Professorat i Investigació
Directori
Almirall Mezquita, Esteve
Professor ordinari, Departament d'Operacions, Innovació i Data Sciences a Esade
Professor titular URL
Director, Center for Innovation in Cities
Formació acadèmica
- Ph. D. in Management Sciences. FUNDACION ESADE
- Master of Research in Management Sciences.
- DEA in Artificial Intelligence. UPC-UB-URV
- Master Internacional de Gestió Empresarial. La Salle Bonanova - Manhattan College
- Enginyer Tècnic en Informàtica de Sistemes. UOC
- Master of Science in Computer Information Systems. University of Phoenix
Àrees d'interès
- ODS 11 - Ciutats i comunitats sostenibles
Biografia
Esteve Almirall té un PhD en Management Sciences ESADE, un MRes en Management Sciences, un MCIS, un DEA y un MRes en Intel·ligència Artificial UPC. La major part de la seva activitat professional ha estat relacionada amb les Tecnologies de la Informació, particularment en consultoria, banca i finances a on ha treballat més de 20 anys en posicions executives dins de les àrees de Sistemes d'Informació, Organització i Marketing.
Com emprenedor ha fundat algunes startups en aquest camp. Esteve també té un MBA, un PDD per l'IESE, un Diploma en Marketing per Berkeley y un Diploma en ensenyament a partir de casos GCPCL per la Harvard Business School.
Esteve és un apassionat de la intersecció entre innovació i tecnologia i com les Tecnologies de la Informació estan canviant la manera en que innovem, des de l'inventor solitari als ecosistemes d'innovació, de tenir que desenvolupar o adquirir les innovacions a fi de poder beneficiar-nos d'elles a capturar valor alineant els incentius i les motivacions com fan Apple i Google amb les appstores. Es doncs molt actiu en temes com Smart Cities, Ecosistemes d'Innovació, Innovació en el Sector Públic i Innovació d'Usuari particularment Lving Labs. Esteve ha coordinat varis projectes Europeus i n'ha participat com a investigador principal en més d'una decena. Es freqüent trobar-lo ocupat organitzant workshops, competicions d'Open Data o conferències al voltant d'aquests temes.
Esteve és un conferenciant reconegut en camps com Open Innovation al Sector Públic, Smart Cities o Living Labs a Europa, Asia i Amèrica. Es consultor del World Bank, conseller de l'ENoLL European Network of LIving Labs i membre del OIPSG Open Innovation Policy and Strategy Board de la Comissió Europea. Ha treballat com expert en aquestes àrees per diverses organitzacions, corporacions locals, regionals i la Comissió Europea.
Esteve té més de 30 publicacions en journals i conferencies, incloent-hi publicacions d'alt impacte i reconegudes revistes com HBR Harvard Business Review y ha dirigit varies tesis de Master i Doctorat.
Publicacions destacades
- Almirall, E. & Vives, L. (2024). Cómo la tecnología redefinirá el liderazgo y la dirección de empresas. Harvard Deusto Business Review, (350), pp. 48-51.
- Almirall, E. (2024). Open innovation in smart cities. The Oxford Handbook of Open Innovation (pp. 407-422). Oxford University Press OUP. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780192899798.013.24.
- Montakhabi, M., Madhusudan, A., Mustafa, M. A., Vanhaverbeke, W., Almirall, E. & Shenja van der, G. (2023). Leveraging blockchain for energy transition in urban contexts. Big Data and Society, 10 (2), 20539517231205503. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/20539517231205503.
- Almirall, E., Callegaro, D., Bruins, P., Santamaría, M., Martínez, P. & Cortés, U. (2022). Deep Air-A Smart City AI Synthetic Data Digital Twin Solving the Scalability Data Problems. In Cortes, A., Grimaldo, F. & Flaminio, T. (Eds.), Artificial Intelligence Research and Development - Proceedings of the 24th International Conference of the Catalan Association for Artificial Intelligence (pp. 83-86). IOS Press BV. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3233/FAIA220319.
- Almirall, E. (2022). Implicaciones dle metaverso en el 'E-commerce'.
- Almirall, E. (2022). ¿Por qué la inteligencia artificial y el Cloud están en todas partes menos en tu empresa?.
- Tschang, F. T. & Almirall, E. (2021). Artificial intelligence as augmenting automation: Implications for employment. Academy of Management Perspectives, 35 (4), pp. 642-659. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5465/amp.2019.0062.
- Almirall, E. (2021). Innovación y adopción de la Inteligencia Artificial y el Cloud: Una historia a dos velocidades.
- Almirall, E. (2021). Innovación y adopción de inteligencia artificial y 'cloud': Una historia a dos velocidades.
- Almirall, E. (2021). El mundo pos-COVID-19. ¿Qué quedará? ¿Qué pasará?.
