Professor David Ford is founder member of the IMP (International Marketing and Purchasing) Group, a body of researchers from eight countries which has carried out a number of large-scale studies into international industrial marketing and purchasing. He is also visiting professor at the University of Texas and a member of the internal board of advisers for the School of Business at Uppsala University in Sweden.
Hakan Hakansson is professor at the Nordic School of Management, BI, in Norway.
Lars-Erik Gadde is professor at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden.