About the Editors

Rustam Jamilov is a Fixed Income Analyst at the State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan. He was previously a Research Economist at the Central Bank of Azerbaijan. He has consulted multiple organizations including the World Bank Group, United Nations Development Program, and the Economic Cooperation Organization. Rustam has authored 30 +  works in academic journals, newspapers, and edited volumes. His current research interests are in behavioral finance, investment management, and macroeconomic theory. His teaching interests are statistics, econometrics, and monetary economics. Rustam holds a BBA from Central European University, BA from Bocconi University, and MSc from the London School of Economics.

Yusaf H. Akbar joined the CEU Business School as an associate professor of Management and International Business in 2006. He is Founding Editor of the International Journal of Emerging Markets and sits on the Editorial Advisory Board of the European Journal of International Management. He has published in peer-reviewed journals including Journal of World Business, Business and Politics, Global Governance, Thunderbird International Business Review, and World Competition. His current research focuses on two related areas: non-market strategies of firms in emerging and transition economies and internationalization strategies of firms into weak institutional contexts. Yusaf has taught for universities and business schools all over the world, including University of Michigan, Stockholm School of Economics, Shanghai Jiaotong University and Queen’s University, Canada. He has recently held research fellowships at the Wirtschaftsuniversitaet in Vienna and University of Trieste.