Michael A. Hitt is a Distinguished Professor and holdsthe Joseph Foster Chair in Business Leadership and the C.W. andDorothy Conn Chair in New Ventures at Texas A&M University. Hereceived his Ph.D. from the University of Colorado. Recently, hehas co-authored Mergers and Acquisitions: A Guide to CreatingValue for Stakeholders (2001) and Strategic Management:Competitiveness and Globalization (Fourth Edition, 2001). He isalso the co-editor of many volumes, including The Handbook ofStrategic Management (Blackwell Publishers, 2001) andCreating Value (Blackwell Publishers, 2002). He is a PastPresident of the Academy of Management and has served as Editor ofthe Academy of Management Journal.
R. Duane Ireland is W. David Robbins Chair in BusinessPolicy and Professor of Management Systems at the E. ClaiborneRobins School of Business, University of Richmond. He has recentlyco-authored Strategic Management: Competitiveness andGlobalization (Fourth Edition, 2001) and Mergers andAcquisitions: A Guide to Creating Value for Stakeholders(2001). He is serving or has served as a member of the editorialreview board for Academy of Management Journal, Academy ofManagement Review, Academy of Management Executive, andJournal of Management.
S. Michael Camp is Vice President of Research at theKauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership in Kansas City. Hedesigns and administers the Center's research program incollaboration with many of the world's leading scholars.
Donald L. Sexton retired as Professor Emeritus from theOhio State University in 1994. While at Ohio State University heheld the William H. Davis Chair in Entrepreneurship. He is theco-author or co-editor of numerous publications includingLeadership and Entrepreneurship (1996), Entrepreneurship2000 (1997), and The Blackwell Handbook ofEnterpreneurship (Blackwell Publishers, 2000).