Karl Aiginger was born in Vienna on October 23, 1948. He is director of the Policy Crossover Center: Vienna—Europe (www.euiopaplattform.at). He is Professor at the Vienna University of Economics and Business and is an Honorary Professor at the University of Linz. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade (JICT). He has been the Director of the Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO) from 2005 to 2016 and Coordinator of the research project “New Dynamics for Europe: Reaping the Benefits of Socio-ecological Transition”—WWWforEurope (http://Synthesis-Report-Part-I.foreurope.eu). He had temporary commitments at Stanford University, MIT, UCLA, and at the University of Changsha (Hunan, China). His research foci are industrial economics, competitiveness, and strategies of firms, regions and countries. The Policy Crossover Center published studies on “More or Less Europe”, Europe taking the lead in responsible globalization, and a European partnership policy with the South and the East.