Michele Grimaldi

6.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
106 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Michele Grimaldi is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, Management Information Systems and Management of Technology and Innovation. According to data from OpenAlex, Michele Grimaldi has authored 106 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Strategy and Management, 17 papers in Management Information Systems and 15 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation. Recurrent topics in Michele Grimaldi's work include Innovation and Knowledge Management (44 papers), Intellectual Capital and Performance Analysis (32 papers) and Open Source Software Innovations (12 papers). Michele Grimaldi is often cited by papers focused on Innovation and Knowledge Management (44 papers), Intellectual Capital and Performance Analysis (32 papers) and Open Source Software Innovations (12 papers). Michele Grimaldi collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Spain and United Kingdom. Michele Grimaldi's co-authors include Marco Greco, Livio Cricelli, Andrea De Mauro, Pierluigi Rippa, Vincenzo Corvello, John-Christopher Spender, Paavo Ritala, Valerio Cervelli, Ivana Quinto and Pietro Gentile and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Business Research and Journal of Hepatology.

In The Last Decade

Michele Grimaldi

99 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A formal definition of Big Data based on its essential features

2016 530 citations Andrea De Mauro, Marco Greco et al. profile →
What is big data? A consensual definition and a review of key research topics

2015 281 citations Andrea De Mauro, Marco Greco et al. AIP conference proceedings profile →
Startups and open innovation: a review of the literature

2016 269 citations Vincenzo Corvello, Michele Grimaldi et al. European Journal of Innovation Management profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Michele Grimaldi	1.8k	763	721	708	450	106	4.3k
Giacomo Marzi	1.4k 0.8×	696 0.9×	828 1.1×	428 0.6×	395 0.9×	73	3.5k
Susanne Durst	1.7k 1.0×	783 1.0×	550 0.8×	609 0.9×	259 0.6×	161	3.7k
Daniel Palacios‐Marqués	1.2k 0.7×	637 0.8×	499 0.7×	520 0.7×	439 1.0×	98	4.0k
Giustina Secundo	1.9k 1.1×	1.4k 1.9×	654 0.9×	592 0.8×	272 0.6×	124	4.9k
Ying Huang	1.1k 0.6×	348 0.5×	433 0.6×	584 0.8×	382 0.8×	166	3.6k
Nile W. Hatch	1.9k 1.1×	635 0.8×	440 0.6×	608 0.9×	307 0.7×	22	3.4k
Marco Greco	1.2k 0.7×	346 0.5×	589 0.8×	471 0.7×	480 1.1×	57	3.0k
Johan Frishammar	2.5k 1.4×	1.1k 1.4×	395 0.5×	646 0.9×	418 0.9×	85	4.0k
Nicholas O’Regan	2.2k 1.3×	1.2k 1.6×	636 0.9×	781 1.1×	346 0.8×	137	4.7k
Grégory Vial	1.2k 0.7×	680 0.9×	767 1.1×	706 1.0×	309 0.7×	19	3.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Michele Grimaldi

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michele Grimaldi

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Mignacca, Benito, et al.. (2025). Circular economy and open innovation: SMEs’ view on circular economy-related inter-organisational collaborations. Innovation. 28(1). 187–214. 1 indexed citations

Mignacca, Benito, et al.. (2025). Circular economy disclosure and inter-organisational collaborations: the case of the consumer electronics industry. Supply Chain Management An International Journal. 30(6). 585–607.

Strazzullo, Serena, et al.. (2023). How open innovation can improve companies' corporate social responsibility performance?. Business Ethics the Environment & Responsibility. 34(1). 1–16. 15 indexed citations

Strazzullo, Serena, Benito Mignacca, Michele Grimaldi, Marco Greco, & Livio Cricelli. (2023). Industry 4.0 as an Enabler of Open Innovation. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. 71. 9388–9401. 16 indexed citations

Grimaldi, Michele, et al.. (2022). Investigating the role of crowdsourcing in improving the quality of production processes: a systematic literature review. The TQM Journal. 38(1). 76–94. 5 indexed citations

Cricelli, Livio, et al.. (2022). Crowdsourcing initiatives during the COVID-19 pandemic: empirical evidence from the Italian context. European Journal of Innovation Management. 27(3). 1042–1055. 8 indexed citations

Strazzullo, Serena, Livio Cricelli, & Michele Grimaldi. (2022). Intellectual capital and R&D performance improvement: the case of Italian public universities. R and D Management. 54(4). 852–863. 7 indexed citations

Strazzullo, Serena, Livio Cricelli, Michele Grimaldi, & Gabriella Ferruzzi. (2022). Connecting the Path Between Open Innovation and Industry 4.0: A Review of the Literature. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. 71. 13827–13839. 26 indexed citations

Greco, Marco, Serena Strazzullo, Livio Cricelli, Michele Grimaldi, & Benito Mignacca. (2022). The fine line between success and failure: an analysis of open innovation projects. European Journal of Innovation Management. 25(6). 687–715. 21 indexed citations

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Greco, Marco, Livio Cricelli, Michele Grimaldi, Serena Strazzullo, & Gabriella Ferruzzi. (2022). Unveiling the relationships among intellectual property strategies, protection mechanisms and outbound open innovation. Creativity and Innovation Management. 31(2). 376–389. 12 indexed citations

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Cricelli, Livio, et al.. (2021). Crowdsourcing and open innovation: a systematic literature review, an integrated framework and a research agenda. Review of Managerial Science. 16(5). 1269–1310. 47 indexed citations

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Grimaldi, Michele, et al.. (2021). How Can Productivity in Product Design and Engineering Be Assessed? Guidelines to Build a Dashboard of KPIs. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. 71. 560–573. 1 indexed citations

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Cricelli, Livio, et al.. (2020). How can crowdsourcing help tackle the COVID‐19 pandemic? An explorative overview of innovative collaborative practices. R and D Management. 51(2). 183–194. 80 indexed citations

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Cricelli, Livio, et al.. (2019). Searching for the one: Customer relationship management software selection. Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis. 27(3-4). 173–188. 13 indexed citations

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Cricelli, Livio, et al.. (2019). Prioritization of Strategic Intangible Assets in Make/Buy Decisions. Sustainability. 11(5). 1267–1267. 14 indexed citations

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Grimaldi, Michele & Livio Cricelli. (2019). Indexes of patent value: a systematic literature review and classification. Knowledge Management Research & Practice. 18(2). 214–233. 46 indexed citations

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Greco, Marco, Michele Grimaldi, & Livio Cricelli. (2018). Benefits and costs of open innovation: the BeCO framework. Technology Analysis and Strategic Management. 31(1). 53–66. 64 indexed citations

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Grimaldi, Michele, et al.. (2017). A public affairs platform for the analysis of the liberalization process in the Italian electricity market. International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy. 7(5). 123–136. 1 indexed citations

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Mauro, Andrea De, Marco Greco, & Michele Grimaldi. (2015). What is big data? A consensual definition and a review of key research topics. AIP conference proceedings. 1644. 97–104. 281 indexed citations breakdown →

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Grimaldi, Michele, et al.. (1980). Judicial selection in the United States : a compendium of provisions. 8 indexed citations

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