Dr. Atul Agarwal is an Associate Professor of Production Operations Management. He has an engineering background with an MBA and a Ph.D. in Business Administration from The University of Texas at Arlington. He was previously on the faculty at the Kettering University (Formerly GMI Engineering & Management Institute) in Flint, Michigan for 13 years where he served as the Director of the MS in Manufacturing Operations program for GM and Delphi corporations until July 2009. Professor Agarwal's research interests include lean practices in manufacturing and service sectors, modeling for supply chain networks, and quality control systems for health care organizations.

Dr. Richard A. Ajayi earned his Ph.D. in business administration from Temple University. He served as a successful project Director for International Business Grants at the University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida. His research interests include international financial markets, international business finance, exchange risk management, emerging market issues, and econometrics of financial markets. He has published scholarly articles in the Journal of Financial Research, Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, Pacific Basin Finance Journal, Global Finance Journal, Applied Financial Economics, and many other prestigious journals. He received the Anbar Citation of Excellence, highest quality rating, for his article “On the Dynamic Relationship between Stock Prices and Exchange Rates” published in the Journal of Financial Research in 1996.

He is a founding member of African Finance and Economics Association and he served as the association’s program manager from 1990-1995 and president from 1996-1998. He was one of the key delegates from African Finance and Economics Association to the launching of “African Capital Market Forum” in Nairobi, Kenya in 1993. He was also an invited participant in the international conference on “Revitalizing Private Investment in Africa” held in Accra, Ghana in 1996. He has had consulting engagements with African Economic Research Consortium, Non-Governmental Organizations in Africa, as well as State and State-related Institutions in Emerging Markets.

He is a an Associate Professor of Finance as the University of Central Florida, and an honorary Distinguished International Faculty at Alliance Business Academy, Bangalore, India. He is a consultant in international finance, especially on documentary credits, with clients including small, medium and large companies and recently with Siemens Westinghouse Corporation. He also serves as a consultant and evaluator for Florida Universities for International Business Grants.

He is Editor-in-Chief, Global Journal of International Business Research, and Associate Editor for African Finance and Economic Development (JAFED) as well as the Alliance Journal of Business Research. He has served or continues to serve on the board of a number of companies including Surgilight Inc., Amicable Properties, LLC, Expo Entertainments, LLC and Abela Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Dr. Madhukar G. Angur is a David M. French Distinguished Professor at the University of Michigan-Flint School of Management, USA. Dr. Angur has published extensively in various business and marketing journals in many areas. Some of his work has appeared in Industrial Marketing Management, International Journal of Business Research, Journal of Marketing Management, Journal of Advertising Research, OMEGA-International Journal of Management Science, Journal of American Academy of Business, International Journal of Bank Marketing, among others. Dr. Angur serves on the board of many companies in the manufacturing and service sectors and is a consultant for many national and international corporations. Dr. Angur has received many honors and recognitions. He is listed in Who's Who among America's teachers and was nominated twice for the Carnegie Foundation Professor of the Year Award.

Dr. Gert Bruche is a Professor of International Management, Berlin School of Economics and Law worked for the United Nations Development Program in Ankara, Turkey, with the International Institute of Management in Berlin (WZB) and with Schering AG (Strategy Advisor to the Executive Board, Managing Director for Schering's China operations, Hongkong and Director of Strategic Marketing). In 1994, he joined the Berlin School of Economics as a Professor of International Management. During 2004–2008, he served as the School's Dean and Vice President. He also worked as a consultant and as the Director of Corporate Management Training Programs in the Asia-Pacific Region. In his research he focuses on the Asia Pacific Region with particular reference to R&D off shoring, higher education systems and talent management, and Chinese and Indian multinational's internationalization strategies.

Dr. Uta M. Feser is currently the President of University of Applied Sciences, Neu-Ulm, Germany. Since 2000, Dr. Feser has been the teaching professor of Health Management at Neu-Ulm University and has been giving lectures on Health Economics and Clinic Management at the University of Ulm. Formerly, Prof. Dr. Feser was the head of the Clinic Management Practice at Rödl & Partner Consulting and also the head of the business management and controlling departments of "Europäische Klinik Treuhand und Management AG." She studied Business and Social Pedagogy at the Friedrich-Alexander-University in Nuremberg, where, after receiving her doctorate, she taught for the chair of Insurance and Banking Management.

