Yezdi H. Godiwalla is Emeritus Professor of Management, College of Business and Economics, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, USA, where he was Professor of Management for 41 years. He has received awards for teaching and research, including the "W P Roseman Excellence in Teaching Award" (the university’s highest teaching award). He has published or presented numerous scholarly books, articles and papers in many areas of management. He has received his BA (Honours) from Ranchi University, India; his MBA from Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad; and his PhD from Oklahoma State University, USA. He worked with Tata Steel and Godrej & Boyce companies in India.