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Ulas Akkucuk is an Associate Professor of Quantitative Methods at Bogazici University Department of Management, Istanbul-Turkey. Dr. Akkucuk has a BS in Industrial Engineering from Bilkent University (1997), an MBA from Bogazici University (2000) and a PhD in Management Science and Information Systems from Rutgers University (2004). His research interests lie in the methodological development of multivariate techniques such as Clustering and Multidimensional Scaling and novel applications into fields including global competitiveness, CRM and technology management and environmental management. He has taught Statistics, CRM & Data Mining, and Global Aspects of Management courses, among others, at both graduate and undergraduate levels. He is associate editor and editorial board member of International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science (IJRBS) and has been an ad hoc reviewer for journals such as Journal of Multivariate Analysis, Bogazici Journal and International Journal of Business Economics and Management. He has edited three books the first entitled “Devel- oping Sustainable Value in Marketing Finance and Economics” which was published by IGI Global in 2015, the second one “Handbook of Research on Waste Management Techniques for Sustainability” was published in 2016. The last one “Ethics and Sustainability in Global Supply Chain Management” came to fruition in 2017 and was subsequently indexed in both SCOPUS and Web of Science. He is a member of the Classification Society (CS), Society for the Study of Business and Finance (SSBF) and Turkish National Committee on Solid Waste Management (TNCSW).

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Ayse Akyol is working as Professor of Marketing in the Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, at Trakya University, Turkey. She received BA degree in Business from Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey; MA degree in Human Resources Manage- ment from Istanbul University, Turkey; MSc degree in Research and Consultancy and Ph.D degree in Marketing both from University of Portsmouth, UK. She also worked as a post doctoral researcher at University of South Florida, USA. Her research interests are international marketing, marketing research, contemporary issues in marketing.

Hakan Naim Ardor has been working for Gazi University, Department of Economics since 1990. He obtained his BA and MA in Economics from Gazi University (Turkey) and University of Colorado (USA) in 1987 and 1994 respectively. He obtained his PhD in Economics from Gazi University in 2002. He has been working for Gazi University since 1990. He worked as visitor researcher in University of Florida in 2015. He published about 20 scientific publications and about 15 presentations at scientific conferences. His research interests include economic growth, business cycles and monetary policy.

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U. Zeynep Ata is an Assistant Professor of Operations Management at Bogazici University Department of International Trade, Istanbul, Turkey. Dr. Ata has a degree in Industrial Engineering from Istanbul Technical University. She completed her MBA degree at METU and PhD in Management at Bogaziçi University. Dr. Ata teaches undergraduate and graduate level courses in International Logistics, Supply Chain Management and Statistics. Her current research interests include Supply Chain Management, Production and Operations Management, Decision Processes and Models in Logistics and Sustainable Supply Chains.

Fatmanur Avar graduated from Yasar University, Department of International Trade and Finance, in 2014. She completed her Masters degree in Department of Logistics Management, Izmir University of Economics. During her masters education, she worked as an administrative staff in İzmir University of Economics for 9 months. Her interest areas include industrial marketing, supply chain, sustainability and branding.

Atul Bamrara shares his expertise with Post Graduate and Under Graduate students of Business Management and Computer Science in Management Information System, Technology Management & Research Methodology. His current research interests include the impact of Cyber Crime, Electronic Banking, Information Systems, and E-Governance. His research papers have been published in reputed national and international journals of electronic commerce and information management

Ahmet Bilgil graduated from the Department of Building Training at Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey in 1986; received her Master of Science degree from the Institute of Natural and Applied Sciences at the same university (Gazi University), in 1989, Ankara, Turkey; completed her PhD. study at Institute of Natural and Applied Sciences at Karadeniz Technical University (KTU), in 1998, Trabzon, Turkey. His research interests include building material, concrete, geopolymer, hydraulic, reuse, waste valorisation.

Tuba Bozaykut-Buk is an Assistant Professor at Istanbul Medipol University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Istanbul-Turkey. Dr. Bozaykut-Buk received her BA from Bogazici Uni- versity in 2002 and MA in Management and Organisation from Marmara University in 2009. She earned her PhD in Management and Organisation from Istanbul University in 2014. Her current researches are on organizational identity, organizational reputation and organizational performance.

