Dr. Federica Belfanti is a scholar in business administration whose research focuses on firm and territorial competitiveness, cluster dynamics, and governance, with particular attention to sustainability strategies, creating shared value, and the green and digital transition. Her work explores entrepreneurial ecosystems across services, manufacturing, tourism, food and beverage, automotive, and maker-oriented industries. She adopts a multidisciplinary methodological approach combining cluster mapping, multivariate analysis, qualitative case studies, and social network analysis. Her research has contributed to international debates on competitiveness, sustainability, and management education, and has been recognized through prestigious academic awards and publications in leading practitioner-oriented and scholarly outlets.