Roberto Grandinetti was Full Professor of Management at the Department of Economics and Management "Marco Fanno", University of Padova, Italy. Now, he is Senior Scholar at the same Department while he teaches Advanced Marketing at the Department of Statistical Sciences of the same University. His current research topics are: the evolutionary paths of industrial clusters, in particular, their evolution in global value chains; knowledge management in knowledge-intensive business services; new venture creation through spinoffs; artificial intelligence applications in the marketing field. He has published books and articles in journals such as Human Systems Management, European Planning Studies, European Business Review, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, The Learning Organization, Industrial Marketing Management, Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing; Journal of Business-to-Business Marketing; Knowledge Management Research and Practice, Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal of Knowledge Management, Journal of Intellectual Capital, R&D Management, and Economics of Innovation and New Technology.