Fehiman Çiner is a Professor of Environmental Technology at Nigde Ömer Halisdemir University Department of Environmental Engineering, Nigde-Turkey. She graduated from the Department of Envi- ronmental Engineering at Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir, Turkey; received her Master of Science degree from the Institute of Natural Science at Cumhuriyet University, in 1993, Sivas, Turkey; completed her Ph.D. study between years 1993-1999 at Istanbul Technical University Environmental Engineering De- partment, Istanbul, Turkey; specialized in modelling of activated sludge systems, treatment of domestic and industrial wastewater, drinking water treatment, water quality, water pollution control, and chemical treatment processes. Completed MSc Thesis on “Removal of Natural Organic Matter from Drinking Water.” Gives some undergraduate and graduate courses about treatment plant, drinking water, etc. Her research interests include activated sludge modelling, advanced oxidation processes, drinking water treatment, industrial wastewater treatment, life cycle assessment, wastewater treatment, water pollution.

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Mustafa Necat Coşkun is working at Gazi University, Department of Economics. He studies on macroeconomic theory and policy, labor economics, globalisation, emerging market economies and tran- sition economies. He is also interested in monetary and fiscal policies in European Union, labor market and labor mobility in Europe. He has participated in some certain research and projects about European Union. He has published a lot of articles and working papers in the related fields. During his academic life he has given lectures at different universities. He has been chairman of Economics Department between years 2010-2013. He is still a member of Turkish Economic Association and Turkey-European Union Association.

Hasan Dincer is an Associate Professor of finance at Istanbul Medipol University, Faculty of Eco- nomics and Administrative Sciences, Istanbul-Turkey. Dr. Dincer has BAs in Financial Markets and Investment Management at Marmara University. He received PhD in Finance and Banking with his thesis entitled “The Effect of Changes on the Competitive Strategies of New Service Development in the Banking Sector”. He has work experience in the finance sector as a portfolio specialist and his major academic studies focusing on financial instruments, performance evaluation, and economics. He is the executive editor of the International Journal of Finance and Banking Studies (IJFBS) and the founder member of the Society for the Study of Business and Finance (SSBF).

Altan Dizdar graduated from Civil Engineering Department of Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey; specialized in infrastructure, environmental & transportation projects and uses her engineering experience in European Union projects; experienced in training, previously worked as a trainer in the University METU; technical director of tendering operations, projects needs assessment & project risk & management works and managing the foreign relations of ORKON. She has worked in infrastructure projects as technical Project director and has high qualifications in the design of water, waste water, solid waste systems. She has worked at several European Union projects and a high experience in the coordination, evaluation, testing purposes & quality assurance of the projects, successfully managed, coordinated and participated as partner in the EU projects.

Çağan Dizdar graduated from Civil Engineering Department of Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey; he took his M.Sc. degree from METU with Structural Engineering emphasis; specialized in steel structures, reinforced concrete structures, infrastructure, transportation projects and uses his engineering experience in some national and international projects. He is a technical member of ORKON International Engineering Training Consulting Co. Inc. (Ankara, Turkey).

Ertuğrul Dizdar graduated from the Agricultural Engineering department of Ankara University & works as a project manager in Orkon; experienced in performing and organizing technical evaluations and approbation of the products of European projects; experienced in technical coordination and management of EU projects. Coordinates and manages the relations of Orkon’s foreign joint-venture partners. He is training Orkon’s personnel in environmental & transportation projects. He assigns personnel and delegates tasks based on relevant experience required for European Union Leonardo da Vinci projects. He has completed several environmental projects and designs and extremely experienced in water field.

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Neslihan Doğan-Sağlamtimur is an Associate Professor of Environmental Sciences at Nigde Ömer Halisdemir University Department of Environmental Engineering, Nigde-Turkey. She graduated from the Department of Environmental Engineering at Fırat University, Elazığ, Turkey in 1994; received her Master of Science degree from the Institute of Natural Science at Mersin University, in 1998, Mersin, Turkey; completed her PhD. study between years 2000-2007 in Institute of Marine Sciences at Middle East Technical University, Mersin, Turkey; specialized in bioaccumulation of toxic elements, water quality, water pollution, eutrophication, phosphorus cycling in marine ecosystem. Gives some undergraduate, graduate and Erasmus program courses about environmental toxicology including drinking water toxicology and risk assessment, water quality control, marine and inland water pollution. Her research interests include building material, electromagnetic pollution, environmental chemistry, environmental toxicology, eutrophication, green port, oceanography, marine pollution, pyrolysis, reuse, waste valorisation, waste reception facilities, water pollution.

