The Team
Who We Are

Silvia Rita Sedita
Università degli Studi di Padova
Prof. Silvia Rita Sedita obtained a Ph.D. in Economics and Management of Small Firms and Local Development in 2004. Since 2015 she is full Professor in Economics and Management at the University of Padova, where she teaches Marketing, Advanced Marketing and Economic Management of Innovation. Her research agenda includes issues within the field of management of creativity and innovation in interorganizational networks. Recently she has been interested in the sustainability of innovation

Università degli Studi di Padova
Ph.D. in Organization and Business Management (1998-2001), since 1/10/2019 she is Full professor in Economics and Business Management at the University of Padua. Main research interests are as follows: digitalization strategies,
sustainability and business models, global value chains, districts and local systems of SMEs


Università degli Studi di Padova
PhD in Economics and Management (2011), she is Associate Professor. Main research interests are: environmental innovations and the circular economy, with a special focus on inter-firms collaboration and the evolution of Italian industrial firms and districts within global value chains.
Università degli Studi di Padova
Karolina Crespi Gomes is a Research fellow at the Department of Economics and Business Management at the University of Padova. She is interested in waste management, zero waste movement and sustainable innovation and transitions.


Università degli Studi di Verona
Silvia Blasi is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Business Administration at the University of Verona since December 1st, 2021.
Her main research interests focus on:
Sustainable Innovation, social entrepreneurship and B Corps, circular economy and corporate social responsibility.
Università degli Studi di Padova
Ekaterina Domorenok is Associate Professor of Political Science at the Department of Political Science, Law and International Studies of the University of Padua. Her research interests mainly concern policy design and implementation in multi-level governance settings, in particular with regard to sustainable development, climate and territorial development policies.


Universidad de Leòn
Daniel Alonso-Martinez is Assistant Professor in Business Management at the Department of Business Administration since 2017, University of Leon (Spain). His most recent research is on innovation management and corporate social responsibility. He is involved in the committee of Academy of Management Conference and in the committee of European Academy of Management Conference.

Università degli Studi di Padova
Lorenzo Marca is a Bachelor's degree student in Communication, at the University of Padova. He collaborates with TRACY as an intern, with the task of managing the communication of the research project under the supervision of Prof. Silvia Rita Sedita.
