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Grilli Luca

Professore Ordinario

Grilli Luca

Professore Ordinario

Luca Grilli is Full Professor in Business and Management Engineering at the Politecnico di Milano where he teaches several courses of Business and Industrial Economics at graduate and post-graduate levels. He has participated in numerous scientific projects, promoted by private institutions, Italian public regulatory agencies, research institutions and the European Commission. He has published articles in many international scientific journals (a snapshot of the most relevant is offered below in the dedicated section) and acted as an editor for books and journal special issues.

Carriera

PhD: Economics, Università di Siena.

Master of Science: Economics, Università di York.

Ricerca

His main research interests revolve around three areas: the economics of innovative entrepreneurship (major), the economics of network industries (minor) and the intersection between the two.


Pubblicazioni Selezionate

  1. “Entrepreneurship and new product development: exploring the “advantage of youth” and “business acumen” views”, (2022), Journal of Product Innovation Management, 39, 662-685.
  2. “The Creation of a Middle-management Level by Entrepreneurial Ventures: Testing Economic Theories of Organisational Design”, (2013), with Massimo G. Colombo, Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 22, pp. 390-422.
  3. “On Growth Drivers of High-tech Start-ups: Exploring the Role of Founders’ Human Capital and Venture Capital”, (2010), with Massimo G. Colombo, Journal of Business Venturing, 25, pp. 610-626.
  4. “Founders’ Human Capital and the Growth of New Technology-based Firms: a Competence-based View”, (2005) with Massimo G. Colombo, Research Policy, 34, pp. 795-816.
  5. “Entrepreneurs’ Human Capital and the Start-up Size of New Technology-based Firms”, (2004), with Massimo G. Colombo and Marco Delmastro, International Journal of Industrial Organization, 22 (8-9), pp. 1183-1211.

Premi e riconoscimenti

Since 2023, he has entered the World Top 2% Scientists ranking, developed by Stanford University in collaboration with Elsevier, which identifies the top 2% for each discipline in terms of impact on global scientific research in the previous year.


Servizio alla comunità

  1. Member - Board of the PhD in Management Engineering - Politecnico di Milano, since 2012.
  2. Member of the Steering Committee of the Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering of the Politecnico di Milano, since 2023.
  3. President of the Graduation Commission (Bachelor and Msc Levels) in Management Engineering of Politecnico di Milano, 2014-2020.
  4. Member - Steering Committe of the PhD in Management Engineering - Politecnico di Milano, 2019-2024.
  5. Member - National Committee on the “Monitoring and Evaluation of National policies for the Eco-system of Italian Innovative Start-ups” (National law no. 221/2012), appointed by the Italian Ministry of Economic Development (MISE), 2014-2018.
  6. Editor in Chief of the Journal of Industrial and Business Economics (Springer), since 2026.