JAVIER ALFONSO-GIL Professor of Economics, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, SpainPAUL BENNEWORTH ESRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies, University of Newcastle, UKGUIDO BENZLER is a Manager at Deloitte Consulting in Düsseldorf, GermanyULRICH BLUM Professor for Economic Policy, Dresden University of Technology, GermanyRICCARDO CAPPELLIN Professor for Economics, Università Tor Vergata, Rome, ItalyPHIL COOKE Professor in Regional Development, Founding Director of Centre for Advanced Studies, Cardiff University, UKSTUART DAWLEY Research Fellow, Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies, University of Newcastle, UKJÜRGEN EGELN Senior Researcher, Industrial Economics and International Management, ZEW - Centre for European Economic Research, Mannheim, GermanyDELPHINE GALLAUD Researcher, Institute des Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Socio-économie, Université Paris Dauphine, FranceSANDRA GOTTSCHALK Research Fellow, Industrial Economics and International Management, ZEW - Centre for European Economic Research, Mannheim, GermanyDOUGLAS HAGUE Associate Fellow, Templeton College, University of Oxford and Visiting Professor of Managerial Economics, Manchester Business School, UKREBECCA HARDING Chief Economist, The Work Foundation, London, UKMICHAEL KRAUS Senior Manager, Kraus Technology Consulting, Munich, GermanyJORDI MOLAS-GALLART Research Fellow, Science and Technology Policy Research Unit, Universityof Sussex, Brighton, UKSIMONE MÜLLER Research Assistant, Dresden University of Technology, GermanyCHRISTIAN RAMMER Senior Researcher, Industrial Economics and International Management, ZEW - Centre for European Economic Research, Mannheim, GermanyANTONIA SAEZ-CALA Associate Professor in Regional Economics, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, SpainALFRED SPIELKAMP Professor in Economics, University of Applied Science, Gelsenkirchen, GermanyMICHAEL STEINER Director of the Institute of Technology and Research Policy, Joanneum Research Centre, Graz, and Professor for Economics, Karl-Franzens University, Graz, AustriaANDRE TORRE Professor for Economics and Research Director, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Paris, France