Angelo Cavallo

Core Faculty | Associate Professor

Short Profile outline

Angelo Cavallo, Ph.D. is Associate Professor at Politecnico di Milano. His main research areas include Entrepreneurship and Innovation Strategy. Since 2019, he is core faculty member at the POLIMI – Graduate School of Management, where he serves as Director of the International Master in Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the Growth Strategy Executive Program. He is author of journal articles – appearing in outlets such as Journal of Product and Innovation Management, British Journal of Management, Technovation, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Technology Transfer – book chapters, and conference proceedings. He is co-founder and Scientific Director of the Space Economy Observa ...

Education

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

Academic course held at SOM

Economia e Organizzazione Aziendale

Economia E Organizzazione Aziendale

Hi-Tech Entrepeneurship

Digital Business Innovation

Strategy & Marketing

Hi-Tech Entrepeneurship Lab: from Science to the market

Teaching Areas: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT (SM)

MBA/EMBA

Executive Education

Research

Angelo Cavallo has a deep interest in understanding how technologies as pervasive enablers are reshaping organizations, influencing strategy-decision making, the entrepreneurial process and relative outcome of both new ventures and existing large organization (in need of renewal). Therefore, his main research interest includes: a) Digital Entrepreneurship; b) Corporate Entrepreneurship; ; c) Experiment-based Approaches to Entrepreneurship (e.g. Lean Startup; Agile; Growth Hacking); c) Digitally-enabled Business Model (BM) and Business Model Innovation (e.g. Platform BM; Space-Economy BM; Sharing-Economy BM); and, e) Entrepreneurial Ecosystem and Venture Financing.

Relevant Publications

Cavallo A., "The entrepreneurial ecosystem: A global perspective", Regional Studies , 58, 683-684

Cavallo A.| Cosenz F.| Noto G. (2023), "Business model scaling and growth hacking in digital entrepreneurship", Journal of Small Business Management , 62, 2058-2085

Cavallo A.| Burgers H.| Ghezzi A.| Van de Vrande V. (2021, "The evolving nature of open innovation governance: A study of a digital platform development in collaboration with a big science centre", Technovation

Cavallo A.| Ghezzi A.| Rossi-Lamastra C. (2021), "Small-medium enterprises and innovative startups in entrepreneurial ecosystems: exploring an under-remarked relation", International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 17, 261-276

Cavallo A.| Ghezzi A.| Sanasi S. (2021), "Assessing entrepreneurial ecosystems through a strategic value network approach: evidence from the San Francisco Area", Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 28, 261-276

Cavallo A.| Sanasi S.| Ghezzi A.| Rangone A. (2021), "Competitive intelligence and strategy formulation: connecting the dots", Competitiveness Review, 31, 250-275

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

Ghezzi A.| Cavallo A. (2020), "Agile Business Model Innovation in Digital Entrepreneurship: Lean Startup Approaches", Journal of Business Research, 110, 519-537

Cavallo A.| Ghezzi A.| Colombelli A.| Casali G.L. (2020), "Agglomeration dynamics of innovative start-ups in Italy beyond the industrial district era", International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 16, 239-262

Cavallo A.| Ghezzi A.| Ruales Guzmán B.V. (2020), "Driving internationalization through business model innovation: Evidence from an AgTech company", Multinational Business Review, 28, 201-220

Sanasi S.| Ghezzi A.| Cavallo A.| Rangone A. (2020), "Making sense of the sharing economy: a business model innovation perspective", Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, 32, 895-909

Cavallo A.| Ghezzi A.| Balocco R. (2019), "Entrepreneurial ecosystem research: present debates and future directions", International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 15, 1-31

Cavallo A.| Ghezzi A.| Dell'Era C.| Pellizzoni E. (2019), "Fostering digital entrepreneurship from startup to scaleup: the role of venture capital funds and angel groups", Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 145, 24-35

Grants, Awards and Honours

  • Award winner of the School of Management Research Impact Prize (Years 2015-2017). Category: “Overall Impact – Academia, Policy and Practice”, Project on “Entrepreneurship and Startup Development”.

Accreditations, Rankings & Memberships

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