Behlül Üsdiken is Professor of Management and Organization at Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey. He has previously taught at Bogaziçi University and Koç University. His research has appeared in numerous journals. He was co-editor of Organization Studies 1996–2001. His research interests are in organization theory, history of managerial thought, and history of management education.

Matthias Kipping is Professor of Strategic Management and Chair in Business History at the Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto, Canada. He has degrees in history and public administration from Germany, the United States, and France, and held previous appointments at the University of Reading, UK and Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain. His main research interest is the international transfer of management knowledge, in particular the evolution and role of management consultants and management education. He has published widely on these topics in business history and management journals. A book on The Management Consultancy Business in Historical and Comparative Perspective is forthcoming with Oxford University Press.