Comai, Alessandro　

研究者基本情報

氏名

Comai, Alessandro

所属

• 国際大学国際経営学研究科 准教授

学歴

• 2001年10月- 2016年01月ESADE Business school Marketing PhD
• 2001年10月- 2006年06月ESADE Business school DEA
• 1998年09月- 2000年06月Universidad Pompeu Fabra MBA
• 1996年09月- 1997年05月University of Coventry Engineering School B.Sc in Engineering

所属学協会

Strategic and Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP)

経歴

• 2018年01月- 現在International University of Japan（Associate Professor）
• 2011年10月- 2012年03月University of Pompeu Fabra（Part time Associate Professor (Type 2)）
• 2005年01月- 2005年06月TUT Tampere University of Technology（Visiting Professor）
• 2004年09月- 2011年09月University of Pompeu Fabra（Part time Associate Professor (Type 1)）

研究活動情報

研究分野

• 経営学 / 経営学 / Market Orientation
• 経営学 / 経営学 / Social media analysis and visualisation
• 計算科学 / 計算科学 / Text data Visualization
• 経営学 / 商学 / Open Innovation

研究キーワード

Market Orientation, Text data Visualization , Patent analytics, Open Innovation, Marketing Innovation, Marketing Intelligence

論文

• A new approach for detecting Open Innovation in patents: the designation of inventor
  Alessandro Comai
  The Journal of Technology Transfer 2019年11月 [査読有り]
  The purpose of this paper is to understand to what extent Open Innovation (OI) is utilized in R&D departments by using patents as a main source. The paper adopts the "designation of the inventor" as a new method for detecting Open or Closed Innovation, a method which examines the type of relationship that exists between the inventor(s) and the patent applicant(s). Since the openness or closedness of an invention is mainly measured by analyzing a firm’s co-applicants, the patent’s designation of the inventor indicates whether or not inventors are employees of the applicant. The paper offers new empirical evidence about whether a patent is open or not without surveying inventors and it complements previous studies that failed to describe whether a patent is based on open or closed innovation. After studying a collection of 231 patents in the wind energy sector obtained from the European Patent database (EPO), descriptive statistics show that OI Patents (OIPs) where the inventor is under agreement represent approximately 90% of the total number of OIPs, which in turn account for more than 23% of the total number of closed and open types of patent. Additionally, the designation of inventor method is also able to identify closed innovation-based patents (CIPs). The results also show that a minority of companies utilize a hybrid type of OI, in which the inventors are composed of a mix of external individuals and employees. The results suggest that the method proposed yields a better understanding of how OI as well as other innovation strategies are utilized by firms in a particular industry or technological field.
  DOI
• Beyond patent analytics: Insights from a scientific and technological data mashup based on a case example
  Alessandro Comai
  World Patent Information 55 2018年12月 [査読有り]
  Although access to open and commercial digital sources is easily available thanks to the proliferation of the internet, R&D departments still face the challenge of how to analyze information from several sources. This paper addresses this issue specifically when technological and scientific information needs to be analyzed in an integrated manner. 12,577 families of patents, 2601 scientific papers and 706 news articles are combined, normalized and analyzed using their own metadata and text. A software tool is used to extract insights from semi-structured and unstructured data by means of text mining. Additionally, interactive force-directed graph visualization is employed to show the multiple relations of concepts during different time periods with regard to the entire technology ecosystem. Through a case study of 3D printing technology, this paper shows how to apply mashup and obtain the benefits, and it defines the challenges of using interactive visualization representation.
  DOI
• Competitive Intelligence Expenses: Organizational Characteristics and Environmental Contingencies
  Alessandro Comai
  ESADE Business school - URL 2016年01月 [査読有り]
• Design and implementation of a technological surveillance and competitive intelligence unit
  Alessandro Comai with Villarroel G., Carlos; Karmelic-Pavlov, Vesna; Fernández O., Antonella; Arriagada V., Catalina
  Interciencia - Journal of Science and Technology of the America 40(11) 751-757 2015年11月 [査読有り]
  We present the Technological Surveillance and Competitive Intelligence Unit, designed and implemented at the Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica, Chile, with support from the Innovation for Competitiveness Fund (2011), financed by the Regional Government. Through this initiative, human resources were trained and a service platform was implemented, with the purpose of strengthening the Technological Surveillance and Competitive Intelligence for various regional productive instances. The innovative merit of the unit is linked to the lack of similar units oriented to assist the productive sector in the Southern Andean region. It employs a methodology developed to match the particular characteristics of the region, adding innovative value to the fulfillment of the needs and requirements. The productive fields initially considered in this service platform, in accordance with the Regional Development Strategy for Arica y Parinacota, are: arid zone agriculture, water resources, renewable energies and, fishing and aquaculture. This initiative allowed for the creation of a specialized supporting area for micro, small and medium business in Arica and Parinacota, with the purpose of contributing to the development of such enterprises through technical support, analysis and monitoring in high priority and emerging productive areas, within the policies of the Regional Innovative Strategy for the period 2012-2015. This initiative will contribute in solving the productive stagnation of small and medium business of the region, which have not shown a sustained development, as observed in the indexes of regional economic and competitiveness in recent years.
