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Mentor & External Examiner
Melissa has mentored students at:
- Longford International College - DBA, MBA
- Wilhelm Büchner Hochschule - MBA, MSc
- Berlin School of Business and Innovation - MSc, BSc
- KMU Akademie & Management AG for the courses at Middlesex University London - DBA
- Deutsche Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften - MBA, BSc, BA
Melissa has served as External Examiner for:
- Uninettuno University - DBA defences
- Longford International College - DBA and MBA defences
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Peer-Reviewer & Editorial Board Member
Melissa is an Editorial Board Member of the International Journal of Sustainability in Business and Economics (IJSBE, ISSN: 3052-6752).
Melissa has served as a reviewer for:
- Journal of Innovation & Knowledge (Elsevier)
- Technovation (Elsevier)
- Research-Technology Management Journal (Taylor and Francis)
- Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science (Springer)
- EURAM Annual Conference 2021
- AOM 2023
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Memberships
- Member of the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) selection committees for individual and project fundings
- Member of the Society of Open Innovation for Technology, Market, and Complexity (SOI)
- Young Fellows Mentor at the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA)
- International Expert at Graphic Era Hill University
- Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA)
- Member of the Royal Economic Society (RES)
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Business Consulting
Melissa offers management consulting on the following areas:
Digital business models and strategic digitalisation
- Analysis, development and optimisation of digital business models
- Development of strategies for digital transformation and competitivenes
Promotion of digital skills in organisational contexts
- Analysis of the effects of digital transformation on employees and managers
- Preparing companies for future digital requirements through skills development
Sustainability
- Analysis, development and optimisation of sustainable business models
- Analysis, development and optimisation of energy-efficient infrastructures in companies through digital innovations
Innovation management
- Strategies for promoting innovation in organisational contexts
- Use of digital technologies to support innovation management
Agile project management and IT project methods
- Development and adaptation of agile project management frameworks for specific IT projects