Research

SoM research draws from three main expertise disciplinary domains:

• Management, which is concerned with the study of management and innovation of companies, financial institutions, Public Administrations and non-profit organizations from a strategic and organizational point of view and with a particular emphasis on the interplay between strategy, management and the use of technology.
• Applied Economics, which applies economic theory and models to issues in the industrial, international, financial, innovation and entrepreneurship domains. The subjects analysed can be individuals, companies, non-profit organisations, public administrations, industries and countries.
• Industrial Engineering, which addresses the strategies, methodologies and techniques used in planning, designing, modelling, constructing and operating industrial plants, infrastructures and production systems concerned with goods and services, and in the maintenance, processing and disposal of these systems.

More granular expertise areas cover the following disciplines:

• Accounting and Control
• Data Science and quantitative methods
• Economics & Policy
• Entrepreneurship
• Finance
• Industrial economics
• Industrial Systems Engineering
• Innovation
• International Business
• Logistics
• Marketing
• Operations Management
• Organization studies
• Procurement
• Project Management
• Public Management
• Strategy
• Supply Chain Management

High-quality research is a priority for the School and it is carried out in compliance with our ethical rules of conduct.
Research plays a key role in:

• generating new knowledge
• enhancing the level of teaching
• establishing effective relationships with the corporate world, policy-makers and society at large

High-quality research is intended as a is research which combines scientific rigour and practical relevance. While scientific rigour is based on the principle of peer review assessment, practical relevance is reflected in the impact of research on the School’s stakeholders, as the scientific and business community, students, the society and policy-makers.
The School’s approach to research is characterised by:

• multi- disciplinarity – thanks to the multiple experitise domain and the belonging to and integration with other Politecnico Departments
• multiple methodologies, like econometric analyses, data analytics methods, experimental methods, quantitative modelling, case studies and other qualitative methodologies, collaborative and action research
• leveraging on networks: the School uses its extensive and growing network of collaborations with companies, agencies, public authorities and bodies, leading research institutions worldwide.

The School is mainly involved in two types of research:

• Academic Research, whose aims is to generate original scientific knowledge, rigorous and relevant to the international academic community.
• Practice-oriented research, which provides new knowledge and conceptual tools for the advancement of management and policy-making practices.