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She has a PhD. in Economics and Business Administration by the University of Salamanca (Spain). She writes for interdisciplinary indexed journals. Her research interests include financial accounting, corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, corporate sustainability, environmental innovation, greenwashing, and assurance.

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NATALIA AVERSANO is a Full Professor in Accounting and Financial Reporting at the Department of Management and Innovation Systems of the University of Salerno (Italy), where she teaches courses in Financial Accounting, Management Accounting, and Non-Financial Reporting. She holds a PhD in Public Sector Accounting. Her research interests include IPSASs, Public Sector Accounting, Heritage Assets, Performance Measurement Systems in universities, Intellectual Capital, Non-Financial Disclosure, Gender Diversity, and Accounting Education. She is a member of the Italian Society of Accounting and Business Economics Professors (SIDREA), the Italian Academy of Business Administration and Management (AIDEA), the European Academy of Management (EURAM), and the European Accounting Association (EAA).

Website
http://docenti.unibas.it/site/home/docente.html?m=010594

Keywords
IPSASs; public sector accounting harmonization; university performance measurement system; SDGs; non financial information; integrated reporting; gender reporting; accounting education

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Emeritus Prof. Dr. Clive Smallman is an experienced business strategist, educator, and academic leader with over 40 years of expertise in leadership, management, and business transformation. He advises owners and leaders of universities and institutes of higher education, contributing to governance, strategic development, and accreditation processes in higher education. Clive has collaborated with global organizations and educational institutions to address complex challenges and implement sustainable growth strategies. He is also the author of Sorted: Taming Wicked Problems with Smart Leadership Thinking, and Decision Making for New Product Development in Small Businesses (with Mary Haropoulou) with extensive experience in strategic business planning, governance, and higher education policy. Clive is wide published with 100 plus h=journal papers, including the Academy of Management Journal. He has an h-index of 29.

Website
https://www.clivesmallman.com/

Keywords
Strategic Management; Organizational Strategy; Digital Transformation; Competitive Advantage; Leadership in Strategy; Strategic Planning; Organizational Resilience; Strategic Performance Metrics; Business Agility; Innovation in Strategy

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Dr. Jorge Gomes is a seasoned academic, researcher, and consultant in the fields of Management and Project Management, with a distinguished career spanning over three decades. He holds a PhD in Management from ISEG – Universidade de Lisboa, where his research focused on organizational maturity and its impact on information systems and technology (IS/IT) projects in healthcare. He is currently a professor at Universidade Lusófona and researcher at ADVANCE/Research ISEG and INTREPID Lab/Universidade Lusófona. His academic teaching covers undergraduate to postgraduate levels in subjects including Business Strategy, Management Control, Project Risk Management and Operations Management. Dr. Jorge Gomes is a certified project manager (IPMA) and an ISO 9001 Quality Auditor. His expertise extends to integrated management systems, environmental awareness and negotiation. As a prolific scholar, Dr. Jorge Gomes has authored and co-authored numerous academic articles, book chapters, particularly in IS/IT project management, healthcare systems, digital transformation, and benefits management. He is a reviewer and editorial board member for multiple international journals across publishers such as Elsevier, Springer, MDPI among others.

Research Keywords
Project Management; Organizational Maturity; Information Systems and Technology (IS/IT); Digital Transformation; Benefits Management; Healthcare Information Systems; Strategic Alignment; Balanced Scorecard; Enterprise Governance; Public Sector Innovation

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Dr. Ramona Iulia Dieaconescu is Associate Professor at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies within the Department of International Business and Economics. With a Ph.D. in Economics awarded in 2011, Dr. Ramona Dieaconescu has over 18 years of teaching experience at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, specializing in International Logistics, Negotiations, Global Business Environment and Foreign Trade. Her research interests lie at the intersection of international business, corporate governance, entrepreneurship, negotiation, logistics, digital transformation and sustainability, with a notable focus on the logistics strategies of firms in emerging markets, particularly in Romania. Dr. Ramona Dieaconescu is author or co-author of over 40 articles published in academic journals and/or presented at scientific conferences, 4 books/book chapters and numerous research reports. She is a member of the Executive Committee of The Research Center in International Economic Relations (CCREI) and is also involved in organising scientific conferences and reviewing for different academic journals.

Research Keywords
International business; corporate governance; entrepreneurship; logistics; negotiation; sustainability; business performance

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Corrado lo Storto received his PhD in Science of Industrial Innovation from the University of Padua, Italy. He also holds a Laurea in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Naples Federico II, and an MBA (joint degree) from STOA’ – Istituto per la Direzione e Gestione d’Impresa (IRI Group) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA. He is currently an Associate Professor of Applied Economics in the Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Naples Federico II, where he leads the research team “Applied Economic Analysis and Policy.” His teaching interests include managerial economics, infrastructure economics, public investment evaluation, and the financial analysis of infrastructure projects. His current research focuses on efficiency and productivity analysis, strategic benchmarking and performance analysis, and the regulation and liberalization of utility markets. On these topics, he has published several papers in peer-reviewed international journals, as well as book chapters and conference proceedings. He also serves on several technical evaluation units, providing expert advice on socio-economic impact assessment, as well as the evaluation of investment projects and programs for the public sector in Italy. He is a member of the Regulatory Impact Assessment Unit at the Presidency of the Council of Ministers and serves as coordinator of the Investment Evaluation and Monitoring Unit at the Ministry of the Interior.

Research Keywords
Infrastructure economics; public investment evaluation; efficiency and productivity analysis; strategic benchmarking and performance analysis; utility market regulation and liberalization