Dominik K. Kanbach is Full Professor and Chair of Strategic Entrepreneurship at HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management in Germany and Research Professor at the University of Warsaw in Poland. He leads the Strategic Entrepreneurship Research Group at HHL and is the is co-founder and Academic Director of DIGITAL SPACE – The HHL Digital Transformation Platform focused on incubating digital business models. His research interest covers the fields of strategic management, entrepreneurship, and innovation management, especially in the context of Artificial Intelligence. He has published over 100 articles in leading international peer-reviewed journals and holds several editor positions. Before joining academia, he worked as a strategy consultant for several years. He teaches courses on strategic management, entrepreneurship and innovation management in top universities and business schools around the world. He has received numerous research and teaching awards and the leading German business magazine “Wirtschaftswoche” ranked him among the top 100 scholars in the German-speaking countries.

Editor positions

Associate Editor of Review of Managerial Science (WoS & Scopus; IF(2024)=9.6, Q1), Associate Editor of European Journal of Innovation Management (WoS & Scopus; IF(2024)=5.7, Q1), Associate Editor of Journal of Organizational Change Management (WoS & Scopus, IF(2024)=2.7, Q2), Systematic Literature Review Editor of International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research (WoS & Scopus, IF(2024)=4.7, Q2)

Tazeeb S. Rajwani is Professor of International Business and Strategy at University of Surrey. His research focuses mainly on corporate political activity, nonmarket strategy, sustainability and CSR. An awarding winning researcher, he has written over 60 academic papers, 2 books, 5 chapters, several reports and white papers on topics of geopolitics, corporate political activity, corporate social responsibility and business model innovation. He has published articles in leading journals such as Organization Science, Journal of International Business Studies, Academy of Management Perspectives, Journal of Management Studies, Global Strategy Journal, Journal of World Business, Strategic Organization, Groups & Organizations Management, British Journal of Management, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of International Management, International Business Review, among others. His research has been reported in the press, including the BBC, The Times, Irish Times, Forbes and Financial Times. His research has also informed the UK government on their Net Zero policy for 2050. He has published a highly acclaimed book contracted by Oxford University Press on “Aligning for Advantage: Competitive Strategies for the Political and Social Arenas” and a companion on “Nonmarket strategy” with Routledge press. He has advised leading organisations and educated executives worldwide, bringing extensive executive teaching experience across multiple industries and public-sector institutions. He has worked with senior leaders from major global organisations and regularly delivers executive and board-level programmes in corporate strategy, strategic leadership, and international business across Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and North America. He has a PhD from Imperial College London and held a senior position at KPMG in Corporate Finance. 

Editor positions

Editor in Chief of Multinational Business Review (WoS & Scopus; IF(2024)=2.7, Q1), Associate Editor of Academy of Management Perspectives (WoS & Scopus; IF(2024)=4.7, Q1), Consulting Editor of Journal of International Management (WoS & Scopus; IF(2024)=4.9, Q1), Editorial Board Member of the Journal of International Business Studies (WoS & Scopus;  IF(2024)=9, Q1), Global Strategy Journal (WoS & Scopus; IF(2024)=4.7, Q1), British Journal of Management (WoS & Scopus; IF(2024)=5.7, Q1), Long Range Planning (WoS & Scopus; IF(2024)=6.3, Q1) and Journal of World Business (WoS & Scopus; IF(2024)=8.8, Q1)

Nebojša Stojčić is a Full Professor of Economics and Rector of the University of Dubrovnik. His research focuses on industrial economics, innovation and technological catch-up, international competitiveness, and regional and urban development, with a strong emphasis on emerging innovation systems. He has published over 50 WoS-indexed research articles and is among the most cited economists in Croatia. He is featured in the Stanford list of the world’s top 2% most influential economists (2024, 2025), and his work has been referenced by the European Commission in its scientific literature recommendations. His research has appeared in leading journals, including Research Policy, European Economic Review, Technovation, Regional Studies, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Small Business Economics, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, International Business Review, Tourism Management, and Journal of Technology Transfer. He is the author of the book Elusive Innovation: Promises, Failures and Policies for Emerging Innovation Systems (Springer). In addition to his academic work, he has undertaken consultancy and analytical projects for international institutions, including the World Bank and UNIDO. As Editor-in-Chief, he has direct experience in leading journals through inclusion and development within Scopus and Web of Science. He holds a PhD in Economics from Staffordshire University (UK).

Editor positions

Editor-in-Chief of Economic Thought and Practice (WoS & Scopus; IF(2024)=0.4, Q3), Section Editor of the South East European Journal of Economics and Business (WoS & Scopus; IF(2024)=1.0, Q2), and Editorial Board Member of Technology in Society (WoS & Scopus; IF(2024)=12.5, Q1), Croatian Economic Survey (WoS & Scopus; IF(2024)=0.5, Q4), Economic Review (WoS & Scopus; IF(2024)=0.2, Q4), and Management: Journal of Contemporary Management Issues (WoS & Scopus; IF(2024)=0.5, Q4)