My short CV
I am an Associate Professor at the School of Engineering – University of Padua (Italy) – Department of Management and Engineering (Vicenza campus) in the disciplinary field of “Management Engineering” (Ingegneria economico-gestionale). I also have the qualification as Full professor in “Management engineering”.
I teach “Technology Management” and “ICT in business” at the Master program in “Engineering Management”. I also give some lectures of “engineering management” at the bachelor program.
Formerly, I was post-doc researcher at the University of Padua, and later researcher at the Universities of Trieste and then Padua. I also was a research fellow at PREST (University of Manchester) as a Marie Curie grant holder.
I received my 5years degree (“Laurea”) in “Electronic Engineering” and my PhD in “Industrial Innovation”.
I was co-founder and first president of the International Association for Knowledge Management.
I am Editor-in-Chief of the Electronic Journal of Knowledge Management, and Series Co-Editor (with prof. Meliha Handzic) of the book series “Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning” (Springer)
I am Member of the Management Committee of the EU COST action “INDCOR”
I was visiting professor at Kaunas Technological University (LT), Coventry University (UK), Universidad Politecnica de Cartagena (E), TH Köln (D).
I have authored more than 200 publications in English or Italian. Details can be found at google scholar or in the repository of the University of Padua (IRIS)
Contact email:
ettore.bolisani@unipd.it
My research interests
Here are examples of some of my current key topics:
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Knowledge management:
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methods, processes, and approaches to the management of knowledge in companies and organizations
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communities of practice and their application in organizations
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knowledge management in education and for active learning/teaching
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knowledge management and sustainability
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counter-knowledge and fake news in science and technology
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Innovation and technology management:
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processes and approaches to the generation, development, application, and management of technological innovations in companies (especially small and medium-sized enterprises) and more generally in organizations
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technology assessment and technological forecasting
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Electronic Commerce:
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planning and implementation of electronic commerce projects in companies
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analysis of impacts of electronic commerce on industries and societies, including the issue of sustainability
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My research projects
Here are some EXAMPLES of recent research projects I have conducted:
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- Cost action INDCOR (Interactive Narrative Design for Complexity Representations) where I am member of the Management Committee as a representative of Italy, and I am also included in the WG4 (workgroup on “Societal impacts”). In this project, I am especially interested in the issue of “fake news” in science and technology
- FSE VI@farerete: I was principal investigator in this project, aimed to examine the processes of knowledge sharing in the system of employment services in the city area of Vicenza
- In the past, I participated in several EU (TSER, Sewasie) and Italian (PRIN 2000, 2002; FIRB 2003) funded projects especially regarding the implementation and impact of electronic commerce