ETLA (and its subsidiary Etlatieto), in co-operation with BRIE, is the coordinator of the  collaborative research program. Besides researchers from these organizations, the research team includes researchers from both Europe (ETLA, University of Jyväskylä (Finland), Imperial College (UK), and Scuola Superiore Sant Anna at the University of Pisa (Italy), University of Bremen (Germany) as well as from the U.S. (BRIE, the Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy at the University of California at Berkeley, and University of California at Davis).

Petri Rouvinen and Pekka Ylä-Anttila will coordinate the research efforts at the European end: The research team consists of Heli Koski (ETLA), Ari Hyytinen (University of Jyväskylä and ETLA), Aija Leiponen (ETLA and Imperial College), Tuomo Nikulainen (ETLA), Antti Tahvanainen (ETLA), Mika Pajarinen (ETLA) and Sarianna Lundan (University of Bremen)

Steve Cohen and John Zysman coordinate the research efforts at the U.S. end. The research team will primarily consist of BRIE principles, collaborating researchers, and graduate students.