- Almirall, E. & Ted Tschang, F. (2021). Covid-19 accelerating the dynamics of Artificial Intelligence disruption. Leveraging Artificial Intelligence in Global Epidemics (pp. 223-237). Elsevier. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-89777-8.00004-X.
- Calzada, I. & Almirall, E. (2020). Data ecosystems for protecting European citizens' digital rights. Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy, 14 (2), pp. 133-147. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/TG-03-2020-0047.
- Almirall, E., Cortés, U., Guerris, M., Ruiz Hontangas, A., Torrens, M., Valogianni, K. & Valor, J. (2020). Los retos éticos de la inteligencia artificial.
- Almirall, E. (2019). ¿Cómo sobrevivir al tsunami de la IA?.
- Brunswicker, S., Pujol Priego, L. & Almirall, E. (2019). Transparency in policy making: A complexity view. Government Information Quarterly, 36 (3), pp. 571-591. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.giq.2019.05.005.
- Almirall, E. & Calzada, I. (2019, June). Barcelona's grassroots-led urban experimentation: Deciphering the 'data commons' policy scheme [Paper presentation]. 4th Data for Policy 2019.
- Brunswicker, S., Almirall, E. & Majchrzak, A. (2019). Optimizing and satisficing: The interplay between platform architecture and producers' design strategies for platform performance. MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems, 43 (4), pp. 1249-1277. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25300/MISQ/2019/13561.
- Almirall, E., Brunswicker, S., Majchrzak, A. & Tee, R. (2018). Cocreating value from open data: From incentivizing developers to inducing co-creation in open data ecosystems. Open innovation, ecosystems and entrepreneurship: Issues and perspectives (pp. 127-158). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1142/9789813149083_0006.
- Brunswicker, S., Majchrzak, A., Almirall, E. & Tee, R. (2018). Cocreating value from open data. World Scientific Reference On Innovation (pp. 141-162). World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1142/10209.
- Almirall, E., Núñez Letamienda, L., Oliver, N. & Vives, L. (2018). Inteligencia artificial en los negocios.
- Bakici, T. & Almirall, E. (2017). Intervention intermediaries flourish: matching firms with solutions to complex needs. Journal of Business Strategy, 38 (4), pp. 21-29. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/JBS-04-2016-0039.
- Zobel, A. K., Almirall, E., Brunswicker, S., Dahlander, L., Frederiksen, L., Gawer, A., Gruber, M., Haefliger, S., Hagedoorn, J., Hilgers, D., Laursen, K., Magnusson, M. G., Majchrzak, A., McCarthy, I. P., Moeslein, K. M., Nambisan, S., Piller, F. T., Radziwon, A., Rossi-Lamastra, C., Sims, J. & Ter Wal, A. L. (2017). The open innovation research landscape: established perspectives and emerging themes across different levels of analysis. Industry and Innovation, 24 (1), pp. 8-40. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13662716.2016.1240068.
- Almirall, E., Wareham, J., Ratti, C., Conesa, P., Bria, F., Gaviria, A. & Edmondson, A. (2016, November). Smart Cities at the crossroads: New tensions in city transformation. California Management Review, 59 (1), pp. 141-152. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0008125616683949.
- Cohen, B., Almirall, E. & Chesbrough, H. (2016). The city as a lab: Open innovation meets the collaborative economy. California Management Review, 59 (1), pp. 5-13. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0008125616683951.
- Almirall, E., Willmott, S. & Angehrn, A. (2016). Integrating social network concepts and game dynamics in innovation oriented collaboration systems. 2006 IEEE International Technology Management Conference, ICE 2006 (7477076). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICE.2006.7477076.
- Sonsona, M. & Almirall, E. (2016). Enhancing Innovation with social recommendations. 2009 IEEE International Technology Management Conference, ICE 2009 (7461374). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ITMC.2009.7461374.
- Almirall, E. & Wareham, J. (2016). Contributions of Living Labs in reducing market based risk. 2009 IEEE International Technology Management Conference, ICE 2009 (7461372). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ITMC.2009.7461372.
- Lee, M., Almirall, E. & Wareham, J. (2016). Open data and civic apps: First-generation failures, second- generation improvements. Communications of the ACM, 59 (1), pp. 82-89. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/2756542.
- Almirall, E., Bakici, T. & Wareham, J. (2015). Innovation platforms: Intentions for participation. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2015.14255abstract.
- Almirall, E., Bakici, T. & Wareham, J. (2015, August). Innovation platforms: Intentions for participation [Paper presentation]. 2015 Academy of Management Annual Meeting.
- Almirall, E. (2015, August). Opening governance with a public intent: studying opening gevernance at multiple scales [Paper presentation]. 2015 Academy of Management Annual Meeting.
- Almirall, E. (2015, August). Researching open innovation: theoretical and empirical approaches at different levels of analysis [Paper presentation]. 2015 Academy of Management Annual Meeting.
