Maria Elena Latino, PhD, is Research Fellow at the Department of Innovation Engineering of University of Salento. She received with honors the M.S. degrees in Management Engineering in 2010 and pursued the Ph.D. in 2020, both from the Department of Innovation Engineering of University of Salento, Lecce. She is responsible for the Technology for Food Agriculture and Marine area in CORELab (Collaborative hOlistic Research Approach) at the University of Salento and collaborates with different companies addressing tecno-organizational solutions. Her research is characterized by a cross- disciplinary focus, with major interest on agri-food digitalization, food choice and consumer behavior, product lifecycle management, system engineering methodology, business process modeling and simulation, Entrepreneurship and Policy, Business Model Innovation and business strategy innovation.