MASTER OF SCIENCE IN MANAGEMENT ENGINEERING

ENGINEERING MEETS MANAGEMENT

The Laurea Magistrale (equivalent to Master of Science) provides a first year of basic training, followed by 14 possible Major in order to customize the education according to your preferences, attitudes and expectations. The Programme also provides a wide choice of exchange experiences and international double degrees.

The Study Programme is provided in English, to allow an international experience with the presence in the classroom of students of different countries. Registration requires an assessment of the previous career.nt of the previous career.

Location: Milan

Language: English

Format: Full Time

Starting periods: September and February

Duration: 2 years

Requirements: Bachelor of Science Degree (three years)

Contacts: management-engineering@polimi.it

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Starting from the a.y. 2021/2022 the structure of the master’s degree course in Management Engineering is changed.

The Master of Science in Management Engineering provides a first year of basic training in Management Engineering, followed by 14 possible Major in order to customize the education according to your preferences, attitudes and expectations. The programme also provides a wide choice of exchange experiences and international double degrees.

In each Major, students have the opportunity to engage in special projects (practice-based labs) developed in collaboration with different companies which simulate the working environment and allow to tackle real challenges.

The Study Programme is provided in English, to allow an international experience with the presence in the classroom of students of different countries

For more information:

Educational Rules – 2021/2022

To learn more, you can also consult the presentations made on the occasion of the Open Day 2021 for the Master of Science in Management Engineering:

Below you will find the presentations of the 14 Majors, with details on the Project Laboratories developed in collaboration with companies, and the contacts to refer to.

Analytics for Business
Business Strategy and Transformation
Circular Economy
Complex Projects Business
Digital Business Innovation
Energy Management
Entrepreneurship
Finance
Industrial Management
Industry 4.0
Innovation Management
International Business
Supply Chain Management
Sustainability and Social Impact

The transversal skills of a management engineer allow him/her to find a job very quickly:

• 94% of three-year graduate students find an employment within one year from graduation
94% of laurea magistrale graduate students find an employment within one year from graduation

(Source: Career Service Politecnico di Milano Survey 2021. The survey is addressed to graduates a year from their graduation date)

Industrial fields
Industrial and service companies, consulting firms, banks and financial institutions, public administration bodies, non-profit organizations.

Functions
The management engineer can carry out different activities: planning and management of production and logistics systems, strategic planning, business organization and management, economics, planning and management of technology and innovation, internationalization processes, management control, corporate and market finance, business management in regulated sectors and network services, planning and management of big projects, Internet applications and ICT management (information and communication technologies).

ALUMNI

Listen to the experiences of the Alumni who have chosen this academic career.

Paola Scarpa - Client Solutions, Data & Insights, Google

Paolo Poma - Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director, Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A.

STUDY WITH US

Admission to the Master of Science is subject to an assessment based on curricular requirements and on the student’s preparation.
An Evaluation Committee is appointed for this purpose by the Study Programme Board. The Committee will base the admission on the analysis of the candidate academic career.
For more information and details, please visit the Web site of the School of Industrial and Information Engineering:

Homepage > Students > Students university career > Admission to the School’s Bachelor and Master of Science programmes

Students with a degree obtained in Italy
For procedures and deadlines of the admission application to the Master of Science, please visit (in Italian):

www.poliorientami.polimi.it> come si accede > ammissione alle lauree magistrali

Students with a degree obtained abroad
For procedures and deadlines of the admission application to the Master of Science, please visit: http://www.polinternational.polimi.it/

Taxes and financial aid
The total annual amount of university fees and contributions varies according to the number of ECTS (University Educational Credits) and the student’s financial situation.
The payment of the total amount is divided into 2 instalments, the first instalment is paid at the enrolment and the second one, usually, during the second semester of the academic year.
Check all the details about deadlines and amounts on the Web page Student contribution.

The Laurea Magistrale study programme in Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering includes lessons related to three big subject areas: Applied Economics, Industrial Engineering, Management.
Students can decide among these subjects according to different proportions and specific needs, to the type of professional profile, critical skills and their training objectives.
Given that not all exam combinations are equally effective, as well as they do not offer a proper consistency with the profile of the Management Engineer, there are some examples of study plans that have been already approved in advance.

Study Plan
For information on the study plans, please visit:

  • The page Study plan on the Web site of Politecnico di Milano
  • The Educational Regulations published on the website of the School of Industrial and Information Engineering

Academic Calendar

Please, regularly check the notice board on the Web site of the School or your Campus for possible date changes.

Lectures and programmes
A few days before the beginning of the lessons, by connecting with the person code and password to the Online Services and selecting the “Lecture hours”, you can check the timetable and the classroom where you can attend the courses selected in the Study Plan. For what concerns textbooks, we suggest you to wait for specific indications from the professors at the beginning of the related courses.

