Ya’akov M. Bayer holds a Ph.D. in economics from ýBen-Gurion University of the Negev and has training in both economics and anthropology. He lectures in a wide range of fields within economics (health economics, behavioral economics, economics and culture, finance, etc.). He teaches economics in the Department of Health Systems Management of Ben-Gurion University and serves in managerial position in the Israeli Ministry of Health. His research relates to health economics, decision-making, and behavioral economics, with an emphasis on the connections between economics and culture, religion, beliefs, cognition, health condition, and old age. In addition, he researches the anthropology of Jewish communities in South America and the structure of their collective memory.

Thomas F. Brezenski, M.S., Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Political Science at St. Thomas University with expertise in the areas of firearms and mental health public policy and is a member of the 23^rd Congressional District (FL) Gun Violence Task Force, chaired by the Hon. Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz. His research interests focus on firearms policy at the state and federal level, and he is also an expert on presidential politics, serving as a major-market radio political analyst in that area. Dr. Brezenski is the recipient of three university teaching awards over the course of a 21-year undergraduate teaching career and has taught or developed, or both, more than 30 courses. He is a two-time tournament champion in karate and enjoys playing the guitar. He resides in Plantation, Florida, with his wife, Kristine, and their five children.

Antonella Capriello, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Marketing at the Universita del Piemonte Orientale in Italy. She graduated in Economics and Commerce from the University of Turin in 1996; at the same University, she earned the title of Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in 2004. She is involved in international research networks in the field of tourism and marketing, being a part of the debate on the potentials of qualitative methods. The research activities include studies on networking processes in tourist destinations and event management. She has collaborated with the Business Incubator of the University of Piemonte Orientale, resulting the winner of the START CUP – Piedmont Region – Tourism and Innovation Special Award in 2007 for the “Innoviaggiando” project, and in 2009 for the “GEO4MAP” project (in collaboration with the de Agostini Group). She has published more than 60 research papers, including articles in the Journal of Business Research, Current Issues in Tourism, and Tourism Management.

Timothy Dewhirst, M.A., Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Marketing & Consumer Studies in the College of Business and Economics at the University of Guelph in Canada. Previously, he was Visiting Associate Professor at the University of California, San Francisco, as a Canada-U.S. Fulbright Scholar. He has been awarded numerous research grants and funds from such organizations as the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the U.S. National Institutes of Health/U.S. National Cancer Institute. His work has appeared in the Encyclopedia of Major Marketing Strategies as well as the Journal of Advertising, the Journal of Historical Research in Marketing, the Journal of Public Policy and Marketing, and the Journal of Business Ethics.

Raúl Fernández-Calienes, the Reverend Professor, M.Div., M.A.R., M.S.-TESOL, Ph.D., is a sought-after researcher, writer, and editor. At St. Thomas University, he is Adjunct Professor of Management Ethics in the Gus Machado School of Business, Senior Research Fellow at the Human Rights Institute, and formerly Visiting Associate Professor in the School of Law. For other authors, he has been the manuscript or production editor of more than two dozen books and monographs published by Cambridge University Press, the University of California Press, Praeger, HarperCollinsReligious, the Christian Literature Society (India), and others. He also has served as Deputy Editor of the American Bar Association Section of International Law, The Year in Review. He is co-editor of the three-volume series Women Moving Forward and Managing Editor of the peer-reviewed Journal of Multidisciplinary Research.

Robert Jeffery Foran, M.A., Ed.D., is a Professor of Economics at Miami-Dade College in Florida. His experience includes teaching at a university in China, serving as a field examiner for the International Baccalaureate Organization based in the United Kingdom, and currently serving as a program evaluator for the American Council of Education based in Washington, D.C.

Hagai Gringarten, M.B.A., Ph.D., is a Professor and a branding expert. He teaches branding and marketing at St. Thomas University’s Gus Machado School of Business, and he is a Visiting Professor at Harbin Finance University in China. He has served as president of the American Marketing Association South Florida chapter and co-authored a bestselling book about coffee. He also pursued postgraduate studies at Harvard Graduate School of Business and the Kellogg School of Management. Dr. Gringarten serves as a faculty advisor to the American Marketing Association chapter at STU and is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Multidisciplinary Research, a peer-reviewed academic journal. He is also co-founder and faculty advisor of the Journal of Student Research and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of International & Interdisciplinary Business Research, a California State University system publication.

