Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli is Professor of Innovation Management, coordinator of the Innovation Management and Technology Entrepreneurship Lab at the Politecnico di Bari, and coordinator of the PhD program in Management Engineering. Prof. Messeni Petruzzelli is also a member of the steering committee of the ESA Lab established between the Politecnico di Bari and the European Space Agency on the topic of space economy, Rector’s Delegate for Research Valorisation, President of the university’s incubator Boosting Innovation in Poliba (BINP), and President of the Mediterranean Technopole for Sustainable Development. He currently serves as adjunct professor at the Beijing Normal University (Beijing, China). Prof. Messeni Petruzzelli is the author of more than 180 international publications and three international books on the topic of innovation management and technology strategy. Finally, his studies have been awarded the Nokia Siemens Network Award in Technology Management for Innovation into the Future and he has been included in the Clarivate list of highly cited researchers.