another nontrivial result is the incoherency between the owners of a high quantity of patents and those highly impacting. In fact, only Microsoft Corporation and Amazon Technologies are at the same time in the top 10 of the most patent-intensive organizations and the top 10 of highly impacting organizations. Moreover, the majority of the patents are owned by companies, albeit some of the highly impacting ones come from universities or research centers. These findings provide theoretical, managerial, and policy implications for future research activities in the AR domain.
Alessandro Evangelista; Lorenzo Ardito; Antonio Boccaccio; Michele Fiorentino; Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli; Antonio E. Uva. Unveiling the technological trends of augmented reality: A patent analysis. Computers in Industry 2020, 118, 103221 .
AMA StyleAlessandro Evangelista, Lorenzo Ardito, Antonio Boccaccio, Michele Fiorentino, Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli, Antonio E. Uva. Unveiling the technological trends of augmented reality: A patent analysis. Computers in Industry. 2020; 118 ():103221.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlessandro Evangelista; Lorenzo Ardito; Antonio Boccaccio; Michele Fiorentino; Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli; Antonio E. Uva. 2020. "Unveiling the technological trends of augmented reality: A patent analysis." Computers in Industry 118, no. : 103221.
Existing research on resilience varies across fields on analysis and presents scattered and diverse definitions. For example, the literature suggests that resilience in organisations is influenced by factors of various levels, occurring at both the individual and organisational level. However, there are currently few insights into how these different levels of analysis interact with each other. Therefore, focusing on resilience in the context of entrepreneurship, this paper aims to explore the relationship between the employee-level resilience dimensions (cognitive, behavioural and contextual) and entrepreneurs’ perceived performance, and the moderating role of entrepreneur resilience. A survey has been conducted with 195 entrepreneurs managing small family firms. Results confirm the hypothesis that the dimensions of employee-level resilience affect performance positively when the entrepreneur has a strong propensity towards personal resilience. Entrepreneurs may use these insights to increase awareness of their actions towards achieving organisational resilience and to implement practices aimed at increasing employee-level resilience.
Gabriele Santoro; Antonio Messeni-Petruzzelli; Manlio Del Giudice. Searching for resilience: the impact of employee-level and entrepreneur-level resilience on firm performance in small family firms. Small Business Economics 2020, 57, 455 -471.
AMA StyleGabriele Santoro, Antonio Messeni-Petruzzelli, Manlio Del Giudice. Searching for resilience: the impact of employee-level and entrepreneur-level resilience on firm performance in small family firms. Small Business Economics. 2020; 57 (1):455-471.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGabriele Santoro; Antonio Messeni-Petruzzelli; Manlio Del Giudice. 2020. "Searching for resilience: the impact of employee-level and entrepreneur-level resilience on firm performance in small family firms." Small Business Economics 57, no. 1: 455-471.
The present paper aims at understanding whether and under which circumstances leveraging scientific knowledge helps teams to develop technologies that can be applied to diverse domains (i.e., more general purpose technologies). Specifically, the relationship between the presence of scientists within inventing teams and the generality of the technologies they create is examined. Furthermore, we asses if the degree of team internationalization and the extent of team experience impact the above-mentioned relationship. We develop a set of hypotheses and test them on a sample of 5,390 patents belonging to the aerospace sector and granted by the USPTO. Our results outline that the presence of scientists within inventing teams is negatively related to the development of more general purpose solutions. In addition, we highlight that this negative effect is mitigated when scientists work within an international team, while it is amplified when scientists repeatedly work together.
Lorenzo Ardito; Angelo Natalicchio; Francesco Paolo Appio; Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli. The role of scientific knowledge within inventing teams and the moderating effects of team internationalization and team experience: Empirical tests into the aerospace sector. Journal of Business Research 2019, 128, 701 -710.
AMA StyleLorenzo Ardito, Angelo Natalicchio, Francesco Paolo Appio, Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli. The role of scientific knowledge within inventing teams and the moderating effects of team internationalization and team experience: Empirical tests into the aerospace sector. Journal of Business Research. 2019; 128 ():701-710.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLorenzo Ardito; Angelo Natalicchio; Francesco Paolo Appio; Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli. 2019. "The role of scientific knowledge within inventing teams and the moderating effects of team internationalization and team experience: Empirical tests into the aerospace sector." Journal of Business Research 128, no. : 701-710.
