Transformative Marketing

Dr. V. Kumar (VK) is Professor of Marketing and the Goodman Academic-Industry Partnership Professor in the Goodman School of Business at Brock University, ON, Canada. VK has held several Endowed Distinguished Faculty Positions in the USA and Distinguished Fellowships across universities worldwide. VK has been honored as a Legend in Marketing through the 10-Volume Legends in Marketing series published by Sage Publications with commentaries from scholars worldwide. VK has published over 300 scholarly papers and over 30 books. The American Marketing Association has instituted the V Kumar Mentorship Award to honor his contributions in mentoring future generations of scholars.   Dr. Philip Kotler is S.C. Johnson Distinguished Professor of International Marketing (emeritus) at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. He received his MA degree at the University of Chicago and Ph.D. Degree at MIT in economics. He published 90 books and 170 articles in leading journals. He has won many awards including the 9-Volume “Legends in Marketing” award. He consulted IBM, GE, AT&T, Honeywell, Bank of America, and Merck. He has been an AMA Director; a Drucker Foundation member. He received 22 honorary doctoral degrees. He has taught in Europe, Asia, and South America.