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COLOMBARI, Ruggero

COLOMBARI, Ruggero

Professor Ajudant doctor
Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences
Department of Department of Economy and Business Organization

Contact

Tel. +34 932 541 800
Ext. 4779
rcolombari@uic.es
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  • Academic training
  • Publications
    • Articles
    • Book chapters
  • Subjects taught
  • PhD in Management, Production and Design
  • Politecnico di Torino
  • Master of Business Administration (MBA)
  • Collège des Ingénieurs
  • Alta Scuola Politecnica - XI cycle
  • Politecnico di Milano
  • Laurea Magistrale in Ingegneria della Produzione Industriale e dell'Innovazione Tecnologica
  • Politecnico di Torino
  • Máster en Dirección de empresas y sistemas de producción por la Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
  • Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
  • Laurea in Ingegneria della Produzione Industriale
  • Politecnico di Torino
  • Higher Certificate in Business - Year 2
  • Athlone Institute of Technology
  • Computers in Human Behavior Reports, Does frequency of use enhance ChatGPT user satisfaction? The role of perceived functional capabilities and AI interaction preference
    Name: Colombari, Ruggero; Marimon, Frederic; Mas-Machuca, Marta Role: Autor Publishing date: 2026
    Vol.: 22
    DOI: 10.1016/j.chbr.2026.101016
  • PLoS ONE, Higher education students' perceptions of ChatGPT
    Name: Ravšelj, Dejan; Keržič, Damijana; Tomaževič, Nina; Umek, Lan; Brezovar, Nejc; Iahad, Noorminshah A.; Abdulla, Ali Abdulla; Akopyan, Anait; Segura, Magdalena Waleska Aldana; AlHumaid, Jehan; Allam, Mohamed Farouk; Alló, Maria; Andoh, Raphael Papa Kweku; Andronic, Octavian; Arthur, Yarhands Dissou; Aydin, Fatih; Badran, Amira; Balbontín-Alvarado, Roxana; Saad, Helmi Ben; Bencsik, Andrea; Benning, Isaac; Besimi, Adrian; da Silva Bezerra, Denilson; Buizza, Chiara; Burro, Roberto; Bwalya, Anthony; Cachero, Cristina; Castillo-Briceno, Patricia; Castro, Harold; Chai, Ching Sing; Charalambous, Constadina; Chiu, Thomas K.F.; Clipa, Otilia; Colombari, Ruggero; Corral Escobedo, Luis José H.; Costa, Elísio; Creţulescu, Radu George; Crispino, Marta; Cucari, Nicola; Dalton, Fergus; Kaya, Meva Demir; Dumić-Čule, Ivo; Dwidienawati, Diena; Ebardo, Ryan; Egbenya, Daniel Lawer; Faris, Moez Al Islam Ezzat; Fečko, Miroslav; Ferrinho, Paulo; Florea, Adrian; Fong, Chun Yuen; Francis, Zoë; Ghilardi, Alberto; González-Fernández, Belinka; Hau, Daniela; Hossain, Md Shamim; Hug, Theo; Inasius, Fany; Ismail, Maryam Jaffar; Jahić, Hatidža; Jessa, Morrison Omokiniovo; Kapanadze, Marika; Kar, Sujita Kumar; Kateeb, Elham Talib; Kaya, Feridun; Khadri, Hanaa Ouda; Kikuchi, Masao; Kobets, Vitaliy Mykolayovych; Kostova, Katerina Metodieva; Krasmane, Evita; Lau, Jesus; Law, Wai Him Crystal; Lazǎr, Florin; Lazović-Pita, Lejla; Lee, Vivian Wing Yan; Li, Jingtai; López-Aguilar, Diego Vinicio; Luca, Adrian; Luciano, Ruth Garcia; Machin-Mastromatteo, Juan