Joanna Paliszkiewicz works as a full professor at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences (WULS - SGGW). She is the director of the Management Institute. She also works for the University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City (UEH), Vietnam. She is also an adjunct professor at the University of Vaasa in Finland. She obtained the academic title "full professor" from the International School for Social and Business Studies in Slovenia. She is well recognized in Poland and abroad for her expertise in management issues: knowledge management and trust management. She has published over 250 papers/manuscripts and is the author/coauthor/editor of 23 books.

Marta Mendel, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland, is Vice-Rector for international cooperation at Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW). She graduated from the SGGW Faculty of Veterinary Medicine with the professional title of veterinary surgeon. Part of her studies (2003-2004) took place at the University of Veterinary Medicine (Tierärztliche Hochschule) in Hannover, Germany. Her research interests focus on the pharmacological actions of medicinal plants and active substances of plant origin.

Charles J. Priolo is Assistant Professor of Human Resources Management at the Touro University Graduate School of Business in NYC, where he is also involved in several other administrative and academic programs and projects. He holds a PhD from Liberty National University in human resource management, an MA from St. John's University in Foreign Languages (minor in educational administration), and a BA in romance languages (minor in psychology) from Fordham University, both located in NYC.

Trang Nguyen is currently working as a lecturer at the School of International Business and Marketing, University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. She received her doctoral degree from the Institute of International Management, College of Management, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan. Her studies have appeared in Information and Management, Computers in Human Behavior, Internet Research, Journal of Electronic Commerce Research, Journal of Internet Commerce, Online Information Review, International Journal of Business Information Systems, Journal of Systems and Information Technology, and several international conference proceedings.