Temi di ricerca

Innovation Management

Innovation Policy

Family Businesses: Management, Performance & Impact

Technology Entrepreneurship

Virtual and digital economy

Space Economy and Commerce

Sustainable Product Strategies

Nuovi modelli organizzativi e di gestione del lavoro

Nuovi modelli organizzativi e strategici per il settore Pubblico

Principali pubblicazioni

  1. Ardito, L. (2023). The influence of firm digitalization on sustainable innovation performance and the moderating role of corporate sustainability practices: An empirical investigation. Business Strategy and the Environment, 32, 5252–5272.
  2. Ardito, L., Cerchione, R., Mazzola, E., Raguseo, E. (2022). Industry 4.0 transition: A systematic literature review combining the absorptive capacity theory and the data-information-knowledge hierarchy. Journal of Knowledge Management, 26(9), 2222-2254.
  3. Ardito, L., Dangelico, R.M. (2018). Firm environmental performance under scrutiny: The role of strategic and organizational orientations. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 25(4), 426-440.
  4. Ardito, L., Dangelico, R.M., Messeni Petruzzelli, A. (2021). 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(2), 704-720.
  5. Ardito, L., Ernst, H., Messeni Petruzzelli, A. (2020). The interplay between technology characteristics, R&D internationalisation, and new product introduction: Empirical evidence from the energy conservation sector. Technovation, 96-97, 102144.
  6. Ardito, L., Ferraris, A., Messeni Petruzzelli, A., Bresciani, S., Del Giudice, M. (2019). The Role of Universities in the Knowledge Management of Smart City Projects. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 142, 312-321.
  7. Ardito, L., Garavelli, A.C., Messeni Petruzzelli, A., Panniello, U. (2019). Towards Industry 4.0: Mapping digital technologies for supply chain management-marketing integration. Business Process Management Journal, 25(2), 323-346.
  8. Ardito, L., Messeni Petruzzelli, A., Albino, V., Garavelli, A.C. (2022). Unveiling the technological outcomes of micro-gravity research through patent analysis: Implications for business and policy. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 69(6), 3848-3859.
  9. Ardito, L., Messeni Petruzzelli, A., Ghisetti, C. (2019). The impact of public research on the technological development of industry in the green energy field. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 144, 25-35.
  10. Ardito, L., Miroshnychenko, I., Messeni Petruzzelli, A., De Massis, A. (2025). Family CEO and radical innovation: A stewardship perspective, Research Policy, 54, 105144.
  11. Ardito, L., Natalicchio, A., Messeni Petruzzelli A., Del Giudice, M. (2024). Converting inventions into innovations to address cancer grand challenges: The role of scientific and digital search intensity. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 41(2), 267–292.
  12. Ardito, L., Natalicchio, A., Messeni Petruzzelli, A. (2023). Evidence on the determinants of the likelihood and speed of technological convergence: A knowledge search and recombination perspective in Key Enabling Technologies. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 70(40), 1442-1455.
  13. Ardito, L., Raby, S., Albino, V., Bertoldi, B. (2021). The duality of digital and environmental orientations in the context of SMEs: Implications for innovation performance. Journal of Business Research, 123, 44-56.
  14. Ardito, L., Svensson, T. (2024). Sourcing Applied and Basic Knowledge for Innovation and Commercialization Success. The Journal of Technology Transfer, 49(3), 959–995.
  15. Aslan, Y., Yaqub, O., Sampat, B. N., & Rotolo, D. (2024). Unexpectedness in medical research. Research Policy, 53(8), 105075.
  16. Basile, L. J., Carbonara, N., Panniello, U., Pellegrino, R. How can technological resources improve the quality of healthcare service? The enabling role of big data analytics capabilities. IEEE – Transactions on Engineering Management, vol. 71, 2024.
  17. Basile, L. J., Carbonara, N., Panniello, U., Pellegrino, R. The Exploitation of Data to Support Decision-Making in Healthcare: A systematic literature review and future research directions. Management Review Quarterly, forthcoming.
  18. Basile, L. J., Carbonara, N., Panniello, U., Pellegrino, R. The role of big data analytics in improving the quality of healthcare services in the Italian context: the mediating role of risk management. Technovation, vol. 133, 2024.
  19. Capolupo, P., Ardito, L. Messeni Petruzzelli, A., Kammerlander, N., De Massis, A. (2025). Digital Product Innovation within Family Firms: A Construal Level Perspective. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, forthcoming, 49(2), 539-570.
  20. Capolupo, P., Ardito, L., Messeni Petruzzelli, A., De Massis, A. (2023). Opening up the black box of family entrepreneurship across generations: A systematic literature review. The International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurship, 41(7), 734-773.
