Department of Management

Michela Beretta
Assistant Professor
INEIS, Department of Management,
Aarhus University, School of Business and Social Sciences
Email: micbe@mgmt.au.dk

RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
Research: Organizational innovation processes, social networks, open innovation, idea management, creativity and new product development.
Teaching: Innovation and technology management, social networks, new product development, customer value and innovation, digital innovation 

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Dec. 2015 – Dec. 2017: Post-doctoral researcher
Department of Management, Aarhus University, Denmark

EDUCATION
Sep. 2012 – Dec. 2015: Ph.D. in Innovation Management
Department of Management, Aarhus University, Denmark
-Dissertation topic: ‘The role of idea management systems for innovation in large organizations: 3 essays’

Sep. 2008 – Jun. 2011: Double Degree (Master of Science) in Business Administration:
- MSc in "Management of Innovation and Business Development" at Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark
- MSc in "Economics and Management of Innovation and Technology" at Bocconi University, Milan, Italy
- Dissertation: “Crowdsourcing as a tool for problem solving: when does it work? The case of the open innovation system Millionbrains”

Sep. 2005 – Sep. 2008: Bachelor degree in “Economics of International Markets and New Technologies”; Bocconi University, Milan, Italy

RESEARCH

Published papers:

Beretta M. “Idea Selection in Web-Enabled Ideation Systems ”; Journal of Product Innovation Management. 2018

Beretta M., Bjork J., Magnusson M. “Moderating Ideation in Web-Enabled Ideation Systems” ; Journal of Product Innovation Management. 2017

Proceedings:

“Why do Ideas Get Selected? Idea Selection in an Online Ideation Platform”
-Beretta, M. 2015. In ‘Academy of Management Proceedings’. 2015 Included in the Best Paper Proceedings.
“The Process of Design, Development and Implementation of Idea Management Systems”
-Beretta M., Kulikovskaja V., Frederiksen L. 2014. Academy of Management Proceedings’ 2014.

CONFERENCES
"Emergence and Implementation of Idea Management Systems: A Behavioral Theory Perspective” (with Lars Frederiksen and Viktorija Kulikovskaja)
-DRUID Summer Conference 2016, Copenhagen, Denmark

"Why do ideas get selected? Idea selection in an online ideation platform”
-Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2015, Vancouver, Canada (TIM division)
-‘Best Paper Nomination' at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada
-DRUID Academy 2015, Aalborg, Denmark
“The process of Design, Development and Implementation of Idea Management Systems” (with Lars Frederiksen and Viktorija Kulikovskaja)
-Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2014, Philadelphia, USA (TIM division)
“The Role of Facilitators in IT-Enabled Ideation Systems (with Jennie Bjork and Mats Magnusson)
-IPDM conference, Limerick, Ireland

GRANTS AND AWARDS
Aug. 2015Best Paper Nomination
“Why do ideas get selected? Idea selection in an online ideation platform”
-Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada

Jun. 2015Nominee for the Steven Klepper Award for Best Young Scholar Paper 2015
“Why do ideas get selected? Idea selection in an online ideation platform”
-DRUID summer conference, Rome, Italy

Nov. 2013Grant from Aage and Ylva Nimbs Foundation
-Winner of a 50000 DKK grant for research and travel purposes

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

2017: Co-instructor for the master course: Introduction to Information Systems"

2016 - present: Course responsible and instructor for the course (including exams): “New Product Development and Innovation” (10 ECTS), IT bachelor program
2016 - present: Co-Instructor for the bachelor course: “Innovation Management”, (10 ECTS), Aarhus University.
2015 – present: Co-develop and deliver the MSc course (including exams): “Customer Value and Innovation”, (5 ECTS), MSc in Marketing, Aarhus University.
Fall 2015: Co-develop and deliver the MSc course (including exams): “Social Networks and Organizations”, (5 ECTS), MSc in Business Administration, Aarhus University.
2015 - present Exam censor for the MSc course: “Management Research Methods”, MSc in Economics and Business Administration. Aarhus University
2014 - 2015 Taught the tutorials and graded exams for the bachelor course: “Organizational Behavior” (10 ECTS for the fall semester, 5 ECTS for the spring semester), Bachelor in Business Administration, Aarhus University

Spring 2015 Taught the tutorials and graded exams for the bachelor course: “Philosophy of Science III (Qualitative Research Methods)”, (5 ECTS), Bachelor in Economics and Business Administration, Aarhus University

Fall 2014 Taught the tutorials for the bachelor course: “Philosophy of Science II (Quantitative Methods)”, (5 ECTS), Bachelor in Marketing and Management, Aarhus University


ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS AND SEMINARS
2015 Presented the paper: “Why do ideas get selected? Idea selection in an online ideation platform” at a research seminar at the University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
2014 Invited to present the paper: “Why do ideas get selected? Idea selection in an online ideation platform” at the Strategy, Entrepreneurship & Innovation (SEI) Doctoral Consortium at Bocconi University, Milan, Italy
2013 Co-organizer of the workshop on ‘Idea Management Systems for Innovation’ at Aarhus University

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2015 ‘TIM Doctoral Consortium’ at the Academy of Management conference
2015 Publish or Perish, PhD course at Aarhus University
2014 3-day PhD Research Summer School in “Innovation and Technology Management”, Hamburg University, Hamburg, Germany
Advanced Qualitative Research Methods, PhD course at Aarhus University
The role of Theory in Business Research, PhD course at Aarhus University
2013 Advanced Social Network Analysis, PhD training program at Imperial College Business School, London, UK
Linear Statistical Models, PhD course at Aarhus University
Introductory Social Network Analysis, PhD course organized by the University of Southern Denmark
2012 Organizational Theory, PhD course at Aarhus University

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2017 - present: Reviewer for the Journal of Product Innovation Management; Reviewer for the Creativity and Innovation Management Journal

2016 Reviewer for the journal ‘Industry and Innovation’

2013 – 2014 Reviewer for the Academy of Management conference (TIM division) 

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
Dec. 2011 – Mar. 2012: Researcher/ Innovation Consultant at GEMBA Innovation, Copenhagen, Denmark
Aug. 2011 – Oct. 2011: Sales and Marketing Intern for Internet start-up (421shop), Copenhagen, Denmark
Aug. 2010 – Jun. 2011: Sales and Research Assistant (Student job) at Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark
Feb. 2010 – Apr. 2010: Innovation and Business Development Intern at MillionBrains, Copenhagen, Denmark

SKILLS AND COMPETENCES
Computer skills: Microsoft Office (ECDL Certificate): excellent knowledge
SPSS: good knowledge
STATA: good knowledge
UCINET: good knowledge
NVIVO: good knowledge