Mike Wright is Professor of Entrepreneurship and Director of the Center for Management Buy-out Research at Imperial College Business School, UK, a Fellow of the British Academy and of the Strategic Management Society. He has published over 50 books and 400 articles in peer-reviewed journals.

Kevin Amess is Associate Professor of Industrial Economics in the Business School at the University of Nottingham, UK. He is currently Co-Editor of the International Journal of the Economics of Business. He has advised government and policy officials on the LBOs including the UK Treasury, Financial Services Authority, the US Government Accountability Office and the OECD.

Nick Bacon is Professor of Human Resource Management at Cass Business School, UK. His research explores the impact of HRM practices in a wide variety of settings including small and medium-sized enterprises and leveraged buyouts. He is former editor of the Industrial Relations Journal.

Donald Siegel is Professor of Public Policy and Management and Director of the School of Public Affairs at Arizona State University, USA. He is an editor of the Journal of Management Studies and the Journal of Technology Transfer and a former Dean of the School of Business at the University at Albany, SUNY. In 2016, he was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Management.