Christopher Tucci
Full Professor
christopher.tucci@epfl.ch +41 21 693 00 23 http://csi.epfl.ch
Citizenship : USA / Italia
EPFL CDM MTEI CSI
ODY 1 04 (Odyssea)
Station 5
CH-1015 Lausanne
+41 21 693 00 23
+41 21 693 01 21
Web site: https://www.epfl.ch/labs/csi/
Unit: CSI
Office: ODY 1 04
+41 21 693 01 21
Web site: https://www.epfl.ch/labs/csi/
Unit: CSI
Office: ODY 1 04
EPFL CDM MTEI-GE
ODY 1 04 (Odyssea)
Station 5
CH-1015 Lausanne
Fields of expertise
- Business model innovation
- Crowdsourcing / IoT / digitalization and innovation
- Innovation Management
- International technology alliances
- Technology policy
- Regulation of the future (IT, fintech, …)
- Internet strategy of entrants and incumbents
- Technology strategy
- Technological entry, product development, and "creative destruction"
- Design thinking
- Entrepreneurship and corporate venture capital
- Corporate governance and innovation
- Crowdsourcing / IoT / digitalization and innovation
- Innovation Management
- International technology alliances
- Technology policy
- Regulation of the future (IT, fintech, …)
- Internet strategy of entrants and incumbents
- Technology strategy
- Technological entry, product development, and "creative destruction"
- Design thinking
- Entrepreneurship and corporate venture capital
- Corporate governance and innovation
Biography
Christopher L. Tucci is Professor of Management of Technology at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), where he holds the Chair in Corporate Strategy & Innovation. He is Visiting Thought Leader at CEIBS in Shangai, China. He received the degrees of Ph.D. in Management from the Sloan School of Management, MIT; SM (Technology & Policy) from MIT; and BS (Mathematical Sciences), AB (Music), and MS (Computer Science) from Stanford University. He was an industrial computer scientist involved in developing Internet protocols and applying artificial intelligence tools. Professor Tucci joined EPFL in 2003 where he teaches courses in Design Thinking, Digital Strategy, and Innovation Management. His primary area of interest is in how firms make transitions to new business models, technologies, and organizational forms. He also studies crowdsourcing, Internetworking, and digital innovations. He has published articles in, among others, Academy of Management Review (AMR), SMJ, Management Science, Research Policy, Communications of the ACM, SEJ, Academy of Management Annals, and JPIM. His article with Allan Afuah, “Crowdsourcing as solution to distant search,” won the Best Paper of 2012 for AMR. He is currently an Associate Editor of Academy of Management Discoveries. He has served in leadership positions in the Academy of Management (AOM) and the Strategic Management Society.
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Citations for Christopher L. Tucci
Infoscience publications
Main publications
2020
A. Solidoro; G. Viscusi : Digital Transformation and Business Model Innovation in the Film Industry: The Case of Movieday.it; Technology and Creativity Production, Mediation and Evaluation in the Digital Age; Palgrave Macmillan, 2020-01-01. p. 239-265.
2019
E. Rossi; C. Rubattino; G. Viscusi : For What It’s Worth: A Multi-industry Survey on Current and Expected Use of Big Data Technologies; Information Systems - 15th European, Mediterranean, and Middle Eastern Conference, EMCIS 2018, Limassol, Cyprus, October 4-5, 2018, Proceedings; Springer International Publishing, 2019-01-16. p. XVIII, 562.
2018
L. Massa; G. Viscusi; C. Tucci : Business Models and Complexity; Journal of Business Models. 2018-12-18.
C. Tucci; G. Viscusi; H. C. Gautschi : Translating Science Into Business Innovation: The Case of Open Food and Nutrition Data Hackathons; Frontiers in Nutrition. 2018-10-22. DOI : 10.3389/fnut.2018.00096.
G. Viscusi; C. Tucci : Three's a Crowd?; Creating and Capturing Value through Crowdsourcing; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018-03-22. p. 384.
