Maria José Sousa (Ph.D. in management, with aggregation in management and public management) is a lecturer and researcher at the University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE). She was the prorector between March 2022 and January 2024. She is a member of the Advisory Board of Banco Português de Fomento for Public Policies and a scientific committee member of the Ph.D. in law and economics (Cycle XXXIX), Università degli Studi del Molise. She has coordinated several European innovation projects (funded by programs such as Erasmus+, Horizon Europe and ICMPD) and is also an external expert of European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST Association).
 
João Rodrigues dos Santos is an Associate Professor at the Universidade Europeia (Portugal) and a Visiting Professor at the Instituto Superior de Educação e Ciências (Portugal). At the Universidade Europeia, he is the Scientific Coordinator of the Management and Economics area. He received his Ph.D. in economics and management from Universidad Europea de Madrid. As an integrated researcher, he is a member of the Center for Transdisciplinary Development Studies at the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro. At ISEC Lisboa, he directs the bachelor's and master's degree programs in management and public administration. He has published two books in economics and territorial management. João Rodrigues dos Santos currently collaborates with CNN Portugal, analyzing and commenting on national and international economic news.

Miguel Sousa is a master's course student at the University of Northumbria, UK. His research interests include economics, business studies, digital marketing, and information systems. He is a co-author of several research articles about digitalization which were published in journals such as Neural Computing and Applications, Transnational Corporations Review, and Journal of Medical Systems.
 
Dr.Subhendu kumar Pani received his Ph.D. from Utkal University, India in 2013. He serves as a professor at Krupajal Engineering College under Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT), Odisha, India. He has more than 20 years of teaching and research experience. His research interests include data mining, big data analysis, web data analytics, fuzzy decision making, and computational intelligence. He is the recipient of five researcher awards. He has published 151 international journal articles. His professional activities include roles as a book series editor, associate editor, editorial board member, and reviewer of various international journals. He is a fellow in the Scientific Society of Advanced Research and Social Change (SSARSC) and life member of various academic organizations.