Jagdish N. Sheth is the Charles H. Kellstadt Professor of Marketing in the GoizuetaBusiness School at Emory University, USA. Earlier, he has worked at the University ofSouthern California, the University of Illinois, Columbia University and MassachusettsInstitute of Technology. He is well-known for his scholarly contributions in the studyof consumer behavior, relationship marketing, competitive strategy, and geopoliticalanalysis.Professor Sheth has worked for numerous industries and companies in the US, Europe and Asia, both as an Advisor and as a Seminar Leader. In 2004, he was awardedboth the Richard D. Irwin Distinguished Marketing Educator Award and the CharlesCoolidge Parlin Award, the two highest awards given by the American MarketingAssociation. Among the other awards that he has received are the Outstanding Marketing Educator award (1989) by the Academy of Marketing Science, the OutstandingEducator Award (1991, 1999) by the Sales and Marketing Executives International(SMEI), the P. D. Converse Award (1992) by the American Marketing Association, and the RHR International Award (2006) for Outstanding Consultant by the American Psychological Association (APA) Division 13 (Consulting Psychology). In 2007, he was conferred an Honorary Doctorate by Th iel College in Pennsylvania, USA. A prolifi c author, in 2000, Professor Sheth, along with Andrew Sobel, publishedClients for Life, a bestseller. His book, Th e Rule of Th ree (2002), co-authored withRajendra S. Sisodia, altered the current notions on competition in business. His bookFirms of Endearment was selected as one of the top ten business books on Leadership in2007.
