“Real impact”: Challenges and opportunities in bridging the gap between research and practice – Making a difference in industry, policy, and society

Yogesh Kumar Dwivedi^{a b}✉, Anand Jeyaraj^c✉, Laurie Hughes^d✉, Gareth Huw Davies^e✉, Manju K. Ahuja^f✉, Mousa Ahmad Albashrawi^g✉, Adil S. Al-Busaidi^h✉, Salah Al-Sharhanⁱ✉, Khalid Ibrahim Al‐Sulaiti^j✉, Levent Altinay^k✉, Shem Amalaya^l✉, Sunil Archak^m✉, María Teresa Ballestarⁿ✉, Shonil Bhagwat^o✉, Anandhi S. Bharadwaj^p✉, Amit Bhushan^q✉, Indranil Bose^r✉, Pawan S Budhwar^s✉, Deborah Bunker^{t u}✉, Alexandru Căpățînă^{v w}✉, Lemuria D. Carter, Ioanna Constantiou, Crispin R. Coombs, Tom Crick, Csaba Csáki, Yves Darnige, Rahul Dé^{t u}, Rick Delbridge, Rameshwar Dubey, Robin D. C. Gauld and 60 others

1. ^aDigital Futures for Sustainable Business & Society Research Group, School of Management, Swansea University, Bay Campus, Fabian Bay, Swansea, Wales, UK
2. ^bSymbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune, India
3. ^cRaj Soin College of Business, Wright State University, 3640 Colonel Glenn Highway, Dayton, OH 45435, USA
4. ^dSchool of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia
5. ^eSchool of Management, Swansea University, Swansea, UK
6. ^fDepartment of Information Systems, Analytics and Operations, College of Business, University of Louisville, USA
7. ^gIRC-FDE, KFUPM, Saudi Arabia, ISOM Department, KFUPM Business School, Saudi Arabia
8. ^hInnovation & Technology Transfer Center, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
9. ⁱComputer Engineering Department, International University of Science and Technology in Kuwait (IUK), Kuwait
10. ^jAl-Rayyan International University College, in Partnership with the University of Derby UK, Doha, Qatar