Ivan Light is Professor emeritus of sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles. His Ethnic Enterprise in America pioneered the subject of immigrant and ethnic minority business ownership. He has subsequently written 35 articles and five books on this subject, most recently Entrepreneurs and Capitalism Since Luther (with Léo-Paul Dana).

Léo-Paul Dana is Visiting Professor at Université Paris 1, Pantheon Sorbonne, France, and is also associated with the Chaire ETI at Sorbonne Business School. As well, he holds the title of Professor at Dalhousie University. A graduate of McGill University and HEC-Montreal, he has served as Marie Curie Fellow at Princeton University.

Didier Chabaud is Professor of entrepreneurship at IAE Paris Sorbonne Business School, Past-President of French Academy of entrepreneurship and innovation, co-editor-in-chief of Revue de l'entrepreneuriat (A in French national HCERES ranking ), and author or co-author of over 100 articles in peer-reviewed journals, chapters or books. He works mainly on venturing processes (creation, teams and social networks, business support), on the strategies of family firms, and on the impact of institutions and culture on entrepreneurship.