The lecture programmes can be checked on the degree programme, by selecting the specific course.

Exams
Visit the specific Web page for Exams to find out how to register and the evaluation criteria.

Rules for the final Degree Examination
The final Degree Examination consists in the discussion of a thesis work.
The regulations on how to write a final thesis are available on the School of Industrial and Information Engineering website. In particular, all students must refer to:

Supplementary regulation of Degrees and Master’s Degrees in Management Engineering

Final Thesis Topics
Check the projects available for your final Dissertation/Thesis using the dedicated search engine.

Internal Double Degrees
The Internal Double Degrees are joint programs designed in collaboration with other Study Programmes of Politecnico di Milano with the aim to provide further skills, related to other subjects, to the management engineer, in order to develop new professional profiles able to meet the challenges and new opportunities in some specific sectors.

Double Degree in Built Environment and Management Engineering

The Double Degree in Built Environment and Management Engineering aims to meet the new challenges related to the building sector, at national and international level, by developing new professional profiles that put together the typical skills of management engineering with those of the built management.

Double Degree in Management Engineering and Product-Service System Design

The Double Degree in Management Engineering and Product-Service System Design aims to develop new highly specialized professionals in the fields of design, management, strategic development and creation of innovative business models.

Students who decide to undertake this career will develop skills that go beyond product design but involve the whole product-service-communication system, with a specific focus on services and complex systems for creating value for individuals and companies, by combining the ability to conceive and visualise business models and boost the innovation process.

For more information, download the presentation.

Ranking Double Degree Management Engineering – Product Service System Design
Admitted Double Degree Management Engineering – Product Service System


For detailed information and updated calls, please visit:

https://www.ingindinf.polimi.it/en/1/teaching/educational-offer/internal-double-degree

International Double Degrees
Together with a selected number of partner universities, Politecnico di Milano offers international Double Degree Programmes, some of which with a specific curriculum in Management Engineering. The Double Degree Programmes provide an important international experience and allow to earn, in just two and a half years, a double degree, both from Politecnico di Milano and from the partner University.

A significant amount of work must be carried out on the final thesis, which includes an Internship; this allows to consolidate the acquired skills and facilitates the start of a career.

More detailed prospects of the course requirements for the current International Double Degrees in Management Engineering can be found at the end of this section.

To learn more about the different types of a final thesis accepted as final work for the Management Engineering MSc, please access the School’s General Regulations and the Supplementary Regulations of the Management Engineering MSc degree (the English version can be found in the second part of the document), notwithstanding specific requirements included in certain double degree programmes.

Students pursuing an international Double Degree are also strongly encouraged to refer to the short step-by-step guide dedicated to supporting them in the thesis and graduation process. The guide can be found at the end of this section.

Audencia Nantes School of Management

Audencia Nantes School of Management is among the top universities in Europe and offers programmes that are regularly listed in the most well-known international rankings (such as The Financial Times, The Economist). The School has obtained many prestigious accreditations, such as EQUIS, AACSB, AMBA. The Double Degree programme offers the opportunity to improve specific skills in marketing, consulting, finance and entrepreneurship at Audencia, together with the technological and innovation background of Politecnico di Milano.

Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management

The Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (SBS-EM) is the Business School of the Université Libre de Bruxelles, a big multi-cultural university located in the metropolitan area of Brussels and close to the headquarters of the social and political institutions of the European Union.
SBS-EM offers high quality education at the undergraduate, postgraduate and executive levels; this is reflected also by international university rankings and accreditations (EQUIS, AMBA).

Tsinghua University

Tsinghua University (Beijing) is one of the best universities in China for quality of education, research and service to society. Over the years, it has obtained the highest number of professors, at the national level, who have received awards in academic and scientific fields. Tsinghua University is also considered one of the best universities worldwide.

The MSc Double Degree in Management Engineering aims at putting together the exclusive educational resources of each of the two universities, by training a top-level graduate profile, with a degree from both universities, through a strong preparation in the fields of global industrial production and management engineering.

Tongji University

Tongji University (Shanghai) is one of the oldest and most prestigious institutes of higher education in China. As of today, the university includes different fields of study and it attracts many students, from China and from all over the world. The university has also developed a strong connection with the industry world, which allows it to provide students with the opportunity of a real interaction with society. The Double Degree aims at providing students with tools and resources that are necessary to develop skills in industrial and management engineering.

Audencia Double Degree Prospect
Solvay Double Degree Prospect
Tongji Double Degree Prospect
Tsinghua Double Degree Prospect

 

EIT Manufacturing Master School
The EIT Manufacturing Master School is a double degree programme which provides students with an international experience in the field of manufacturing. It aims to attract top talents to further empower them through mobility and other learning opportunities to become leading innovators and entrepreneurs in manufacturing.

