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Dholakia, Nikhilesh and Atik, Deniz
(2023)
"The Coveted ‘Developed’ Imprimatur: Twenty-first Century Prospects and Cultural Crosscurrents,"
Markets, Globalization & Development Review:
Vol. 8:
No.
2, Article 1.
DOI: 10.23860/MGDR-2023-08-02-01
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Author Bio
Nikhilesh Dholakia is Professor Emeritus, University of Rhode Island (URI), and founding co-editor of Markets, Globalization and Development Review (MGDR). Dr. Dholakia's research deals with globalization, technology, innovation, market processes, and consumer culture. He also explores marketing and management fields from critical perspectives. Areas of current topical interest for him are cultural crosscurrents of 'representation' and challenges of transhuman technologies.
Deniz Atik is Associate Professor of Marketing, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, and founding co-editor of Markets, Globalization & Development Review. Dr. Atik’s research interest concentrates on transformative consumer research and macromarketing, especially theories of fashion, sustainability, and vulnerable consumers. Her work has been published in well recognized academic journals in the field of marketing. She also served as visiting professor at several institutions in the USA, Japan, Italy, France, Kazakhstan, and Turkey.