• Decision-Making Support. The Role of Data Visualization in Analyzing Complex Systems
  Alessandro Comai
  World Future Review 6(4) 477-484 2014年12月 [査読有り]
  Nowadays, managers and policymakers are overwhelmed by the volume of information coming from databases and the Internet. The ability to zero in on significant data and form reliable information sources is even more difficult. Choosing, collecting, analyzing, and managing data about global problems such as carbon emissions, earthquake warnings, climate change, or pandemics, for example, is no easy task. In addition, the wasted amount of data available from different kinds of sources make the job of interpreting events and anticipating changes more complicated still. Business managers, analysts, and policymakers need to deal with this issue by looking to new tools or models that were not available until now. This article explores how modern data and network visualization methods can help policymakers understand an ongoing situation in a relatively short time, as well as help predict future events by interacting with it. Examples of interactive visualization and network analysis are discussed.
  DOI
• Inteligencia competitiva: Logros y desafíos
  Alessandro Comai
  Profesional de la Informacion 2(5) 489-494 2012年09月 [査読有り]
  Description of some of the critical issues that a competitive intelligence and surveillance technology professional has to take into account when implementing such functions in an organization. The achievements and challenges summarized in the text come from the author's experience, both in the implementation of platforms and intelligence units in government and private companies in Spain and abroad, as well as from research work done so far.
  DOI
• Technology watch software for patents: An evaluation from the user's perspective
  Alessandro Comai
  El profesional de la Información 15(6) 452-458 2006年11月 [査読有り]
  The article analyses the needs of users, in terms of use, and the importance attributed to the different functions of the applications. Forty seven characteristics have been identified that can be of interest to professionals in the areas of technological monitoring and competitive intelligence. The authors performed an empirical study to verify which functions are used most frequently and which have had greater importance attributed to them. The article concludes with reflections about applying the results obtained.
  DOI
• Discover Hidden Corporate Intelligence Needs by Looking at Environmental and Organizational Contingencies
  Alessandro Comai
  Frontiers of e-Business Research 2004 II 397-413 2005年04月 [査読有り]
  The purpose of this paper is to put forward a research framework capable of detecting the hidden needs of a firm in terms of type of formal competitive intelligence program (CIP). The model will focus on the internal and external determinants which compel an organization to establish a formalized intelligence process. This study is concerned with measuring the competitive intelligence sensitivity of a particular organization in a particular context. The first part introduces two different approaches to the examination of the corporate and decision maker's needs which are generally used in the competitive intelligence field. Subsequently, it discusses the decision maker's role and the potential failure to determine the CI needs as well as the potential value of the CI program. The second part focuses on research questions. The third part discusses which types of external and internal factors prompt a firm to establish a formal CIP. The paper concentrates on putting forward the factors which are assumed to have the most significant analytical influence and through which it is possible to pinpoint which organizations need to establish a CIP as well as the type of process required.
• Competitive Intelligence in Spain: a Situational Appraisal
  Alessandro Comai with Joaquín Tena Millán
  Journal of Competitive Intelligence and Management 2(3) 2004年10月 [査読有り]
• Global Code of Ethics and Competitive Intelligence Purposes: an Ethical Perspective on Competitors
  Alessandro Comai
  Journal of Competitive Intelligence and Management  2(1) 2004年 [査読有り]
• Los Propósitos de la Inteligencia en la empresa: Competidora, Cooperadora, Neutral e Rival
  Alessandro Comai Joaquín Tena Millán
  El profesional de la Información 10(5) 4-10 2001年05月 [査読有り]
  This article describes the different purposes that competitive intelligence can serve in a company. Three categories of intelligence arise from corporate needs, while a fourth one stems from personal requirements. Furthermore, the article describes the links between the industrial life cycle of the company or strategic business unit and global investment in competitive intelligence and its distribution, according to the three types of intelligence previously presented.