Punam Gupta, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at Dev Samaj College for Women, Chandigarh, India. She has written many research papers and participated in seminars on gender sensitization, green economics, environment studies, value education, media, and society.

Rohail Hassan, Ph.D. in Management Sciences, works as a Graduate Research Assistant at Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS in Malaysia. Rohail received his undergraduate education in Management Sciences at the University of the Punjab in 2010 and earned his Master of Philosophy degree there in 2012. He earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Management Sciences degree in 2018 from Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS in Malaysia. His research on corporate governance, women’s empowerment, gender-related issues, diversity management, financial management, marketing management, firm performance, and strategy has been published in several academic journals – more than 30 refereed journal articles to date. Rohail also serves as an International Reviewer to several academic journals.

Larry Hubbell, Ph.D., is a Professor and the Director of the Institute of Public Service at Seattle University. He previously served as a faculty member at the University of Wyoming for 25 years. As a Fulbright scholar, Larry taught in Lithuania and Sierra Leone. In addition, he taught, consulted, and conducted research in Cambodia, China, Taiwan, Indonesia, Russia, South Africa, England, Italy, Dominica, and Panama. He has published 60 articles in peer-reviewed journals as well as a novel called Almost Dysfunctional. Larry worked at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and ACTION, the agency that formerly administered Peace Corps and VISTA. His primary research interests are higher education administration, problems facing emerging democracies, and organization development.

Jeffrey Kleeger, Esq., M.B.A., Ph.D., teaches criminal justice law classes for the Department of Justice Studies in the College of Arts & Sciences at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida. He is an attorney with real property law transactional experience. His research interests include conflict between state authority and private rights, the economically driven privatization of law and its impact on private rights, economic development in land use, conflict resolution, sustainability in economic and environmental factors, the pedagogy of law study, and ethical considerations in business, law, and organizational development.

Dinesh Kumar, M.B.A., Ph.D., is the Director of The Winning Edge Training Consultants in India. His publications include Consumer Behaviour (Oxford University Press), Rural Marketing (Sage Publications), and Marketing Channels (Oxford University Press). He has 15 years of industry experience, and since joining academia, he has taught at business schools and universities in India, Norway, and Switzerland. He has written several papers and presented them in international conferences.

Wonkyong Beth Lee, M.A., Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor, DAN Department of Management & Organizational Studies, Western University, in Canada. Previously, she was a Visiting Scholar at the School of Public Health at the University of Sydney in Australia as well as the Department of Advertising and Public Relations in the College of Communications at Hanyang University in South Korea. Her work has appeared in the Journal of Business Ethics, Tobacco Control, the Journal of Health Communication, and Health Psychology.

Abhishek Mishra, M.B.A., Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Indore. He did his Ph.D. in the area of Product Design and its implications on Brand Equity from IIM Lucknow. He has publications in leading marketing journals, and his research interests are in the areas of New Product Development, Product and Brand Management, and Fuzzy Sets and Systems. He has conducted academic research in Canada, and his work has been published in the Academy of Marketing Science Review, the Journal of Brand Management, and the Journal of Business Research.

Nellie Munin, LL.D., Adv., is a lawyer and legal expert in European Union economic law and international trade law. Previously, she was an Associate Professor at the law school of the Zefat Academic College, in Israel, as well as the Minister of Economic Affairs in the Israeli Mission to the European Union. She also was the Chief Legal Advisor with the State Revenue Administration in the Israeli Ministry of Finance.

Stan Neal, M.Res., Ph.D., FHEA, is the John Springhall Post-Doctoral Lecturer in Modern British/Imperial History at Ulster University. He has previously lectured in History at the University of Leicester, Northumbria University, and the University of Sunderland. His research interests focus on issues of race, empire, and globalization. Of particular interest are the migration and information networks that spanned the British Empire in Asia in the nineteenth century.

Gurbir Singh, M.B.A., is a doctoral student at the Indian Institute of Management in Indore, India. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce and an M.B.A. in Marketing from UBS, Panjab University, Chandigarh. He is a Fellow of the Insurance Institute of India. His work experience includes nine years in the financial and education sector. His research interest lies in consumer behavior. More specifically, he works on understanding (1) the ethical decision-making process, (2) the impact of control desires on consumer behavior, and (3) the impact of emotions on decision making. He has attended many national and international conferences and workshops.