Meet the Volume Editors

John L. Stanton has a Ph.D. in Quantitative Methods and Marketing from Syracuse University, USA. He has been in the food industry for about 40 years. He is currently a professor in the Food Marketing Department, Saint Joseph's University, USA. Dr. Stanton was elected to the European Retail Academy Hall of Fame and the Private Label Manufacturers Hall of Fame. He is the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Promotion Optimiza-

tion Institute. In addition to his career in academia, Dr. Stanton has also worked in the food industry. He has consulted for many nationally known food companies including Campbell Soup Company, Procter & Gamble, Acme, Kroger, Pepsi, Frito Lay, Florida Department of Citrus, Kellogg, and others. Dr. Stanton has more than 100 peer-reviewed articles and 13 books to his credit.

Rosa Caiazza, Ph.D., is a Professor of Management at Parthenope University of Naples, Italy, and a visiting professor at Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, USA. She is listed among the top 2% of scientists according to Stanford University, USA. She has been included in the International Council for Small Business's (ICSB) list of 300 of the world's most well-renowned professors of small business and entrepreneurship. She serves as an adviso-

ry board member for numerous top-tier academic journals, including the *Academy of Management Perspective, Journal of Management Studies, The Journal of Technology Transfer, Small Business Economics, Trends in Food Science & Technology, Management Decision, Journal of Small Business Management, British Food Journal, Journal of Management Development, Journal of Organizational Change Management*, and many more. Her research and teaching activity focuses on strategy, corporate governance, entrepreneurship, innovation, and operation management. She has published 4 books and more than 100 journal articles and book chapters. She has served as chairman of many international conferences and has won several Emerald Literati Awards for Excellence, including the Outstanding Paper Award.

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