Hans Ruediger Kaufmann is Professor of Marketing at the University of Nicosia, Cyprus, and Visiting Professor at the International Business School, Vilnius University, Lithuania. He was previously President of CIRCLE and is currently Vice-President of EMBRI and a board member of the AMA Global Marketing SIG. He is member of the editorial board of various journals and an Associate Editor of the WREMSD.

Riad Shams is Associate Fellow at the Euro Med Academy of Business, Cyprus. Currently, he is pursuing his sponsored Ph D at the University of Newcastle, Australia. His research focuses on entrepreneurship, value co-creation, relationship marketing, corporate reputation, image and brand positioning. He has an emerging publication record, with papers in top-tier journals and conferences.