The emergence of Digital Innovation Ecosystems (DIEs) is reshaping how innovation is generated, diffused, and scaled across sectors, especially within highly regulated domains such as pharmaceutical logistics. These ecosystems bring together startups, corporations, research institutions, and intermediaries to co-create digital solutions. However, such collaborations are inherently asymmetric—startups and corporates differ vastly in resources, legitimacy, and […]
The collaboration between startups and large enterprises is a topic of growing interest in the scientific literature. However, although existing research has produced several contributions on this topic, the knowledge in the field appears fragmented. This fragmentation can be traced back to the lack of reference frameworks that clarify the most used concepts, thus providing […]
Large Scale Research Infrastructures are rising in the competitive and globalized research environment, since they offer to external researchers-users, inputs and services for cutting-edge, large scale research. Such researches would not be possible with normal infrastructures and budgets of single Universities and Research institutions. However, despite the strategic relevance acknowledged to LSRI by the nascent […]
Start-ups are becoming increasingly important in driving economic growth, job creation, and wealth generation. Their success depends not only on innovative products and services but also on the ability of attracting, retaining, and developing talented employees. The enthusiasm, involvement, and effort of founders and early employees greatly impact the success of start-ups. Unfortunately, the high […]
In the Industry 4.0 context, an effective knowledge management becomes fundamental for companies in order to exploit potentials of automation technologies (AI, IOT, Cloud computing, new robotics, etc.). While in the operational and management processes the role of ICTs has been long explored in literature, the specific contest of Human Resource Management has not been […]
Several studies have suggested that collaborative-based approaches are relevant to attain sustainability related goals in the Agri-food sector. These approaches take on even more significance in the light of the opportunities offered by the so-called circular economy, through innovative technologies and profitable business models based on the exploitation of agricultural wastes, byproducts and unsold products. […]
The main contribution of this paper is the development of a methodology for conducting a systematic literature review implemented in a software named SMILE. The methodology and the SMILE tool are applied, as an example, to the field of human resource management in the context of Industry 4.0 or HR4.0. After analysing characteristics of main […]
Food consumer behavior has changed substantially over the past decades. The contemporary food consumer has become more critical and outspoken, demanding more relevant, accurate and reliable information necessary for his/her food decision making or learning. This new context makes research studies on the relationship between the behaviours of food consumer and food information user quite […]
In modern industrial economies, start-up companies are taking an increasingly central role in several government initiatives as a basic engine for socioeconomic development. The scientific literature shows that the success of these business initiatives depends on several factors. In addition to the intrinsic quality of each initiative, several researchers agree in the importance of factors […]
The provision of food information to consumers is well recognized to be problematic and complex, since it includes health, social, legal, as well economic aspects. Information provision through mass media and labelling is usually product/producer centred and it could not meet specific consumers’ needs. Novel approaches tend to adopt mobile app-based services as a way […]