Research | International Research Centre K.R.E.S.S.M. Lab ("Knowledge and Risk Management, Ethics for Sustainable Strategic Management”)

Presentation

The "Knowledge and Risk Management, Ethics for Sustainable Strategic Management (K.R.E.S.S.M.)” Lab. is an International Research Center and Laboratory established at the University of Salerno, Department of Business Sciences - Management & Innovation Systems, with Authorization Decree prot. 110664 dated 27/04/2023 Rep. 205/2023.

The Center aims to stimulate moments of reflection and in-depth analysis on critical issues related to knowledge management and its impact on risk management in the complex strategic decision-making process.

Another area of focus for the Center is ethics observed from various perspectives: public ethics, ethical behaviors, ethical decision-making, and other profiles related to the domains of management and technology. Special attention is given to the creation, care, and improvement of the cornerstone of ethics: the ethical code.

Corporate social responsibility and sustainability are additional topics of interest, linked to the use of social responsibility tools and the measurement of the effectiveness of strategic formulation and implementation, as well as the co-creation processes of value that ensue. These topics encompass sustainable development and the 2030 Agenda, both in terms of direct and indirect analysis, aiming to measure the impacts between organizational strategic approaches, results in terms of co-created value, and alignment with the 17 goals and 169 targets of the 2030 Agenda.

Another area of interest is technology and security in the domain of cybersecurity, given the increasing attention to the topic and the need for greater awareness at various levels (entrepreneurial, institutional, and para-institutional).

What we do

The Center interacts with internal organizations at the University of Salerno and external entities to carry out teaching, support, and research activities on central themes of common interest.

The Center’s purpose is the study and in-depth analysis, through research activities and knowledge dissemination, of scientific and cultural topics in the areas of management and governance, with reference to the strategic field, focusing on knowledge management and risk management, ethics, sustainability, and the relationships that can develop among these domains. The strategic orientation towards sustainability principles and the achievement of the goals of the 2030 Agenda, innovation, and technology management will be central themes in the Center's activities, with particular attention to aspects related to cybersecurity, crisis management, and contingency management.

The Center aims to:

• establish a provincial, regional, national, and international network through the signing of agreements and conventions with associations, public and private entities, universities, ministries and substructures, diplomatic representations, etc., aimed at the exchange and circulation of information, as well as the design of events on topics of common interest involving the parties concerned;
• participate in national, European, and international research projects through interdisciplinary collaborations between Italian and foreign professors and experts, aimed at open and continuous training on the Center's topics of interest;
• carry out support/service activities on behalf of internal subjects within the university and external subjects (other universities, private/public entities and organizations);
• publish scientific publications on research interests;
• organize educational events such as (for example, but not limited to) refresher courses and/or post-graduate courses, masters, seminars, conferences, and other aggregative activities related to scientific research, directed at both public and private organizations.
• carry out teaching activities in support of the training paths of the University of Salerno and, by prior agreement, other Italian and foreign universities.
• other activities that the Center deems useful.

Who we are

Director and Founder:

Dr Mirko Perano

International Research Group Name

IRG: KNOWLEDGE AND RISK MANAGEMENT FOR SECURITY AND INTELLIGENCE IN DIGITAL CONTEXTS (KRiMSID)

Aim: the nexus between knowledge and risk management impacts on decisions that organizations (both public and private singularly and in cooperation) need to assume to contrast physiological, casual or pathological phenomena. In this sense, the nexus supports a sensitive strategic and tactical decision-making process from which operations will be realized in the domain of security and intelligence in a high digital context. The impact of this relationship can be detected in the crisis management, contingency management, in the planning of strategy and in the operations both in the context of intelligence and in the private sector. Also, the continuous innovation of technology and the new skills and capabilities that comes from this innovation require a focus on the risk management updating the classification of the existing risks and create categories of new risks.

Focus: the international research group, by using a multidisciplinary approach (in academic sense but also involving government professionals, specialized organizations and high professionals), will stress the understanding of the nexus between the capability to manage data and information (knowledge management) and the process of this data and information to support the risk management process finalized to prevent and anticipate events in the intelligence domain for security in high digital and innovative context. Also, aspects related to the acquisition of the information and data will be investigated focusing the human and technological domain. The incremental and radical innovation in the digital context and in the cyberspace will be focus to support the improvement of the definition of the existing risks but also the goal to define the new ones. The nexus between knowledge and risk management will be investigates to improve and create new models and framework to support both public and private organizations to obtain the expected value from the operationalization of strategies and tactic tasks. Strategic and tactical thinking will be used to connect these new models with the topic of crisis management, contingency management and ethical aspects.