Dr. Rajiv Grover is the Dean of the Fogelman College of Business and Economics and the holder of the Sales and Marketing Chair of Excellence at the University of Memphis. Prior to his appointment as the Dean, he was the holder of the Terry Chair of Excellence and the Head of the Marketing Department at the University of Georgia. Dr. Grover has held academic positions at Penn State, University of Pittsburgh, and the University of Georgia. He has been a visiting professor at Johns Hopkins, Duke and Stanford. He has also held corporate positions including the one of being a Senior VP at a Silicon Valley start-up that was engaged in software development in the e-commerce area. Dr. Grover's area of expertise is marketing with specific capabilities in the interface of marketing research and marketing strategy. His accomplishments span research, teaching, executive development, editorships, consulting, expert witness engagements and authorship. He has published in top academic journals such as Marketing Science, Journal of Marketing Research and Journal of Marketing and has been on the editorial board of Journal of Marketing Research and Journal of Marketing.

He has authored the book 'Theory and Simulation of Market-Focused Management' and was the founding editor of 'The Journal of Market Focused Management.' He has edited 'The Handbook of Marketing Research: Uses, Misuses, and Future Advances.'

Dr. Rajan Nataraajan is the Torchmark Professor & Chairman, Executive Editor, Psychology & Marketing, Department of Marketing College of Business, Auburn University. Professor Nataraajan has authored more than 70 articles in professional journals including Journal of Business Research, International Journal of Advanced Media and Communication, Marketing Management Journal, the European Journal of Marketing, the Journal of Consumer Affairs, and the Journal of Political Marketing. He currently serves as the Editor of Psychology & Marketing, published by John Wiley & Sons. He is invited as the Keynote Speaker in many international conferences such as Taiwan - the 2003 E-Commerce Research Conference (organized by the National Chung Hsing University at Taichung) and the 2003 Forum on Frontiers in Internet Marketing and Advertising (organized by Yuan-Ze University at Taipei). While in Taiwan, he was invited to be the Principal Speaker at the 2003 Seminar on Enterprise Modeling and Analysis, jointly organized by the National Chiao Tung University and the National Tsing Hua University, both at Hsinchu.

Dr. Mahesh N. Rajan is the MBA Director at the Lucas Graduate School of Business, as well as the Associate Professor in Global Enterprise Management and Marketing at the College of Business, San Jose State University. He received his Ph.D. in International Business and Strategy from the University of California, Irvine. Professor Rajan teaches in the areas of international business, corporate strategy, marketing management and marketing strategy. Professor Rajan has conducted academic research in the United States, Australia, Japan, China, Vietnam and India. He has published in top tier journals and also presented his research extensively in many prestigious international and national conferences.

He has received several major research grants (Mineta Transportation Institute, Australian Research Council) and prestigious fellowships (Japan Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, San State University's Donald & Sally Lucas Graduate College of Business Research Fellowship, San Jose State University's Global Studies Fellow, and University of California Regents' Fellowship).

Professor Rajan has previously taught at leading business schools in America (University of Michigan), Australia (Australian Graduate School of Management), and Japan. He has delivered lectures to executives and public administrators from China for many years through programs organized by the International and Extended Studies division at San Jose State University. He has also taught in Executive programs in the United States, Australia and Japan. Professor Rajan has held senior positions in the private sector in India, USA, and Japan, and consults with top companies on a regular basis.

Mr. Krishna Mohan Ramineni is a B.E Graduate with a specialization in Mechanical Engineering and has tremendous insight and experience in civil and mechanical areas. He has contributed immensely as a partner in Reliance Nirman Company. His expertise also lies in Information Technology providing services in connecting people through Internet and Mobile Communication. Mr. Ramineni is currently the Director for City Online Services Limited.

