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Dr Huosong Xia is a professor in the School of Management of the Wuhan Textile University. He graduated from Huazhong University of Science and Technology of China and was a visiting scholar at Eller College of Management of the University of Arizona, USA from 2006 to 2007. His main research interests are knowledge management, data mining, e-Commerce and Logistics Information System. His publications have appeared in refereed over 100 papers in journals, book chapters and conferences. He has got five projects of research funding such as National Social Science Foundation of China and National Science Foundation of China.

Qian Zhang is a graduate student in the School of Management of Wuhan Textile University. Her main research interests are knowledge management, data mining and Fintech.

Dr Justin Zuopeng Zhang is a faculty member in the Coggin College of Business at University of North Florida. He received his PhD in Business Administration with a concentration on Management Science and Information Systems from Pennsylvania State University, University Park. His research interests include economics of information systems, knowledge management, electronic business, business process management, information security and social networking. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Global Information Management, an ABET program evaluator and an IEEE senior member. He has published in International Journal of Information Management, Decision Support Systems, Industrial Marketing Management, Information and Management, Knowledge Management Research and Practice, Journal of Knowledge Management, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Expert Systems and Applications, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Electronic Markets, Production Planning and Control, Annals of Operations Research, Journal of the Operational Research Society and many others leading journals.

Dr Leven J. Zheng is an Assistant Professor in Management at the Department of Global Business and Marketing, Lee Shau Kee School of Business and Administration, Hong Kong Metropolitan University. Leven was awarded a PhD in Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Management) from the Management School at the University of Liverpool. His research examines entrepreneurship and innovation at both privately entrepreneurial and newly public stages of entrepreneurial firms, with a particular focus on new product innovation, firm growth rate and growth actions and strategic management of resources and innovation. His research has appeared in some good-quality international journals such as Journal of Business Research, Technovation, Technological Forecasting and Social Change and Asian Business and Management. He uses both qualitative and quantitative research methods.