Difrancesco Rita Maria
Professore Associato
Difrancesco Rita Maria
Professore Associato
Rita Maria Difrancesco is Associate Professor of Operations & Supply Chain at Politecnico di Milano (Italy). She received her PhD in Supply Chain Management from WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management (Germany). Previously, Rita has been Visiting Scholar at Kellogg-Northwestern University (US), Visiting Professor at MIT (US) and Associate Professor at Eada Business School (Spain). Prior to joining academia, she worked in the fields of project management, IT consultancy and logistics. She published and presented her work in journals and international conferences in Europe and in the US. She has teaching experience in the fields of Operations Management, Supply Chain Management and Sustainability.
Carriera
PhD: Supply Chain Management, WHU-Otto Beisheim School of management (Germany)
Master of Science: Management Engineering, Sapienza - University of Rome (Italy)
Ricerca
Interessi di ricerca
Online and Omnichannel Retailing; Sustainable Supply Chains; Closed-Loop Supply Chains and Circular Economy; Product Returns Management and Reverse Logistics
Pubblicazioni Selezionate
Luzzini, D.; Longoni, A.; Difrancesco, R. M.; Savaget, P. (2024). Driving systemic change research within the PSM community. Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, 30, 100923. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pursup.2024.100923
Difrancesco, R.M., Meena, P., Kumar, G. (2023). How blockchain technology improves sustainable supply chain processes: A practical guide. Operations Management Research 16(2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12063-022-00343-y
Difrancesco, R.M., Luzzini, D., Patrucco, A. (2022). Purchasing realized absorptive capacity as the gateway to sustainable supply chain management. International Journal of Operations & Production Management. 42(5). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOPM-10-2021-0627
Difrancesco, R.M., van Schilt, I., Winkenbach, M. (2021). Optimal in-store fulfillment policies for online orders in an omni-channel retail environment. European Journal of Operational Research, 293(3). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2021.01.007
Difrancesco, R.M., Huchzermeier, A., Schroeder, D. (2018). Optimizing the return window for online fashion retailers with closed-loop refurbishment. Omega - The International Journal of Management Science, 78. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2017.07.001
Premi e riconoscimenti
Servizio alla comunità
Reviewer service for: European Journal of Operational Research; International Journal of Production Research; Omega-The International Journal of Management Science; Operational Research; Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management; Operations Management Research; Electronic Commerce Research and Applications; Journal of Systems Science and Engineering; Journal of Cleaner Production
Associate Editor for the Operations Management Research
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Vilakshan: XIMB Journal of Management (Emerald Publisher)
Co-Director for the Flex-EMBA