Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli is Full Professor of Innovation Management and founder of the Innovation-Management Group at the Politecnico di Bari.

Prof. Messeni Petruzzelli is also a member of the steering committee of the ESA Lab established between the Politecnico di Bari and the European Space Agency on the topic of space economy, as well as Rector’s Delegate for Research Valorisation and President of the university’s incubator. He currently serves as visiting professor and member of the advisory board of the Digital Leadership Research Centre of Bayes Business School, as well as visiting scholar at the Beijing Normal University (Beijing, China).

Prof. Messeni Petruzzelli is the author of more than 125 international publications and three international books on the topic of innovation management and technology strategy. His studies have been published in leading journals such as Research Policy, Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, Journal of Product Innovation Management, Academy of Management Perspectives, Journal of Management, International Journal of Management Reviews, Journal of World Business, and Long Range Planning. He belongs to the editorial team of Technovation, Journal of Knowledge Management, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, and IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management.

Finally, his studies have been awarded the Nokia Siemens Network Award in Technology Management for Innovation into the Future.