The education at EIT Manufacturing Master School combines technical competence with skills in Innovation and Entrepreneurship. EIT Manufacturing Master School students will be an elite group of forthcoming engineers, operators, innovators, and other relevant professionals.

Students enrolled in the Management Engineering Master of Science will:

• improve their knowledge on up to date manufacturing innovation and learn how to turn this knowledge into a successful business
• take part in events such as Summer Schools and Kick-offs
• exchange ideas with business partners and researchers at Co-Locations Centres (CLC) and during internships
• have access to renowned European research facilities
• earn a double degree and the EIT Manufacturing Certificate

The EIT Manufacturing Master School is open to students who earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Management Engineering, with the equivalent of 180 ECTS credits under the European system. The double degree experience will cover the entire two-year Master of Science programme, giving its student the opportunity to earn two degrees at the end of their path.

The EIT-M is not included in the Polimi International Mobility Call. Students who wish to participate must submit their application through the EIT-M application website, while also following the standard Politecnico di Milano admissions procedure for the Master of Science programme in Management Engineering. Instructions can be found in the prospect included below.

Please note that the application deadline for the Academic Year 23/24 is February 1° 2023.

For further details and guidance, please refer to the following in-depth prospect.

Learn more about the EIT-M Master School at the following link.

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Presentation EIT-M Master Programme 2021/2022

Frequently Asked Questions

 

For more information on calls and other opportunities:
https://www.polimi.it/en/services-and-opportunities/experience-abroad/study-mobility/double-degrees/

Mentorship Programme

The objective of the Mentorship Programme is to offer to some selected Master of Science students a high value added experience by participating in some activities that will foster their professional and personal development, and  academic career.

The Programme is for students enrolled at the second year of the MSc.

For more details about this opportunity and how to apply, please download the presentation.

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES

A network of over 180 partners
The Management Engineering Degrees at Politecnico di Milano offer many possibilities to carry out an international exchange and mobility experience: from the classic Erasmus programme, to the Double Degrees in collaboration with prestigious foreign universities, to special programmes with different durations, ranging from a few days to one year. Exchanges with over 180 international institutions on all continents are available to students.
Every year over 200 Management Engineering students go abroad, while we greet on our Campuses the same number of incoming exchange students.

Are you a current or prospective exchange or international double degree incoming student with an interest in Management Engineering? Click here for more information.

For more information regarding study exchange opportunities for Politecnico di Milano students, see the following page.

 

Short periods (1-2 weeks)

ATHENS
Created in 1996, the A.T.H.E.N.S. network (or Advanced Technology Higher Education Network/SOCRATES) is composed of 14 prestigious European technical universities. Initially funded through the European Socrates Programme, its main mission is to facilitate the exchange of students, professors and researchers among the European universities involved, by strengthening their integration and collaboration towards the technological development of Europe.
To find out the details of the programme and calls, please visit the ATHENS web page.

IDEA League
Founded in 1999, IDEA League, is a strategic alliance of 5 European universities, all of primary importance within the technological and scientific fields; the aim of the alliance is to strengthen the links between technology, science and society. The members of this network are: ETH - Zurich, TU - Delft, RWTH Aachen, Chalmers University. Politecnico di Milano became part of the IDEA League in March 2016.
IDEA League promotes programmes and projects for students, PhD students, researchers, instructors and staff with the aim of further developing the skills and competencies of all of those that study and work in the partner universities.
To find out about the opportunities offered, please visit the page IDEA League.

Exchanges (1-2 semesters)

Erasmus+
Erasmus mobility within the Erasmus+ Community Programme allows students that are regularly enrolled at Politecnico di Milano and that have completed their first year, to study abroad or take part in an internship at an Institute (or a company) with which Politecnico di Milano has an agreement. The agreement guarantees the recognition of the positive outcomes obtained by the student.
Politecnico di Milano has established Erasmus agreements with over 400 universities participating in the programme.
The semester experience can sometimes be extended to a year, for example, to work on the thesis or to access other educational experiences (e.g. internships, collaborations in research projects, etc.).
To find out more, please visit the page Erasmus+.

UNITECH
The Unitech programme is an international mobility programme thought for engineering students interested in improving their technical and scientific knowledge and in developing managerial skills in an international context, putting together a study abroad period with an internship opportunity in a multinational company. The programme is coordinated by the Unitech International Society, whose members are technical universities and companies.
To find out more, please visit the page UNITECH.

