Simona Grande

• Grande, Simona; Ricciardi, Francesca; Scornavacca, Eusebio & Wald, Andreas Erich (2026). Challenges of integrating sustainability in management education: A 25-year review of institutional logics, paradoxes and sensemaking. International Journal of Management Reviews. ISSN 1460-8545. doi: 10.1111/ijmr.70034. Full text in Research Archive
• Grande, Simona; Bertello, Alberto; Bernardi, Paola De & Ricciardi, Francesca (2022). Enablers of explorative and exploitative intellectual capital in entrepreneurial ecosystems. Journal of Intellectual Capital. ISSN 1469-1930. doi: 10.1108/JIC-07-2021-0197. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Purpose – This study aims to investigate the intellectual capital (IC) dynamics in entrepreneurial ecosystems (EEs) by conceptualizing EEs as systems whose purposes include the (re)generation of the intangible resources needed for effective entrepreneurship. The study proposes a taxonomy of the key enablers of IC and develops a model that captures the unfolding interdependencies across the enablers of explorative and exploitative human, relational and organizational capital in EEs. Design/methodology/approach – The authors purposefully selected a successful EE around an entrepreneurial university in Latin America as empirical case. Specifically, they investigated the IC dynamics of the EE in the context of a series of internationally awarded hackathons and related activities organized at the ecosystem level over three years (2019–2021). The research leveraged participant observations, in-depth interviews with multiple EE actors and archival documents. For the data analysis, this study combined the Gioia method with an abductive approach. Findings – First, the study identified 27 operationalizable enablers of IC at the EE level clustered into human, relational and organizational capital and further differentiated these enablers considering the explorative and exploitative facets of IC. Second, it determined that the dynamic interplay across IC enablers is critical for an EE to flourish and evolve adaptively. This study concludes that assessing IC enablers and their dynamics can aid the understanding, evaluation and management of EEs. Originality/value – To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is the first to conceptualize EEs as systems whose purposes include creating the conditions for an effective interplay of explorative and exploitative IC at the system level. The resulting taxonomy of IC enablers provides formative constructs that will benefit both scholars and practitioners investigating the crucial role of intangible resources in EEs and guide managers, entrepreneurs and policymakers in their decision-making processes.

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• Grande, Simona; Golesorkhi, Soogand & Flåten, Bjørn-Tore (2025). From Sea to Sustainability: Transitioning the Blue Bioeconomy through Responsible Design Thinking and the Sustainable Business Model Canvas. Full text in Research Archive
• Grande, Simona; Golesorkhi, Soogand & Flåten, Bjørn-Tore (2025). BlueRev: Pioneering Circular Bioeconomy Solutions for Sustainable Marine Innovation. Full text in Research Archive
• Grande, Simona (2025). Both/And Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: Illuminating Underexplored Mechanisms and Contexts through a Paradox Theory Lens. Universitetet i Agder. ISSN 9788284272993. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Entreprenørielle økosystemer (EEs) blir ofte fremmet som replikerbare modeller for entreprenørskapsdrevet vekst. Konseptualiseringer fra Organisasjonen for økonomisk samarbeid og utvikling og World Economic Forum vektlegger strukturerte domener som finans, nettverk og kultur. Ved å privilegere suksesshistorier fra utviklede regioner risikerer imidlertid disse modellene å tilsløre immaterielle, relasjonelle og kontekstavhengige dynamikker som opprettholder entreprenørskap. Denne avhandlingen rekonseptualiserer EEs som dynamiske paradokssystemer, der spenninger—som utforskning vs. utnyttelse, differensiering vs. integrasjon, uformell tillit vs. formell anerkjennelse, og vekst vs. avvekst—er konstitutive snarere enn dysfunksjonelle. Med utgangspunkt i studier fra Latin-Amerika, Afrika sør for Sahara og urfolk i Australia, løftes underutforskede kontekster og verdiloggiker, inkludert tilstrekkelighet, frem, som utfordrer universaliserende modeller. Ved å integrere paradoksteori og tverrfaglige perspektiver utvikles en pluralistisk og etisk orientert ramme som framhever EEs som evolverende, omstridte sammenstillinger som genererer mangfoldige former for verdi. Disse innsiktene peker mot mer inkluderende og kontekstsensitive måter å støtte entreprenørskap på, som omfavner kompleksitet og mangfold.

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