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- MAIN Laboratory (Management & Innovazione) is a research laboratory of the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna.
In a globalised knowledge economy innovation is, more than ever, the engine of growth and competitiveness. This need to adapt to new situations of demand and supply applies to private firms, but also to public administrations and cities/regions.
Research carried out by the researchers of the MAIN Management & Innovation Laboratory aims at describing, understanding, explaining and facilitating the management of innovations in private firms, public administrations and cities/regions. These innovations can be of a technological, managerial, cultural and institutional nature.
MAIN Laboratory builds upon a long tradition of business studies in Pisa under the leadership of Prof. Riccardo Varaldo. It has evolved from a number of key projects, such as the Link National Project (1998-2001) which has led to the establishment of a new science and technology pole in Pontedera, near Pisa.
In the MAIN Laboratory a group of professors and researchers of the Scuola Sant’Anna combine their expertise in order to increase the opportunities for cross-fertilisation of their research and knowledge. Most of the members of the MAIN Laboratory are part of the Faculty of Social Sciences and belong either to the department of Economics or Political Science.
Although their individual specialisations cover a wide range of topics they are united in their approach and overarching theme of research. Research focuses on innovation and its management in private firms, research organisations, public administrations and cities/regions. Within these contexts researchers deal with the economic, technological, organisational, cultural and political-institutional aspects of change management.
Research carried out by the MAIN Laboratory is characterised by a multidisciplinary approach, by an empirical orientation and by a commitment to theory building.
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