D.; Madi, Marwa; Manguele, Alexandre Lourenço; Manrique, Rubén Francisco; Mapulanga, Thumah; Marimon, Frederic; Marinova, Galia Ilieva; Mas-Machuca, Marta; Mejía-Rodríguez, Oliva; Meletiou-Mavrotheris, Maria; Méndez-Prado, Silvia Mariela; Meza-Cano, José Manuel; Mirķe, Evija; Mishra, Alpana; Mital, Ondrej; Mollica, Cristina; Morariu, Daniel Ionel; Mospan, Natalia; Mukuka, Angel; Jiménez, Silvana Guadalupe Navarro; Nikaj, Irena; Nisheva, Maria Mihaylova; Nisiforou, Efi; Njiku, Joseph; Nomnian, Singhanat; Nuredini-Mehmedi, Lulzime; Nyamekye, Ernest; Obadić, Alka; Okela, Abdelmohsen Hamed; Olenik-Shemesh, Dorit; Ostoj, Izabela; Peralta-Rizzo, Kevin Javier; Peštek, Almir; Pilav-Velić, Amila; Pires, Dilma Rosanda Miranda; Rabin, Eyal; Raccanello, Daniela; Ramie, Agustine; ur Rashid, Md Mamun; Reuter, Robert A.P.; Reyes, Valentina; Rodrigues, Ana Sofia; Rodway, Paul; Ručinská, Silvia; Sadzaglishvili, Shorena; Salem, Ashraf Atta M.S.; Savić, Gordana; Schepman, Astrid; Shahpo, Samia Mokhtar; Snouber, Abdelmajid; Soler, Emma; Sonyel, Bengi; Stefanova, Eliza; Stone, Anna; Strzelecki, Artur; Tanaka, Tetsuji; Cortes, Carolina Tapia; Teira-Fachado, Andrea; Tilga, Henri; Titko, Jelena; Tolmach, Maryna; Turmudi, Dedi; Varela-Candamio, Laura; Vekiri, Ioanna; Vicentini, Giada; Woyo, Erisher; Yorulmaz, Özlem; Yunus, Said A.S.; Zamfir, Ana Maria; Zhou, Munyaradzi; Aristovnik, Aleksander Role: Autor Publishing date: 2025
    Vol.: 20 No.: 2
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0315011
  • International Journal of Production Economics, Disentangling the socio-technical impacts of digitalization
    Name: Colombari, Ruggero; Neirotti, Paolo; Berbegal-Mirabent, Jasmina Role: Autor Publishing date: 2024
    Vol.: 276
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2024.109377 ISSN or title: 0925-5273
  • IEEE transactions on engineering management, Leveraging Frontline Employees' Knowledge for Operational Data-Driven Decision-Making
    Name: Colombari, Ruggero; Neirotti, Paolo Role: Autor Publishing date: 2024
    Start page: 13840 End page: 13851 Vol.: 71
    DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2023.3291272 ISSN or title: 0018-9391
  • International Journal of Production Economics, The interplay between data-driven decision-making and digitalization
    Name: Colombari, Ruggero; Geuna, Aldo; Helper, Susan; Martins, Raphael; Paolucci, Emilio; Ricci, Riccardo; Seamans, Robert Role: Autor Publishing date: 2023
    Vol.: 255
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2022.108718 ISSN or title: 0925-5273
  • Studies in higher education, Closing the middle-skills gap widened by digitalization
    Name: Colombari, Ruggero; Neirotti, Paolo Role: Autor Publishing date: 2022
    Start page: 1585 End page: 1600 Vol.: 47 No.: 8
    DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2021.1946029 ISSN or title: 0307-5079
  • CERN IdeaSquare Journal of Experimental Innovation, Can challenge-based learning be effective online? A case study using experiential learning theory