In this paper, we introduce the themes addressed and the approaches used in the Special Issue “Firm Size and Sustainable Innovation Management” to investigate the relationships between firm size and sustainable innovation management. Specifically, by offering multiple perspectives of analysis, this work increases our comprehension and understanding of the role of firm size for sustainable innovation strategies.
Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli; Lorenzo Ardito. Firm Size and Sustainable Innovation Management. Sustainability 2019, 11, 6072 .
AMA StyleAntonio Messeni Petruzzelli, Lorenzo Ardito. Firm Size and Sustainable Innovation Management. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (21):6072.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAntonio Messeni Petruzzelli; Lorenzo Ardito. 2019. "Firm Size and Sustainable Innovation Management." Sustainability 11, no. 21: 6072.
Due to its intrinsic characteristics, artificial intelligence (AI) can be considered a general-purpose technology (GPT) in the digital era. Most studies in the field focus on the ex-post recognition and classification of GPT but in this article, we look at a GPT design ex-ante by reviewing the extreme and inspiring example of IBM’s Watson. Our objective is to shed light on how companies can create value through AI. In particular, our longitudinal case study highlights the strategic decisions IBM took to create value in two dimensions: internal development and external collaborations. We offer relevant implications for practitioners and academics eager to know more about AI in the digital world.
Stefano Magistretti; Claudio Dell’Era; Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli. How intelligent is Watson? Enabling digital transformation through artificial intelligence. Business Horizons 2019, 62, 819 -829.
AMA StyleStefano Magistretti, Claudio Dell’Era, Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli. How intelligent is Watson? Enabling digital transformation through artificial intelligence. Business Horizons. 2019; 62 (6):819-829.
Chicago/Turabian StyleStefano Magistretti; Claudio Dell’Era; Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli. 2019. "How intelligent is Watson? Enabling digital transformation through artificial intelligence." Business Horizons 62, no. 6: 819-829.
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to scrutinize and classify the literature linking Big Data analytics and management phenomena. Design/methodology/approach An objective bibliometric analysis is conducted, supported by subjective assessments based on the studies focused on the intertwining of Big Data analytics and management fields. Specifically, deeper descriptive statistics and document co-citation analysis are provided. Findings From the document co-citation analysis and its evaluation, four clusters depicting literature linking Big Data analytics and management phenomena are revealed: theoretical development of Big Data analytics; management transition to Big Data analytics; Big Data analytics and firm resources, capabilities and performance; and Big Data analytics for supply chain management. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is one of the first attempts to comprehend the research streams which, over time, have paved the way to the intersection between Big Data analytics and management fields.
Lorenzo Ardito; Veronica Scuotto; Manlio Del Giudice; Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli. A bibliometric analysis of research on Big Data analytics for business and management. Management Decision 2019, 57, 1993 -2009.
AMA StyleLorenzo Ardito, Veronica Scuotto, Manlio Del Giudice, Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli. A bibliometric analysis of research on Big Data analytics for business and management. Management Decision. 2019; 57 (8):1993-2009.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLorenzo Ardito; Veronica Scuotto; Manlio Del Giudice; Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli. 2019. "A bibliometric analysis of research on Big Data analytics for business and management." Management Decision 57, no. 8: 1993-2009.
This paper contains an exploratory analysis of the business model innovations (BMIs) that firms in cultural and creative industries (CCIs) undertake along their life-cycle. Despite the role that creative and cultural and creative firms (CCFs) have in the economic development of industrialised countries, they tend to remain small and often fail due to industry-specific constraints and tensions, such as the lack of managerial capabilities and complexity in nurturing value chain relationships. However, there has been relatively limited scholarly interest into the specific conditions and processes that enabled CCFs to overcome these liabilities, and in particular into the identification of the business models they have adopted along their life-cycle. In this paper, this issue is analysed by using the concept of BMI, which sheds light on how the reconfiguration of the activity system through which a CCF creates, delivers and captures value enables the exploitation of entrepreneurial opportunities over time. This paper builds on an in-depth historical study of three leading firms operating in the mobile gaming industry, namely Rovio, Zynga and King Digital Entertainment. Three main results emerge from this study. First, in the ramp-up phase of their life-cycle, CCFs organize their resource architecture to build a strong and recognized reputation. Second, in the development phase, BMI is used to leverage new distribution paradigms. Finally, in the maturity phase, firms dedicate resources to innovate their product portfolios by providing platforms that support the development and testing of new creative ideas and solutions. Findings and implications are then discussed.
