Aldona Kapacinskaite

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. I study invention, refinement and adoption of technologies across different settings. Most of my research is based in the energy sector. I also have a parallel interest in digital platforms. My research has been recognized by the SMS Strategy Research Foundation Dissertation Award and several grants from the Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship as well as the Wheeler Institute at London Business School. I hold a double MSc in Economics and Public Policy from Ecole Polytechnique (Palaiseau) 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.

Education

• PhD London Business School (2015 — 2021)
• MSc (double degree with Ecole Polytechnique) Sciences Po (2012 — 2015)
• MSc (double degree with Sciences Po Paris) École Polytechnique (2012 — 2015)
• Economics department University of Warwick (2011 — 2012)
• B.A. in Social Sciences (Honors) Sciences Po Paris (2009 — 2012)
• International Baccalaureate United World College - USA (2007 — 2009)

Companies

• Assistant Professor Università Bocconi (2021)
• PhD Candidate in Strategy and Entrepreneurship London Business School (2015 — 2021)
• Consultant Outsight Consulting (2015 — 2017)
• Business Associate Intern Google (2014 — 2014)
• Research intern Natixis (2014 — 2014)
• Trainee at DG ECFIN European Commission (2013 — 2014)
• Research Assistant INSEAD (2013 — 2013)
• Undergraduate Researcher University of Warwick (2012 — 2012)
• Communications Intern Entrepreneurs du Monde, Poitiers, France (2011 — 2011)

RESEARCH & PEER REVIEWED CONFERENCES

Solutions Looking for Problems: Idle Capacity and Resource Repurposing (single-authored)

• Presented at the 2021 Industry Studies Association Annual Conference, June 2021
• Presented at the 10th SEI Doctoral Consortium (University of Bologna, Virtual)
• Presented at the 80th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management - Showcase Symposium, 2020 (Virtual)
• Presented at the CCC (Consortium on Competitiveness and Cooperation), 2020 (Virtual)
• Presented at the 1st Virtual Strategy Student Conference, 2020 (Virtual)
• Presented at Wharton Corporate Strategy and Innovation Conference, 2019 (Philadelphia)
• Presented at the 79th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, 2019 (Boston)

Keeping Invention Confidential: the Role of Strengthened Appropriability in the Use of Trade Secrets (with Colleen Cunningham)

• Presented at the Mannheim Virtual IO Seminar, Workshop on Secrecy and Disclosure in Innovation, June 2021
• Presented at EPFL Virtual Innovation Seminar (EVIS), May 2021
• Presented at the Vth Summer School on Data and Algorithms for Science, Technology and Innovation studies, hosted by KU Leuven (Virtual), 2020
• Presented at the 80th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management* - Showcase Symposium, 2020 (Virtual)
• Presented at the 79th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, 2019 (Boston)
• Presented at Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SIE) Workshop*, 2019 (Barcelona)
• Presented at the Special Conference of the Strategic Management Society, 2019 (Frankfurt)
• Presented at the Munich Summer Institute, 2019 (Munich)
• Presented at the DRUID Conference, 2019 (Copenhagen)
• Presented at the Vienna Strategy Conference, 2019 (Vienna)

Do Innovation Possibilities Decline with Technological Age? (with Sendil Ethiraj)

• Presented at the 39th Annual Conference of the Strategic Management Society, 2019 (Minneapolis)
• Presented at the Wheeler Institute PhD Conference with Daron Acemoglu, 2018 (London)
• Presented at the 79th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, 2019 (Boston)
• Presented at the Transatlantic Doctoral Conference (TADC), 2018 (London)
• Presented at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, 2017 (Atlanta)

Platform Complementors: Downstream vs. Upstream Orientation and Product Performance (single-authored)

• Presented at the 2021 Industry Studies Association Annual Conference, June 2021
• Presented at the 79th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, 2019 (Boston)
• Presented at the Special Conference of the Strategic Management Society, 2019 (Frankfurt)
• Presented at the Special Conference of the Academy of Management, 2017 (Tel Aviv)

AWARDS & GRANTS

• Strategy Research Foundation (SRF) Dissertation Research Grant (USD 10,000) 2018-2020
• LBS Wheeler Institute for Business and Development (GBP 1,500) 2020
• LBS Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Grant (GBP 2,500) 2020
• LBS Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Grant (GBP 11,000) 2018
• Deloitte Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Grant (GBP 10,000) 2017
• Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Scholarship for Postgraduate Studies 2015-2020
• London Business School Doctoral Fellowship 2015-2020