Francesca Costanza holds an international PhD in Model Based Public Planning, Policy Design and Management at the University of Palermo (Italy), a MD in Business Economics and Administration and a Msc in Healthcare Management. She was guest researcher at the universities of Bergen and Nijmegen and also conducted EU funded research at the Italian National Council of Research. She is currently lecturer of 'Corporate groups and consolidated financial statements' at LUMSA University (Palermo). Her research interests are: public management, healthcare management, value co-creation, entrepreneurship and digital entrepreneurship, sustainable tourism.