Jerry Haar is Professor of Management & International Business at Florida International University, USA, and Senior Research Fellow at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University, USA. He is also a Global Fellow of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and a Research Affiliate of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University. His research interests focus on innovation and competitiveness, regional economic integration and corporate strategy.

Ricardo Ernst is Professor of Operations and Global Logistics, Managing Director of the Global Business Initiative, Managing Director of the Latin American Board, Co-Director of the Global Logistics Research Program and former Deputy Dean, all at the McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University, USA. His research interests include strategic analysis of global supply chain systems at both macro and micro level.