Simone Franzò

Core Faculty | Associate Professor

Short Profile outline

Simone is Senior Assistant Professor at the School of Management of Politecnico di Milano, where he is also Member of the Core Faculty. He teaches Energy Management and Innovation Management courses in MBA, Executive MBA, and other Postgraduate courses at Polimi Graduate School of Management, where he serves as Director of the Executive Master in Management and the International Master in Environmental Sustainability and Circular Economy. He is also Member of Energy & Strategy and Innovation & Strategy, two research teams within the School of Management of Politecnico di Milano, where he is member of the Scientific Committee and manages permanent observatories on smart mobility and electrici ...

Education

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

Master of Science: Management Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

Academic course held at SOM

Circular Economy Lab [2]

Energy Management Lab [2]

Management of Energy

Technologies and Systems for Sustainable Mobility [1]

Circular Economy Lab [2]

Energy Management Lab [2]

Management of Energy

Circular Economy Lab

Energy Management Lab

Management of Energy

Energy Management Lab

Management Of Energy And Sustainability

Energy Management lab [2]

Teaching Areas: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT (SM), INNOVATION, DESIGN & PROJECT MANAGEMENT (IDPM)

MBA/EMBA

Specializing Masters

Executive Education

EMBA

Specializing masters

Research

His main research interest is in the energy and sustainability management, with particular reference to the techno-economic and environmental assessment of new technologies and business models, and the Innovation management, with particular reference to Open Innovation.

Relevant Publications

Urbinati A.| Franzò S.| Chiaroni D. (2021), "Enablers and Barriers for Circular Business Models: an empirical analysis in the Italian automotive industry", Sustainable Production and Consumption, 27, 551-566

Franzò S.| Nasca A. (2021), "The environmental impact of electric vehicles: A novel life cycle-based evaluation framework and its applications to multi-country scenarios", Journal of Cleaner Production, 315

Franzò S.| Urbinati A.| Chiaroni D.| Chiesa V. (2021), "Unravelling the design process of business models from linear to circular: An empirical investigation", Business Strategy and the Environment, 30, 2758-2772

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

Latilla V.M.| Frattini F.| Franzo S.| Chiesa V. (2020), "Organisational choices in public procurement: what can public management learn from the private sector?", International Journal of Innovation Management, 24

Franzò S.| Frattini F.| Landoni P. (2020), "Performance Measurement of Collaborative Research and Development: An Exploratory Analysis", International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management, 17

Franzo S.| Nasca A. (2020), "The environmental impact of electric vehicles: A comparative LCA-based evaluation framework and its application to the Italian context", 2020 15th International Conference on Ecological Vehicles and Renewable Energies, EVER 2020

Franzò Simone; Frattini Federico; Cagno Enrico; Trianni Andrea, "A multi-stakeholder analysis of the economic efficiency of industrial energy efficiency policies: Empirical evidence from ten years of the Italian White Certificate Scheme", Applied Energy, 240, 424-435

Frattini Federico; Bianchi M.; Franzò Simone, "IDENTIFYING FACTORS INFLUENCING the PRICE of TECHNOLOGY LICENSES: A FRAMEWORK GROUNDED in NEGOTIATION RESEARCH", International Journal of Innovation Management, 23

Urbinati Andrea; Chiaroni Davide; Chiesa Vittorio.; Franzò Simone; Frattini Federico, "How Incumbents Manage Waves of Disruptive Innovations: An Exploratory Analysis of the Global Music Industry", International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management

Urbinati Andrea; Chiaroni Davide; Chiesa Vittorio; Franzò Simone; Frattini Federico, "An Exploratory Analysis on the Contextual Factors that Influence Disruptive Innovation: The Case of Uber", International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management, 15

Franzò Simone; Latilla Vito M.; Longo M.; Bracco S., "Towards the New Concept of Smart Roads: Regulatory Framework and Emerging Projects Overview", 2018 International Conference of Electrical and Electronic Technologies for Automotive, AUTOMOTIVE 2018

Longo M.; Franzò Simone; Latilla Vito M.; Antonucci G., "Smart Energy Management of a Railway Station", Proceedings - 2018 IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering and 2018 IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Europe, EEEIC/I and CPS Europe 2018

Chiaroni Davide;Chiesa Vittorio;Franzò Simone;Frattini Federico;Manfredi Latilla Vito, "The impact of the electricity tariff reform on renewable energies and energy efficiency investments: The case of the Italian residential market", INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GREEN ENERGY, 14, 889-898

Bianchi Mattia;Di Benedetto Anthony;Franzò Simone;Frattini Federico, "Selecting early adopters to foster the diffusion of innovations in industrial markets: Evidence from a multiple case study", EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INNOVATION MANAGEMENT, 20, 620-644

Chiaroni Davide;Chiesa Vittorio;Franzò Simone;Frattini Federico;Manfredi Latilla Vito, "Overcoming internal barriers to industrial energy efficiency through energy audit: a case study of a large manufacturing company in the home appliances industry", CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, 19, 1031-1046

Chiaroni Davide;Chiesa Marco;Chiesa Vittorio;Franzò Simone;Frattini Federico;Toletti Giovanni, "Introducing a new perspective for the economic evaluation of industrial energy efficiency technologies: an empirical analysis in Italy", SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES AND ASSESSMENTS, 15, 1-10

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