Prof. Dr. Melissa Vasi FRSA

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My research is driven by a central question: How can firms harness open and social innovation to thrive sustainably in the digital age?

I am particularly interested in the intersection of innovation, sustainability, digitalization and strategy, with a focus on how entrepreneurs and organizations (especially but not exclusively SMEs) develop and operationalize dynamic capabilities to form collaborative networks and adapt to changing environmental, technological, and social demands.  

This overarching vision informs all of my scholarly work and defines my academic identity.  My projects are united by a shared empirical and conceptual focus on open, sustainable, social, and digital business models that empower firms to build resilience and contribute to broader socio-economic transitions. 

Published

The European Union Sustainable Leadership Agency: Bridging the Gap Between Environment, Industry and Society—Home and Abroad

Razvan Hoinaru, Melissa Vasi, Maria Gabriela Horga

Robert Brinkmann, Chit Wityi Oo, The Palgrave Handbook of Practical Sustainability, Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, 2025

Exogenous Crises and SMEs Resilience: The Dynamic Open Innovation Funnel

Melissa Vasi, Giuliano Sansone, Vincent English

Technovation, vol. 129(102886), 2024

Exogenous crisis and the resilience of SMEs: exploring Open Innovation in the COVID-19 pandemic

Melissa Vasi, Vincent English

Louis Savenien Dupuis Journal of Multidisciplinary Research, vol. 2, 2023, pp. 9-19

In press

Empowering Sustainable Futures: The Role of Social Open Innovation and Dynamic Capabilities in the Renewable Energy Landscape

Melissa Vasi, Vincent English

Nadine Roijakkers, Dieudonnee Cobben, Yvonne Kirkels, Mariusz Soltanifar, Encyclopedia of Cooperative Strategy, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025

In Progress

Understanding how Corporate Social Business Incubators foster Open Social Innovation

Giuliano Sansone, Davide Viglialoro, Melissa Vasi, Luca Pistilli, Paolo Landoni

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