Javier Vidal Olivares, PhD Universidad de Valencia, Full Professor of Economic and Business History at Universidad de Alicante, Spain. He has been granted at Institute of Historical Research, University of London, European University Institute at Florence and he has also been Visiting Professor in some Latin American Universities, including Buenos Aires, Los Andes (Bogotá) and Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Deputy Director Institute of Latin American Studies at Universidad de Alicante. Associate Editor of Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business. He has published widely about economic and business history in Spain and Latin America, especially in transport history -railways and airlines- entrepreneurship and family firms.