Expertise

The Politecnico di Milano School of Management – as stated in its mission – aims to impact on society by creating and sharing knowledge at the intersection between engineering, management and economics.
This is possible thanks to the excellent research department of the School, along with high-quality education and engagement with the community.
Today, the School is recognized as a national leader in the research field and aims at becoming one of the main European academic institution for the interdisciplinary research in Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering by:

  • Pursuing excellence in both academic and practice-oriented research;
  • Encouraging strong international collaborations;
  • Reinforcing and expanding our strong relationships with companies, public institutions, not-for-profit organisations and other community groups.
EXPERTISE DOMAIN
OUR APPROACH TO RESEARCH
TYPE OF RESEARCH

EXPERTISE DOMAIN

There are three main expertise 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 that 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
  • Project Management
  • Public Management
  • Strategy
  • Supply Chain Management

OUR APPROACH TO RESEARCH

For us, high-quality research is a priority 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

What do we intend by high-quality research? It 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 also defined by:

  • multi- disciplinarity
  • multiple methodologies, like econometric analyses, data analytics methods, experimental methods, quantitative modelling,
  • leveraging on networks: the School uses its extensive and growing network of collaborations with companies, agencies, public authorities, leading research institutions worldwide.

 

TYPE OF RESEARCH

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.