Aldona Kapačinskaitė

Hi! I am an Assistant Professor at the Department of Management and Technology at Bocconi University. I hold a PhD in Strategy and Entrepreneurship from London Business School.

In my research, I study drivers of organizational innovation, focusing specifically on how changes in appropriability and competitive environments affect the generation and use of trade secrets, investments in new technology, and product launches and updates. My ongoing research spans industry studies in the energy sector, digital platforms, and medical devices, as well as cross-industry settings. 

My research has been published at the Strategic Management Journal, recognized by the SMS Research in Strategic Management Award, Strategy Research Foundation Dissertation Award, grants from the Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the Wheeler Institute at London Business School, as well as Junior Researcher and Department Grants at Bocconi University. My dissertation won the TIM Division Best Dissertation Award and was a finalist for the STR Division Wiley Blackwell Outstanding Dissertation Award. I was a Thomas Edison Innovation Law and Policy Fellow at the Center for Intellectual Property and Innovation Policy. 

I served on the AOM STR Membership Engagement Committee and currently serve on the Editorial Review Board at Organization Science and the AOM TIM Executive Committee as Representative-at-Large.

I hold a double MSc in Economics and Public Policy from Ecole Polytechnique and Sciences Po Paris. Prior to joining academia, I worked as a research assistant at INSEAD and held research roles at Google and the European Commission.