Rimantas Gatautis (1974-2018) was a Principal investigator leading the Digitalisation Research Group at Kaunas University of Technology (Lithuania). Prof. Gatautis had wide-ranging experience of implementing European Commission funded projects in the Leonardo da Vinci, EUREKA, COST, Interreg, the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6), and H2020 programs. His latest research focused on ICT influence on enterprise transformation in the transition economies, e-business models in transition economies, socio-economic aspects of ICT adoption, and on processes of governance and democracy, knowledge-driven innovations, social networks, and gamification.Jūratė Banytė is Professor of Marketing at the Sustainable Management Research Group, School of Economics and Business, Kaunas University of Technology (Lithuania). She has been involved in EUREKA, the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6), Leonardo da Vinci and other projects funded by the European Commission, and leads the COST programme component 'From Sharing to Caring: Examining Socio-Technical Aspects of the Collaborative Economy'. Her main fields of academic interests are consumer behavior, sustainable consumption, consumer engagement and value management, among others.Elena Vitkauskaitė is a Researcher of the Digitalisation Research Group, and Lecturer of Digital Marketing, Kaunas University of Technology (Lithuania). She has been involved in various research projects funded by the Lithuanian government and the European Commission (e.g. the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6), Interreg IVC, H2020) related to e-Business and e-Government. Her research interests include modeling business processes, quality measurement of electronic services, cross-cultural issues on the web, social network sites, gamification, and digital transformation.
