Mats Magnusson is Professor of Product Innovation Engineering at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and Permanent Visiting Professor at Luiss School of Business and Management in Rome. He has previously been director of the Institute for Management of Innovation and Technology in Sweden, and Visiting Professor at the University of Bologna and at Aalborg University. Moreover, he is chairman of the Continuous Innovation Network (CINet), senior advisor of the Creativity and Innovation Management journal, and is active as a board member and consultant to several industrial companies, as well as in various executive training programs. His research and teaching activities concern continuous innovation, management of ideas and knowledge, innovation networks and strategic management.