S. Hasan / C. Tucci (Dir.) : IT Investment and its impacts. Lausanne, EPFL, 2018. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-6901.
G. Baldessarelli / C. Tucci (Dir.) : Routines and Practices in Cross-boundary Creative Projects. Lausanne, EPFL, 2018. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8540.
B. L. Bastian; C. Tucci; U. Richter : Natural resources and the resource - based view; Managing Natural Resources: Organizational Strategy, Behaviour, and Dynamics; Cheltenham: Elgar, 2018.
A. Afuah : Creating and Capturing Value through Crowdsourcing ; Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2017
C. Tucci : Open Innovation: An emerging and inc reasingly important topic; Europe’s Future: Open Innovation, Open Science, Open to the World; Brussels: European Commission, 2017.
C. Tucci : Pro - Innovation Regulation; Europe’s Future: Open Innovation, Open Science, Open to the World; Brussels: European Commission, 2017.
C. Tucci; M. F. Flores Pineda; M. Golob; D. Maklin; K. Flores Pineda : Lean Product Development Best Practices ; Lugano: Lean Analytics Association.
J. Rodrigues Pereira / C. Tucci (Dir.) : Three Essays on Collective Forms of Organizing for Production and Innovation. Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8093.
J. E. Ettlie; C. Tucci; P. T. Gianiodis : Trust, integrated information technology and new product success; European Journal Of Innovation Management. 2017. DOI : 10.1108/Ejim-12-2015-0128.
H. C. Gautschi; G. Viscusi : Valuation, Recognition, and Signaling in the Digital Public Sphere: the TED Talk Ranking Ecosystem; Digital Marketplaces Unleashed; Berlin Heidelberg: Springer, 2017. p. 33-43.
Information Technology Governance in Public Organizations ; Cham: Springer International Publishing.
M. A. Dehdarian / C. Tucci (Dir.) : Three Essays on Methodologies for Dynamic Modeling of Emerging Socio-technical Systems. Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7924.
R. Bonazzi; G. Viscusi; V. Barbey : Crowd and Experts’ Knowledge: Connection and Value Through the Notion of Prism; Information Systems - 14th European, Mediterranean, and Middle Eastern Conference, EMCIS 2017, Coimbra, Portugal, September 7-8, 2017, Proceedings; Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017. p. 646-654.
B. L. Bastian; C. L. Tucci : Entrepreneurial advice sources and their antecedents Venture stage, innovativeness and internationalization; Journal Of Enterprising Communities-People And Places Of Global Economy. 2017. DOI : 10.1108/Jec-03-2015-0023.
O. Waeber / C. Tucci (Dir.) : Diving into the dynamics of product evolution. Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7624.
C. Tucci; L. Massa; A. Afuah : A critical assessment of business model research; Academy of Management Annals. 2017. DOI : 10.5465/annals.2014.0072.
2016
G. Liotta / C. Tucci; A. Wadhwa (Dir.) : Signaling and Self-regulation in Venture Capital. Lausanne, EPFL, 2016. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-6048.
D. R. Parekh / C. Tucci (Dir.) : The Beacon: A New Framework for Business Model Reconfiguration for Complex Enterprises. Lausanne, EPFL, 2016. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7109.
C. L. Tucci; H. Chesbrough; F. Piller; J. West : When do firms undertake open, collaborative activities? Introduction to the special section on open innovation and open business models; Industrial And Corporate Change. 2016. DOI : 10.1093/icc/dtw002.
A. Achi; C. Salinesi; G. Viscusi : Information Systems for Innovation: A Comparative Analysis of Maturity Models’ Characteristics; Advanced Information Systems Engineering Workshops; Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016. p. 78-90.
H. C. Gautschi; D. Gautschi : Technological innovation and economic transformation: A method for contextual analysis ; New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan.
2015
C. Tucci; T. Peters : Chapter 6: Design and Design Frameworks: Investment in KBC and economic performance; Enquiries into Intellectual Property's Economic Impact; Paris: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, 2015. p. 323-371.
