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Frattini Federico

Professore Ordinario

Frattini Federico

Professore Ordinario

DEAN POLIMI GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT


Started as Assistant Professor, he is now Full Professor of Strategic Management and Innovation, and Member of the management committee of Polimi GSOM.

Frattini’s main contribution to management research is in the field of Open Innovation, and in particular technology leverage strategies.

At Politecnico di Milano he also co-founded Energy & Strategy, a research team that analyzes the business models in the field of renewable energy, energy efficiency, smart grid, digital energy and others.

He has been Deputy Director of Energy & Strategy since 2007.

Carriera

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

Master of Science: Management Economics and Industrial Engineering, Unversità Carlo Cattaneo LIUC

Ricerca

His area of research is innovation and strategic management, with a particular focus on family businesses and energy innovation.

On these topics, he has written more than 200 books and papers published in conference proceedings and leading international journals such as MIT Sloan Management Review, Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, Academy of Management Perspectives, California Management Review, Journal of Product Innovation Management, and many others.

He is Associate Editor of CERN IdeaSquare Journal of Experimental Innovation and Member of the Editorial Board of the European Journal of Innovation Management. He is also engaged as a reviewer for several international scientific journals, such as Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Business Venturing, Research Policy, Journal of Product Innovation Management and many others.

His research activity has contributed to the rise of various publications in practitioners-oriented journals including Harvard Business Review, MIT Sloan Management Review, California Management Review, European Business Review, Harvard Business Manager and Il Sole 24 Ore.

His passion in research is confirmed by the appointment as Honorary Researcher at the University of Lancaster Management School and by the nomination among the Top 50 Researchers of Technology and Innovation Management worldwide by the International Association for Management of Technology (IAMOT).

Pubblicazioni Selezionate

Debellis F.| De Massis A.| Messeni Petruzzelli A.| Frattini F.| Del Giudice M. (2021), "Strategic agility and international joint ventures: The willingness-ability paradox of family firms", Journal of International Management, 27

Urbinati A.| Chiaroni D.| Chiesa V.| Frattini F. (2020), "The role of digital technologies in open innovation processes: an exploratory multiple case study analysis", R and D Management, 50, 136-160

Argyres N.S.| De Massis A.| Foss N.J.| Frattini F.| Jones G.| Silverman B.S. (2020), "History-informed strategy research: The promise of history and historical research methods in advancing strategy scholarship", Strategic Management Journal, 41, 343-368

Correani A.| De Massis A.| Frattini F.| Petruzzelli A.M.| Natalicchio A. (2020), "Implementing a Digital Strategy: Learning from the Experience of Three Digital Transformation Projects", California Management Review, 62, 37-56

Kotlar J.| De Massis A.| Frattini F.| Kammerlander N. (2020), "Motivation Gaps and Implementation Traps: The Paradoxical and Time-Varying Effects of Family Ownership on Firm Absorptive Capacity", Journal of Product Innovation Management, 37, 2-25

Servizio alla comunità

  • Director - Evening Executive MBA
  • Director - Part Time Executive MBA
  • Member of the MIP Board - Federico has been member of the MIP (today POLIMI GSoM) Board with the following responsibilities: Director of the MBA & Executive MBA programs, Director of the ICT & Digital Learning Division and Associate Dean for Digital Transformation.
  • Federico is Associate Editor of the CERN IdeaSquare Journal of Experimental Innovation, Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Product Innovation Management and of the European Journal of Innovation Management, and Consulting Editor of the International Journal of Management Reviews
  • Federico has been Guest Editor of many special issues on innovation and strategic management published in journals such as Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Product Innovation Management, California Management Review, Global Strategy Journal, International Journal of Management Reviews and others. Frattini is acknowledged as an international expert in the field of digital learning, and his thoughts and projects are regularly featured on national and international outlets.