Rita Maria Difrancesco is Associate Professor of Operations & Supply Chain at Politecnico di Milano (Italy). She received her PhD in Supply Chain Management from WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management (Germany). Previously, Rita has been Visiting Scholar at Kellogg-Northwestern University (US), Visiting Professor at MIT (US) and Associate Professor at Eada Business School (Spain). Prior to joining academia, she worked in the fields of project management, IT consultancy and logistics. She published and presented her work in journals and international conferences in Europe and in the US. She has teaching experience in the fields of Operations Management, Supply Chain Management and Sustainability.