Alessio Castello

Biography

Teaching experience European School of Management and Technology – Berlin: - Lecturer of Business Simulation in the MBA and EMB A program s - Several seminars on innovation for MBA students IAE , University of Nice, France : - Lecturer of Business Simulation Eurecom, Engineering School , Sophia Antipolis, France : - Lecturer of strategy and entrepreneurship - Supervisor of the research project “UMTS services, state of the art and future” EM - Lyon , France : - Visiting faculty in innovation ICN , France : - Visiting faculty in innovation Executive education EADS, Schneider Electrics, DCNS : - Seminars on Mana gement of Innovation and Strategy for executives and R&D directors High tech SMEs (examples) Basil, video over GPRS solutions, Milan, Italy: - supervision of the business plan preparation DMDSecure , DRM solutions, Amsterdam, the Netherlands : - Overall company positioning: industry analysis and advices on strategic positioning - DRM for mobile: consulting on a strategic approach to the mobile sector Technology valuation Tritium, Private investor, Principality of Monac o : - Technical and market due dilige nce for assessing new businesses viability and potential in the high tech sector Research activity Trust and Innovation: Identifying the Key Drivers of Trustworthiness in Innovation - oriented Projects Project coordinator (2006 - now) Design and prototyping of an experimental set - up; sessions run in Asia, Europe, US The outcome of this research project constitutes the core of the PhD thesis in progress Intellectual contribution - Is too much trust bad for innovation? MIT Sloan Management Review 2010, 51, 4 - Sitting Pretty: Managing Customer - Driven Innovation at Faurecia Car Seating Case Study published in International Journal of Technology an d Innovation Management Education (2007) 2: 23 - 42 - Price received by EFMD as best European Case Study in 2006 - Trust and Creativity: Identifying the Key Drivers of Trustworthiness in Creativity - oriented Projects Paper presented at the 4 th Workshop on Trust Within and Between Organizations organized by the EIASM in Amsterdam, October 2007. - Trust and Creativit y: Understanding the role of trust in creativity - oriented joint developments R&D Management 39, 3, 2009

Research Interest

technological innovation