As the authors of the most recent book about agility, "Agile Competitors and Virtual Organizations: Strategies for Enriching the Customer", Steven Goldman, Roger Nagel, and Kenneth Preiss have been studying issues related with competition for many years.

Steven Goldman is the Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Professor in the Humanities at Lehigh University, he was the Director of Lehigh's Science, Technology and Society Program for 11 years and as been a member of the Program Board of the Iacocca Institute since its creation. He is a senior fellow of the Agility Forum at Lehigh University.

Roger Nagel is Deputy Director of the Iacocca Institute and the Harvey E. Wagner Professor of Manufacturing Systems Engineering. He is an international expert on competitiveness and was selected by government and industry leaders of different areas of the world to consult and lecture on the technological, organizational and cultural aspects of international competitiveness.

Kenneth Preiss holds the Sir Leon Bagrit chair in computer-Aided Design at Ben Gurion University of the Negev in Beer Sheba, Israel, and is a senior fellow of the Agility Forum at Lehigh University. He is also an Honorary Member of the American Society for Mechanical Engineers.

Kenneth Preiss (left), Steven Goldman (middle), Roger Nagel (right)

For Information about the Author's Book, Agile Competitors and Virtual Organizations: Strategies for Enriching the Customer" you can contact the Authors on E-Mail.

K. Preiss at Preiss@Agilenet.amef.lehigh.edu

S. Goldman at slg2@lehigh.edu

R. Nagel at rnn0@lehigh.edu

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