書籍等出版物

• Establishing a World-Class Competitive Intelligence Function
  Alessandro Comai and John E. Prescott
  共著
  Barcelona, Emecom Ediciones ISBN 13: 978-84-935178-2-3 2007年03月 978-84-935178-2-3
  This workbook is the essences of a multistage research project and provides the foundation for building your World-Class Competitive Intelligence function. Competitive Intelligence represents a formalized, yet continuously evolving process by which the management team assesses the evolution of its industry and the capabilities and behaviour of its current and potential competitors to assist in maintaining or developing a competitive advantage (Prescott and Gibbons, 1993). The CI function can be divided into two main activities: (a) the operation, which includes working on intelligence products and project involving the gathering, analyzing and dissemination of intelligence based on intelligence requests from managers and (b) the administration, which focuses on the activities, actions and resources needed to manage the operational activity. These two activities interact; both are necessary for an e.ective world-class CI function. Most of the literature has focused on various aspects of CI operations such as collection techniques and analytical methods. Designing the administration structure of a CI function has been primarily examined in an ad hoc manner. The workbook, based on systematic research, reveals how to design a CI administration to achieve a world-class standard.
• Mapping and Anticipating the Competitive Landscape
  Alessandro Comai with Joaquín Tena Millán
  共著
  Barcelona: Emecom Ediciones ISBN 13: 978-84-935178-1-6 2006年12月 978-84-935178-1-6
  Anticipation is now an essential key for strategy! New disruptive business models, innovation, geopolitical forces, emerging markets all require constant attention and anticipation if a firm is to sustain its competitive position. Mapping and Anticipating the Competitive Landscape is a book in which a new perspective is introduced. The book helps identify which actors are sources of the critical changes in the environment having a significant impact on the organization. The anticipation of these changes means that the right action/decision can be taken in the right time frame. The model proposed in this book is practice-oriented. We consider that it can be used by private and public organizations for strategic purposes. It becomes a strategic weapon once the organization has included it in the strategic planning process. We therefore invite you, not only to read this text in detail, but also to procure success for your organization using the tool presented herein!
• Software for Technological Patent Intelligence
  Alessandro Comai with Juan Carlos Vergara and Joaquín Tena Millán
  共訳
  Emecom Ediciones, Barcelona ISBN-10 84-935178-0-1. 2006年09月
• Inteligencia Competitiva y Vigilancia Tecnológica: Experiencias e implantación en España y Latinoamérica
  Alessandro Comai with Joaquín Tena Millán
  共編者
  Barcelona: Emecom Ediciones ISBN-10: 84-611-0314-9. 2006年05月
• Software para la Inteligencia Tecnológica de Patentes: Evaluación de aplicativos informáticos y necesidades de inteligencia tecnológica
  Alessandro Comai with Juan Carlos Vergara and Joaquín Tena Millán
  共著
  Emecom Ediciones, Barcelona - ISBN-10 84-609-9829-0. 2006年03月
• The development of the Business Intelligence function in 4 Finnish case Companies
  Alessandro Comai
  単著
   2005年06月
  To manage the BI process effectively, companies have to manage the different kinds of resources which are available inside the firm, and also in the external environment, into an organized system. This process will give rise to the establishment of a BI function: a set of specific competencies focused in such a way as to help managers take better decisions and thus add significant value to their decision making process. The Purpose of this Visipro project is to understand how Finnish companies have developed their own BI function and how this process has been evolving with time. The research is also concerned with the understanding of the following: what are the tangible and intangible assets which have been used, what are the critical activities and stages which must be considered during the establishment of a BI capability and what level of BI processes have been achieved in the Finnish companies. To answer these questions 4 Finnish case companies will be studied between February and June 2005. The project is concerned with the establishment of a general BI framework which will be based on the experience of the Finnish case companies.
• La Inteligencia Competitiva y el Contexto Estratégico de una Organización
  Alessandro Comai
  分担執筆
  Inno-pharma 2005年05月
• La Inteligencia Competitiva en las Mejores Practicas Españolas
  Alessandro Comai with Joaquín Tena Millán
  共著
  Emecom, Barcelona – ISBN 13: 978-84-935178-3-0 2004年10月
• La Inteligencia Competitiva en las Multinacionales Catalanas
  Alessandro Comai with Joaquín Tena Millán
  共著
  Emecom, Barcelona - (DL B. 24392-2004) ISBN-13: 978-84-935178-4-7 2004年05月

