Eliot Pattison has spent his career advising and representing U.S. and foreign companies on international investment and trade issues. His extensive publications include over thirty articles on international topics, ranging from research published by several American universities to global policy essays published in Moscow and Tokyo. The author or editor of six books on international business strategy and legal topics, his most recent book Breaking Boundaries was selected by The New York Times as one of the five best management books of the year. An extensive international traveler, he has been a frequent visitor to China. Pattison resides in rural Pennsylvania with his wife, three children, two horses, and two dogs on a colonial-era farm where he can sometimes be seen building stone walls.