C. L. Tucci; D. Poulin : Introduction to the special issue on electronic government: investment in communities, firms, technologies and infrastructure; Electronic Commerce Research. 2015. DOI : 10.1007/s10660-015-9195-2.
L. Cremona; A. Ravarini; G. Viscusi : Fitness of Business Models for Digital Collaborative Platforms in Clusters: A Case Study; Advanced Information Systems Engineering Workshops; Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2015. p. 174-182.
A. Cabello / C. Tucci (Dir.) : Human-centered Innovation Processes. Lausanne, EPFL, 2015. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-6506.
A. F. von Vangerow / C. Tucci (Dir.) : Building Capabilities for Service Innovation. Lausanne, EPFL, 2015. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-6488.
2014
L. Massa; C. Tucci : Business Model Innovation; Oxford Handbook of Innovation Management; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. p. 420-441.
C. Batini; M. Palmonari; G. Viscusi : Opening the Closed World: A Survey of Information Quality Research in the Wild; The Philosophy of Information Quality; Springer International Publishing, 2014.
G. Viscusi; C. Batini : Digital Information Asset Evaluation: Characteristics and Dimensions; Smart Organizations and Smart Artifacts - Fostering Interaction Between People, Technologies and Processes; Springer International Publishing, 2014. p. 77-86.
L. Berchicci; C. L. Tucci; C. Zazzara : The influence of industry downturns on the propensity of product versus process innovation; Industrial And Corporate Change. 2014. DOI : 10.1093/icc/dtt011.
G. Viscusi; M. Cremaschi; C. Batini : Service Science and Scholarship: Experiences from a Pragmatist Perspective; Software Engineering Education for a Global E-Service Economy - State of the Art, Trends and Developments; Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, 2014. p. 153-162.
T. Peters / C. Tucci (Dir.) : Art of the possible. Lausanne, EPFL, 2014. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-6087.
2013
A. Corbett; J. G. Covin; G. C. O'Connor; C. L. Tucci : Corporate Entrepreneurship: State-of-the-Art Research and a Future Research Agenda; Journal Of Product Innovation Management. 2013. DOI : 10.1111/jpim.12031.
A. Afuah; C. L. Tucci : Value Capture and Crowdsourcing; Academy Of Management Review. 2013. DOI : 10.5465/amr.2012.0423.
T. Peters; J. Thiel; C. L. Tucci : Protecting growth options in dynamic markets: The role of strategic disclosure in integrated intellectual property strategies; California Management Review. 2013. DOI : 10.1525/cmr.2013.55.4.121.
J. A. Villarroel; J. E. Taylor; C. L. Tucci : Innovation and learning performance implications of free revealing and knowledge brokering in competing communities: insights from the Netflix Prize challenge; Computational And Mathematical Organization Theory. 2013. DOI : 10.1007/s10588-012-9137-7.
2012
Y. F. Badir; B. Buechel; C. L. Tucci : A conceptual framework of the impact of NPD project team and leader empowerment on communication and performance: An alliance case context; International Journal Of Project Management. 2012. DOI : 10.1016/j.ijproman.2012.01.013.
V. Nassar / C. L. Tucci (Dir.) : Creative-Learning Innovation Cycle - CLIC. Lausanne, EPFL, 2012. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-5502.
A. Afuah; C. L. Tucci : Crowdsourcing As A Solution To Distant Search; Academy Of Management Review. 2012. DOI : 10.5465/amr.2010.0146.
A. Giroud; C. L. Tucci : 'Technology, innovation and knowledge: An Asian perspective': Introduction; Asian Business & Management. 2012. DOI : 10.1057/abm.2011.24.
2011
C. Tucci; A. Ginsberg; I. Hasan : The influence of corporate venture capital investment on the likelihood of attracting a prestigious underwriter: An empirical investigation; Advances in Financial Economics. 2011.
C. Tucci; A. Ginsberg; I. Hasan : Unpacking the effects of corporate venture capital investor ties on the reduction of price discounting among IPO firms; Entrepreneur Research Journal. 2011. DOI : 10.2202/2157-5665.1010.