講演・口頭発表等

• Cómo extraer Insights desde grandes cantidades de texto: caso práctico sobre conversaciones informales
  Alessandro Comai
  VISIO 2018年11月
  招待有り
• The power of Network Graph Viz: a visual mechanism for gathering insights form informal conversation
  Alessandro Comai
  Conference: NetSci2018 (EDSI 2017),  2018年06月
• Artificial Intelligence, Big Data and Network Analysis in Financial Services
  Alessandro Comai
  Frankfurt Summit on Network Analysis - Goethe University Frankfurt 2017年10月
  招待有り
• Science ecosystem: Analyzing data through real-time interactive network graphs
  Alessandro Comai
  8th Annual Conference of the European Decision Sciences Institute (EDSI 2017) 2017年04月
• La Inteligencia Competitiva y su contribución al desarrollo de oportunidades en el Gran Caribe
  Alessandro Comai
  La Inteligencia Competitiva y su contribución al desarrollo de oportunidades en el Gran Caribe 2013年09月
  招待有り
• Inteligencia Competitiva y el desarrollo de la capacidad de anticipación frente a Oportunidades y Amenazas
  Alessandro Comai
  Talca University 2013年04月
• 7. Vigilancia Tecnológica e Inteligencia Competitiva aplicadas a las tomas de decisiones
  Alessandro Comai
  PROSPECTA Colombia 2011 – IV Congreso Internacional de Propecta Internacional de Prospectiva Estratégica y Estudio de Futuro – UNAD 2011年09月
• Early Warning
  Alessandro Comai
  PROSPECTA Colombia 2011 – IV Congreso Internacional de Propecta Internacional de Prospectiva Estratégica y Estudio de Futuro – UNAD 2011年09月
  招待有り
• Inteligencia Competitiva: Conceptos y Experiencias
  Alessandro Comai
  ESADECREAPOLIS – Barcelona, España 2011年02月
  招待有り
• El Sistema de Inteligencia Económica como Política Pública
  Alessandro Comai
  Congresso: Los nuevos desafíos de la Inteligencia Estratégica y la prospectiva frente a los mercados InternacionaCongresso: Los nuevos desafíos de la Inteligencia Estratégica y la prospectiva frente a los mercados Internacionales - University of Boyacá, T 2010年09月
• Inteligencia Competitiva: estado del Arte
  Alessandro Comai
  Universidad de Boyacá, Colombia  2010年09月
  招待有り
• World-class CI function: A cluster perspective
  Alessandro Comai
  Université Europe-Méditerranée des clusters, Marseille, France 2007年11月
• How to select a Patent Analysis Software: a comparison between the demand and supply side
  Alessandro Comai
  DCIF - Deutsches Competitive Intelligence Forum - Dresden, Germany  2006年11月
• Como desenvolver uma unidade de Inteligência Competitiva: um modelo basados nas melhores prácticas
  Alessandro Comai
  1ero Workshop Internacional UPIS de Inteligência Competitiva” - UPIS - Brasilia, Brasil  2006年11月
• World-Class Competitive Intelligence Management
  Alessandro Comai
  ICC 2006 - Paris, France  2006年10月
• La Evolución de la Inteligencia Competitiva en España
  Alessandro Comai
  I Congresso Ibero-Americano de Gestão do Conhecimento e Inteligência Competitiva- GeCIC - Curritiba, Brasil  2006年08月
  招待有り
• Inteligencia Competitiva: una herramienta para la toma de decisión
  Alessandro Comai
  IV Jornadas InfoDIEZ – Business Intelligence, INFODIEZ - Universidad de Zaragoza 2006年04月
  招待有り
• La Inteligencia Competitiva como una herramienta Estratégica para la Empresa
  Alessandro Comai
  1 Jornadas de Inteligencia Empresarial Universidad de Málaga  2006年03月
• Building and Managing a CI World Class Function in Japanese Technology Companies
  Alessandro Comai
  BTCI – Nihon University 2005年10月
• La Inteligencia Competitiva en España
  Alessandro Comai
  FESABID - Madrid  2005年04月
  招待有り
• Discover Hidden Corporate Intelligence Needs by Looking at Environmental and Organizational Contingencies
  Alessandro Comai
  eBRF 2004 2004年09月
  招待有り
• La intel·ligència competitiva a Espanya: desenvolupament actual I perspectives futures
  Alessandro Comai
  Bibliodoc: anuari de biblioteconomia, documentació i informació 2005  2004年
  招待有り

