Michael R. Czinkota is Professor Emeritus at Georgetown University, teaching International Business, Trade, and Marketing at Robert McDonough School of Business. He studied law and business at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and holds an MBA in international business and a PhD in Logistics from The Ohio State University. He has held professorial appointments at universities in Asia, Australia, Europe and the Americas. He was listed among the top three contributors to international business research by the Academy of International Business. Widely published in international newspapers, he has been awarded three honorary degrees and gives frequent discourses to business, government and academic groups.