Effects of human capital on entrepreneurial ecosystems in the emerging economy: the mediating role of digital knowledge and innovative capability from India perspective

Dr Ranjan Chaudhuri is a Professor of Marketing at IIM Ranchi, India. He was a Fulbright Fellow to USA in 2012. Dr. Chaudhuri also served as a Associate Professor at NITIE, Mumbai and Vinod Gupta School of Management, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and at the Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. Dr Chaudhuri has over eighteen years of industrial, teaching and research experience. Dr Chaudhuri's teaching and research interests are in the areas of Business-to-Business Marketing, Global Marketing and Retail Management.

Dr. Sheshadri Chatterjee is a post-doctoral research scholar at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India. He has completed PhD from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India. He is having work experience in different multinational organizations such as Microsoft Corporation, Hewlett Packard Company, IBM and so on. Sheshadri has published research articles in several reputed journals such as Government Information Quarterly, Information Technology and People, Journal of Digital Policy, Regulation and Governance and so on. Sheshadri is also a certified project management professional, PMP from Project Management Institute (PMI), USA and completed PRINCE2, OGC, UK and ITIL v3 UK.

Prof. Demetris Vrontis is the Vice Rector for Faculty and Research and a Professor of Strategic Marketing Management at the University of Nicosia, Cyprus. He is the Founder and Editor in Chief of the EuroMed Journal of Business, an Associate Editor of the International Marketing Review, an Associate Editor of the Journal of Business Research and a Consulting Editor of the Journal of International Management. He is the President of the EuroMed Academy of Business, which serves as an important and influential regional academy in the area of Business and Management and the Managing Director of Gnosis: Mediterranean Institute for Management Science. He has widely published in about 300 refereed journal articles, 45 books and 60 chapters in books, and has presented papers to over 80 conferences around the globe.

Dr. Francesca Vicentini was the visiting Scholar at prestigious international universities. The main research interests are focused on the management of project companies, team dynamics and business models. Recently, her research is focusing on the sport industry analysis and specifically on the Esports management and the sustainability of federations.