Pietro EvangelistaPietro Evangelista is senior researcher in logistics and supply chain management at the Institute for Service Industry Research (IRAT) of the Italian National Research Council (CNR). He carried out extensive research on economics and management issue associated with maritime logistics and logistics service industry. This is reflected in more than 100 articles published in national and international journals as well as chapters in books and papers in conference proceedings. His current scientific interest is focused on supply chain innovation with particular reference to the diffusion of ICT in the logistics service industry. On this topic he awarded a PhD in Logistics and Supply Chain Management by Heriot-Watt University (UK). He won the James Cooper Memorial Cup 2010 for the best PhD logistics dissertation by the UK Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport. Pietro is lecturer in Business Economics and Management at the Department of Managerial Engineering of the University of Naples Federico II. He is member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Business and Systems Research and acts as peer reviewer for other leading international logistics and supply chain management journals. Pietro assists the EU Commission as an independent expert in evaluating transport and logistics projects for different programmes such as FP7, TEN-T and Marco Polo. Read More Read Less