Dr Anne-Laure Mention is leading a research unit focusing on innovation economics and management within the Public Research Centre Henri Tudor, Luxembourg. Her research interests mainly concentrate on open and collaborative innovation, intellectual capital measurement and management, innovation and technology management, with a focus on financial and business-to-business services industries. She has published in leading academic journals and has been a Visiting Researcher at McGill University, Canada, at Ferrara University, Italy and at Singapore Management University. She received two prestigious IBM Faculty Awards for her works in the field of open innovation in services, is a founding member of WICI, and is the Deputy Head of the ISPIM Advisory Board. She is one of the founding editors of the open access, multidisciplinary Journal of Innovation Management. She is regularly involved as Jury Member in international competitions revolving around financial innovation, and has gained practical experience in the consulting and venture capital industries.Dr Marko Torkkeli is a Professor of Technology and Business Innovations at the Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland. His research interests focus on technology and innovation management, strategic entrepreneurship, growth venturing, and decision support systems. He has published over 200 articles in academic journals. He is a Visiting Researcher at INESC Porto, Portugal, a Docent of Technology-based Business at University of Jyväskylä, Finland, a Docent of Technology and Innovation Management at Helsinki University of Technology, Finland, and holds an Affiliated Faculty position at Singapore Management University. He has more than 15 years of experience of consulting activities in innovation management and strategy. He serves as the Director of Publications of the International Society for Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM) and is one of the founding editors of the open access, multidisciplinary Journal of Innovation Management.