Dr. Ram Mohan Pisharodi specializes in the areas of marketing logistics, supply chain management, distribution channel management, and international marketing. His current research interests include distribution customer service, relationship marketing, industrial pricing, and reverse logistics. His methodological interests include structural equations, modeling and script-theoretic modeling. Dr. Pisharodi has published articles in various logistics and marketing journals including the Journal of Business Logistics, International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, Logistics and Transportation Review, Journal of Transportation Management, Journal of Advertising, International Marketing Review, Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing, and the Journal of Relationship Marketing. His conceptual work and research findings have been presented in detail in textbooks and training manuals in the area of logistics. His work on Country-of-Origin Measurement has been recognized at a key turning point work in this field. Dr. Pisharodi has also reviewed articles and books for numerous conferences and journals and has received awards and honors for his teaching, research, and service. He is an active member of the American Marketing Association (AMA), the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), and the Academy of Marketing Science (AMS). Dr. Pisharodi has worked on research and planning projects with several companies including DaimlerChrysler Corporation and is on the Board of Directors of the Detroit AMA. Professor Pisharodi is also on the Editorial Advising Board of two leading journals. Dr. Pisharodi is the chief editor of the Alliance Journal of Business Research and is on the Board of Alliance Business School. He was the recipient of the Distinguished Service Award (2005), Paul F. Lorenz Teaching Excellence Award (2003), and Faculty Advisor of the Year Award (2002) from Oakland University. He was a nominee for the Hugh G. Wales Faculty Advisor of the Year Award, American Marketing Association, 2001. Dr. Pisharodi has received the Highly Commended Award from the Literati Club of UK twice for research articles in the International Marketing Review and the Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing.

Dr. M. Satchidananda Rao is a Physician by profession and a Philanthropist by nature. He completed 34 projects (4.2 Million Sq. Ft.) of Commercial/Residential/ Malls/Resorts and Educational Institutions in the prime urban locations as Developers & Builders under his personal supervision from its conception through commissioning to final delivery. Currently, he has ongoing mega projects with a proposed built-up space of 2.0 Million Sq. Ft., and out of these projects, one project is located at Toli Chowki, Jubilee Hills proposed for Mall & Multiplex.

Mr. Richard Glenn Rockman III is the CEO and co-founder of iSource Worldwide and iSource Interactive, global companies with locations in the U.S. and India. Since 1997, Rockman has led five separate organizations to experience tremendous growth-companies which are founded on his model of corporate integrity. Rick Rockman lends his creativity and entrepreneurial spirit to iSource Worldwide, overseeing the company's deployment of world-class services throughout the glove. A champion of leadership growth and development, and possessor of a contagious passion, Rockman has earned the respect and admiration of those in his organizations.

Dr. Axel Schumacher is the Associate Dean for International Relations at the European Business School, International University Schloss Reichartshausen (EBS) in Oestrich-Winkel and Wiesbaden (Germany). Previously he was Director of International Programmes at WHU, Otto Beisheim School of Management (Germany). He has been working in the field of International Relations for more than 20 years. Over this period he has initiated more than 200 university partnerships in 45 countries around the globe, including 35 dual degree agreements at the undergraduate and graduate levels. He has published research papers and has contributed to books on the Concept of Private Universities in Germany and on Strategies of Internationalization for Business Schools.

Dr. Stewart L. Tubbs is a Postdoctoral from Harvard Business School and a Ph.D. from the University of Kansas, Lawrence (1969). He is the professor of Management Darrell H. Cooper Chair in Leadership, Eastern Michigan University, USA. Dr. Tubbs won the Outstanding Leadership Award in London, England in 1994 from the Academy of Business Administration. He is the author of A Systems Approach to Small Group Interaction (7th edition, 2001); Leadership: Communication, Innovation and Change, 2002; and co-author (with Sylvia Moss) of Human Communications (9th edition, 2003). Dr. Tubbs consults for numerous corporations and is also a contributing editor for the Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies. Dr. Tubbs is the former Dean of the College of Business and teaches in the leadership and managerial communication areas and has won four awards for outstanding teaching at the University of Kansas, General Motors Institute, Boise State University and Eastern Michigan University.

Dr. Robin Widgery received his doctorate from Michigan State University in 1971. He spent 30 years on the faculties of General Motors Institute (now Kettering University), and the University of Michigan on the Flint campus, teaching management, marketing, and organizational behavior. He now serves as CEO for Social Systems Research Institute in Flint, Michigan. For more than twenty-five years he has directed research within many fortune 500 corporations using feedback and problem solving strategies to encourage quality-of-life improvements in the work place. He has written more than 100 articles, monograms, book chapters and scholarly papers. Some of these have appeared in such publications as the Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy, Journal of Regional Studies, Management Review, Journal of the American Academy of Business, Journal of Counseling Physiology, Journal of Advertising Research, American Journal of Community Physiology, Communication Quarterly and Journal of Communication, among others.