作品

• Mira Analytics
  Alessandro Comai コンピュータソフト 2016年09月 - 9999年
  マイポータル
• Several consulting activities for companies like MSD, Repsol, Gallina Blanca GB, Affinity Petcare, MetroGas, AkzoNoebel, Petrobras, Sika, among others.
  Alessandro Comai その他 2001年09月 - 2018年01月
  マイポータル

MISC

• CASE STUDY: Genbei: a Japanese company manufacturing beach sandals
  Alessandro Comai
   2019年10月
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• CASE STUDY: Supreme: the billion-dollar streetwear brand
  Alessandro Comai
   2019年09月
  0
  Introduction Supreme was founded in Manhattan (NY) in April 1994. From the beginning, the design of this streetwear brand was inspired by skaters and artists from downtown New York. The Supreme brand rapidly became popular among the younger generation thanks to its original and disruptive style. However, the clothing is now worn by a wider audience that includes celebrities, actors and executives. The enormous success of the brand has attracted the attention of the specialist media, as well as renowned business and financial magazines, such as Business Insider, Fortune and The Wall Street Journal. Recently, the brand has been valued at more than one billion dollars.
• CASE STUDY: Pink Lady®: Marketing Apple Fruits
  Alessandro Comai
   2019年08月
  0
  Introduction: Since the introduction of brand Pink Lady® in 1979, this new apple fruit has achieved a leading position in the fruits industry and it is available in more than 90 countries. In 2017 Pink Lady® was ranked at the thirteen position worldwide with a total share of 3 percent according to World Apple and Peer Association (WAPA) and in Europe Pink Lady® became the number one apple. The growing popularity of the Pink Lady® brand among consumers has led to significant sales in the three main EU markets such as the Netherlands, France and the United Kingdom each one with 11 percent, 14 percent and 9 percent grew respectively between 2008 and 2019.
• The development of the Business Intelligence function in 4 Finnish case Companies
  Alessandro Comai with Virpi Pirttimäki and Mika Hannula
  Not published Report  2005年06月
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• La inteligencia competitiva en la planificación estratégica y financiera
  Alessandro Comai with Joaquín Tena Millán
  Harvard-Deusto Finanza y Contabilidad(56) 2003年 [査読有り]
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受賞

• 2019年07月 World Open Innovation Conference 2019 (WOIC) Reviewer Editorial Board
• 2019年06月 6th International Conference on Indo-Pacific Studies at MLIC Conference Chair - Marketing Track
• 2019年04月 World Patent Information Reviewer for the Journal
• 2018年12月 El professional de la Información Invited as a Reviewer
• 2018年12月 International Journal of Big Data Management (IJBDM) Editorial Board invited Editorial Board
• 2018年11月  Hult Prize at International University of Japan Selection committee
• 2018年06月 World Open Innovation Conference 2018 (WOIC) Reviewer Editorial Board
• 2018年03月 EURAM 2018 Annual Conference - Reviewer for the

その他

• 2018年04月 Research Ethics e-Learning Course
  Research Ethics e-Learning Course (e-Learning Course on Research Ethics) [eL CoRE] developed by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
• 2018年03月 Assurance of Learning Seminar I, by AACSB International.
  Assurance of Learning Seminar I, Abu Dhabi organized by AACSB International. Abu Dhabi University; College of Business Administration Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi 59911.