Born in 1988 in Karabük, the author completed primary and secondary education in the Yenice district of Karabük. In 2010, they graduated from the Department of English Language and Literature at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Süleyman Demirel University. Pursuing further academic achievements, the author completed a master’s degree at the Institute of Social Sciences at the same university in 2014 and obtained a Ph.D. from the same institute in 2019. His research interests encompass consumer behavior, neuromarketing, political marketing, digital marketing, and purchasing styles. He has contributed to the field through various studies addressing these topics.

Azamat Maksüdünov (Ph.D.) is an educator with over a decade of experience in the field of business academia. He is a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Florida Atlantic University for the academic year 2023-2024. Currently, he is a full-time associate professor at Kyrgyz - Turkish Manas University, Department of Management, Faculty of Economics and Management. Dr. Maksüdünov has authored or co-authored 44 articles, 40 conference papers, 10 book chapters, and 4 books. He received the Best Paper Award at the 26th World Business Congress organized by the International Management Development Association (IMDA) in May 2016, as well as a Certificate of Honor from the Ministry of Education and Science of Kyrgyzstan in December 2021.

Professor Dr. Muhammad Ashfaq is currently working as Professor/Dean, Faculty of Management Studies, the University of Faisalabad-Pakistan. He completed his graduation in 1985 and earned MS degree in Agricultural Economics in 1988. He won the scholarship in 1990-91, from USAID for training in Agricultural Marketing and Sales from Colorado State University, USA. Later on he won scholarship from the World Bank for higher studies in Australia and went to University of New England, Armidale Australia in 1995 and successfully completed his PhD degree. There he carried out his doctoral level research on the key issue of agricultural policy in Pakistan. During his stay in Australia, he also actively participated in various socio-cultural activities. In the year 2006, he also won a prestigious Higher Education Commission funded fellowship and went to University of Laval, Canada for his post doctorate studies. Dr. Ashfaq has rendered services as consultant to various national and international organizations. He is also acting as PhD/MS supervisor for ICDD, Kassel University, Germany. He has also won the TWAS Associateship Award in 2011 and Australian Alumni Excellence Award in 2013 for Innovation and Research. He has supervised 12 PhD students and more than 150 MS/M.Phil/MSc students. He is the author/co-author of 5 books; 14 chapters and more than 100 research papers published in peer reviewed journals. He is also working as editor/section editor of different journals. He has completed 32 research projects as PI/Co-PI which were funded by national and international organisations like USAID, ACIAR, ICARDA, IFPRI, ILRI, AgMIP, JBIC, ADB, JICA, TiKA, UK Met Dept. and Govt of Pakistan.
Experience: Prof. Ashfaq have more than 32 years of rich teaching and research experience and have interest and worked on various research projects in the following areas;
o Irrigated Agriculture
o Impact Assessment of Interventions and policy
o Supply Chain Management
o Climate Change and Poverty

Erdoğan Ekiz, Özbekistan'ın Taşkent şehrindeki Orta Asya Üniversitesi Turizm ve Otelcilik Yönetimi Okulu'nun Kurucu Dekanıdır. Daha önce Özbekistan'ın Taşkent şehrindeki TEAM Üniversitesi'nde Fakülte Dekanı olarak görev yapmış olup, öncesinde 25 yılı aşkın bir süre boyunca Hong Kong, Tayvan, Kıbrıs, Türkiye, Malezya, Suudi Arabistan Krallığı ve Fas'taki çeşitli üniversitelerde çalışmıştır.

Dr. Ekiz, Hong Kong Politeknik Üniversitesi'ndeki SHTM'de turizm ve otelcilik yönetimi alanında doktora derecesini tamamlamıştır. Yakın zamanda Özbekistan Cumhuriyeti Bakanlar Kurulu Yüksek Onay Komisyonu'ndan Ekonomi alanında Bilim Doktoru (DSc) unvanı almıştır. Kuzey Kıbrıs'taki Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi'nden Turizm ve Otelcilik Yönetimi (THM) alanında lisans ve hizmet pazarlaması alanında yüksek lisans (MBA) derecelerine sahiptir. Amerikan Otel ve Konaklama Eğitim Enstitüsü'nden "Sertifikalı Otelcilik Eğitmeni" (CHE) ve Lozan Otelcilik Okulu'ndan "Nitelikli Öğrenme Kolaylaştırıcısı" (QLF) unvanlarına sahiptir. Kendisi, Uluslararası Hava Taşımacılığı Birliği'nin (IATA) "Üstün Başarıya Sahip İleri Düzey Eğitmen" unvanına sahiptir.

 Yönetim & Organizasyon alanında Bilim Doktoru (1999),
 Yönetim ve Strateji alanında Doçent (2009),
 Yönetim ve İletişim alanlarında Profesör (2014-2019),
 Yaptığı akademik çalışmalarla, AD Scientific Index 2025 raporuna göre; Türkiye’de girişimcilik alanında ilk sırada yer almaktadır.

 12.Kalkınma Planı Girişimcilik İhtisas Komisyonu Üyesi (2024-2028),
 Yönetim Kurulu Üyesi (CEO Teknoloji Geliştirme Merkezi-TEKMER)
 ABD’de “Türk Girişimciliği” ile ilgili çalışması Journal of the Knowledge Economy (SSCI) dergisinde yayımlanmıştır.

 TÜBİTAK Bilimsel Yayın Teşviki ödülü kazanmıştır.
 International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Management Inquiries dergisi Baş Editörü,

 EMI Girişimcilik & Sosyal Bilimler Kongresi’nin başkanıdır (20’den fazla bilimsel kongreye başkanlık yapmıştır).

 Özbekistan, Romanya, Çin ve ABD gibi 20’den fazla ülkede yapılan bilimsel kongre ve sempozyumlarda davetli konuşmacı olarak bilimsel bildiriler sunmuş ve moderatörlük yapmıştır.

 Özbekistan -Türkiye ilişkilerine katkılarından dolayı ödüllendirilmiştir.
 Özbekistan ve Kazakistan’da lisansüstü; ERASMUS kapsamında Romanya’da lisans düzeyinde dersler vermiştir.