JIM BELL Professor of International Business Entrepreneurship, Magee College, University of Ulster PETER BROWN Lecturer in International Business, University of Otago PETER BUCKLEY Professor of International Business and Director of the Centre for International Business, University of Leeds FRANCISCO CASTRO Lecturer in International Economics, Faculdade de Economicia do Porto, University of Portugal PAUL EDWARDS Professor of Industrial Relations, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick PAUL GOODERHAM Professor of International Management, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration KEVIN IBEH Lecturer, Department of Marketing, University of Strathclyde JEFFREY JOHNSON Lecturer in International Business, University of Strathclyde JÜRGEN KAI-UWE BROCK Doctoral researcher, Department of Marketing, University of Strathclyde REIJO LUOSTARINEN Professor in International Business, Director of International Business Studies, Director of Center for International Business Research and former Vice Rector, Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration JULIA MANEA Doctoral researcher, Department of Economics, University of Reading REBECCA MARSCHAN-PIEKKARI Lecturer, University of Bath DENNIS NICKSON Senior Lecturer, Scottish Hotel School, University of Strathclyde ROBERT PEARCE Reader in the Department of Economics. University of Reading LEONOR SOPAS Researcher, Catholic University of Portugal ANA TERESA TAVARES Lecturer, University ofPorto SVEIN ULSET Associate Professor, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration CHRIS WARHURST Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management, University of Strathclyde MARTYN WRIGHT Lecturer in Industrial Relations and Organizational Behaviour, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick. MO YAMIN Senior Lecturer in International Business, Manchester School of Management, UMIST. HIDEKI YOSHIHARA Professor, Research Institute for Economics and Business, Kobe University ANTONELLA ZUCCHELLA Professor of International Management, Insubria University