    Name: Colombari, Ruggero; D’Amico, Elettra; Paolucci, Emilio Role: Autor Publishing date: 2021
    Start page: 40 End page: 48 Vol.: 5 No.: 1
    DOI: 10.23726/cij.2021.1287
  • Toward an Artificial Knowing Cycle. Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning
    Name: Colombari, Ruggero Role: Autor Publishing date: 2026
    Start page: 83 End page: 103
  • Lean Production Planning and Control 4.0. Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies
    Name: Colombari, R. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2025
    Start page: 674 End page: 679
  • Advancing Quality Management. Proceedings of 6th International Conference on Quality Engineering and Management, ICQEM 2024
    Name: Omidvar, M.; Marimon, F.; Colombari, R. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2024
    Start page: 1104 End page: 1129
Course 2025-2026 - Period: 01/09/2025 - 31/08/2026
  • Bachelor's Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration
    • - Design Thinking and Innovation Management
    • - Business Digital Transformation
    • - Final Degree Project
  • Official Master
    University Master's Degree in Business Administration and Production Systems por la Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
    • - Final Master's Degree Project
    • - Productions and Operations Management
Course 2024-2025 - Period: 01/09/2024 - 31/08/2025
  • Bachelor's Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration
    • - Design Thinking and Innovation Management
    • - Business Digital Transformation
    • - Final Degree Project
  • Official Master
    University Master's Degree in Business Administration and Production Systems por la Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
    • - Final Master's Degree Project
    • - Productions and Operations Management
  • Others
    Lifelong Learning Master's Degree in Industrial Technology and Production
    • - Productions and Operations Management 2
Course 2023-2024 - Period: 01/09/2023 - 31/08/2024
  • Bachelor's Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration
    • - Business Digital Transformation
    • - Design Thinking and Innovation Management
    • - Final Degree Project
  • Official Master
    University Master's Degree in Business Administration and Production Systems por la Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
    • - Productions and Operations Management
    • - Final Master's Degree Project
  • Others
    Master's Degree in Industrial Technology and Production
    • - Productions and Operations Management 2
Course 2022-2023 - Period: 01/09/2022 - 31/08/2023
  • Bachelor's Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration
    • - Business Digital Transformation
    • - Project Management and Innovation
    • - Final Degree Project
  • Official Master
    University Master's Degree in Business Administration and Production Systems por la Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
    • - Productions and Operations Management
    • - Final Master's Degree Project