Senem Ergan is a lecturer in the Çorlu Vocational School at Namık Kemal University. She received BA, MA and Ph.D degrees in Business from Trakya University, Turkey. Her research interests e-retailing, reverse logistics, consumer behavior, place marketing, marketing research, contemporary issues in marketing.

Vijayudu Gnanamkonda is PhD in Marketing. He is a management teacher and researcher. He has been publishing book chapters, case studies, and research papers in national and international journals.

Aysu Göçer received her Bachelor degree in Business Administration from Bilkent University, Turkey, in 1999. She has 9 years of professional experience at different industries and several positions, both in local companies and multinationals. She has completed her Masters Degree in Department of Logistics at Izmir University of Economics (December, 2010), and her PhD in Business Administration at Dokuz Eylul University (April, 2015). She is currently working as an Assistant Professor at Izmir University of Economics, Logistics Management Department. Her interest areas include supply chain management, procurement management, global business models, risk management, sustainability, industrial marketing and food cold chains.

Surendra M. Gupta, Ph.D., P.E., is a Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering and the Director of the Laboratory for Responsible Manufacturing, Northeastern University. He received his BE in Electronics Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, MBA from Bryant University, and MSIE and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University. He is a registered professional engineer in the State of Massachusetts. Dr. Gupta’s research interests span the areas of Production/ Manufacturing Systems and Operations Research. He is mostly interested in Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing, Reverse and Closed-Loop Supply Chains, Disassembly Modeling and Remanufacturing. He has authored or coauthored ten books and over 550 technical papers published in edited books, journals and international conference proceedings. His publications have received over ten thousand citations from researchers all over the world in journals, proceedings, books, and dissertations. He has traveled to all seven continents viz., Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and South America and presented his work at international conferences on six continents. Dr. Gupta has taught over 150 courses in such areas as operations research, inventory theory, queuing theory, engineering economy,

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supply chain management, and production planning and control. Among the many recognitions received, he is the recipient of outstanding research award and outstanding industrial engineering professor award (in recognition of teaching excellence) from Northeastern University as well as a national outstanding doctoral dissertation advisor award.

K. S. Rekhraj Jain, Assistant Professor in Law, has about 20 years of teaching. In addition to Doc- torate, in Law, holds, Master’s Degree in Sociology, Education, Psychology. Teaching area includes Mohammedan Law, Criminal Law, Property Laws, Labour Laws, Land Laws, Criminal Psychology and Forensic Sciences. Interest of Research areas are Criminology and Penology, Juvenile Delinquency, Pris- oners’ Rights, Human Rights, Third Gender Rights. Serves as resource person for Prison’s department Police Academy and other Educational Organizations. Presented several research papers at National and International Conferences and has a few publication to his credit.

Aditi D. Joshi, Ph.D., completed her masters in Engineering Management and PhD in Industrial Engineering from Northeastern University. She is currently a lecturer at Northeastern University. Her research interests are environmentally conscious manufacturing and product recovery, disassembly, remanufacturing, reverse supply chain, and closed loop supply chain.

Hermes de Andrade Júnior, Ph.D., graduated in International Relations. He holds a Master’s degree in Sociology from the CPDA / UFRRJ (1998) and a doctorate in Public Health (Society and Environ- ment) from FIOCRUZ (2005). He was a Full Professor of the Master’s Program in Administration and a Master’s Degree in Political Science at the Centro Americano Euro Americano (UNIEURO) for three years in Brasília, Brazil, where he researched, taught and supervised Master’s dissertations. In the public sector, he has undergone several levels of decision in the Ministry of Defense, where he has competed during the period of 30 years. His lines of research are focused on evaluation of systems, institutions, plans and programs, public policies, environmental education, environmental ethics and responsibility, environmental and ecological security, curriculum, rural sociology, higher education. He is a scientific journalist and member of an itinerant chair of transdisciplinarity (II World Congress of Transdiscipli- narity). He has articles published in different congresses and journals and he is also ad hoc consultant of CAPES in the area of International Cooperation. He served as professor (2010-2012) and researcher (2012) of Anhanguera Educacional seeking public policies on sustainability and food security, with a research grant approved by FUNADESP. He has postdoctoral studies at the Portuguese Catholic Uni- versity and he is a senior researcher at CEFH/UCP/Braga.

