Philippe Gugler is Director of the Center for Competitiveness of the University of Fribourg (Switzerland). He holds the Chair of Economic and Social Policy. He is the President of the Department of Economics at the Faculty of economics and social sciences of the University of Fribourg. He is former Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland). Since 2012, he is Co-leader of the MOC Knowledge Generation Council at the ISC (HBS). Since December 2012, he is Chairman of the European International Business Academy (EIBA). Since January 2014, he is Editor in Chief of the Scientific Journal « Competitivenss Review » published by Emerald in United Kingdom. He is also member of the board of several institutes in Switzerland and abroad (Thailand ; Italy, Netherlands). His main publications are in the fields of Multinational enterprises, Competition policy and competitiveness of regions and countries including ASEAN countries. His last book « Economic and Social Policy » co-written with Prof. Joseph Deiss, Former President of Switzerland and Former President of the United Nations General Assembly, was published in 2012 (de Boeck publisher). His websites are: www.unifr.ch/pes and www.unifr.ch/competitiveness

Patrick O'Sullivan is a Professor of Business Ethics Grenoble Ecole de Management (France) and University of Warsaw (Poland). He has extensive experience in teaching at all levels and in academic administration. His teaching specialities include Business Ethics, Critical Scientific Methodology, Political Economy of the European Union as well as Managerial Economics and in recent years he has developed a wide range of international teaching experience in these subjects having taught in UK (Cambridge University), Germany (Frankfurt University), Poland (Warsaw University), Finland (Aalto University), Nigeria (Lagos Business School), Georgia (Caucasus Business School) and Thailand (Webster University). His research interests include Critical Scientific Methodology, Business Ethics, Transport Policy issues and System Timetabling/Planning. His publications include classic academic articles, case-studies, a methodological monograph (book) a custom textbook for Cardiff University and most recently he has been principal editor and contributor of two advanced textbooks in Business Ethics: "Business Ethics: A Critical Approach Integrating Ethics Across the Business World" and "The Philosophy Politics and Economics of Finance in the 21st Century: from Hubris to Disgrace."

Pablo Collazzo is a Professor of Strategy & Innovation, CSR and Finance Vienna University of Economics and Business (Austria). He is the former Chair of the Institute for Responsible Competitiveness at Nyenrode University. He is also the Senior Advisor in Sustainable Competitiveness to the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). His academic background is in law and economics, with graduate studies at Boston University (MBA) and ESADE (PhD). He is an Affiliate Faculty of the Microeconomics of Competitiveness Network at Harvard Business School and a Senior Fellow of the Lab‐Center for Competitiveness at Grenoble Ecole de Management. He has held visiting positions at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, ESADE and the University of St. Gallen.

Eric Richards is a Professor of Business Law and Chair of East Asian Initiatives Indiana University (US). Throughout his teaching career, Professor Richards has published extensively in both law and business law journals. His research has focused on antitrust law, constitutional law, and international trade. He also has served as an editor for the American Business Law Journal. Professor Richards has taught at the undergraduate, graduate, and executive level both in the United States and Europe. He has taught courses covering ethics, personal law, the legal environment of business, commercial law, and international trade law. During his career, he has authored or co-authored four text books covering both U.S. domestic law and international trade law. These texts are used at universities throughout the world. During his career, Professor Richards has received over 30 university and national awards for his research and teaching. He currently serves as the Chair of Indiana University's Kelley Direct Public MBA program.