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Franzo' Simone

Associate Professor

Franzo' Simone

Associate Professor

Simone Franzò is Senior Assistant Professor at the Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering of Politecnico di Milano, where he is also Member of the Core Faculty.

He teaches Energy Management and Innovation Management courses in MBA, Executive MBA, and other Postgraduate courses at Polimi Graduate School of Management, where he serves as Director of the Executive Master in Management and the International Master in Environmental Sustainability and Circular Economy.

He is also Member of Energy & Strategy and Innovation & Strategy, two research teams within the School of Management of Politecnico di Milano, where he is member of the Scientific Committee and manages permanent observatories on smart mobility and electricity.

Career

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

Master of Science: Management Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

Research

His main research interest is in the energy and sustainability management, with particular reference to the techno-economic and environmental assessment of new technologies and business models, and the Innovation management, with particular reference to Open Innovation.

Selected Publications

Urbinati A.| Franzò S.| Chiaroni D. (2021), "Enablers and Barriers for Circular Business Models: an empirical analysis in the Italian automotive industry", Sustainable Production and Consumption, 27, 551-566

Franzò S.| Nasca A. (2021), "The environmental impact of electric vehicles: A novel life cycle-based evaluation framework and its applications to multi-country scenarios", Journal of Cleaner Production, 315

Franzò S.| Urbinati A.| Chiaroni D.| Chiesa V. (2021), "Unravelling the design process of business models from linear to circular: An empirical investigation", Business Strategy and the Environment, 30, 2758-2772

Latilla V.M.M.| Urbinati A.| Cavallo A.| Franzò S.| Ghezzi A. (2021), "Organizational Re-Design for Business Model Innovation while Exploiting Digital Technologies: A Single Case Study of an Energy Company", International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management, 18

Latilla V.M.| Frattini F.| Franzo S.| Chiesa V. (2020), "Organisational choices in public procurement: what can public management learn from the private sector?", International Journal of Innovation Management, 24

Research projects

  • MUSPELL- Medium to long term thermal energy storage system with embedded heat pumping capability

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