Claes G. Alvstam holds the Ragnar and Torsten Söderberg rotating chair in economic sciences and is a professor in international economic geography at the School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He is at present acting director or the Centre of International Business Studies at the School. Claes' research has concerned foreign trade, foreign direct investment, regional economic integration in Europe and Asia, external trade policy, the internationalization process of the firm, technology and knowledge transfers between transnational enterprises and local host-market suppliers, and has published numerous books and articles in international journals, most recently 'The Changing Competitive Landscape in Euro-Asia Business' (Focussed Issue Asian Business and Management, 2014, with Dolles and Ström). Harald Dolles is Professor in Sport Management at Molde University College, Specialized University in Logistics, Molde, Norway,and Professor in International Business at the University of Gothenburg, School of Business, Economics and Law, Sweden. From 2001 to 2006 he was assigned by the German Ministry of Education and Science to serve in official mission as expert on Japan and China at the economic section of the German Institute for Japanese Studies in Tokyo and taught as Visiting Professor at Chuo University, Japan. Harald serves on the Board of the Euro-Asia Management Studies Association since more than 10 years and frequently contributes to scientific development in the fields of international business, innovation and entrepreneurship, Asian studies and sports management. In this regard, he has a publication stream of articles and books, most recently The Changing Competitive Landscape in Euro-Asia Business (Focussed Issue Asian Business and Management, 2014, with Alvstam and Ström); Handbook of Research on Sport and Business (Edward Elgar, 2013, with Söderman), Sports Management and Mega Events: J-League Soccer and Mega-Sports Events in Asia (in Japanese; Bunshindo, 2012, with Takahashi, Hayakawa and Söderman). Patrik Ström is Associate Professor of Economic Geography at the School of Business, Economics and Law, the University of Gothenburg, and holds Ph.D. degrees in Business administration at Roskilde University, Denmark, and in economic geography at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Patrik's main research has centered around the service industry within the field of internationalization. He is currently President of RESER, The European Network on Research in Services, and chairs a working group within the European Commission on the future of service industry. Most recently he published 'The Changing Competitive Landscape in Euro-Asia Business' ( Focussed Issue Asian Business and Management, 2014, with Alvstam and Dolles).