Alliance4Tech
Alliance4Tech is a strategic alliance, formally established in 2015, among 4 prestigious European technical universities: Centrale Supélec of Paris, Politecnico di Milano, TU-Berlin, University College London.
Alliance4Tech combines four institutions of excellence, different in culture and location, but with the same passion for human and technological evolution, in the economic heart of Europe. Its goal is to create a real European Campus without borders for its students and professors.
Alliance4Tech offers talented and deserving students an innovative educational path, during which they can carry out their studies in at least three different countries.
Students can apply to the programme by participating in the international mobility call. The selected students, up to a maximum of 10, have the opportunity to choose to spend a full semester in Berlin and/or a full semester in Paris.
While applications may be submitted during the last year of the Bachelor’s Degree, participation in the Alliance4Tech programme will be open to MSc students only.
To find out more, please visit the Alliance4Tech website

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Alliance4Tech - Presentation

Alliance4tech Guide

Double Degree EIT Manufacturing Master School

Students who are about to complete their three-year Bachelor's degree, have the opportunity to apply to a Double Degree programme, to be carried out during the Master's Degree. This experience will cover the entire two-year Master of Science programme, allowing students to earn two degrees at the end of their path, one issued by Politecnico di Milano and the other one by the partner university where the student decides to spend her/his period abroad.

The EIT-Manufacturing programme is not included in the Polimi International Mobility Call. Therefore, students who wish to participate must submit their application via the EIT-M application website, while also following the standard Politecnico di Milano admissions procedure for the Master of Science programme in Management Engineering.

The programme is open to students who have earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Management Engineering. Therefore, the application must be submitted at the end of the Bachelor's Degree, following the procedures and deadlines of the programme, usually published in Spring, as well as those of Politecnico di Milano.

For more information and further details, please refer to the dedicated section on the SOM website (Study with us > Double Degrees > EIT Manufacturing Master School).

The Study Programme Board (CCS) of Management Engineering has created a specific team, the Internationalization Commission, appointed for the evaluation, planning and validation procedures of the different mobility programmes, that students can directly contact.
The Commission carries out its activities in collaboration with the Studesk, the offices of Politecnico di Milano responsible for international mobility programmes that manage the administrative procedures, in compliance with the guidelines of the School of Industrial and Information Engineering.

The Studesk offices annually manage the International Mobility Call process; students must refer to these offices for further information on international exchange programs and application procedures. Furthermore, for additional clarifications, students should also consult the list of FAQs provided by the Studesk offices.

The Internationalization Commission consists of six faculty members, also part of the CCS, and they are organized according to the Exchange Geographic Areas assigned to them:

  • Sergio Terzi, Coordinator of the Committee, in charge of special programmes (Double Degrees, ATHENS, UNITECH, PoliTong, Alliance4Tech, SustainT, IdeaLeague, etc.) and appointed Faculty Member for the Geographic Area “Asia (China, Japan, Korea, India etc.), Eastern Europe and Ireland”.
    Email: sergio.terzi@polimi.it
  • Cristina Di Stefano, appointed Faculty Member for the Geographic Area “France and the United Kingdom”.
    Email: cristina.distefano@polimi.it
  • Anna Paola Florio, appointed Faculty Member for the “Finland, Norway, Sweden, Baltic Countries and Russia” Geographic Area.
    Email: anna.florio@polimi.it
  • Simone Franzò, appointed Faculty Member for “Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, The Netherlands”.
    Email: simone.franzo@polimi.it,
  • Luca Gastaldi, appointed Faculty Member for the “Extra-European Countries” (Africa, Americas, Australia) Geographic Area.
    Email: luca.gastaldi@polimi.it
  • Elisa Negri, appointed Faculty Member for “Spain and Portugal“.
    Email: elisa.negri@polimi.it

The Internationalization Committee has prepared a Guide to International Exchanges (downloadable below) which explains how to plan your experience abroad.
Students who have been selected in the mobility call must:

  • Read the guide carefully, mandatory step before meeting the appointed Faculty member
  • Prepare their mobility programme, using the Format Dossier for Exchange Programmes and following the instructions included in the guide
  • Contact the appointed faculty member in charge of checking their dossier
  • Once the plan has been approved, obtain the Professor’s signature on the Learning Agreement, which must then be submitted by the student to the Studesk
  • Upon their return from the exchange period, verify that the Studesk has received the Transcript of Records from the partner school, so that the appointed faculty member can validate the exams and grades earned abroad, as per the guidelines and the conversion tables established by the School of Industrial and Information Engineering.

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Presentation International Exchanges for SOM Students 2022/2023 – (2022 December 5)
Useful Tips (and Tricks) Presentation  (2022 April 8)
Short guide to international exchanges
Guide to international exchanges
Format dossier for exchange programs

Together with a selected number of partner universities, Politecnico di Milano offers International Double Degree Programmes, some of them with a specific curriculum in Management Engineering that provides an important international experience and the achievement, in two and a half years, of a double degree, at Politecnico and at the partner University.
To find out more, please visit the section Study with us > Double Degrees.