  21. Capolupo, P., Messeni Petruzzelli, A., Ardito, L. (2024). A knowledge-based perspective on transgenerational entrepreneurship: unveiling knowledge dynamics across generations in family firms. Journal of Knowledge Management, 28(5), 1444-1467.
  22. Capolupo, P., Natalicchio, A., Ardito, L. Messeni Petruzzelli, A., Cazzorla, M. (2025). Family-governed Businesses and Successful Equity Crowdfunding: The Moderating Role of Sustainability Orientation. Finance Research Letters, 71, 106470.
  23. Cappa, F., Oriani, R., Peruffo, E., & McCarthy, I. (2021). Big data for creating and capturing value in the digitalized environment: unpacking the effects of volume, variety, and veracity on firm performance. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 38(1), 49-67. 
  24. Cappa, F., Oriani, R., Pinelli, M., & De Massis, A. (2019). When does crowdsourcing benefit firm stock market performance?. Research Policy, 48(9), 103825 
  25. Carbonara, N., Messeni Petruzzelli, A., Panniello, U., De Vita, D. (2024). Embracing new disruptions: Business model innovation in the transition to Mobility as a Service (MaaS). Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 464.
  26. Ceipek, R., Hautz J., De Massis A., Matzler K., Ardito L. (2021). Digital Transformation through Exploratory and Exploitative Internet of Things Innovations: The Impact of Family Management and Technological Diversification. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 38(1), 142-165.
  27. 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(4), 37-56.
  28. Di Paolo, F., Mancuso, I., Bettiga, D., Lamberti, L., Messeni, A., Panniello, U., Exploring the metaverse business transformation: lessons learnt from four companies leveraging virtual experiences. Management Decision. Forthcoming.
  29. Errico, F., Messeni Petruzzelli, A., Panniello, U., Scialpi, A., Source of funding and specialized competences: the impact on the innovative performance of start-ups. Journal of Knowledge Management, vol. 28, no. 2, 2024.
  30. Foggetti, C., Natalicchio, A., Ardito L., Albino, A. (2025). Opening the black box of Growth Hacking: Insights into the microfoundations of Lean Startup Capabilities. Journal of Business Research, 191, 115272.
  31. Franco, S., Messeni Petruzzelli, A., Panniello, U. Digital humanism in business models: Unveiling value creation mechanism. Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy, vol. 18, no. 3, 2024.
  32. Franzò, S., Doppio, N., Natalicchio, A., Frattini, F., & Mion, L. (2023). Designing innovation contests to support external knowledge search in small and medium-sized enterprises. Technovation, 121, 102684.
  33. Gorgoglione, M., Garavelli, A.C., Sen S., (2024). “What is the most profitable targeting strategy from mass marketing to personalization? Results from a simulation in tourism”, Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, Vol. 29, No. 8, pp. 942-960. DOI: 10.1080/10941665.2024.2358314.
  34. Grassano, N., Rotolo, D., Hutton, J., Lang, F., & Hopkins, M. M. (2017). Funding data from publication acknowledgments: Coverage, uses, and limitations. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 68(4), 999–1017.
  35. Kanger, L., Bone, F., Rotolo, D., Steinmueller, W. E., & Schot, J. (2022). Deep Transitions: A mixed Methods study of the historical evolution of mass production. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 177(April), 121491.
  36. Leone, M. I., Messeni Petruzzelli, A., & Natalicchio, A. (2022). Boundary spanning through external technology acquisition: The moderating role of star scientists and upstream alliances. Technovation, 116, 102496.
  37. Leydesdorff, L., Rotolo, D., & Rafols, I. (2012). Bibliometric perspectives on medical innovation using the medical subject Headings of PubMed. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 63(11), 2239–2253.
  38. Magistretti, S., Ardito, L., Messeni Petruzzelli, A. (2021). Framing the Microfoundations of Design Thinking as a Dynamic Capability for Innovation: Reconciling Theory and Practice. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 38(6), 645-667.
  39. Mancuso, I., Messeni Petruzzelli, A., Panniello, U., Digital business model innovation in metaverse: How to approach virtual economy opportunities. Information Processing and Management, vol. 60, no. 5, 2023.
  40. Mancuso, I., Messeni Petruzzelli, A., Panniello, U., Frattini, F., Del Giudice, M. Nurturing strategic agility through corporate venturing advisory: An explorative analysis. Industrial Marketing Management, vol. 121, 2024.
  41. Mancuso, I., Messeni Petruzzelli, A., Panniello, U., Industry 4.0 for AEC sector: impacts on productivity and sustainability. Book chapter in “Architecture and Design for Industry 4.0”, Springer, Part F1562, 33-50, 2024.
