Advisory board Members Dr. Al Mukhtar Saif Al Abri Dean of Economics and Political Science College, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman Dr. Zahran Salim Al Salti Dean - College of Banking and Financial Studies Prof. Khamis Hamed Al Yahyaee Vice Chancellor, Muscat University H.E.Prof. Nasser Al Hatlan Al QahtaniDirector General, Arab Organization for Administrative Development, Arab Republic of Egypt Prof. Amir Mohammed Al AlwanDirector General of Financial and Economic Programs, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Prof. Mohammed Abdullah Al JarrahProfessor and Head of the Department of Economics, College of Business Administration, King Saud University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Prof. Mohammed Omar BatwaihSenior Expert at the Arab Planning Institute in Kuwait Dr. Farhad Nikhashemi Senior Lecturer in Digital Marketing and Analytics, Oxford Brookes, Oxford, UK Supervisor General Dr. Ali Qassim Jawad Al-LawatiPresident of Royal Academ of Management Editor-IN-Chief Dr. Hatem Bakhit Al-ShanfariFormer faculty member at Sultan Qaboos University Sultanate of Oman Managing Editor Dr. Fatima Mohammed Al-ZadjaliRoyal Academy of Management Editorial Board Members Dr. Samia Awad BasadiqRoyal Academy of Management Dr. Mohammed Rashid Al-JahwariGeneral Manager – Financial Stability & Research at the Central Bank of Oman Dr. Salim Said Al-AbriDean of the College of Economics, Management and Information Systems at the University of Nizwa Dr. Waleed Mohammed Al-MansiDeputy Director of the Center for Human Research at Sultan Qaboos University Scientific Supervision Prof. Khaldoon NusairCoordinator Mossa Ali Al-GabriRoyal Academy of Management Administrative supervision