Alessandro Ancarani, Ph.D., MEng (BSc), is Full Professor in Management Engineering, University of Catania (Italy), where he is the Head of the Research Group in Operations Management. He got the Ph.D. from the University of Rome “Tor Vergata”. He was Editor in chief of the Journal of Public Procurement from 2018 to 2021. He was Editor in chief of the Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management from 2010 to 2015. He was President of IPSERA in the period 2009-2012 and founder member of EDSI in 2010. His research interests are in public procurement, analysis of intangibles in public service organizations, manufacturing location decisions, behavioural operations. He has published in leading journals as British Journal of Management, International Journal of Production Economics, International Journal of Production & Operations Management, Social Science & Medicine, European Journal of Operational Research, Journal of World Business.