Magnus Henrekson is a Professor of Economics and Senior Research Fellow at the Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) in Stockholm, Sweden. His primary research focus is entrepreneurship economics and the institutional determinants of the business climate. He is the author of The Entrepreneurial Society: A Reform Strategy for the European Union (Springer, 2019, with Niklas Elert and Mark Sanders), the author of Unleashing Society’s Innovative Capacity – An Integrated Policy Framework (Springer, 2023, with Pontus Braunerhjelm), and the editor of Institutional Entrepreneurship (Edward Elgar, 2012, with Tino Sanandaji). He has extensive experience as an advisor, board member and lecturer in many different contexts. In June 2023 he became the government’s investigator tasked with proposing a new grading system for Swedish schools.

Maria Minniti is the Bantle Chair in Entrepreneurship and Public Policy, Chair, Department of Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises at Syracuse University (USA). Her primary research interests include entrepreneurial solutions to social problems, economic growth, and the entanglement between regulations and innovation. She has published numerous articles on entrepreneurship, economic growth, and complexity theory, as well as book chapters and research monographs. Her articles have appeared in Economics Letters, the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of Economic Psychology, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Small Business Economics Journal, and Comparative Economics Studies. In 2024, she was named in the Top 2% of most impactful researchers in the world across all sciences.

Erik Stam is the Full Professor of Strategy, Organization and Entrepreneurship, and the former Dean of the Utrecht University School of Economics. He is a leading scholar on entrepreneurial ecosystems, and conducts research on the context and consequences of entrepreneurship more broadly. He has (co-)authored more than hundred books, book chapters, and articles in a variety of disciplines, including economics, geography, business/management and public administration. In addition to his scientific work, he often engages with governments, start-ups and corporates on innovation and entrepreneurship. He has served many Ministries in the Netherlands and other countries, the European Commission, OECD, G20, United Nations, and the World Bank. He is on the advisory board of several public and private sector entrepreneurship organizations.