School of Business and Management LUT University Lappeenranta, Finland. Karl-Erik Michelsen is professor at LUT University specializing in inno- vation and technology studies and business history. He has worked in numerous national and international projects funded by the Finnish Academy and The EU. He has studied global and international companies and how family companies become global corporations. He has just fin- ished an international project (Horizon 2020) that focuses on the interaction between nuclear industry and the civil society. In 2018 Michelsen was selected the “professor of the year” in Finland. He is a member of several academic societies.School of Business and Management LUT University Lappeenranta, Finland. Karl-Erik Michelsen is professor at LUT University specializing in inno- vation and technology studies and business history. He has worked in numerous national and international projects funded by the Finnish Academy and The EU. He has studied global and international companies and how family companies become global corporations. He has just fin- ished an international project (Horizon 2020) that focuses on the interaction between nuclear industry and the civil society. In 2018 Michelsen was selected the “professor of the year” in Finland. He is a member of several academic societies.