Robert W. Palmatier is Professor of Marketing at the University of Washington, USA. He is the Editor-in Chief of Journal of Academy of Marketing Science.  V. Kumar (VK) is the Regents Professor, Richard and Susan Lenny Distinguished Chair, and Professor in Marketing at Georgia State University, USA. VK has published over 250 articles, 25 books and has received over 25 Research and Teaching Excellence Awards. Colleen Harmeling is Assistant Professor of Marketing and Dean’s Emerging Scholar at Florida State University, USA. Her research has appeared in Journal of Marketing, Journal of International Business Studies, Marketing Science Institute Working Paper Series, and has been presented at numerous marketing conferences.