PHD: Management Economics and Industrial Engineering, Politecnico di Milano

Master of Science: Management Engineering , Politecnico di Milano

His research interests are in the field of Operations and Supply Chain Management, with particular attention to Demand management, Global value chains, Sustainable supply chain management, and Digitalization in operations.

Recently his attention has been devoted to the impact of Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence on Decision Making processes.

He is an active member of the European Operations Management Association and co-chair of the 2025 annual conference of the Association.

Madonna A. Boffelli A. Kalchschmidt M., "Panarchy theory: myth or reality? Empirical evidence of the socio-ecological nature of supply chains", International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 44, 1493-1521

Colombo J. Boffelli A. Kalchschmidt M. Legenvre H., "Navigating the socio-technical impacts of purchasing digitalisation: A multiple-case study", Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, 29

Henkel M. Boffelli A. Olhager J. Kalchschmidt M., "A case survey of offshoring–backshoring cases: The influence of contingency factors", International Journal of Production Economics, 253

Barbieri P. Boffelli A. Elia S. Fratocchi L. Kalchschmidt M., "How does Industry 4.0 affect international exposure? The interplay between firm innovation and home-country policies in post-offshoring relocation decisions", International Business Review, 31

• Best Paper Award of the 21st Annual Conference IPSERA for the paper "Sustainable supply chain management: the role of supply chain management and global sourcing investments”, 01/04/2012 - 04/04/2012
• Best Paper Award of the 25th Annual Conference IPSERA for the paper “We do create and capture value, don’t we? Towards a better theory of purchasing contribution to business performance.”, 01/04/2016 - 04/04/2016
• Best Paper Award – Runner up of the Academy of Management Conference for the paper “Boosting Added Value: Upgrading Patterns of Ten Manufacturers in the Textile and Clothing Industry”, 01/08/2017 - 04/08/2017
• Best Paper Award of the 10th European Decision Science Institute Conference for the paper “A meta-analysis of reshoring case studies: towards a knowledge accumulation process”, 01/06/2019 - 04/06/2019
• Best Paper Award for papers published in 2020 on the Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management for the paper “The geography of suppliers and retailers”, by Matteo Kalchschmidt, Sebastian Birolini, Mattia Cattaneo, Paolo Malighetti, and Stefano Paleari, Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management 26 (2020): 100626., 01/01/2021 - 01/01/2021