Bahar Köseoğlu served in the education industry in private public service preparation facilities and continued as research assistant in Boğaziçi University. Currently she is a member of Bahçeşehir University International Finance department and serves as department chair. Burçak Perker is a faculty member at the Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences at Bahçeşehir University. Her research in the fields of Marketing, Consumer Behavior, Innovation Management, Brand Management, and Marketing Communication has been published in book chapters and articles by reputable national and international publishers.Elif Yolbulan is a faculty member of the Business Administration Department at Yeditepe University between 2002 and 2016. Since 2017 February, she has been working at Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences at Bahçeşehir University. Her research on marketing, branding, consumer behavior and marketing communication has appeared as book chapters, case studies in books, and articles published by reputable national and international publishers. Bilge Uyan Atay is a a faculty member and research teaching assistant. After she completed her PhD, she works as a consultant at www.som.eu.com and part time lecturer at Bahçeşehir University. Currently, she is a part-time faculty member at the Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences at Bahçeşehir University. Her research in the fields of Sustainability, Business Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility and Social Enterprises.

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