Dedication

Khuram Shahzad
Editor- in-Chief
PhD Management, RMIT University, Australia, is a well-versed management professional, academician, and development expert with 15 years of combined international working experience in the industry, academia, and development agencies. He has been teaching in RMIT School of Management since February 2017, and UMT Pakistan since 2007. Some of his contributions in academia include the launch of “MPhil in Strategic HRM”, designing outcome-based courses, and a landmark joint initiative (SME conference) of government and academia for promoting SMEs focused research in Pakistan. Shahzad has around thirty (30) research publications in journals listed with prestigious bodies such as ABDC, Thomson Reuters, Scopus, etc. He also serves on editorial board of multiple national and international reputed journals. His research interests and mainstream past publications focus on the performance and HR issues in small and medium-sized enterprises. Shahzad also works with Asian Development Bank (ADB) and SMEDA-Pakistan as Monitoring and Evaluation consultant and trainer after receiving special training from National University of Singapore (NUS), New York University (NYU), and Asian Development Bank (ADB) on the monitoring and evaluation of development programs. The diversity of his consultancy services encompasses many research-based projects, data collection, and development of performance management systems and brand development strategies for SMEs.

Khadija Naz 
Assistant Editor
Mphil Management Sciences, Institute of Administrative Sciences
University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

Advisory Board

Alan Muller
Professor of International Management, Faculty of Economics and Business, Department of Global Economics and Management, University of Groningen, Netherlands.

Christine Ennew
Provost, Warwick University, England.

Marco De Sisto
School of Management, RMIT University, Australia.

Muhammad Zafar Iqbal Jadoon
Professor, UCP Business School, University of Central Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.

Muhammad Nishat
Professor and Chairman at Library Committee, Institute of Business Administration, Pakistan.

Nasira Jabeen
Dean, Director and Professor, Institute of Administrative Sciences, University of the Punjab, Pakistan.

Niaz A. Bhutto
Professor, Sukkur Institute of Business Administration, Pakistan.

Premkumar Rajagopal
President and Professor, Malaysian University of Science and Technology, Malaysia.

Richard J. Klimoski
Dean (Ex-Editor, Academy of Management Review), School of Business, George Mason University, United States of America.

Supriya Baily
Associate Professor and Director, College of Education and Human Development, George Mason University, United States of America.

Zahir J. paracha
Pro Rector, The University of Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan.