Michael Smith is Honorary Professor in European Politics at the University of Warwick, UK, and Emeritus Professor of European Politics at Loughborough University, UK.Jost Morgenstern-Pomorski is DAAD Lecturer in European Politics and Deputy Director of the Institute for German and European Studies at the University of Birmingham, UK.Terrence Guay is Clinical Professor of International Business and Director of the Center for Global Business Studies in the Smeal College of Business at the Pennsylvannia State University, USA.