Stephen P. Robbins received his Ph.D. from the University of Arizona. He previously worked for the Shell Oil Company and Reynolds Metals Company and has taught at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, Concordia University in Montreal, the University of Baltimore, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, and San Diego State University. He is currently professor emeritus in management at San Diego State.

Mary Coulter received her Ph.D. from the University of Arkansas. She held various jobs, including high school teacher, legal assistant, and city government program planner, before completing her graduate work. She has taught at Drury University, the University of Arkansas, Trinity University, and Missouri State University. She is currently professor emeritus of management at Missouri State University. In addition to Management, Dr. Coulter has published other texts with Pearson including Fundamentals of Management (with Stephen P. Robbins), Strategic Management in Action, and Entrepreneurship in Action.

Ed Leach received his Ph.D. in computing technology in education from Nova Southeastern University in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, and an MBA from the University of Western Ontario. Prior to completing his graduate work, Dr. Leach was an entrepreneur who also taught in the professional programs of the Society of Management Accountants and the Purchasing Management Association of Canada. His interest in working with entrepreneurs continued after joining Dalhousie University, where he mentored lead entrepreneurs during the start-up phase of their technology businesses, including two IPOs.

Mary Kilfoil received her Ph.D. from Dalhousie University and her master's degree from Carleton University in economics. Dr. Kilfoil served as the Director of the Norman Newman Centre for Entrepreneurship at Dalhousie University and academic lead for the Centre's Launch Dal entrepreneurship programming—open to students and researchers across all faculties and the community at large. Dr. Kilfoil led the team that brought the Starting Lean course to Dalhousie University in the fall of 2012. The course provided an innovative experiential approach to entrepreneurship by combining Lean Launchpad methodologies, a flipped classroom, and accomplished mentors—in 2013, it was listed in Academia's Top 10 courses in Canada. Dr. Kilfoil has taught the introductory management course as well as courses in entrepreneurship, innovation, economics, program evaluation, and research methods at Dalhousie University, and she received the National Entrepreneurship Educator of the Year award by Startup Canada in 2014.

Management, Canadian Edition, 13th edition

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