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Muhammad Faisal Aziz is an experienced academic with several years of experience in teaching, training, and research at universities. He brings seven years of industry experience from multinational corporations to his current role. He is a Certified Trainer (CTT) and a Certified Reviewer (Elsevier). He primarily focuses on qualitative research but has also engaged in quantitative and mixed methods studies. His academic achievements include 11 publications in peer-reviewed journals and 8 conference papers, with distinguished presentations at the University of Cambridge, UK, and the University of Maryland, USA. Moreover, he has successfully secured funding for two research projects. Faisal is a member of the advisory council for the Harvard Business Review and serves on the editorial board of Annals of Business Analytics. He also acts as a reviewer for esteemed journals from Emerald and Taylor & Francis.

Dr Imran Ali is Assistant Professor of management at the Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne UK. His research interests include the role of knowledge and digital technologies in improving organizational performance. He published research articles in numerous prestigious journals, such as Journal of Business Research, Industrial Marketing Management, International Marketing Review, and Technological Forecasting and Social Change among others. Dr Ali also worked as PI on numerous funded projects including Harvard University, USA, the Ministry of Labor and Social Development, and the Ministry of Education, Saudi Arabia. He is also member of the British Academy of Management UK, and the Academy of Management, USA.

Nourah O. Alshaghdali, is serving at the Department of Business, College of Business Administration, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Saudi Arabia. Her research interests include women learning experiences in the digital environment in the higher education.

Dr Dhruv Galgotia did his schooling at st. Columba's and his MBA from IMI, New Delhi and took over Galgotias Publishing & Retail division at a very young age. He joined Galgotias University as CEO & began working on key areas like technology, academic processes.

Raffaele D'Amore is a professional with extensive expertise in accounting consultancy, administrative management, and the evaluation of programs and projects funded by European, national, and regional sources. He specializes in auditing, corporate restructuring, and extraordinary finance operations. He is the founder of a professional firm and the legal representative of a tax and corporate consultancy company, where he leads advisory teams delivering high-impact results.

He currently serves as a contract professor of Management and Business Restructuring at Sapienza University of Rome. He holds a Ph.D. in Marketing Management from the University of Salerno, where his research has focused on corporate crises, restructuring processes, corporate governance, sustainability, and the relationship between firms and the financial system. His academic work includes peer-reviewed publications and nationally recognized monographs.

His research interests include the development of effective and sustainable models for predicting corporate insolvency and the analysis of CSR and sustainability-related regulatory frameworks, particularly in relation to the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). Raffaele also collaborates with the Italian Ministry of Culture, providing accounting and technical support within the technical secretariat of the Office of the Special Superintendent for areas affected by the 2016 earthquake. Additionally, he serves as a financial adjuster and bankruptcy trustee, leveraging his expertise in managing complex financial scenarios.

Pasquale Sasso is an Assistant Professor of management at the Department of Management and Economics of the Pegaso Digital University. He has achieved a PhD in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Department of Economics of the University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”. After the PhD he was a research fellow at the Polytechnic University of Marche. His research topics revolve around Management, with reference to the sectors of culture, tourism and food, knowledge management and blue economy. His specialization in Strategic Planning, Business Development and Digital Innovation have led him to collaborate with some of the most important Italian cultural institutions and companies. He is the author and co-author of publications on important national journals such as Economia della Cultura and Il Capitale Culturale and international such as Journal of Knowledge Management, International Journal of Managerial and Financial Accounting. Finally, he is engaged in numerous Peer Review activities for important journals.