Buganza Tommaso
Full Professor
Buganza Tommaso
Full Professor
Tommaso Buganza is Full Professor of Leadership and Innovation at the Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering of Politecnico di Milano where he also is co-founder of LEADIN'Lab, the Laboratory for Leadership, Design and Innovation and co-founder and scientific director of IDeaLs, the research platform focused on engaging humans to make transformation happen.
He is a lecturer in Innovation Management and Project Management, responsible for the Project Management Academy and coordinator of the innovation and training area at POLIMI Graduate School of Management.
He is the Board chairperson of the Product Development Management Conference EIASM-IPDMC.
His research activity explores the intersection between technological innovation and leadership and has been published in peer-reviewed journals and in a number of books.
Research
His primary research fields lies at the intersection between Leadership, Design and Innovation.
In particular, he focuses on the Engagement mechanisms in Innovation Activities (mainly focusing on the individual dimension in the innovation process) and on the Technological side of Innovation (mainly focusing on the opportunities unveiled by digital technologies, enabling platform and data-related business models).
Furthermore, he focuses also on Project Management as a discipline to foster innovation, studying in particular the role of flexibility.
Selected Publications
Trabucchi D.| Sanasi S.| Ghezzi A.| Buganza T. (2021), "Idle Asset Hunters—The Secret of Multi-sided Platforms", Research Technology Management, 64, 33-42
Trabucchi D.| Buganza T.| Muzellec L.| Ronteau S. (2021), "Platform-driven innovation: Unveiling research and business opportunities", Creativity and Innovation Management, 30, 6-11
Magnanini S.| Trabucchi D.| Buganza T.| Verganti R. (2021), "Collaborate as a flock in the organization: how selection and synthesis influence knowledge convergence within a complex adaptive system", Journal of Knowledge Management, 26, 142-165
Trabucchi D.| Buganza T. (2021), "Landlords with no lands: a systematic literature review on hybrid multi-sided platforms and platform thinking", European Journal of Innovation Management, 25, 64-96
Trabucchi D.| Buganza T.| Verganti R. (2021), "Quantity or quality? Value creation in two-sided platforms", Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, 33, 162-175
Community service
- Co-Director of the Executive Programme in , 12/03/0018 - to date
- Director - Project Management Academy GSOM
- Member of the GSOM Board
- Reviewer for: Creativity and Innovation Management; California Management Review; European Journal of Innovation Management; Industry and innovation.International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management; International Journal of innovation Management, International Journal of Operations and Production Management; International Journal of project Management; International Journal of Technology Management; Journal of Design Strategy; Journal of Product Innovation Management; Journal of Small Business Management; Operation Management Research; R&D Management; Technovation