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Trabucchi Daniel

Associate Professor

Trabucchi Daniel

Associate Professor

Daniel Trabucchi is Associate Professor at the Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

He also serves as Research Lead in the LEADIN’Lab, the Laboratory for LEAdership, Design, and INnovation.

His research interests focus on innovation management, especially on Platform Thinking.

He co-founded Symplatform in 2018, the international conference on digital platforms that aims to match scholars and practitioners in the field.

He co-founded and is the scientific director of Platform Thinking HUB, the community of innovation leaders that aims to foster innovation through platform thinking, which is part of the Digital Innovation Observatories of Politecnico di Milano.

Career

PHD: Management Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

Master of Science: Management Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

Research

His research activities focus on the area of innovation management, with various perspectives.

The main research field deals with Platform Thinking, exploring the peculiarities of digital platforms as conceptual tools to foster digital business transformation.

Other research streams deal with the Engagement of people in innovation activities and with innovation strategies (paying particular attention to the innovation of meaning and technology epiphanies) and agile approaches.

Selected Publications

Trabucchi D. Falcone C. Gastaldi L. Buganza T. Corso M. , "Platform enhancers: Collaborating in the early stages of transactional platform development", Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, 70, 101779

Gastaldi D. Appio F. Trabucchi D. Buganza T. Corso M. , "From mutualism to commensalism: Assessing the evolving relationship between complementors and digital platforms.", Information Systems Journal

Patrucco A. Marzi G. & Trabucchi D. , "The role of absorptive capacity and big data analytics in strategic purchasing and supply chain management decisions", Technovation

Trabucchi D. Patrucco A. Buganza T & Marzi G., "Is transparency the new green? How business model transparency influences digital service adoption.", Technovation

Trabucchi D. & Buganza T., "Platform Thinking - Read the past. Write the future."

Grants, awards and Honours

  1. Thinkers50 Radar List 2024 – With Tommaso Buganza
  2. Marketplace50 Thought Leader 2024
  3. Creativity and Innovation Management Best Reviewer Award 2021
  4. Special Mention @ Gianluca Spina Award for Teaching Excellence and Innovation – With Francesco Caio
  5. Christer Karlsson Best paper Award Runner Up @ EIASM IPDMC 2019
  6. PhD Student Best Paper Award @ 3rd Abbé Grégoire Innovation Days 2018


Community service

Associate Editor @ Creativity and Innovation Management

Editorial Board Member @ Journal of Product Innovation Management