Maciej Zastempowski is a Professor at Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń (Poland). He is also the head of the Enterprise Management Department. His research interest is focused on innovation management and small and medium enterprises. In particular, he investigates polish SMEs innovation capabilities and polish hidden champions innovativeness. He graduated from University of Torun (management). He also contributed to several research projects performing the role of principal investigator in National Science Centre project: "Intangible assets as a source of hidden competitive advantage of polish hidden champions" and "Small and medium-sized enterprises innovativeness in the economic crisis - conditions, trends and models".