Fern D. Kaufman holds a Bachelor of Management degree with specialization in sustainability from Dalhousie University.

Anna Kujumdzieva: Biologist, Ph.D. in Microbiology, Assoc. Prof. Research interests and professional expertise (knowledge and technical skills) in industrial microbiology and biotechnology, molecular biology, systems biology, structural biology, proteomics, genomic sequencing and genomic analysis; teaching and mentoring activities in the same area; expertise in evaluation/accreditation of study curricula in Biology and awarding scientific degrees in Microbiology, Immunology and Virology; member and expert in (inter)national review boards and professional associations; wide experience in development/ coordination of research and educational projects within national/EU initiatives.

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Purna Prabhakar Nandamuri has an overall experience of around 32 years, of which 20 years executive experience with Indian Railways - Government Of India, and 12 years in academics. In addition to Doctorate in Strategic Management, his education spreads across Masters in Management, Psychol- ogy, and English Language and Literature. He has been handling Business Strategy and Business Ethics & Corporate Governance subjects at post graduate level of the Management course. He has published one book and more than 50 research papers in national and international journals, and many chapters in edited book volumes internationally. He serves as an active resource person for several Management Development and Faculty Development Programs at his university.

Esin Okay is a Professor in the Department of Banking and Finance at Istanbul Commerce University (ICU) since 2002. She is currently the Head of Department and serves on the board of Finance Institute. Okay was recently the director of the Center for Applied Research of International Creative Economy, Creative Industries and Creative Cities and the Center for Applied Research of Economics and Finance respectively at ICU. She received her BA in Business Administration and completed her PhD at the Insti- tute of Banking and Insurance, respectively from the Marmara University. Prior to commencing her PhD thesis, she worked for Global Securities Inc. in Istanbul for 5 years, as a dealer and lastly the founding Deputy of Institutional Investment Department. Okay teaches undergradute and graduate programs in the areas of finance, majorly risk management. She has been following the development of risk management and corporate governance implementations in Turkey for many years. Esin Okay has refereed papers, books and a book chapter in a widely recognized “World ESCO Outlook”. In recent years, she has focused on energy finance as her papers appeared in journals of Social Science Index and received citations. Okay is a member of Professional Risk Managers’ International Association (PRMIA). She also participates in sports, creative endavours and projects at ICU.

Baki Öztürk is an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. He received his B.Sc. (1994) and M.Sc. (1997) in Civil Engineering from Middle East Technical Uni- versity and his Ph.D. (2003) from Purdue University, U.S.A. Dr. Öztürk served as the Founding Head of Civil Engineering Department at Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. His research interests include buildings, reinforced concrete structures, earthquake engineering.

Ömer Öztürkoğlu got BSc and MSc degrees at the Department of Industrial Engineering in Dokuz Eylul University and Erciyes University in Turkey, respectively. In 2011, he earned his Ph.D. degree at Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering in Auburn University, USA with a dissertation entitled “New warehouse designs: angled aisles and their effects on travel distance.” After graduation, he was appointed to the assistant professorship at Department of Industrial Engineering at Yasar University in 2012. He headed department of Computer Technologies at Vocational School between 2012 and 2014. Since 2016, he has been working as an assistant professor at the School of Business at Yasar University. He teaches related courses to Logistics Facilities, Warehousing, and Production and Operations Analysis. In general, his research interests are warehousing, production and operations systems analysis and design.

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Mahmut Unsal Sasmaz (Asst. Prof.) completed his undergraduate and graduate education at Usak University and his Ph.D. degree at Public Finance from Dumlupinar University Institute of Social Sci- ences. He is currently working as an Assistant Professor in Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences in Usak University. His major research interests are financial incentives, fiscal policy and environmental policy.

