Tim Mazzarol is a Winthrop Professor within the UWA Business School where he specialises in entrepreneurship, innovation, small business management, marketing and strategy. He is a Qualified Professional Market Researcher (QPMR) with the Australian Market and Social Research Society (AMSRS). In addition, Tim is an Affiliate Professor of the Burgundy School of Business, Group ESC Dijon, Bourgogne France. He is also the Coordinator of the UWA Co-operative Enterprise Research Unit (CERU), and Director of the Centre for Entrepreneurial Management and Innovation (CEMI), and a Director of the Commercialisation Studies Centre (CSC) Ltd.

Sophie Reboud is professor of Entrepreneurship, Strategy and Management of Innovation at the Burgundy School of Business in Dijon, France and an honorary Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia. She has fifteen years of experience as a researcher and consultant in the field of management and strategy of small firms. Originally trained as an agronomist she served as a research engineer for École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris for five years, and completed her PhD there. Sophie'sresearch interests are in the strategic management of innovation and creativity. This includes firms in the food sector and low tech industries with specific focus on intellectual property and strategy in small firms. She is the holder of the Vitagora-BSB Research Chair on New Business Model in the Food Industry.

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