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Piera Centobelli is Assistant. Professor of Business Economics and Organization at the Department of Industrial Engineering of the University of Naples Federico II. From 2013 to 2016, she joined the Fraunhofer Joint Laboratory of Excellence on Advanced Production Technology (J-LEAPT) in partnership with Fh-IWU of Chemnitz. She published more than 40 papers in top journals and conference proceedings. She acts as guest editor and reviewer for several peer-reviewed journals. Her research interests focus on knowledge and technology management, operations management, logistics and supply chain management, decision support systems, Industry 4.0, digital transformation, digital factory, circular economy, triple bottom line, environmental, economic and social sustainability.

Roberto Cerchione (MEng, PhD) is Chair of IEEE Blockchain Italy, Delegate of Engineering Management Committee and Director of SGu and Professor of Business Management at the University of Naples Parthenope. He is Professor of Technology, Innovation and Management Faculty at the University of Bergamo and the University of Naples Federico II and teaches `Advanced Logistics Systems and Sustainable Supply Chain Management' at the Aerotech Academy. After his PhD, he was Adjunct Faculty at University of Maryland University College and Scientific Coordinator of technology transfer and R&D projects with large companies, SMEs and startups. He serves as Co-Editor-in-Chief the Journal of Entrepreneurship Education and the Academy of Strategic Management Journal, and acts as managing guest editor, section editor and editorial board member for many journals. His-research interests focus on blockchain and 4.0 transition, knowledge and technology management, sustainability management, logistics and supply chain management, entrepreneurship and technology transfer. He has co-authored more than 100 publications including articles published in leading peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, conference proceedings, research reports.

Pasquale Del Vecchio, PhD, is a Senior Researcher at the Department of Management, Finance and Technology at University LUM Giuseppe Degennaro, Bari, Italy. In 2007, he was a visiting PhD student in the Center for Business Intelligence at MIT's Sloan School of Management. His research field concerns the issues of digital innovation, circular economy and data driven business models. Currently, he is involved in a project related to the development of a model for the smart specialisation of a regional destination. These research activities have been documented in approximately 50 publications spanning international journals, conference proceedings and book chapters.

Eugenio Oropallo is PhD Candidate at the Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Naples Federico II (Italy). He received the M.Sc. degree in Engineering Management. His current scientific interests concern the role of Industry 4.0 enabling technologies, blockchain, big data and business analytics in supply chain management domain.

Giustina Secundo is Full Professor of Management Engineering at the Department of Management, Finance and Technology at University LUM Giuseppe Degennaro Bari. In the period 2017–2021, she served as the project manager of the Contamination Lab, a Laboratory aimed to craete the entrepreneurial mindset in Students at University of Salento (Lecce, Italy) to create entrepreneurial capabilities in students. She is Director of the Master Degree in Digital Transformation of the Public Administration at LUM School of Management (Bari). Her research regards the digital transformation of the academic entrepreneurship, technology entrepreneurship and intellectual capital management. She authored 180 papers appearing in Technovation, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Intellectual Capital and Journal of Knowledge Management. She received several research awards such as, the Emerald Literati award, the Best Papers Award and the highly commended award from Emerald.