Acknowledgements

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The Dr S Lobo (Consulting Services) would like to express our thanks and appreciation to Dr Premaratne Samaranayake, Senior Lecturer, School of Business, Western Sydney University for the active engagement and continuing research collaboration, including the current research project on Innovation Management that has led to the development of the Innovation Management Assessment Framework (IMAF) and co-authoring of the recent publication: Lobo, S. and Samaranayake, P., 2020, An innovation management assessment framework. Benchmarking: An International Journal, Vol. 27, No. 5, pp. 1633-1656.