Research topics of the PhD Specialization in Management Engineering

TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT

Models, methods, techniques and tools to select, manage and evaluate technologies; new models and business strategies based on ICT; Public Administration and new technologies; new technologies in service firms; organizing the transfer of technological innovation; defining the technological strategy; technological forecasting

INNOVATION MANAGEMENT

Generation, transfer and dissemination of innovation; new technologies, industrial districts and networks for innovation; open innovation; organizing and managing research and development

NEW PRODUCT DVELOPMENT PROCESS

 

Plan of new products; the phases of the new product development process and the Stage-Gate model; identifying customer needs; defining product specifications; defining product concept; product architecture; economic analysis of new product development

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

 

Multi-project management; managing projects of technological and/or organizational/managerial innovation with high uncertainty; project risk management

INNOVATION AND ENTERPRENEURSHIP

 

Individual competences and propensity towards entrepreneurship; institutional context and entrepreneurship; technological innovation and entrepreneurship; intellectual property; patent management; international entrepreneurship

OPERATIONS & SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

 

Lean production & lean supply chain management; supply chain management; innovation in the ICT sector for operations management; supply management; production and logistic planning systems; manufacturing and distribution logistic; material handling in inbound and outbound logistic; international operations management; sustainable operations; performance management systems

QUALITY MANAGEMENT

 

Total quality management; six sigma e lean quality management; information systems for quality; managing supplier quality

SERVICE MANAGEMENT

 

Managing services within manufacturing firms; lean service

MASS CUSTOMIZATION

 

Product configuration; overcoming the trade‐off variety vs. operation performance; product, process and supply chain planning for mass customization; mass customization and environmental management

COMPLEXITY MANAGEMENT  

 

Managing human resources diversity; managing internationalization processes; principles of complexity; designing complex systems

BUSINESS ORGANIZATION

Models to diagnose and organizational design; knowledge management; communities of practice; managing individual and organizational competences; valuation/management of intangible assets; business process re-engineering; organizing and managing networked enterprises; ambidexterity

STRATEGY

Corporate e business strategy; functional strategies; corporate social responsibilities; dynamic capabilities; business models; strategic alliances

BIG DATA AND DATA ANALYTICS

Building Big Data – technological and organizational constraints; using Big Data in different industrial contexts – analysis of the impact on performance; organizational problems related to Big Data exploitation

INDUSTRY 4.0

Industrial domains of Industry 4.0; analysis of the impact on performance; technological and organizational constraints in adopting Industry 4.0; managing technology transfer in Industry 4.0; defining the digital strategy; blockchain

RISK MANAGEMENT

 

Risk management in SMEs; risk management in the healthcare sector; supply chain risk