Michael A. Hitt is a Distinguished Professor and holds the Joseph Foster Chair in Business Leadership and the C.W. and Dorothy Conn Chair in New Ventures at Texas A&M University. He is the author and co-author of numerous books and journal articles, and was formerly editor of the Academy of Management Journal and president of the Academy of Management. He has received awards from the American Society of Competitiveness for Outstanding Academic Contributions (1996) and Outstanding Intellectual Contributions (1997) to Competitiveness.

R. Edward Freeman is the Elis and Signe Professor of Business Administration, University of Virginia. He has authored and co-authored numerous books and articles. He has received teaching awards at Wharton, Minnesota, and Darden, and research awards from the International Association of Business and Society, and the Social Issues Division of the Academy of Management. He serves on the editorial boards of Business Ethics Quarterly, Business and Society, and others.

Jeffrey S. Harrison is at Cornell University. His work has been published widely in prestigious academic journals, and he is the co-author of several books, including the successful strategic management text, Strategic Management of Organizations and Stakeholders (Second Edition, 1998). He serves on the editorial review boards of the Academy of Management Journal and Academy of Management Executive.