Paolo Landoni; Claudio Dell’Era; Federico Frattini; Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli; Roberto Verganti; Luca Manelli. Business model innovation in cultural and creative industries: Insights from three leading mobile gaming firms. Technovation 2019, 92-93, 102084 .
AMA StylePaolo Landoni, Claudio Dell’Era, Federico Frattini, Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli, Roberto Verganti, Luca Manelli. Business model innovation in cultural and creative industries: Insights from three leading mobile gaming firms. Technovation. 2019; 92-93 ():102084.
Chicago/Turabian StylePaolo Landoni; Claudio Dell’Era; Federico Frattini; Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli; Roberto Verganti; Luca Manelli. 2019. "Business model innovation in cultural and creative industries: Insights from three leading mobile gaming firms." Technovation 92-93, no. : 102084.
Firms may engage in alliances to complement their learning activities through explorative or exploitative partnerships. However, the partners' status may influence the scope of alliances, in terms of explorative and exploitative learning. In fact, status, being transferable, could be exchanged to obtain peculiar resources, knowledge, and competencies by partners, thus favoring the focal firms' innovation process. Accordingly, this theoretical paper adopts an original dual perspective to understand how the status of partnering firms may affect the explorative or exploitative content of alliances. Specifically, the extant literature is analyzed to provide a theoretical discussion and infer related propositions about the content of strategic alliances between firms with the same level of status (homophilous alliances) and with different levels of status (heterophilous alliances). The inferred propositions suggest that in heterophilous alliances the high status partner explores through the specific resources of the low status partner, which in turn exploits its resources to increase its status. However, homophilous alliances of firms with high status are more dependent upon the need to reduce risks and uncertainty, therefore both partners explore or exploit. Moreover, the discussion suggests that there is no influence of status on the scope of homophilous alliances of firms with low status.
Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli. Trading knowledge for status: Conceptualizing R&D alliance formation to achieve ambidexterity. Technological Forecasting and Social Change 2019, 145, 36 -42.
AMA StyleAntonio Messeni Petruzzelli. Trading knowledge for status: Conceptualizing R&D alliance formation to achieve ambidexterity. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 2019; 145 ():36-42.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAntonio Messeni Petruzzelli. 2019. "Trading knowledge for status: Conceptualizing R&D alliance formation to achieve ambidexterity." Technological Forecasting and Social Change 145, no. : 36-42.
We offer a microfoundational perspective to challenge the consensual view of ambidextrous search as a superior approach to addressing performance problems. We characterize the nature of search as both ostensive and agentic, and suggest that search performance is idiosyncratic across individuals and highly dependent on decision makers' cognitive frameworks and social contexts. To test our theory, we develop a mathematical simulation model that formalizes the mechanisms regulating the search behaviors of senior leaders in both family and non-family firms. Our results suggest that a search approach that is conducive to superior performance in non-family firms may yield inferior performance in family firms depending on the senior leader's family membership and her/his positional history in the firm (i.e., non-family, founder, later-generation). Moreover, we reveal that while ambidexterity constitutes a superior search approach for family firms with founder CEOs, those with non-family or later-generation CEOs would seem to benefit from specialization.
Ambra Mazzelli; Alfredo De Massis; Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli; Manlio Del Giudice; Zaheer Khan. Behind ambidextrous search: The microfoundations of search in family and non-family firms. Long Range Planning 2019, 53, 101882 .
AMA StyleAmbra Mazzelli, Alfredo De Massis, Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli, Manlio Del Giudice, Zaheer Khan. Behind ambidextrous search: The microfoundations of search in family and non-family firms. Long Range Planning. 2019; 53 (6):101882.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAmbra Mazzelli; Alfredo De Massis; Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli; Manlio Del Giudice; Zaheer Khan. 2019. "Behind ambidextrous search: The microfoundations of search in family and non-family firms." Long Range Planning 53, no. 6: 101882.
Stefano Elia; Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli; Lucia Piscitello. The impact of cultural diversity on innovation performance of MNC subsidiaries in strategic alliances. Journal of Business Research 2019, 98, 204 -213.
AMA StyleStefano Elia, Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli, Lucia Piscitello. The impact of cultural diversity on innovation performance of MNC subsidiaries in strategic alliances. Journal of Business Research. 2019; 98 ():204-213.
