Prof. Dr. Seyed Alireza Athari is a prominent academic and researcher in the Business Department at Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK) in Lebanon. He also holds an adjunct Professor position at Korea University. In 2024 and 2025, he was recognized by Stanford University as one of the top 2% of research academics and frequently reviews and publishes empirical studies in fields such as Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance, International Finance, Investments, Macroeconomics, Financial Economics, ESG, and Environmental Sustainability. Furthermore, Dr. Athari is a member of the Editorial Board for esteemed journals like Humanities & Social Sciences Communications (Nature), the Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration (Emerald), and Discover Sustainability (Springer). He is the Associate Editor for the SN Business and Economics journal (Springer) and contributes as a Guest Editor for the Sustainability Journal (MDPI).