Academic training

  • PhD in Management, Production and Design
  • Politecnico di Torino
  • Master of Business Administration (MBA)
  • Collège des Ingénieurs
  • Alta Scuola Politecnica - XI cycle
  • Politecnico di Milano
  • Laurea Magistrale in Ingegneria della Produzione Industriale e dell'Innovazione Tecnologica
  • Politecnico di Torino
  • Máster en Dirección de empresas y sistemas de producción por la Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
  • Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
  • Laurea in Ingegneria della Produzione Industriale
  • Politecnico di Torino
  • Higher Certificate in Business - Year 2
  • Athlone Institute of Technology

Publications

Articles

Book chapters

  • Computers in Human Behavior Reports, Does frequency of use enhance ChatGPT user satisfaction? The role of perceived functional capabilities and AI interaction preference
    Name: Colombari, Ruggero; Marimon, Frederic; Mas-Machuca, Marta Role: Autor Publishing date: 2026
    Vol.: 22
    DOI: 10.1016/j.chbr.2026.101016
  • PLoS ONE, Higher education students' perceptions of ChatGPT
    Name: Ravšelj, Dejan; Keržič, Damijana; Tomaževič, Nina; Umek, Lan; Brezovar, Nejc; Iahad, Noorminshah A.; Abdulla, Ali Abdulla; Akopyan, Anait; Segura, Magdalena Waleska Aldana; AlHumaid, Jehan; Allam, Mohamed Farouk; Alló, Maria; Andoh, Raphael Papa Kweku; Andronic, Octavian; Arthur, Yarhands Dissou; Aydin, Fatih; Badran, Amira; Balbontín-Alvarado, Roxana; Saad, Helmi Ben; Bencsik, Andrea; Benning, Isaac; Besimi, Adrian; da Silva Bezerra, Denilson; Buizza, Chiara; Burro, Roberto; Bwalya, Anthony; Cachero, Cristina; Castillo-Briceno, Patricia; Castro, Harold; Chai, Ching Sing; Charalambous, Constadina; Chiu, Thomas K.F.; Clipa, Otilia; Colombari, Ruggero; Corral Escobedo, Luis José H.; Costa, Elísio; Creţulescu, Radu George; Crispino, Marta; Cucari, Nicola; Dalton, Fergus; Kaya, Meva Demir; Dumić-Čule, Ivo; Dwidienawati, Diena; Ebardo, Ryan; Egbenya, Daniel Lawer; Faris, Moez Al Islam Ezzat; Fečko, Miroslav; Ferrinho, Paulo; Florea, Adrian; Fong, Chun Yuen; Francis, Zoë; Ghilardi, Alberto; González-Fernández, Belinka; Hau, Daniela; Hossain, Md Shamim; Hug, Theo; Inasius, Fany; Ismail, Maryam Jaffar; Jahić, Hatidža; Jessa, Morrison Omokiniovo; Kapanadze, Marika; Kar, Sujita Kumar; Kateeb, Elham Talib; Kaya, Feridun; Khadri, Hanaa Ouda; Kikuchi, Masao; Kobets, Vitaliy Mykolayovych; Kostova, Katerina Metodieva; Krasmane, Evita; Lau, Jesus; Law, Wai Him Crystal; Lazǎr, Florin; Lazović-Pita, Lejla; Lee, Vivian Wing Yan; Li, Jingtai; López-Aguilar, Diego Vinicio; Luca, Adrian; Luciano, Ruth Garcia; Machin-Mastromatteo, Juan D.; Madi, Marwa; Manguele, Alexandre Lourenço; Manrique, Rubén Francisco; Mapulanga, Thumah; Marimon, Frederic; Marinova, Galia Ilieva; Mas-Machuca, Marta; Mejía-Rodríguez, Oliva; Meletiou-Mavrotheris, Maria; Méndez-Prado, Silvia Mariela; Meza-Cano, José Manuel; Mirķe, Evija; Mishra, Alpana; Mital, Ondrej; Mollica, Cristina; Morariu, Daniel Ionel; Mospan, Natalia; Mukuka, Angel; Jiménez, Silvana Guadalupe Navarro; Nikaj, Irena; Nisheva, Maria Mihaylova; Nisiforou, Efi; Njiku, Joseph; Nomnian, Singhanat; Nuredini-Mehmedi, Lulzime; Nyamekye, Ernest; Obadić, Alka; Okela, Abdelmohsen Hamed; Olenik-Shemesh, Dorit; Ostoj, Izabela; Peralta-Rizzo, Kevin Javier; Peštek, Almir; Pilav-Velić, Amila; Pires, Dilma Rosanda Miranda; Rabin, Eyal; Raccanello, Daniela; Ramie, Agustine; ur Rashid, Md Mamun; Reuter, Robert A.P.; Reyes, Valentina; Rodrigues, Ana Sofia; Rodway, Paul; Ručinská, Silvia; Sadzaglishvili, Shorena; Salem, Ashraf Atta M.S.; Savić, Gordana; Schepman, Astrid; Shahpo, Samia Mokhtar; Snouber, Abdelmajid; Soler, Emma; Sonyel, Bengi; Stefanova, Eliza; Stone, Anna; Strzelecki, Artur; Tanaka, Tetsuji; Cortes, Carolina Tapia; Teira-Fachado, Andrea; Tilga, Henri; Titko, Jelena; Tolmach, Maryna; Turmudi, Dedi; Varela-Candamio, Laura; Vekiri, Ioanna; Vicentini, Giada; Woyo, Erisher; Yorulmaz, Özlem; Yunus, Said A.S.; Zamfir, Ana Maria; Zhou, Munyaradzi; Aristovnik, Aleksander Role: Autor Publishing date: 2025
    Vol.: 20 No.: 2
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0315011
  • International Journal of Production Economics, Disentangling the socio-technical impacts of digitalization
    Name: Colombari, Ruggero; Neirotti, Paolo; Berbegal-Mirabent, Jasmina Role: Autor Publishing date: 2024