 

PARTICIPATE

Within the Study Programme Board of the Management Engineering Programme, the following students have been elected:

  • Airoldi Marco
  • Alesani Giovanni
  • Boveri Matteo
  • Carbone Emanuele
  • Castellotti Chiara
  • Cesaro Marco
  • Costagliola Giuseppe
  • Crivellari Matteo
  • Fiorani Elena
  • Fossati Pietro
  • Garavaglia Stefano
  • Giardi Vittoria
  • Guerini Marco
  • Legnani Martina
  • Lione Lorenzo
  • Mancini Anuar
  • Menezes Crissaf Bolelli Felipe
  • Notarianni Anita Clara
  • Powell John Edgar
  • Rao Riccardo
  • Rapella Simone
  • Rola Davide
  • Trittoni Lorenzo
  • Vasconi Fabrizio
  • Zindato Silvia

Contacts
Student Representatives:
studenticcs.ges@polimi.it
Facebook Group (autonomous page managed by student representatives):
https://www.facebook.com/GestionaleRisponde/

The Study Programme in Management Engineering actively collaborates with various student associations in order to improve the study experience, by adding to the didactic activities other activities aimed at strengthening the sense of community, the progressive approach to the world of work, the discussion skills with colleagues in relation to different subjects of interest.
For more information, contact the associations directly:

HSA Hub of Student Activities – Management Engineering Milan

Junior Enterprise Milano Politecnico

Social Innovation Teams

ESTIEM – European Students of Industrial Engineering and Management

Politecnico students during the year can carry out many sport activities.

For further information:
www.sport.polimi.it

NOTICES

06/12/2022

MSc Management Engineering: Welcome Week – 12th-15th September 2022

Here below  you will find the recordings of the live events:

12th September 2022
18.00 Evila Piva – Introduction to the study plan and Ambassador
18.40 Daniel Trabucchi – Mentorship Programme
19.20 Marco Taisch – Industry 4.0
19.40 Tommaso Buganza – Business Strategy & Transformation

13th September 2022
18.00 Marika Arena – Introduction to Top Management Courses
18.40 Chiara Franzoni – Innovation Management
19.00 Evila Piva – Interdisciplinary courses
19.40 Paolo Trucco – Complex Projects Business

14th September 2022
18.00 Alberto Portioli – Industrial Management
18.20 Andrea Rangone – Entrepreneurship
18.40 Marco Giorgino – Finance
19.00 Irene Bengo – Sustainability & Social Impact
19.20 Antonella Moretto – Supply Chain Management
19.40 Simone Franzò – Circular Economy

15th September 2022
18.20 Angela Tumino – Final work presentation (only Slide)
18.40 Stefano Elia – International Business
19.00 Digital Business Innovation
19.20 Giuliano Noci – Analytics for Business
19.40 Simone Franzò – Energy Management

 

 

14 September 2021

Welcome day 1st year students of the Master of Science Programme

Here below  you will find the recordings of the live event heldd to welcome first year students

CAREER TALK ON PROJECTS ON FINTECH

February 23, 2023 – 11am
Are you curious to discover which technologies are now involved in the finance sector? Do you fancy knowing better on which Fintech projects are some companies working on?
During the event, you’ll meet company representatives with your own background: in a 20-minute speech, they will focus on the new projects connected to Fintech their companies are working on.
The event will be moderated by professor Laura Grassi, from the Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering.

For more information click here.

 

GUESS MY JOB: DISCOVER ROLES FOR MANAGEMENT ENGINEERS

March 3, 2023 – 11am
Are you ready to be inspired and discover in a very original way the professional roles of management engineers?

During this event, management engineers will introduce themselves. You will listen to their daily activities, soft and hard skills they developed during their path in companies.But the engineers won’t reveal their job titles and they will introduce themselves anonimously.After the presentation, you will be able to ask questions about the engineers’ roles.

For more information click here.

 

 

Semester February 2023 – July 2023 – Events calendar

Click here for more info.

12 May 2022

Ethics meets artificial intelligence: can an algorithm be truly impartial? – SitPolimi

We inform you that on May 25 at 6:30 p.m. in room BL27.13 (Campus Bovisa- Via Lambruschini 4) it will be held the event “Ethics meets artificial intelligence: can an algorithm be truly impartial?” organized by the student association SITPolimi – Social Innovation Teams.
With the help of Prof. Paolo Volontè of the Department of Design and researchers Camilla Sorrentino and Stefano Garavaglia of the Artificial Intelligence Observatory of the Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, the event will feature the complex relationship between ethics and artificial intelligence applications, which are increasingly present in everyday life.

To register for the event click here.

 

04 June 2021

Call for Code Global Challenge 2021

Registrations to the fourth edition of the Call for Code Global Challenge 2021 are now open. The main goal of this year is to use techology for building solutions to solve the world’s most pressing issues, such as climate change.

A dedicated path for university students, that includes seminars on sustainability, technologies (AI, Machine Learning, Cloud, Blockchain) and methodologies (Design Thinking, Agile DevOps, introduction techniques), has been launched inside the program.

