George Norman holds the William and Joyce Cummings Family Chair of Entrepreneurship and Business Economics at Tufts University. He came to Tufts in 1995 from Edinburgh University where he had served as head of department. Prior to that, Professor Norman was the Tyler Professor of Economics at the University of Leicester (England). Professor Norman attended the University of Dundee (Scotland) where he was awarded an MA in economics with first class honors. He received his Ph.D. in economics from Cambridge University. His more than 60 published articles have appeared in such professional journals as the American Economic Review, Review of Economic Studies, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Industrial Economics, and International Journal of Industrial Organization.

He is currently an Associate Editor for two journals, the Bulletin of Economic Research and Regional Science and Urban Economics. He is also on the editorial board of the BE Journals in Economic Analysis and Policy. In addition to Industrial Organization: Contemporary Theory and Practice, Professor Norman has written and edited, either alone or in collaboration with others, 15 other books. Professor Norman has taught courses in industrial organization and microeconomic theory at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. He has also taught introductory economics, corporate strategy, international economics, and business economics. Professor Norman lives in Newbury, Massachusetts, with two cats and his wife, who is not a co-author of this book.