    Vol.: 276
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2024.109377 ISSN or title: 0925-5273
  • IEEE transactions on engineering management, Leveraging Frontline Employees' Knowledge for Operational Data-Driven Decision-Making
    Name: Colombari, Ruggero; Neirotti, Paolo Role: Autor Publishing date: 2024
    Start page: 13840 End page: 13851 Vol.: 71
    DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2023.3291272 ISSN or title: 0018-9391
  • International Journal of Production Economics, The interplay between data-driven decision-making and digitalization
    Name: Colombari, Ruggero; Geuna, Aldo; Helper, Susan; Martins, Raphael; Paolucci, Emilio; Ricci, Riccardo; Seamans, Robert Role: Autor Publishing date: 2023
    Vol.: 255
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2022.108718 ISSN or title: 0925-5273
  • Studies in higher education, Closing the middle-skills gap widened by digitalization
    Name: Colombari, Ruggero; Neirotti, Paolo Role: Autor Publishing date: 2022
    Start page: 1585 End page: 1600 Vol.: 47 No.: 8
    DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2021.1946029 ISSN or title: 0307-5079
  • CERN IdeaSquare Journal of Experimental Innovation, Can challenge-based learning be effective online? A case study using experiential learning theory
    Name: Colombari, Ruggero; D’Amico, Elettra; Paolucci, Emilio Role: Autor Publishing date: 2021
    Start page: 40 End page: 48 Vol.: 5 No.: 1
    DOI: 10.23726/cij.2021.1287
  • Toward an Artificial Knowing Cycle. Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning
    Name: Colombari, Ruggero Role: Autor Publishing date: 2026
    Start page: 83 End page: 103
  • Lean Production Planning and Control 4.0. Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies
    Name: Colombari, R. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2025
    Start page: 674 End page: 679
  • Advancing Quality Management. Proceedings of 6th International Conference on Quality Engineering and Management, ICQEM 2024
    Name: Omidvar, M.; Marimon, F.; Colombari, R. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2024
    Start page: 1104 End page: 1129
Course 2025-2026 - Period: 01/09/2025 - 31/08/2026
  • Bachelor's Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration
    • - Design Thinking and Innovation Management
    • - Business Digital Transformation
    • - Final Degree Project
  • Official Master
    University Master's Degree in Business Administration and Production Systems por la Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
    • - Final Master's Degree Project
    • - Productions and Operations Management
Course 2024-2025 - Period: 01/09/2024 - 31/08/2025
  • Bachelor's Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration
    • - Design Thinking and Innovation Management
    • - Business Digital Transformation
    • - Final Degree Project
  • Official Master
    University Master's Degree in Business Administration and Production Systems por la Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
    • - Final Master's Degree Project
    • - Productions and Operations Management
  • Others
    Lifelong Learning Master's Degree in Industrial Technology and Production
    • - Productions and Operations Management 2
Course 2023-2024 - Period: 01/09/2023 - 31/08/2024
  • Bachelor's Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration
    • - Business Digital Transformation
    • - Design Thinking and Innovation Management
    • - Final Degree Project
  • Official Master
    University Master's Degree in Business Administration and Production Systems por la Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
    • - Productions and Operations Management
    • - Final Master's Degree Project
  • Others
    Master's Degree in Industrial Technology and Production
    • - Productions and Operations Management 2
Course 2022-2023 - Period: 01/09/2022 - 31/08/2023
  • Bachelor's Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration
    • - Business Digital Transformation
    • - Project Management and Innovation
    • - Final Degree Project
  • Official Master
    University Master's Degree in Business Administration and Production Systems por la Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
    • - Productions and Operations Management
    • - Final Master's Degree Project