From 1st June to 31th July, students can attend training courses (also in postponed/recorded way) and develop their projects.
The best project will win $200,000 USD.

For further information: https://linktr.ee/journeytocfc_emeabootcamp

CONTACTS

Academic Programme Office
The Academic Programme Office of the Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering is located at the ground floor of the BL26 building in via Lambruschini 4/B, 20156 Milan.

To arrange an online appointment with the Academic Programme Office you can write at this email: management-engineering@polimi.it

Contacts
Information about the Master of Science Programme: management-engineering@polimi.it
Student representatives in the CCS: rappresentantistudenti-ccsgestionale@polimi.it

Search for your thesis

New Space Economy - Digital Ecosystems Design

Type of project: Dissertation

Supervisor 1: Jacopo Manotti

Date: 25 September 2023

Email: jacopo.manotti@polimi.it

Authors: 2

Contacts: Jacopo Manotti

Content / Work description: In the last 20 years, the European Commission gradually developed a constellation of Earth Observation satellites named Copernicus. The infrastructure is today able to collect petabytes of data every day, making such data available for everyone for free. Some renowned firms decided to build their digital ecosystem to offer value-added services based on the combination of such free data with other sources of data (e.g., public records, in-situ sensors, etc.) or technologies (e.g., artificial intelligence, cloud, quantum). These digital ecosystems rely on different sources of data, different processing activities, and more broadly, different governance mechanisms. The thesis aims at deep diving into the configuration of digital ecosystems leveraging Copernicus data, exploring the antecedents and the process which led to their design. Couples of students will have the priority in the assignment of such work.

Additional Information: The project involve the interaction with the Space Economy Observatory's community

European Space Economy Startups - Business Model Innovation

Type of project: Dissertation

Supervisor 1: Jacopo Manotti

Date: 25 September 2023

Email: jacopo.manotti@polimi.it

Authors: 2

Tutor: Antonio Ghezzi

Contacts: Jacopo Manotti

Content / Work description: The New Space Economy is forecasted to worth over 1 trillion dollars by 2040. The interest and commitment of billionaires such as Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Richard Branson to Space represent worldwide examples of the timeliness in studying this area. However, the New Space Economy is not just about US. In the last 10 years, the European Commission launched a number of ambitious projects to make its Space Sector grow (e.g., Copernicus, Galileo). Many startups were founded based on the availability of this innovative technological infrastructure and the combination with the most advanced digital technologies. But what are the value propositions of these startups in Europe? Which are their customers? Which revenue model they implement? Drawing on the original database of European startups in the New Space Economy built by the Space Economy Observatory, students (preferably a couple) will be asked to conduct desk research to track and analyze the business model of more than 500 European startups. The thesis is intended as a Short Thesis, with the possibility to be extended to Dissertation by leveraging Business Model Innovation literature and analytical methodologies (e.g, QCA).

Additional Information: Possibility to interact with Space Economy Observatory's researchers and community

Desk research on corporate purpose and strategic renewal

Type of project: Thesis

Supervisor 1: Josip Kotlar

Date: 25 September 2023

Email: luca.manelli@polimi.it

Authors: 2

Tutor: Luca Manelli

Co-Supervisor: Federico Frattini

Content / Work description: Description: This thesis project seeks to systematically collect cases and examples of large, incumbent companies which have undergone a process of radical redefinition of their business model, business strategy, culture, structure, and innovation stream portfolio. In particular, the thesis will look at those cases where inside-out corporate purpose has been instrumental for the successful formulation and implementation of the strategic renewal process. The data sources will involve published secondary sources, such as journal articles or newspaper articles.

Requirements: Fluent in English and Italian; Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel.

Additional Information: If you are interested in this thesis project, please send the updated version of your CV and transcript of records to prof. Luca Manelli (luca.manelli@polimi.it), possibly by the 10th October 2023.

Literature review on Family Office and family wealth management​

Type of project: Thesis

Supervisor 1: Luca Manelli

Date: 21 September 2023

Email: luca.manelli@polimi.it

Authors: 2

Tutor: Josip Kotlar

Content / Work description: Description: There is a growing interest in the phenomenon of family offices. These organizations are privately owned, often providing services such as account aggregation or concierge, and are thought of managing a sum of $6 trillion around the world. Their strategic agility and their care in maintaining secrecy over their activities makes them not just very influential long-term investors, but also severely understudied. By developing a systematic literature review from academic and practitioners’ sources, the objective of this thesis is to provide a deep overview of what we already know about family offices, and to offer new research directions to understand better this fascinating organizational phenomenon. 