L. Berchicci; A. King; C. L. Tucci : Does the apple always fall close to the tree? The geographical proximity choice of spinouts; Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal. 2011. DOI : 10.1002/sej.110.
2010
G. Viscusi; C. Batini; M. Mecella : Information Systems for eGovernment - A Quality-of-Service Perspective ; Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
I. Hasan; C. L. Tucci : The innovation-economic growth nexus: Global evidence; Research Policy. 2010. DOI : 10.1016/j.respol.2010.07.005.
M. Cherian; M. Flores : Critical Success Factors to Collaborate in Cross Border Alliances: Experiences of Indian Manufacturing Enterprises; Changing ideas in Strategy; Norosa, 2010.
C. Tucci; L. Berchicci : There is more to market learning than gathering good information: The role of shared team values in radical product definition; Journal of Product Innovation Management. 2010. DOI : 10.1111/j.1540-5885.2010.00765.x.
2009
C. Tucci; Y. Badir; B. Büchel : The performance impact of intra-firm organizational design on an alliance's NPD projects; Research Policy. 2009. DOI : 10.1016/j.respol.2009.06.010.
B. L. Bastian / C. L. Tucci (Dir.) : Technological innovation strategy in natural resource based industries. Lausanne, EPFL, 2009. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-4410.
2008
B. Gavish; C. L. Tucci : Reducing Internet Auction Fraud; Communications of the ACM. 2008. DOI : 10.1145/1342327.1342343.
R. W. Seifert; B. F. Leleux; C. Tucci : Nurturing Science-based Ventures: An International Case Perspective ; Springer.
C. Tucci; Y. Badir; B. Büchel : The role of communication and coordination between "network lead companies" and their strategic partners in determining NPD project performance; International Journal of Technology Management. 2008. DOI : 10.1504/IJTM.2008.020708.
J. A. Villarroel Fernández / C. L. Tucci (Dir.) : Open source corporate strategy (OSCS). Lausanne, EPFL, 2008. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-4173.
C. Zazzara / C. L. Tucci (Dir.) : The link between innovation and finance. Lausanne, EPFL, 2008. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-4168.
Y. Yang / C. L. Tucci (Dir.) : e-Innovation and financial services. Lausanne, EPFL, 2008. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-4147.
2007
C. Tucci; P. Brews : The structural and performance effects of Internetworking; Long Range Planning. 2007.
T. Langenberg / C. L. Tucci (Dir.) : Information exchange in user communities. Lausanne, EPFL, 2007. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-3844.
2006
C. Tucci; A. Kaufman; C. Wood; G. Theyel : Collaboration and teaming in the software supply chain; Supply Chain Forum. 2006.
C. Tucci; L. Berchicci : Entrepreneurship, technology and Schumpeterian innovation: Entrants and Incumbents; The Oxford Handbook of Entrepreneurship; New York: Oxford, 2006.
B. Gavish; C. L. Tucci : Fraudulent Auctions on the Internet; Electronic Commerce Research. 2006.
2005
C. Tucci : Why Europe will never have accountability in research; Foresight Europe. 2005.
Y. Badir; B. Buchel; C. L. Tucci : The Role of ‘Network Lead Companies’ in Integrating NPD Processes across Strategic Partners; International Journal of Entrepreneurship & Innovation Management. 2005.
N. Staudenmayer; M. Tripsas; C. L. Tucci : Inter-firm modularity and the implications for product development; Journal of Product Innovation Management. 2005. DOI : 10.1111/j.0737-6782.2005.00128.x.
A. Osterwalder; Y. Pigneur; C. L. Tucci : Clarifying business models: Origins, present, and future of the concept; Communications of the Association for Information Systems. 2005.
2004
C. Tucci : Beyond ‘synergies’; Next Generation Business Handbook: New Strategies from Tomorrow's Thought Leaders; New York: Wiley, 2004. p. 1060-1075.
