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Franzo' Simone

Associate Professor

Simone Franzò is Associate Professor at the Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering of Politecnico di Milano, where he received his PhD in 2017. His research focuses on the strategies, business models, and managerial practices enabling energy and sustainable transition by companies, and the analysis of the related economic and environmental impacts. He is a member of the Core Faculty of the Politecnico di Milano Graduate School of Management

Career

PHD: Management Economics and Industrial Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

Master of Science: Management Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

Research

His main research interest is in the energy and sustainability management, with particular reference to the techno-economic and environmental assessment of new technologies and business models, and the Innovation management, with particular reference to Open Innovation.

Selected Publications

Urbinati A.| Franzò S.| Chiaroni D. (2021), "Enablers and Barriers for Circular Business Models: an empirical analysis in the Italian automotive industry", Sustainable Production and Consumption, 27, 551-566

Franzò S.| Nasca A. (2021), "The environmental impact of electric vehicles: A novel life cycle-based evaluation framework and its applications to multi-country scenarios", Journal of Cleaner Production, 315

Franzò S.| Urbinati A.| Chiaroni D.| Chiesa V. (2021), "Unravelling the design process of business models from linear to circular: An empirical investigation", Business Strategy and the Environment, 30, 2758-2772

Latilla V.M.M.| Urbinati A.| Cavallo A.| Franzò S.| Ghezzi A. (2021), "Organizational Re-Design for Business Model Innovation while Exploiting Digital Technologies: A Single Case Study of an Energy Company", International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management, 18

Latilla V.M.| Frattini F.| Franzo S.| Chiesa V. (2020), "Organisational choices in public procurement: what can public management learn from the private sector?", International Journal of Innovation Management, 24

Community service

Research projects

  • MUSPELL- Medium to long term thermal energy storage system with embedded heat pumping capability

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