A. COSKUN SAMLI is Research Professor of Marketing and International Business at the University of North Florida. He is also a Distinguished Fellow in the Academy of Marketing Science, for which he previously served as Chairman of its Board of Governors. An internationally recognized authority on marketing, international business, and economic development, he lectures worldwide and has taught thousands of students in a career spanning 40 years. He is the author or co-author of over 250 articles, 17 books, and 30 monographs

ong his books are Social Responsibility in Marketing (Quorum, 1992), Counterturbulence Marketing (Quorum, 1993), International Consumer Behavior (Quorum, 1994), and Empowering the American Consumer (Quorum, 2000).