This section, to mark 50 years since the founding of SDA Bocconi, presents a selection of the ideas advanced by faculty members representing seminal work in management research: relevance, concreteness, scientific rigor, and impact on the community are the four pillars underpinning the path proposed here. The SDA Insight initiative is part of the broader project, “50 Years of Ideas.”
As cognitive social systems, companies are entities that are capable of autonomously producing the knowledge they need for their very survival, exactly like the human mind. This knowledge accrues in the company’s most precious resources: people - the people who work there, as well as customers, suppliers and shareholders. And with knowledge, companies can constantly and autonomously generate new knowledge. So, knowledge is both the input and the output of the organization’s operations.
READ MORE ON SDA BOCCONI INSIGHT>>