B. Rajesh Kumar is a professor of finance at IMT 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 seven scholarly books published by publishers such as Springer, Academic Press-Elsevier, Palgrave Macmillan and McGraw-Hill.