Muhammad Zafar Yaqub earned his Ph.D. from the University of Vienna, Austria. Earlier, he finished his MBA (with distinction), M.A. (Economics), and M.A. (Political Science) degrees from reputed educational institutions. Besides KAU, he has an adjunct association with the University of Vienna, Elite Innovation College Cambridge, University of Applied Sciences, and Al-Faisal University. He has served as Lead-Guest Editor/Co-editor for Special Issues in Industrial Marketing Management, European Journal of International Management, and Managerial & Decision Economics. He has published in eminent scholarly outlets like Industrial Marketing Management, Journal of International Capital, Journal of Cleaner Production, Managerial and Decision Economics etc. He has been a member of eminent scholarly bodies such as SMS, AIB, BAM, ANZAM, and EMNET.