529 About the Contributors .George Leal Jamilisaprofessorofseveralpost-graduationcoursesfromMinasGerais,Brazil HehasaPhDinInformationSciencefromtheFederalUniversityofMinasGerais(UFMG),Masters degreeinComputerScience(UFMG)andundergraduatedinElectricEngineering(UFMG).Hegota .pos-doctoratecertificateatFLUP–CommunicationSchoolatUniversityofPorto,Portugal,in2014 Hewrotemorethanthirtybooksintheinformationtechnologyandstrategicmanagementareas,with morethantenworksinbooksasco-authorandEditor.Heworksalsoasabusinessconsultantandasan activeecosystemactorinbusinessinnovationandstartupsfrontinseveralcountries.Hismainresearch ,interestsareinformationsystemsmanagement,strategy,knowledgemanagement,softwareengineering .marketingandITadoptioninbusinesscontexts *** ,Luciana Caruso de AssisiseconomistgraduatedbyUniversidadeFederaldeSãoJoãoDelRei MinasGerais,Brazil.ShehasspecializationinManagmentwithemphasisinBussinessfromFundação DomCabral.Sheworkswithindustrialandprojectcosts,budget,capex,feasibilityanalysisandprocess improvement. Karina Garcia ColetaisaPh.D.candidateinBusinessAdministrationatPontifíciaUniversidade CatólicadeMinasGerais.Sheholdsamaster’sdegreeinTheologyfromFaculdadeJesuítadeFilosofiae Teologia,abachelor’sdegreeinEconomicsfromPontifíciaUniversidadeCatólicadeMinasGerais,and aspecializationinTranslationStudiesfromUniversidadeGamaFilho.ShecurrentlyworksatFundação .DomCabralasaresearcherandguestprofessor Jorge CostaisapharmacistfromtheFederalUniversityofRiodeJaneiro(1981),MAinChemistryof NaturalProductsfromtheFederalUniversityofRiodeJaneiro(1987)andPhDinCellularandMolecular BiologyfromOswaldoCruzInstitute/OswaldoCruzFoundation(2005).Professionalperformanceof morethan20yearsinthepharmaceuticalindustry.HejoinedtheOswaldoCruzFoundationin2002as aTechnologistinPublicHealth.HeiscurrentlyanadvisorattheOswaldoCruzFoundation’sVPPIS ofProductionandInnovationinHealth(VPPIS).HehasexperienceinChemistry,withemphasison OrganicSynthesis,workingmainlyinthefollowingareas:researchanddevelopmentofnewmolecules withanti-inflammatoryactivityforthetreatmentofpulmonarydiseases,suchasasthmaandChronic .(ObstructivePulmonaryDisease(COPD  About the Contributors Hasan Dinçer is an Associate Professor of finance at Istanbul Medipol University, Faculty of EconomicsandAdministrativeSciences,Istanbul-Turkey.Dr.DinçerhasBAsinFinancialMarkets andInvestmentManagementatMarmaraUniversity.HereceivedPhDinFinanceandBankingwith histhesisentitled“TheEffectofChangesontheCompetitiveStrategiesofNewServiceDevelopment intheBankingSector”.Hehasworkexperienceinfinancesectorasportfoliospecialistandhismajor academicstudiesfocusingonfinancialinstruments,performanceevaluation,andeconomics.Heisthe executiveeditoroftheInternationalJournalofFinanceandBankingStudies(IJFBS)andthefounder .(memberoftheSocietyfortheStudyofBusinessandFinance(SSBF -Filippo FerrariholdsaBachelordegreeinWorkandOrganizationalPsychologyandaMastersde greeinAdultTrainingandEducation.HecurrentlyservesasaLectureratBolognaUniversity,School ofEconomics,ManagementandStatistics,whereheteachesOrganizationalBehaviourandDesignand ,HumanResourcesManagement.HisfieldsofinterestsareInternationalHumanResourcesManagement .OrganizationalReliability,AdultTraining Dalini Ferrazhas14yearsofexperienceworkingasaconsultantintheareasofStrategy,Business PerformanceandCultureManagementincompaniesofmediumandlargesizesinthepublicandprivate -sectors.AcademicdevelopmentsintheareaofStrategyandPeople.MasterofBusinessAdministra tionatPUCMG,Post-graduationinMarketingatFundaçãoDomCabral,ExtensionattheUniversity ofCambridge,andGraduationinBusinessatUFMG.SheiscurrentlyamanageratBetaniaTanure Associados,workingonthedevelopmentoforganizationalcultureandleadershipdevelopmentinlarge .privatecompanies -Mariane FigueiraearnedherMaster’sdegree(2008)andherPh.D.