Christian Berggren is Professor of Industrial Management‎,‎ Linkoping University‎,‎ and Director of the KITE research programme‎.‎ He has written or co‎-authored several books on production and product development in international firms‎,‎ such as The Volvo experience ‎(‎MacMillan‎,‎ 1992‎)‎‎,‎ The Resilience of Corporate Japan ‎(‎Sage‎,‎ 1997‎)‎‎,‎ Being local world‎-wide ‎- ABB and the challenge of global management ‎(‎Cornell‎,‎ 1999‎)‎‎,‎ as well as many publications in journals such as Creativity and Innovation Management‎,‎ Industrial and Corporate Change‎,‎ Research Policy‎,‎ R&D Management‎,‎ Sloan Management Review‎,‎ Technology Analysis‎,‎ and Strategic Management and Technovation‎.‎ Anna Bergek is Associate Professor of Industrial Management‎,‎ Linkoping University‎,‎ and founding member of the KITE research programme‎.‎ She has published articles on industry dynamics‎,‎ firm strategy in relation to technical change‎,‎ and innovation and energy policy in journals such as Energy Policy‎,‎ Industrial and Corporate Change‎,‎ Research Policy‎,‎ Technovation‎,‎ and Technology Analysis & Strategic Management‎.‎ Lars Bengtsson is Professor of Innovation Management at the Univeristy of Gavle and Professor within a PhD school at the Royal Institute of Technology ‎(‎KTH‎)‎ in Stockholm‎.‎ He is a founding member of the KITE research programme and has published many articles and books on the subjects of continuous improvements‎,‎ manufacturing strategies‎,‎ and outsourcing‎.‎ Michael Hobday is Professor of Innovation Management at CENTRIM ‎(‎Centre for Research in Innovation Management‎)‎‎,‎ Brighton Univeristy‎.‎ As well as many journal publications‎,‎ he is the author of various books including Innovation in East Asia‎:‎ The Challenge to Japan ‎(‎Edward Elgar‎,‎ 1997‎)‎‎,‎ co‎-author of The Business of Projects‎:‎ Managing Innovation in Complex Products and Systems ‎(‎with Andrew Davies‎,‎ CUP‎,‎ 2005‎)‎‎,‎ and co‎-editor of The Business of Systems Integration ‎(‎with Andrea Prencipe and Andrew Davies‎,‎ OUP‎,‎ 2003‎)‎‎.‎ Jonas Soderlund is Professor at BI Norwegian School of Management and founding member of the KITE research programme‎.‎ He has researched and published widely on the management and organization of projects and project‎-based firms and the evolution of project competence‎,‎ including papers in Organization Studies‎,‎ Human Resource Management‎,‎ International Journal of Innovation Management‎,‎ and International Business Review‎.‎ He is the author or co‎-author of five books and one of the editors of The Oxford Handbook of Project Management‎.‎