B. Rajesh Kumar is a Professor of Finance and Dean-Academics at the Institute of Management Technology in Dubai (UAE). He received his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur, India). His research interests are in areas of applied corporate finance, valuation, M&A and sustainability. He has authored over 65 empirical research papers in refereed journals and has eight scholarly books published by Springer, Academic Press-Elsevier, Palgrave Macmillan and McGraw-Hill.