THE AUTHORS

ROBERT BROWN, MBA, J.D., PH .D. Robert Brown is a member of Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC. He has a Ph.D. from Cambridge University and a Masters degree from Jochi University in Tokyo. During three years of law school, he earned J.D., M.B.A. and Masters

Degree from the University of Louisville. Dr. Brown is admitted as an attorney in

New York, Washington D.C., California and Kentucky, and is qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales and in Hong Kong. For the past 25 years, he has worked closely with start-up companies as an investment banker and attorney, serving both in-house and as an outside advisor. His previous experience includes assignments in London, New York City, Tokyo, San Francisco and San Diego.

Dr. Brown has taught law and economics courses at the law schools of the

University of San Francisco and University of California Berkeley, as well as business plan, managerial finance and economic courses at the school of business of Bellarmine University. Dr. Brown is the author or editor of several books in the area, including Equity Finance (2001 Suppl.), Financing Start-Ups (now going

into its fifth edition), Doing Business on the Internet, Managing Your E-Business Singapore, Commercial Laws of East Asia, Intellectual Property Laws of East Asia, and Asian Economic and Legal Development. He can be contacted at rlb@gdm.com.

ALAN S. GUTTERMAN , MBA, J.D., PH.D. Alan S. Gutterman is a writer, attorney and consultant in the San Francisco

Bay Area. He has over 20 years experience representing entrepreneurs, businesses and investors in a wide range of domestic and international transactions. He has authored books on cross-border transactions, strategic alliances and technology transfer and has taught graduate level courses on mergers and acquisitions, law and economic development and doing business in Asian markets. His current research and publication interests include development and management of growth-oriented firms in the United States and Europe. He is also the author of

A Short Course in International Joint Ventures, also by World Trade Press.