Dr. Jagdish N. Sheth is the Charles H. Kellstadt Professor of Marketing in the Goizueta Business School at Emory University. Prior to his present position, he was at the University of Southern California; at the University of Illinois, and on the faculty of Columbia University, as well as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Sheth is well known for his scholarly contributions in consumer behavior, relationship marketing, competitive strategy and geopolitical analysis.

Professor Sheth is highly sought out as a keynote speaker at many industries, academic and public forums. He has worked for numerous industries and companies in the United States, Europe and Asia, both as an Advisor and as a Seminar Leader. His clients include AT&T, BellSouth, Cox Communications, Delta, Ernst & Young, Ford, GE, Lucent Technologies, Motorola, Nortel, Pillsbury, Sprint, Square D, 3M, Whirlpool, Wipro and many more. Dr. Sheth is frequently quoted and interviewed by the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Fortune, Financial Times, Economic Times and radio shows and television networks such as CNN, CNBC (India) and BBC. He is also on the Board of Directors of several public companies including Cryo Cell International (NASDAQ), Wipro Limited (NYSE) and Shasun Chemicals & Drugs Limited (India).

In 1989, Dr. Sheth was given the Outstanding Marketing Educator award by the Academy of Marketing Science. In 1991 and again in 1999, he was given the Outstanding Educator Award by the Sales and Marketing Executives International (SMEI). Dr. Sheth was also awarded the P.D. Converse Award for his outstanding contributions to theory in marketing in 1992 by the American Marketing Association. In 1996, Dr. Sheth was selected as the Distinguished Fellow of the Academy of Marketing Science. In 1997, Dr. Sheth was awarded the Distinguished Fellow award from the International Engineering Consortium. Dr. Sheth is also a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA). 2004 marked a stellar year for Dr. Sheth as he was awarded both the Richard D. Irwin Distinguished Marketing Educator and the Charles Coolidge Parlin Awards which are the two highest awards given by the American Marketing Association. In 2006, Dr. Sheth was awarded the RHR International Award for Outstanding Consultant by the American Psychological Association (APA) Division 13 (Consulting Psychology) and the Elsivier Distinguished Educator Award by Strategic Marketing Association. In 2007, he was also conferred an Honorary Doctorate by Thiel College in Pennsylvania.

As a prolific author, in 2000 Dr. Sheth and Andrew Sobel published a best seller, Clients for Life (Simon & Schuster). His book, The Rule of Three (Free Press), coauthored with Dr. Rajendra Sisodia, altered the current notions on competition in business. It was published in 2002 and has been translated into German, Italian, Polish, Russian, Portugese, Korean, Japanese and Chinese. It was the subject of a seven part television series by CNBC (India) and was a finalist for the 2004 Best Marketing Book Award from the American Marketing Association.

In 2007, Dr. Sheth’s book, Firms of Endearment (Wharton School Publishing) was selected as one of the top ten business books on Leadership. Later that year, he also authored The Self-Destructive Habits of Good Companies…And How to Break Them (Wharton School Press). Both of these books have been translated into several languages as well. His most recent book is Chindia Rising: How China and India Will Benefit Your Business (Tata McGraw Hill, India) which is sequel to his earlier book, Tectonic Shift (Sage, India) on the geo-economic realignment of nations.

Dr. James G. Almeida is the Associate Dean at Silberman College of Business, Fairleigh Dickinson University, New Jersey, USA.

Mr. P. K. Maheshwari holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He is also a fellow Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Mr. Maheshwari has over 27 years of experience with leading Consulting Firms and Industrial Houses including S.B. Billimoria & Co., Escorts Ltd, Apollo Tyres Ltd etc. Presently, he is working as Executive Director with Bharat Forge Limited and heads the finance function for the group. His responsibilities extend to the various companies within Kalyani Group and include strategic finance, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, restructuring etc.