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What we do
The Digital Innovation Observatories of the School of Management of Politecnico di Milano form a research center established to raise cultural awareness in all major areas of digital innovation.
Since 1999, our Observatories have conducted innovative research, characterized by unique features
Engaged
Conducted with a community of companies from the demand and offer side and institutions sharing a common interest, with the aim to investigate and seize the opportunities generated by digital innovation
Pervasive
With direct impact on primary stakeholders (companies and consumers), institutions, policy makers, and the national economic system through many innovative communication activities (workshops, webinars, podcasts, …)
Applied
Conducted through interpretive models based on sound empirical evidence, together and within organizations, aiming to find solutions to specific problems affecting specific targets and generate objective results
Cooperative
Managed together with all the companies in our community, that collaborate equally by providing equivalent resources and achieving the same benefits in a pre-competitive environment
Our Mission
Create, spread, and provide access to an original digital innovation knowledge base to promote its sustainable development and responsible use by involving all leading players (companies, PS bodies, people, research, politics, and institutions) in the process
Analysis
Focused on the key themes of digital innovation with more than 50 research streams, our analysis is independent and based on solid methodologies, pragmatism, and empiricism.
- More than 30 methodologies applied
- More than 100 consumer and business surveys, 100 business cases, 2000 interviews, 50 market qualifications, 200 focus groups, 50 maps of startups, and projects
- More than 260 scientific publications in International journals cited over 4000 times
Networking
Our vast networking activity aims to interact, collaborate, and develop realistic relationships with multiple stakeholders.
- We have actively engaged in driving the digital strategies of more than 1150 companies, collaborating with more than 1800 C-level executives and managers, 100 trade associations, and 400 international startups, 8 of which stemmed from Observatory activities.
- We have helped 10 Ministries and 23 institutions to define, introduce, and monitor digital technology policies.
- We have involved 26 international universities and more than 3000 students in our scientific research activity.
Dissemination
Through propagation our goal is to explain the impact and spread good practices, experiences, and culture of digital innovation.
Research findings are spread across multiple channels and media, through our content platform launched in 2001 through which in recent years more than 700 reports, 200 infographics, 2400 graphics have been downloaded.
- More than 200 public conferences attended by approximately 100.000 people
- Invited as speakers to over 300 external events
- More than 25.000 press releases
