Autor: Purnendu Mandal

Purnendu Mandal is a Professor at the College of Business, Lamar University, Texas, USA. His teaching and research interests are in the areas of Strategy Management, Technology Development, Supply Chain Management, Strategic MIS and System Dynamics Modelling. He published over 200 journal articles and conference papers. His research papers appeared in journals such as European Journal of Operational Research, International Journal of Production Economics, Management Decision, International Journal of Operations & Production Management, International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management, Logistics Information Management, etc. He serves in the editorial boards of a number of international journals. He is the founder chair of International Conference on Managing the Asian Century and he is the Book Series Editor of ‘Managing the Asian Century’ published by Springer. John Vong is Adjunct Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. Dr. Vong received his Ph D in banking and finance systems from the University of Bradford, United Kingdom. He was a former Adviser to the World Bank Group and United Nations Development Programme. His research interest is in digital and technology innovations in financial services, education and health.His recent publications include a book entitled, Emerging Technologies for Emerging Markets (Springer, 2015).