- Almirall, E. & Brunswicker, S. (2015, July). Transparency design and generative governance of innovation in digital ecosystems [Paper presentation]. 3rd Annual Research Symposium on Complexity and IT, Montpellier 2015.
- Almirall, E. & Bakici, T. (2014, December). The underlying mechanisms of online open innovation intermediaries [Paper presentation]. 1st Annual World Open Innovation Conference WOIC 2014.
- Almirall, E., Lee, M. & Wareham, J. (2014). Open data & civic apps: 1st generation failures - 2nd generation improvements. ESADE working paper (79796).
- Almirall, E. (2014, June). Living labbing: The Southern approach [Paper presentation]. XXV ISPIM Conference 2014.
- Almirall, E. (2014, June). An ecological approach to diversity in open participatory strategies [Paper presentation]. The R&D Management Conference 2014.
- Almirall, E., Lee, M. & Majchrzak, A. (2014). Open innovation requires integrated competition-community ecosystems: Lessons learned from civic open innovation. Business Horizons, 57 (3), pp. 391-400. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bushor.2013.12.009.
- Domingo, A., Bellalta, B., Palacin, M., Oliver, M. & Almirall, E. (2013). Public open sensor data: Revolutionizing smart cities. IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, 32 (4), pp. 50-56. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/MTS.2013.2286421.
- Bakici, T., Almirall, E. & Wareham, J. (2013). A Smart City Initiative: The Case of Barcelona. Journal of the Knowledge Economy, 4 (2), pp. 135-148. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13132-012-0084-9.
- Bakici, T., Almirall, E. & Wareham, J. (2013). The role of public open innovation intermediaries in local government and the public sector. Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, 25 (3), pp. 311-327. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09537325.2013.764983.
- Almirall, E., Lee, M. & Wareham, J. (2012). Mapping living labs in the landscape of innovation methodologies.
- Almirall, E., Bakici, T. & Wareham, J. (2012). The underlying mechanisms of online open innovation intermediaries. ESADE working paper (79796).
- Almirall, E., Lee, M. & Wareham, J. (2011, October). Mechanisms of innovation in smart cities [Paper presentation]. eChallenges e-2011, Florence 2011.
- Almirall, E., Bakici, T. & Wareham, J. (2011, June). Motives for participation in online open innovation platforms [Paper presentation]. DRUID 2011, Copenhagen 2011.
- Usart, M., Romero, M. & Almirall, E. (2011). Impact of the feeling of knowledge explicitness in the learners' participation and performance in a collaborative game based learning activity. Serious Games Development and Applications - Second International Conference, SGDA 2011, Proceedings (pp. 23-35). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23834-5_3.
- Almirall, E. & Wareham, J. (2011). Living Labs: Arbiters of midand ground-level innovation. Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, 23 (1), pp. 87-102. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09537325.2011.537110.
- Almirall, E. & Wareham, J. (2010). Innovation: A question of fit - the living labs approach. Service innovation yearbook 2010-2011 (pp. 24-37).
- Almirall, E., Bakici, T. & Wareham, J. (2010). The underlying mechanisms of open innovation intermediaries. Service innovation yearbook 2010-2011 (pp. 56-65).
- Almirall, E., Bakici, T. & Wareham, J. (2010, June). The underlying mechanisms of open innovation intermediaries [Paper presentation]. The R&D Management Conference 2010.
- Almirall, E. & Cortés, U. (2010). Cultural algorithms. Artificial Intelligence Research and Development (pp. 19-28). IOS Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-60750-643-0-19.
- Almirall, E. & Wareham, J. (2010). Living labs. Global Sourcing of Information Technology and Business Processes - 4th Global Sourcing Workshop 2010, Revised Selected Papers (pp. 233-249). Springer Verlag. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15417-1_13.
- Almirall, E. & Casadesus-Masanell, R. (2010). Open versus closed innovation: A model of discovery and divergence. The Academy of Management Review, 35 (1), pp. 27-47. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5465/AMR.2010.45577790.
- Almirall, E. & Wareham, J. (2009, April). Innovation: A question of Fit. The Living Labs approach [Paper presentation]. 1st Symposium on Transversal Topics ESADE-HEC Barcelona 2009.
- Almirall, E. & Wareham, J. (2009). Innovation. In Barbosa, P., Nunes, M. B. & Isaias, P., White, B., Rodrigues, L. (Eds.), Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference WWW/Internet 2009, ICWI 2009 (pp. 349-353). IADIS.
- Almirall, E. (2008). El papel de las TIC en los procesos de Open Innovation.
- Almirall, E. (2008). The IT role in innovation.
- Almirall, E. (2008). El papel de la informática en la innovación.
- Almirall, E. & Wareham, J. (2008). Living Labs and open innovation: Roles and applicability.
- Almirall, E. & Wareham, J. (2008). The role of living labs in open innovation. European living labs: A new approach for human centric regional innovation (pp. 147-158).