Core faculty

Mariano Corso is Professor of Organization and Human Resources at Politecnico di Milano where he chairs the course of Management Engineering at the Cremona site. At MIP, the Business School of Politecnico di Milano, he is director of the Master in Management and Organization Development and of the Observatories on Enterprise2.0, ICT Strategic Sourcing and ICT Strategy and Governance. He coordinated various studies on Knowledge Management and is an author of more than 100 international publications. Mariano is a former board member of CINet.

Professor Paul Hyland is a Professorial Research Fellow in the School of Natural and Rural Systems Management at The University of Queensland, Australia. He has been the international coordinator of a global project surveying continuous improvement and innovation activities. He has published numerous journal articles and conference papers on a wide range of business issues based on both qualitative and quantitative studies. His current research focuses on innovation management and business development. Paul is a member of the CINet board.

Dr. Carmen Kobe is Senior Researcher and Lecturer at the Autonomous Systems Lab at ETH Zurich, where she leads a research group on "Innovation and Creativity". Her research interests are in the area of innovation and creativity methods, the front end of innovation processes, innovation process implementation, and measurement and improvement of innovation capabilities in companies.

Mats Magnusson is Associate Professor at the Department of Technology Management and Economics at Chalmers University of Technology and Director of the Institute for Management of Innovation and Technology. He is also Program Director at Chalmers Advanced Management Programs, Vice President of UNITECH International, and the present Chairman of CINet. His main research interests are innovation management, resource-based strategy, management of knowledge and learning, and innovation networks.