Nader H. Asgary is Professor of Management and Economics at Bentley University, USA, and founder and President of the CYRUS Institute of Knowledge.

Emerson M. Maccari is Professor and the former dean of the Graduate School of Management at UNINOVE University, São Paulo, Brazil.

Heloisa C. Hollnagel is Professor at the Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil.

Ricardo L.P. Bueno is Associate Professor at the Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil.