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Daniela Argento, PhD, is associate professor in management control and accounting at Kristianstad University (Sweden) where she coordinates the research environment GRIP (governance, regulation, internationalization and performance) and teaches management control and accounting courses. Daniela's diverse research has resulted in the publication of articles focusing on governance, control and performance of public service organizations; the implementation of smart city strategies; sustainability and integrated reporting; organizational and accounting change; the relationship between internal and external auditors; the impact of performance metrics on academics' identity.

Katarina Kaarbøe, PhD, is professor of management control at the Department of Accounting, Auditing and Law at Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), and Director for the Center for Digital Business and Audit. Katarina is also affiliated to Center for Applied Research at NHH. Her research focuses on management control in large organizations. The last years she has specifically focused on contemporary forms of management control, such as beyond budgeting. Currently, her work is focusing on how digitalization is influencing accounting and accountants in different forms of organizations.

Jarmo Vakkuri, PhD, is professor of local public economics at the Faculty of Management and Business at Tampere University and the Director of the research group on public financial management. His research concentrates on performance measurement in public administration, hybrid governance and organizations, institutional theory and decision-making and sustainability in urban policymaking. Jarmo is the co-author of the book “Governing hybrid organisations” (Routledge) and the co-editor of the forthcoming book “Hybrid governance, organisations and society: Value creation perspectives” (Routledge). Jarmo directs several research projects, currently for instance “Performance measurement for hybrid governance” (HYPER) project, funded by the Academy of Finland.