Ilknur Sayan has worked 22 years as a Medical Officer in the Military Hospital. Sayan served as the conduct of TS-EN-ISO 9000 Quality Assurance System activities, Hospitals Continuous Improvement and Development activities (Employee and patient satisfaction measurement and evaluation, SWOT analysis, establishment of individual and Patient Advice system), Hospital ongoing Training Activities, the establishment of the system of Nursing Services and the execution of the system activities, Plans and Coordination Officer, Protocol Officer and the Deputy Director of Personnel Branch, Faculty of Dentistry, Administrative Director positions. Sayan has a nursing management master’s degree from Marmara University (2005), a health management master’s degree from Bahcesehir University (2007). She is still continuing PhD in Business administration program at İstanbul Aydin University.

Tutku Seçkin-Çelik is a PhD student at Bogazici University Department of Management, Istan- bul- Turkey. She studied Economics, and also Business Administration (double-major) at Istanbul Bilgi University (Turkey), from which she graduated in 2010. Following her undergraduate degree, she studied MA in Management at Galatasaray University (Turkey) and she graduated from this university in 2013. She started her PhD degree in Management and Organization Studies at Bogazici University Department of Management, in 2013. She worked for Galatasaray University and Bogazici University as a research assistant between 2011 and 2016. Since 2016, she has been working in Istanbul Medeniyet University as a research assistant.

Duygu Seckin-Halac earned her Master’s and Ph.D degree in Business (from Yasar University) with a bachelor’s degree in Economics (from Dokuz Eylul University). Before graduate studies, she worked in specialist positions at two leading firms in Turkey and spent one year in the US and completed several certificate programs on human resources management. After a five-year industry experience, she has been working as a research assistant at Yasar University since 2010. She also had lecturing experience at Ege University, Ege Higher Vocational School between 2015-2016. She is also a master student on Women’s Studies at Ege University. Her research interests focus on management, entrepreneurship, women entrepreneurship, gender and strategic management.

Seniha Alev Söylemez, after completion of her elementary, middle and high school education in Turkey-Ankara, obtained her PhD in Economics from Gazi University in 1997. She founded of the public relations department of Başkent University where she headed the same department in the 1997-1999. Since 2011, she has been Professor at the Department of Economics of the GAZI University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Science. She has a background in project management and who completed various projects during her academic career also she is the author of several books and articles. She has published articles and books in the area of information technology, e-commerce, e-learning and entrepreneurship, innovation, especially in the field of adoption, diffusion, and use of information technologies and their effects on economics. In 2016 her project titled “Foundations of Economics of In-

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novation” had been accepted in Turkey-wide digital book project call of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK). She has received two project awards from Gazi University. She Currently teaches graduate and undergraduate Economics of Innovation and ICT Markets, Economics of Technology, Technology and Development, Introduction to Economics, Economic Policy, International Economic Integration and the EU courses in the Department of Economics of the Gazi University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences.

Christian M. Stracke is ICDE Chair in OER and Associate Professor for Open Education at the Welten Institute of the Open University of the Netherlands (OUNL) (www.ou.nl/web/welten-institute). In addition he is Advisory Professor at the East China Normal University (ECNU) in Shanghai, and Adjunct Professor at the Korea National Open University (KNOU) in Seoul. As an internationally recognized expert and innovator, his main working fields are Open Education, technology-enhanced learning, educational policies and philosophy, learning innovations and quality, impact assessment and competence modelling. He holds a PhD in Economics (Dr. rer. pol.) from the University of Duisburg- Essen (Germany) and a Magister Artium (M.A.) in Educational Sciences from the University of Bonn (Germany). He is senior researcher and strategy consultant with international reputation and numerous references for learning policies, innovations and quality in all learning sectors. Christian M. Stracke has founded and established ICORE, the International Community for Open Education and Research (www.ICORE-online.org), promoting and enhancing the vision of openness in research and education worldwide. At many international conferences and events he is invited keynote speaker and PC member and he is Conference Chair of LINQ, the annual international conference on Learning Innovations and Quality (www.learning-innovations.eu). He is author and editor of numerous scientific books, articles, handbook chapters, and standards on learning innovations and quality. In international Standardisation he is elected Chair of international (ISO PC 288 on QM for Education) and European (CEN TC 353 on (E)Learning, Education and Training) Standardisation Committees. He has gained extensive experience more than 20 years of business and research in HR and E-Learning) in leading large scale projects and research teams (e.g., as Managing Director of TELIT) and in consulting and supporting institutions and public authorities to develop long-term policies and to improve learning innovations and quality. Many research projects (more than 100 projects with more than 50 Mio Euros budget) were and are managed and supervised as coordinator and quality manager by him including ODS (budget: 15.3 Mio EUR, www. opendiscoveryspace.eu), ISE (budget: 9.8 Mio EUR, www.inspiring-science.eu), and Q.E.D. (budget: 4.0 Mio EUR) as the three biggest e-Learning projects next to many other obtained European research and development projects funded by the EC (e.g., MOOQ, LELLE, PBL 3.0, ACT, EBE-EUSMOSI, DIGI-FEM, PURE-H2O, AGRICOM, ARISTOTELE, LoCloud, VOA3R, WACOM, Q-Cert-VET, eCOTOOL, COMPAT, SIMBASE). He has established the European Institute for Learning, Innovation and Cooperation (www.elc-institute.org) and the Learning Innovations Lab Collective (www.lilab.eu). He was Initiator and Board Member of the German E-Learning Association D-ELAN. His latest news online: www.opening-up.education and on twitter: @ChrMStracke.

