Current Research Topics

Dynamic capabilities, open innovation

Selected Publications

"A Resource-based View of Product Development," The Academy of Management Review, 24 (1), 1999; with D. Ravasi, "Unbundling Dynamic Capabilities: An Exploratory Study on Continuous Product Innovation," Industrial and Corporate Change, 12, 2003; with M. Sawhney, E. Prandelli, "The Power of Innomediation," MIT Sloan Management Review, 44 (2), 2003; with E. Prandelli, M. Sawhney, "Collaborating to Create: The Internet as a Platform for Customer Engagement in Product Innovation," Journal of Interactive Marketing, 19 (4), 2005, Runner-up for best 2005 paper; with E. Prandelli, M. Sawhney, "Innovation and Virtual Environments: Towards Virtual Knowledge Brokers," Organization Studies, 27 (6), 2006; with E. Prandelli, D. Raccagni, "Diffusion of Web-based Product Innovation," California Management Review, 48/4 (Summer), 2006; with P. Robertson, "The Effect of Technological Change on the Boundaries of Existing Firms," in Flexibility & Stability in the Evolving Economy, Oxford University Press, 2006; with P. Cillo, "Search Styles in Style Search: Exploring Innovation Strategies from Fashion Companies," Long Range Planning, 41, 2008; with L. DeLuca and S. Vicari, "Market Orientation and R&D Effectiveness in High Technology Firms: An Empirical Investigation in the Biotech Industry," Journal of Product Innovation Management, 1, 2010; with E. Prandelli and M. Sawhney, Collaborating with Customers to Innovate, Edward Elgar, London, 2010 (paperback edition, hardcover edition 2008)

Professional Activities

Academic positions: Visiting Scholar, Sloan School of Management, MIT, 1998; Assistant Professor of Management, 2000–03, Associate Professor of Management, 2004–present, Bocconi University; Director, PhD in Business Administration, Bocconi University

Nonacademic positions: Chair, Competitive Strategy interest group, Strategic Management Society

Editorial positions: Editorial Board, Strategic Management Journal