  42. Mancuso, I., Messeni Petruzzelli, A., Panniello, U., Nespoli, C., A Microfoundation Perspective on Business Model Innovation: The Cases of Roblox and Meta in Metaverse. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 2023.
  43. Mancuso, I., Messeni Petruzzelli, A., Panniello, U., Vaia, G. Business Model Innovation in the Banking sector: How digital technologies transform innovation drivers in value mechanisms innovations. Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, forthcoming.
  44. Mancuso, I., Panniello, U., Messeni Petruzzelli, A., Value creation in data-centric B2B platforms: a model based on multiple case studies. Industrial Marketing Management, vol. 119, 2024.
  45. Massa, L., Ardito, L., Messeni Petruzzelli, A. (2022). Brokerage dynamics in technology transfer networks: A multi-case study. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 183,121895.
  46. Messeni Petruzzelli, A., Rotolo, D., & Albino, V. (2015). Determinants of patent citations in biotechnology: An analysis of patent influence across the industrial and organizational boundaries. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 91(February), 208–221.
  47. Mora, L., Gerli, P., Ardito, L., Messeni Petruzzelli, A. (2023). Smart city governance from an innovation management perspective: Theoretical framing, review of current practices, and future research agenda. Technovation, 123, 102717.
  48. Natalicchio, A., Mora, L., Ardito, L., Messeni Petruzzelli, A. (2022) Evidence-informed decision making in smart specialisation strategies: A patent-based approach for discovering regional technological capabilities. Regional Studies, 56(9), 1442-1453.
  49. Panniello, U., Natalicchio, A., Ardito, L., Messeni Petruzzelli, A., A cross-sector exploration of the barriers to customer satisfaction in the sharing economy. Journal of Business Research, vol. 183, 2024.
  50. Petersen, A. M., Rotolo, D., & Leydesdorff, L. (2016). A triple helix model of medical innovation: Supply, demand, and technological capabilities in terms of Medical Subject Headings. Research Policy, 45(3), 666–681.
  51. Petruzzelli, A. M., Dangelico, R. M., Rotolo, D., & Albino, V. (2011). Organizational factors and technological features in the development of green innovations: Evidence from patent analysis. Innovation: Management, Policy and Practice, 13(3), 291–310.
  52. Roma, P., Natalicchio, A., Panniello, U., Vasi, M., & Messeni Petruzzelli, A. (2023). Crowdfunding performance, market performance, and the moderating roles of product innovativeness and experts’ judgment: Evidence from the movie industry. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 40(3), 297-339.
  53. Rotolo, D., & Messeni Petruzzelli, A. (2013). When does centrality matter? Scientific productivity and the moderating role of research specialization and cross-community ties. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 34(5), 648–670.
  54. Rotolo, D., Camerani, R., Grassano, N., & Martin, B. R. (2022). Why do firms publish? A systematic literature review and a conceptual framework. Research Policy, 51(10), 104606.
  55. Rotolo, D., Hicks, D., & Martin, B. R. (2015). What is an emerging technology? Research Policy, 44(10), 1827–1843.
  56. Rotolo, D., Hopkins, M., Grassano, N. (2023). Do funding sources complement or substitute? Examining the impact of cancer research publications. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 74(1), 50-66.
  57. Rotolo, D., Natalicchio, A., Porter, A.L., Schoeneck, D.J. (2025). Emerging technologies, institutional groups and inter-organisational networks: The case of microneedles. Technological Forecasting & Social Change, 213, 124006. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2025.124006.
  58. Rotolo, D., Rafols, I., Hopkins, M., & Leydesdorff, L. (2017). Strategic intelligence on emerging technologies: Scientometric overlay mapping. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 68(1), 214–233.
  59. Sen, S., Panniello, U., Gorgoglione, M., (2025). “The Influence of the Perceived Hedonic vs. Utilitarian Product Type on Consumers’ Brand Engagement on Social TV”, Journal of Business Research, Vol. 196. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2025.115257.
  60. Vittori, D., Natalicchio, A., Panniello, U., Messeni Petruzzelli, A., & Cupertino, F. (2022). Business Model Innovation between the embryonic and growth stages of industry lifecycle. Technovation, 117, 102592.
  61. Vittori, D., Natalicchio, A., Panniello, U., Messeni Petruzzelli, V., Albino, A., Cupertino, F., Failure is an Option: How Failure can Lead to Disruptive Innovations. Technovation, vol. 129, 2024.
  62. Yuan, J., Shah S.K., Ardito, L., Jin, X. (2024). User Behavior in Sustainable Technology: An Exploration of Endorsement Strategy. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, forthcoming, 2333783. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537325.2024.2333783

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