The nineteenth World Congress of the Academy for Global Business Advancement's (AGBA) was held in Dubai from 20th -22nd May, 2023. Researchers 32 countries presented more than 250 papers at the conference with the theme "Business and Entrepreneurship Development in a Globalized and Digitalized Era". This included delegates from countries like the USA, India, Indonesia, UAE, Afghanistan, Thailand, Kenya, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, Qatar, Bangladesh, Finland, Vietnam, Pakistan, Malaysia, Jordan, Iraq, Turkey, Lebanon, South Africa, Egypt, New Zealand, Uganda, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, UK, Oman, and Nigeria, among various other nations.