Paul Westhead is Professor of Entrepreneurship at Durham University Business School, UK and he is the visiting professor of Entrepreneurship at Bodø Graduate School of Business, Nordland University in Norway. In collaboration with Mike Wright the book, Entrepreneurship: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press) was published in 2013. His research focuses on wealth creation and entrepreneur behaviour.

Mike Wright is Professor of Entrepreneurship at Imperial College Business School, UK, Director of the Centre for Management Buyout Research and visiting professor at the University of Ghent. He was previously Chair of the Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Division and is co-editor of the Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal and Academy of Management Perspectives.