Marianna Marra (PhD, Aston Business School) is an Associate Professor at the School of Management, her research focuses on networks, innovation and international business. Before joining Polimi, she worked at the University of Sussex Business School and the University of Essex (UK). She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in the UK, and the Vice President (for Program) for the Research Methods SIG of the Academy of International Business (AIB). Her research has been published in leading journals such as the Journal of Corporate Finance, Work Employment, and Society, International Business Review, International Journal of Production Economics, Annals of Operations Research, and International Journal of Production Research.