Requirements: Fluent in English; Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel​

Additional Information: If you are interested in this thesis project, please send the updated version of your CV and transcript of records to prof. Luca Manelli (luca.manelli@polimi.it), possibly by the 10th October 2023

Literature review on corporate purpose

Type of project: Thesis

Supervisor 1: Luca Manelli

Date: 21 September 2023

Email: luca.manelli@polimi.it

Authors: 2

Content / Work description: Description: The concept of corporate purpose is arguably one of the most diffused buzzwords in contemporary business jargon, and loosely refers to the presence of an aspiration to have an impact on stakeholders and society. Indeed, it is one of the most unclear and ambiguous business concepts as well. While research on corporate purpose has been gaining traction, it is fragmented in different streams, hampering the development of a coherent body of knowledge on the topic, and diminishing the potential relevance of academic research to business practice. By developing a systematic literature review, the objective of this thesis is taking stock of research on corporate purpose, analyzing the evolution of the concept, and generating a framework for organizing it.

Requirements: Fluent in English, working knowledge of Microsoft Excel

Additional Information: If you are interested in this thesis project, please send the updated version of your CV and transcript of records to prof. Luca Manelli (luca.manelli@polimi.it), possibly by the 10th October 2023

The emergence of family governance: A longitudinal single case study

Type of project: Dissertation

Supervisor 1: Josip Kotlar

Date: 21 September 2023

Email: luca.manelli@polimi.it

Authors: 2

Tutor: Luca Manelli

Content / Work description: Description: Family governance is a set of formal and informal rules, processes, and structures (e.g., family constitutions, family council, etc.) that enable the business family to regulate their participation and decisions to the ownership and family systems. Business families do not have family governance structures and rules from the get-go, but they come to structure it later, often beyond the 2nd generation. Even though it has been acknowledged by practitioners that this is of vital importance for families, research lags behind. How do family governance structures emerge within business families? This dissertation project employs a single case study of an Italian, multigenerational business family to trace a rich longitudinal analysis of how the interaction between family members and advisors leads to the emergence of a shared set of norms that regulate the conflicts and the decisions over the family affairs. Methodology: Qualitative

Requirements: Fluent in English and Italian; basic knowledge of Microsoft Excel

Additional Information: If you are interested in this thesis project, please send the updated version of your CV and transcript of records to prof. Luca Manelli (luca.manelli@polimi.it), possibly by the 10th October 2023

Mapping the liquidity events of Italian family businesses

Type of project: Dissertation

Supervisor 1: Josip Kotlar

Date: 21 September 2023

Email: luca.manelli@polimi.it

Authors: 2

Tutor: Luca Manelli

Content / Work description: Description: Much attention has been granted to the strategic management of the family-owned business: how to internationalize, how to manage cash, how to devise an effective succession plan. However, in the evolution of business families, family-owned companies can be also sold. The sale of the family business (the "liquidity event") represents an important discontinuity in the history of a business family. Particularly in Italy, since a few years, we are witnessing an increase in the number and size of liquidity events, which makes the headlines of newspapers. The purpose of this dissertation project is to systematically map the liquidity events of family businesses in Italy and highlight their key dimensions and consequences for the business family and the local economy.  Methodology: Quantitative

Requirements: Fluent in English; very good knowledge of Microsoft Excel; basic knowledge of statistical analysis programs (SPSS, STATA) and willingness to improve quantitative analysis skills.

Additional Information: If you are interested in this thesis project, please send the updated version of your CV and transcript of records to prof. Luca Manelli (luca.manelli@polimi.it), possibly by the 10th October 2023

Direct investments in private markets by European family offices

Type of project: Dissertation

Supervisor 1: Josip Kotlar

Date: 21 September 2023

Email: luca.manelli@polimi.it

Authors: 2

Tutor: Luca Manelli

Content / Work description: Description: Family offices are gaining much attention from analysts and entrepreneurs. Family offices, organizations that are entrusted with the management, allocation and investment of family wealth, are becoming more and more active investors in private markets. While this is a way to diversify the portfolio, it is also a way to ensure that the wealth-owning family remains entrepreneurial, even if it has sold the family business. Due to the family-centered goals, family offices are often considered as long-term investors and providers of patient capital, which makes them an interesting category of investors vis-à-vis private equity funds. However, we do not know much about the investments that family offices in Europe make. This dissertation project seeks to map the direct investments that European family offices have made in a given timeframe, and to understand their effect on the target firms’ performance after the investments. In a nutshell, this dissertation seeks to understand whether and under which conditions family offices create value for the target firm.  Methodology: Quantitative  

Requirements: Fluent in English; very good knowledge of Microsoft Excel; basic knowledge of statistical analysis programs (SPSS, STATA) and willingness to improve quantitative analysis skills.