(2013)inBusinessAdmin istrationfromtheUniversityofLavras(UFLA),Brazil.ThePhDincludedaperiodofresearchatthe UniversityofGothenburg,attheInstituteforInnovationandEntrepreneurship(IIE),locatedinthecity ofGothenburg,Sweden.Currently,asaPostdoctoralResearchAssociateatUFLA,herprojectsfocus InnovationManagementandInternationalBusiness,especiallyinnovationdevelopedinsubsidiariesof multinationalfirms,andknowledgetransferfromforeignmultinationalstoBrazilianlocalcompanies .intheagriculturalbiotechnologyindustrysector Begoña Alvarez GarcíaisalecturerintheDepartmentofBusinessattheUniversityofACoruña Spain).ShehasalsobeenalecturerattheUniversityofParisIX-Dauphine(France)andtheCoordinator) oftheMasterinBankingandFinanceattheUniversityofACoruña.SheholdsaPhDdegreeinEconomy .andManagementfromtheUniversityofACoruñaandshewasgivenanExtraordinaryDoctorateAward ShehascompletedseveralresearchstagesintheUniversitiesofParis-DauphineandtheMassachusetts InstituteofTechnology(MIT).ShehasparticipatedinseveralEuropeanandnationalresearchprojects andshehaspublishedseveralbooksrelatedtofinancialtopics.Sheiscurrentlyworkingontwolinesof .research:thefirstonefocusedonfinancialtopics,andthesecondoneonsocialinnovations ,Zulmira HartzholdsalicenceineducationfromtheFederalUniversityofRioGrandedoNorte adegreeinMedicinefromFESO-RiodeJaneiro,andanMAandPhDinCommunityHealthfromthe .UniversitédeMontreal.Shealsocompletedapost-docattheÉcoleNationaledeSantéPublique-France SheisafullresearcherinEpidemiologyatENSP/Fiocruz(retired),whereshecoordinatedtheMAand 530 About the Contributors .PhDprogramsinPublicHealth,havingalsocoordinatedthepostgraduateprogramoftheFIOCRUZ ,ShewasalsoaninvitedprofessorattheDepartmentofSocialMedicineoftheUniversityofMontréal .(wheresheisstillanassociateresearcheroftheGroupedeRechercheInterdisciplinaireenSanté(GRIS ShewasadeputydirectoroftheEscolaNacionaldeSaúdePública(Fiocruz)anddeputydirectorat ,InstitutodeHigieneeMedicinaTropical/UniversityNOVAofLisbon.Sheiscurrentlyafullprofessor andtheconvenorofthemoduleonHealthEvaluationofthePhDPrograminInternationalHealthat IHMT/NOVA. .Miftachul HudaisaresearcheratFacultyofIslamicCivilisation,UniversitiTeknologiMalaysia -Hisresearchinterestincludesthefieldofeducationalstudies:moral,Islamicandmulticulturaleduca tion,learningtheory,adaptiveteachingandlearningtechnology.Hehasbeenexperiencedinworkingon researchformorethanfiveyears.Contributingseveralworks,heiscurrentlythememberoftheadvisory editorialboardinsomeinternationaljournals.Travelinginsomecountrieswithscholarlyintentmakes himextensiveexperienceonhisresearchexpertiseininternationaltrendandissues.Thus,hecommits .tocontributinghisknowledgetothebenefitofsocietythroughprofessionalandsocialactivities Badar Alam Iqbal,Ph.D,isEmeritusProfessor;External-Relation-ChairofResearch;atFederic .BastiatInstituteforAfricanResearch;Ghana .AdjunctProfessor;MonarchBusinessSchool;MonarchUniversity;Switzerland Carlos Lemoswasbornin1984,graduatedinMedicineattheFacultyofMedicineofCoimbra University,currentlyaresidentofClinicalPathologyatHospitaldeSantaMaria.Invitedassistantof .LaboratoryMedicineatFacultyofMedicineofLisbonUniversity J. Miguel Martins holds a degree in Management and is a Master of Business Administration ,(degreecandidate(ExecutiveMBA,cohort2019).HeisaCharteredEconomist(EEAlicense15541 -aViðskiptafræðinguminIceland(CharteredManager)andanAMBAmember(2001111).Hisprofes sionalbackgroundfocusedinfinancialconsultinginPortugal,bankingintheUnitedKingdom,whilein Icelandhisroleswereofresearch,auditorandoperationsconsulting.Furthermore,hisresearchinterests .arerelatedtoManagementandInnovation Gabriel PestanaobtainedhisPhDattheTechnicalUniversityofLisbonintheareaofInformation SystemsbeingapromoterofappliedresearchmethodologiesinthefieldsofKnowledgeManagementand collaborativedecision-making.HisresearchaddressesthestudyofBusinessIntelligencewithrequirements forreal-timemonitoringofbusinessactivityandsituational-awareness.Hasaconsolidatedexperience atimplementingmodularsolutionssettledovertheimportanceofdatasemantic,contextawarenessand visualdataanalyticswithspatio-temporaleventstriggeredbasedontheuserrole/profile.Experiencedin conceptualizingandimplementinginnovativeinterfaces(e.g.interactivedashboards)withvisualanalytic modelsandtechniquestosupportthedecisionmakingprocess.Hasanactiveresearchparticipationon -asetofnationalandinternationalprojects,relatedmainlytothefollowingsectors:securityandhealth care.ResearchInterestsandProfessionalConsultingin:-DataScienceMachineLearningAlgorithms