Scientific director of KRiMSID:

• Mirko Perano, Senior Researcher, University of Salerno, Italy, mperano@unisa.it

Members of KRiMSID

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IRG: ETHICS AND TECHNOLOGY (ETech)

Aim: the constant push towards technological innovation from which derives the boost of digital transformation and the use of advanced technologies in various contexts (from production to logistics, the supply chain, public services, security and defence) lead us to wonder if these technologies based on technical-IT languages thought by humans, respond to fundamental ethical principles.

Focus: by using an interdisciplinary approach, the international research group will focus attention on the relations between ethics and technology (also investigating aspect related to the privacy) that includes artificial intelligence, big data, block chain, cobotics, machine and deep learning with the main aim to measure the ethical degree in the designing and improvement of advanced technologies in the sensitive contexts.

Scientific directors of ETech

• Mirko Perano, Senior Researcher, University of Salerno, Italy, mperano@unisa.it
• Gian Luca Casali, Associate Professor at Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, luca.casali@qut.edu.au

Members of ETech

• Greg Hearn, Research Professor, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, g.hearn@qut.edu.au
• Rabail Aisha, Researcher, Department of Business Administration, Sukkur IBA University, Sukkur, Sindh, Pakistan
• Nisar Channa, PhD. Student, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, nisarahmed.channa@hdr.qut.edu.au
• Claudio Del Regno, PhD. Student, University of Salerno, Italy, cldelregno@unisa.it

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IRG: SUSTAINABLE ECO-INNOVATION AND ORGANISATIONAL PERFORMANCE (SEIOP)

Aim: Eco-innovation has been identified as a source of gaining a competitive advantage on a global scale. To build upon that, this research group aims to deepen the understanding of sustainable eco-innovation in the business entities, especially in the context of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). It will investigate the impact of having a clear eco-innovation strategy on the organization's sustainability and performance.

Focus: The international research group will use an interdisciplinary approach to investigate the effects of multicultural learning in corporate phenomena. Particular attention will be given to understanding and measuring the effectiveness of policies on the sustainable goals and targets of the companies.

Scientific Director of SEIOP:

• Dr. Agim Mamuti, Mother Teresa University, Republic of North Macedonia agim.mamuti@unt.edu.mk

Members of SEIOP:

• Dr. Mehmed Ganic International University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, mganic@ius.edu.ba
• Dr. Ognjen Riđić International University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina oggi.ridic@gmail.com
• Dr. Aleksandar Dimovski Mother Teresa University, Republic of North Macedonia, aleksandar.dimovski@unt.edu.mk

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IRG: CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY AND KNOWLEDGE ISSUES (CSKI)

Aim: Recognizing the change in socio-economic configurations also due to COVID-19, the research group aims at investigating how knowledge management and practices can facilitate companies in better understanding and facing the challenges of Corporate Sustainability.

Focus: the research group focuses the attention on the challenging issues related to knowledge management as key set of value processes through which it is possible for firms to understand and management the multiple dimensions of Corporate Sustainability

Scientific Director of CSKI

• Francesco Caputo, University of Naples ‘Federico II’, Italy, francesco.caputo2@unina.it

Members of CSKI

• Igor Perko, University of Maribor, Slovenia, igor.perko@um.si
• Tachia Chin, School of Management, Zhejiang University of Technology, China, tachiachin@zjut.edu.cn
• Veronica Scuotto, University of Naples ‘Federico II’, Italy, veronica.scuotto@unina.it
• Valentina Cillo, Link Campus University, Italy, v.cillo@unilink.it
• Yi Shi, School of Management, Zhejiang University of Technology, China, shiyi_41@163.com
• Dr. Anna Roberta Gagliardi, University of Foggia, Italy, annaroberta.gagliardi@unifg.it
• Dr. Rosario Bianco, Pegaso University, Italy, info@rosariobianco.it
• Dr. Mattia Lettieri, Mercatorum University, Italy, lettierimattia000@gmail.com
• Dr. Rossana Piccolo, University of Teramo, Italy, rpiccolo@unite.it

Where we are/Headquarters

K.R.E.S.S.M. is based at the Department of Business Sciences - Management & Innovation Systems (DISA-MIS), room 035, FIN-04DP01035, Building C2, first floor.