Ahmad Rafiki is Assistant Professor and as Dean of Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Medan Area (UMA). He was with University College of Bahrain in the Department of Business Administration as Assistant Professor and as Research Associate in the Mizan Research Centre, Faculty of Leadership and Management, Universiti Sains lslam Malaysia (USIM). He obtained his BBA degree with a major of Marketing from MARA University of Technology and Masters in Management from International Islamic University of Malaysia. In March 2014, he awarded Doctor of Philosophy from Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM). He is holding Certified Islamic Marketing Associate (CIMA) from the International Islamic Marketing Association (IIMA). He has presented academic papers in various international seminars/conferences such as in Indonesia, Malaysia, UK, and Turkey. He won as the Outstanding Reviewer of Literati Awards 2020 by Emerald Publishing.
Léo-Paul Dana is Professor at the Rowe School of Business of Dalhousie University, Canada. As well, he holds the title of Visiting Professor at Kingston University. He is also associated with the Chaire ETI at Sorbonne Business School. A graduate of McGill University and HEC-Montreal, he has served as Marie Curie Fellow at Princeton University and Visiting Professor at INSEAD. He has published extensively in a variety of journals including: Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice; International Business Review; International Small Business Journal; Journal of Business Research; Journal of Small Business Management; Journal of World Business; Small Business Economics; and Technological Forecasting & Social Change.
Muhammad Dharma Tuah Putra Nasution is Assistant Professor and Researcher at the Department of Management, Universitas Pembangunan Panca Budi. In 1998, he got a bachelor's degree in marketing from Universitas Trisakti. In 2004, he got a master's degree in management from Universitas Sumatera Utara. In 2019, he returned to Universitas Sumatera Utara to pursue a Ph.D. in marketing with an emphasis on value co-creation (Candidate). Before that, in 2018, he went to Universiti Malaysia Perlis to get a Ph.D. in marketing with a focus on halal tourism marketing (Candidate). He has authored some chapters and articles on entrepreneurial and marketing strategies of small and medium-sized businesses and also halal marketing for international publishers such as Emerald Publishing (Journal of Islamic Marketing, Journal of Research in Marketing and Entrepreneurship, and Journal of Science and Technology Policy Management). He has also delivered scholarly papers at a variety of international seminars and conferences.