Additional Information: If you are interested in this thesis project, please send the updated version of your CV and transcript of records to prof. Luca Manelli (luca.manelli@polimi.it), possibly by the 10th October 2023

Family businesses and community resilience in the Biella textile cluster

Type of project: Dissertation

Supervisor 1: Luca Manelli

Date: 21 September 2023

Email: luca.manelli@polimi.it

Authors: 2

Tutor: Josip Kotlar

Content / Work description: Description: The textile cluster in Biella is home to some of the most famous brands in Italian fashion, such as Zegna or Fratelli Piacenza. Most of the companies in the clusters, both large and not-so-large, are family-owned businesses. Once the engine of the industrial revolution in Italy, the Biella textile cluster has been undergoing a severe change, due to increased competition and reconfiguration of the global value chains. How is the local territory and business actors responding to these threats? What are the elements that enable or impede the resilience of the cluster? What is the role of family firms in this picture? This exploratory thesis project employs a qualitative research design, combining primary sources (like interviews) and secondary, archival data, to make sense of these questions. Methodology: Qualitative

Requirements: Fluent in English and Italian; Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel

Additional Information: If you are interested in this thesis project, please send the updated version of your CV and transcript of records to prof. Luca Manelli (luca.manelli@polimi.it), possibly by the 10th October 2023

Decoding metaverse adoption: a comprehensive analysis of adoption drivers and barriers

Type of project: Dissertation

Supervisor 1: Debora Bettiga

Date: 19 September 2023

Email: debora.bettiga@polimi.it

Authors: 2

Contacts: Debora Bettiga

Content / Work description: These last years have seen the arise of immersive technologies (Mixed Reality continuum (Flavián et al., 2019)), which saw application and adoption in several industries. Historically, technology acceptance and adoption have been highly investigated, and numerous theoretical models have been developed in this regard, such as the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) (Davis, 1989), the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) (Venkatesh et al., 2003), and the Augmented Reality Acceptance Model (Marto et al., 2023), highlighting the most influential drivers to the adoption. But drivers are not the only factor contributing to technological diffusion, in fact, barriers to the adoption are relevant as well. In this domain, studies have been performed to assess factors of resistance to this technology in specific sectors such as construction (Maqsoom et al., 2023) and manufacturing (Schein and Rauschnabel, 2023). It is then important to note that literature on one side suggests that “better theories or models of user resistance would lead to better implementation strategies and desired implementation outcomes” (Laumer and Eckhardt, 2012, p.67), while on the other side critiques classical models such as TAM for the lack of barriers and situational factors (Benbasat and Barki, 2007). It becomes clear the importance of developing a new model, able to incorporate both drivers and barriers to the adoption of this technology, while also considering situational factors that may influence users’ intentions to adopt Mixed Reality technologies. This thesis wants to investigate these three aspects, with the goal of building a robust theoretical model, able to fill the current research gap in the domain of Mixed Reality adoption.  Such model would benefit the research world, by providing a solid reference point in the field, and would also benefit practitioners, by providing relevant insights about the most influential factors to take into account. The proposed methodology is:

  • Perform a literature review with the scope of identifying the most relevant and influential models, barriers and drivers to the adoption of immersive technologies, and situational factors.
  • Identification of a specific current research gap to be filled with the research.
  • Development of a theoretical model and identification of measurement metrics
  • Design of a data collection phase to empirically validate the theoretical model (proposed methodology: online survey to be distributed).
  • Data collection.
  • Analysis of the gathered data, with the aim of testing the research hypotheses.
  • Discussion of the results and identification of managerial and policymakers’ implications.
  Literature: Flavián et al., (2019). The impact of virtual, augmented and mixed reality technologies on the customer experience. Journal of Business Research 100 (2019) 547-560. Davis, (1989). Perceived usefulness perceived ease of use and user acceptance of information technology. MIS Quarterly vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 319–340. Venkatesh et al., (2003). User Acceptance of Information Technology: Toward a Unified View. MIS Quarterly vol. 27, No.3, pp.425-478. Marto, A.; Gonçalves, A.; Melo, M.; Bessa, M.; Silva, R. ARAM: A Technology Acceptance Model to Ascertain the Behavioural Intention to Use Augmented Reality. J. Imaging 2023, 9, 73. Maqsoom et, al. (2023). Drivers of, and Barriers to, the Adoption of Mixed Reality in the Construction Industry of Developing Countries. Buildings 13(4). Schein and Rauschnabel, (2023). Augmented Reality in Manufacturing: Exploring Workers’ Perceptions of Barriers. IEEE transactions on engineering management, vol. 70, no. 10. Laumer and Eckhardt, (2012). Why Do People Reject Technologies: A Review of User Resistance Theories. Information Systems Theory, Y. Dwivedi, M. Wade, and S. Schneberger, Eds. New York, NY, USA: Springer, 2012, pp. 63–86. Benbasat and Barki, (2007). “Quo vadis, TAM?,” J. Assoc. Inf. Syst., vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 211–218.

Deadline: 31-10-2023

Work Location: Milano

Requirements: Good statistical knowledge is needed

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