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.

 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. 

José Duarte da Rocha Santos received his PhD in Management from Vigo University. He also holds an MSc in Marketing and a bachelor’s degree in Business Sciences.
Between 1987 and 2002, he played various roles in sales, marketing, and management of companies in the information technology sector. From 2003 to 2018, he was a management and marketing consultant.
Since 1999, he has been a professor in higher education in Portugal in the fields of management and marketing. He is currently a marketing professor at the Accounting and Business School of the Polytechnic of Porto (ISCAP/P.PORTO).
He is also a senior researcher at the CEOS.PP - Centre for Organizational and Social Studies of the Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal. His main areas of research are relational marketing and digital strategies of customer relationship.

Evan Lau is an accomplished Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Business at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS). He has a wealth of academic experience, having held several key positions within UNIMAS, including Deputy Dean for Research and Postgraduate, Director of the Centre for Business, Economics and Finance Forecasting (BEFfore) and Head of Strategy. He is now serving as Deputy Dean of Research and Commercialization. Evan is also an internationally recognized scholar, having held visiting positions at the University of Cambridge and various universities in Indonesia. Evan has a strong research record, publishing 115 journal articles and 91 research papers in books, conference proceedings, working papers, newsletters, and newspaper articles. He has been awarded numerous awards for his research excellence, including the Young Researcher Award in UNIMAS, Highest Citation and Impact, Excellent Service Award, research medals from Research Expos, Best Papers, and the Highest-Impact Journal Paper Award. As an active researcher, Evan has secured 32 research grants and has supervised 91 postgraduate students, examining 83 doctorial, master theses and 160 undergraduate research projects. Evan speaks at numerous international conferences in Indonesia, UAE, Sri Lanka, Italy, India, Philippines, China, Thailand, Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia. Evan's research contributions have been recognized internationally, with him being listed among the Top 9% of economists in Malaysia and ASEAN while in the Top 10% for Asia by the Research Papers in Economics (RePEc) network. He is also among the highly cited authors in UNIMAS. Outside of academia, Evan is passionate about running and travelling. Overall, Evan's achievements and contributions demonstrate his commitment to research excellence, academic leadership, and service, which have a sustainable impact on academia.

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.

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.

Date of birth: October 13, 1980

Education: Master's degree (2002)
Academic degree: Doctor of Economics (2021)
Academic title: Professor (2024)
Work experience: 27 years; scientific and pedagogical experience – 24 years.