Donald F. Kuratko is the Jack M. Gill Distinguished Chair of Entrepreneurship, Professor of Entrepreneurship, and the Executive and Academic Director of the Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University, USA. He has authored 190 articles and 30 books, including one of the leading entrepreneurship books in the world.

Jeffrey S. Hornsby is Executive Director of the Regnier Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, and Chair of the Department of Global Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Bloch School of Management at the University of Missouri–Kansas City, USA. He has authored or coauthored over 140 articles and five books on entrepreneurship, innovation, and human resource management topics.