Rania Tegou is an Electrical and Computer Engineer (M.Eng and Β.Eng) recently graduated with master degree in Logistics and Supply Chain Management (MSc). Data Analyst with a demonstrated history of working in the packaging and containers industry with over 3 years of experience in Testing & Quality Assurance.

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M. Ali Ülkü, Ph.D., is the Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management and Analytics, and the Director of Centre for International Trade and Transportation, at the Rowe School of Business, Dal- housie University, Halifax, NS, Canada. Dr. Ülkü’s research writings relate to logistics, supply chain, operations management and mathematical modeling of societal problems. Ali has won awards for his research and teaching. He recognizes the value of undergraduate research in experiential learning, and as such, enjoys supervising his students.

Gözde Ünal is an Associate Professor of Finance at Bogazici University Department of International Trade, Istanbul, Turkey. Dr. Unal has a BS in Mathematics from Koc University (1997), an MBA from Bogazici University (1999), and a PhD in Finance from Bogazici University (2006). She has taught Business Mathematics, Applied Statistics, Financial Accounting, Managerial Accounting, Risk and Insurance, Financial Markets, Institutions and Instruments, Corporate Financial Analysis and Trade Finance courses at the undergraduate level and International Financial Management at the graduate level. Her academic research interests include risk management, stochastic modelling, agricultural risk modelling, corporate governance and responsible investment. Her research appears in journals such as Journal of Risk Model Validation, Finance a Úver (Czech Journal of Economics and Finance), Journal of Agricultural Economics, International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics, Journal of Finan- cial Regulation and Compliance, The International Journal of Business and Finance Research. She has won outstanding research awards and best paper awards from institutions like International Academy of Business and Public Administration, World Business Institute, The Institute for Business and Finance Research, The Scientific and Research Council of Turkey and Bogazici University.

Veli Yilanci (Assoc. Prof) earned his Ph.D. degree at Econometrics from Istanbul University Institute of Social Sciences. He is currently working as an Assoc. Prof. at Sakarya Unıversity Faculty of Political Sciences in Sakarya. His major research is financial econometrics.

Fatih Yilmaz is professor of accounting in Istanbul University, School of Business. He got PhD degree in Istanbul University. He is also CPA in Turkey. He is also board member in Expert Accountants’ Association of Turkey. He has many publications which have been published in many countries.

Gamze Yücel Işıldar graduated from Environmental Engineering Department of Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. She works as an Assoc. Prof. Dr. for the Gazi University, Science and Technology Institute. She is specialized on water quality measurement and management. She has implemented several projects on water pollution and impacts on environment. She also coordinates EU and national projects on water quality and treatment plants. She has worked at several European Union projects and a high experience in the coordination, evaluation, testing purposes & quality assurance of the projects, successfully managed, coordinated and participated as partner in the EU projects.

Serhat Yüksel is an Assistant Professor at Istanbul Medipol University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey.

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