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Makhmoor Bashir is currently working as an Associate Professor of strategy and innovation at the College of Business and Economics (AACSB Accredited), Qassim University, Saudi Arabia. Previously, he has been affiliated with IBS Hyderabad, India, a renowned institution known for its trailblazing approach to Case Base Teaching in India. Bashir’s research interests lie at the intersection of technological developments, business model innovation and firm performance. His recent research has been published in international journals of repute like Knowledge Management Research & Practice, Journal of Travel Research, Journal of Innovation & Knowledge, Management Decision, Studies in Higher Education and Leadership and Organization Development Journal, among others. Bashir has developed teaching cases on Uber, Airbnb, Xiaomi, Spice Jet, Connect Broadband, etc. He has presented his works at various distinguished international conferences such as the Strategic Management Society, North American Marketing Society for Education in India and others. In addition, Bashir serves as a guest reviewer for the Management Decision, International Journal of Hospitality Management, Current Issues in Tourism and Journal of Modelling in Management (Emerald) among others. In 2018, Bashir was awarded the Outstanding Reviewer award by the International Journal of Hospitality Management. His research interests include business model innovation, sustainable BMI, competitive advantage, technological developments and knowledge hiding.

M. Muzamil Naqshbandi is an Associate Professor of Management and the Head of Graduate Programs at the School of Business and Economics, University of Brunei Darussalam. Previously, he worked as an Assistant Professor at University of Dubai in the UAE, a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow and an instructor at the University of Malaya in Malaysia. He has extensive teaching experience and direct involvement in research project supervision, at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He has served on the examination committees of several masters and doctoral candidates. Prior to joining academia, he worked in several capacities in diverse industries such as outsourcing and media. His current research is focused on issues related to open innovation, organizational culture, leadership and knowledge management. Naqshbandi serves on the editorial boards of several prestigious international journals such as Journal of Knowledge Management, Management Decision, Leadership and Organization Development and Journal of Organizational Change Management. He actively presents his work in international fora and contributes on the programme committees and advisory boards of several international conferences. Naqshbandi has published a book and contributed several book chapters. His work has been published by renowned international publishers such as Emerald Publishing, Elsevier, Taylor and Francis, Sage Publications and Springer, among others. His recent works have appeared in leading journals such as International Business Review, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Production Planning and Control, Journal of General Management, Management Decision, Industrial Management and Data Systems, Computers in Human Behavior, Quality and Quantity, among others. M. Muzamil Naqshbandi enjoys working collaboratively on fruitful research.