Andrea Colli is Associate Professor in Economic History at Bocconi University, Italy, where he is the Director of the undergraduate studies program in International Markets and New Technologies and Deputy Director of EntER, a research center on entrepreneurship and entrepreneurs. He has a Ph.D. in Economic and Social History from the same university. His research interests range from family firms to the history of multinationals. He has published several books and articles on the history of the Italian industrial enterprise, the history of family capitalism, and the dynamics of small and medium-sized enterprises. He is currently a member of the Board of the European Business History Association.

Mary Rose is Professor of Entrepreneurship in the Institute of Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development in the Management School at Lancaster University, UK. She specializes in business history, especially international perspectives on family business and also the history of textiles. Throughout, her work has linked business history methodology with the study of entrepreneurship and her most recent work explores these links to the field of innovation. She has published numerous books, edited collections, and journal articles. She is Director of the Pasold Research Fund and was President of the European Business History Association 2003–5.