C. L. Tucci : Beyond ‘synergies’; Next Generation Business Handbook; New York: Wiley, 2004. p. 1060-1075.
P. J. Brews; C. L. Tucci : Exploring the structural effects of internetworking; Strategic Management Journal. 2004. DOI : 10.1002/smj.386.
2003
C. L. Tucci : Sun Microsystems: Jumping for Java; Internet Business Models and Strategies; New York: McGraw-Hill, 2003. p. 392-403.
C. L. Tucci : OSCar — The Open Source car project; Internet Business Models and Strategies; New York: McGraw-Hill, 2003. p. 404-414.
A. Afuah; C. L. Tucci : iVillage: Innovation among women's websites; Internet Business Models and Strategies; New York: McGraw-Hill, 2003. p. 351-359.
A. Afuah; C. L. Tucci : Hotmail: Free email for sale; Internet Business Models and Strategies; New York: McGraw-Hill, 2003. p. 329-336.
A. Afuah; C. L. Tucci : eBay, Inc.: Diversification in the Internet Auction Market; Internet Business Models and Strategies; New York: McGraw-Hill, 2003. p. 360-370.
A. Afuah; C. L. Tucci : Broadcast.com; Internet Business Models and Strategies; New York: McGraw-Hill, 2003. p. 251-258.
S. Seshadri; Z. Shapira; C. L. Tucci : Venture capital investing and the 'Calcutta Auction'; New Venture Investment: Choices and Consequences; New York: Elsevier, 2003. p. 19-42.
C. Tucci : Stamps.com: Bringing electronic postage online; Entrepreneurship : strategies and ressources; Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 2003. p. 406-419.
C. Tucci : Sony Playstation 2: Trojan Horse in the living room?; Upper Saddle River: N.J.: Prentice Hall, 2003.
C. L. Tucci : LiveREADS: Valuing an e-book startup; Upper Saddle River: N.J.: Prentice Hall, 2003.
C. Tucci : TiVo: Television the way you like it; Upper Saddle River: N.J.: Prentice Hall, 2003.
C. Tucci : Tellme Networks: Dialtone 2.0?; Upper Saddle River: N.J.: Prentice Hall, 2003.
S. Seshadri; Z. Shapira; C. Tucci : Venture capital investing and the 'Calcutta Auction'; New Venture Investment: Choices and Consequences; Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2003. p. 19-42.
2002
C. L. Tucci : Webhouse Club, Inc.; e-Business Innovation; New York: Prentice Hall, 2002. p. 32-44.
C. L. Tucci : Reflect.com: Burn the ships; e-Business Innovation; New York: Prentice Hall, 2002. p. 69-82.
C. L. Tucci : Priceline.com; e-Business Innovation; New York: Prentice Hall, 2002. p. 199-210.
C. L. Tucci : MP3.com: Rocking in the free world; e-Business Innovation; New York: Prentice Hall, 2002. p. 5-18.
C. L. Tucci : Boo.com (A) and (B); e-Business Innovation; New York: Prentice Hall, 2002. p. 211-222.
2001
C. L. Tucci : Red Hat Software and Linux operating system: Where do you want to go tomorrow?; Internet Business Models and Strategie; New York: McGraw-Hill, 2001. p. 235-244.
C. L. Tucci : Netscape Communications and the browser (A) and (B); Internet Business Models and Strategies; New York: McGraw-Hill, 2001. p. 202-220.
A. Afuah; C. L. Tucci : Diamond Multimedia and the Rio: David's innovation in the face of Goliath; Internet Business Models and Strategies; New York: McGraw-Hill, 2001. p. 322-332.
A. Afuah; C. L. Tucci : Internet Business Models and Strategies ; New York: Irwin / McGraw-Hill.
2000
N. Staudenmayer; M. Tripsas; C. L. Tucci : Development Webs: A new paradigm for product development; Winning Strategies in a Deconstructing World; New York: Wiley, 2000. p. 135-161.
F. Alvarez; M. Gittelman; C. L. Tucci : Foundations of Entrepreneurship ; New York: McGraw-Hill Primis.
