Lina Salim is an alumna of the Faculty of Economics at Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia (AJCUI); she holds an MBA in Marketing from the University of Dallas (Irving, TX, USA), an MA in Business Economics from Western Illinois University (Macomb, IL, USA), a Ph.D. in Marketing from Universiti Utara Malaysia (Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia), and the CPM(A) (Certified Professional Marketer - Asia) designation from AMF. Her research interests lie in the fields of marketing, consumer behavior, retail management, sustainable marketing, brand strategy, international marketing, and service management. Lina Salim received a NESO scholarship for a diploma in service management and has served as a visiting lecturer at SZABIST (Dubai campus), Tunghai University (Taichung, Taiwan), and Eastern Visayas State University (Tacloban City, Philippines).