Chicago/Turabian StyleStefano Elia; Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli; Lucia Piscitello. 2019. "The impact of cultural diversity on innovation performance of MNC subsidiaries in strategic alliances." Journal of Business Research 98, no. : 204-213.
This paper, by analysing technology attributes, examines the degree to which companies build on environmental technologies generated by public research organisations (PROs) to develop the related technological solutions. Three main technology attributes have been considered: (i) the level of establishment, (ii) the scope of application, and (iii) the technological breadth. We have then developed three hypotheses about the influence exerted by these characteristics and have chosen the green energy as the field of investigation. The analysis is based on a sample of 4363 green energy patents registered by PROs at the United States Patent and Trademark Office in the 1976–2011 period. The results of a set of Tobit regression have revealed that the level of establishment, the scope of application and the technological breadth of public environmental technologies are positively related to the technological development of an industry. Hence, these findings can help advance the current debate on whether the green outputs of public research can stimulate firms to generate environmental technologies.
Lorenzo Ardito; Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli; Claudia Ghisetti. The impact of public research on the technological development of industry in the green energy field. Technological Forecasting and Social Change 2019, 144, 25 -35.
AMA StyleLorenzo Ardito, Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli, Claudia Ghisetti. The impact of public research on the technological development of industry in the green energy field. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 2019; 144 ():25-35.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLorenzo Ardito; Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli; Claudia Ghisetti. 2019. "The impact of public research on the technological development of industry in the green energy field." Technological Forecasting and Social Change 144, no. : 25-35.
This study analyzes the motivations and mechanisms that chef-entrepreneurs use to innovate their business model. Specifically, the paper adopts an in-depth case study approach for investigating how the Italian chef Romito innovates his BM over time. This research highlights and discusses the four motivations (creative freedom, reputation, legitimation, need to grow) and mechanisms (strategic thinking, standardization, co-operation, internationalization) along which the BM develops. Our findings contribute to the literature on creative industry, offering novel insights on the approaches adopted by creative entrepreneurs to compete over time. Indeed, these elements provide us clues to understand how creative firms can explore unfamiliar territories innovating their BM. Indeed, our results suggest that top chefs generally engage in entrepreneurship in order to innovate without restrictions and maximize their reputation for greater profits. This study is expected to provide useful insights in both theoretical and practical perspectives regarding the strategic decision-making approach leveraged by chefs.
Angelo Presenza; Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli. Investigating business model innovation in Haute Cuisine. Role and behavior of chef-entrepreneurs. International Journal of Hospitality Management 2019, 82, 101 -111.
AMA StyleAngelo Presenza, Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli. Investigating business model innovation in Haute Cuisine. Role and behavior of chef-entrepreneurs. International Journal of Hospitality Management. 2019; 82 ():101-111.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAngelo Presenza; Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli. 2019. "Investigating business model innovation in Haute Cuisine. Role and behavior of chef-entrepreneurs." International Journal of Hospitality Management 82, no. : 101-111.
The present work aims at investigating under which circumstances University–Industry (UI) collaborations develop innovations whose spillovers are largely reused by other foreign firms in the development of subsequent and related innovations. In order to answer to this research question, we carried out several analyses from a sample of 772 joint patents in the pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, and medical technology sectors, developed by German and Italian universities in collaboration with a firm. Our results show a positive effect of UI collaborations involving local partners, which encourage knowledge sharing and the adoption and combination of foreign knowledge by the same partners, which may complement knowledge and resources available at national level. Finally, we pointed out a positive moderating effect of university specialization, which may increase partners’ absorptive capacity, hence favoring a more effective use of foreign knowledge. Our paper enables a better understanding of the determinants of the innovative impact of UI collaborations, by shedding new light on the mechanisms of global innovations systems that characterize the industries under analysis. Moreover, our work shows how innovation processes in these industries may be favored by adequate search strategies and the choice of effective university partners.
Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli; Gianluca Murgia. University–Industry collaborations and international knowledge spillovers: a joint-patent investigation. The Journal of Technology Transfer 2019, 45, 958 -983.
AMA StyleAntonio Messeni Petruzzelli, Gianluca Murgia. University–Industry collaborations and international knowledge spillovers: a joint-patent investigation. The Journal of Technology Transfer. 2019; 45 (4):958-983.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAntonio Messeni Petruzzelli; Gianluca Murgia. 2019. "University–Industry collaborations and international knowledge spillovers: a joint-patent investigation." The Journal of Technology Transfer 45, no. 4: 958-983.