Innovationship Innovation Driven by Relationship

by Frattini, Federico; Vanhaverbeke, Wim; Buono, Benedetto

• ISBN13: 9791281627352
• ISBN10: 1281627356
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2025-07-01
• Publisher: EGEA Spa - Bocconi University Press

Summary

We are used to believing that the key ingredients for successful innovation are two: financial capital and technological capital. In reality, to succeed and stand out, value must be sought elsewhere. For example, in the relational capital of those who lead and manage innovation. Here, according to the authors, lies the secret ingredient capable of accelerating, making more effective and efficient all the typical phases of the process, from concept generation to its development and transformation into new products and services. But leveraging the wealth of contacts that entrepreneurs, founders and managers have is easier said than done. It takes strategy and clear ideas, as well as replicable and structured models and frameworks. The book provides readers with an in-depth analysis of what management research has revealed about the interconnections between relational capital and innovation processes. Starting with key concepts, taxonomies, and existing models, authors delve into the analysis of a variety of cases, experiences, and perspectives of well-known protagonists of successful innovation processes in which relational capital has played a key role.

Author Biography

is Dean of the POLIMI Graduate School of Management and Full Professor of Strategic Management and Innovation, as well as member of the management committee of POLIMI GSOM. His main contribution to management research is in the field of open innovation, and in particular technology leveraging strategies. is Professor of Digital Strategy and Innovation at the University of Antwerp. His research focuses on digital transformation, innovation ecosystems, and open innovation, with publications in leading journals. He is Editor-in-Chief of Technovation and a prominent academic voice in digital transformation and innovation ecosystem research. He co-founded the European Innovation Forum with Henry Chesbrough in 2012 and co-organized the World Open Innovation Conference in 2016. is the founding partner of the strategic-relational consulting boutique Buono & Partners. He is Director of the Professional Program in Business Networking at the POLIMI Graduate School of Management. He writes for the Econopoly column of Il Sole 24 Ore.