Maria L. Aldred, Manchester Metropolitan University Business School, UK Matthew M.C. Allen, Manchester Business School, UK Björn Ambos, University of St Gallen, Switzerland Ulf Andersson, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark Martin T. Bohl, University of Muenster, Germany Peter J. Buckley, University of Leeds, UK Chris Carr, University of Edinburgh Business School, UK Pi-Chi Chen, University of London, UK Mike Crone, Sheffield Hallam University, UK Peter Enderwick, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand Nicolas Forsans, University of Leeds, UK Mia Hsiao-Wen Ho, King's College London, UK Odile E.M. Janne, Birkbeck, University of London, UK Caleb CY Kwong, University of Essex, UK Frank McDonald, Bradford University School of Management, UK Ram Mudambi, Temple University, USA Surender Munjal, University of Leeds, UK Phillip C. Nell, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark Ellis Osabutey, Middlesex University, UK Naresh R. Pandit, University of East Anglia, UK Paz Estrella Tolentino, Birkbeck, University of London, UK Heinz-Josef Tüselmann, Manchester Metropolitan University Business School, UK Svitlana Voronkova, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Sigrun M. Wagner, University of London, UK Paul Windrum, Nottingham University Business School, UK Alessa Witt, University of Edinburgh Business School, UK Yong Yang, University of Surrey, UK.