About the Author

Tim Mazzarol is a Winthrop Professor within the UWA Business School where he specialises in marketing, strategy, entrepreneurship and innovation. He is a member of the Australian Market and Social Research Society as well as an affiliate Professor at the Burgundy School of Business, Groupe ESC Dijon Bourgogne, France. Tim has over fifteen years’ experience working in small business development roles, and has extensive experience in designing, developing and delivering management education programs to both undergraduate and postgraduate students. He is widely published both nationally and internationally within the field of entrepreneurship and small business management, and is a member of the Academy of Management, the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management, the International Council of Small Business, and the Australian Institute of Management.

Sophie Reboud is the Head of Research and a Professor of Strategy and Management of Innovation at the Burgundy School of Business (BSB), Groupe ESC Dijon Bourgogne in France. In 2011, Sophie was appointed an Honorary Research Fellow of the University of Western Australia in recognition of her outstanding contribution to research collaboration with UWA. Her research, in the area of strategic management of innovation and technology, is widely published.