He has conducted several research and practice projects on entrepreneurship in different countries in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. His research focuses on organizations that support start-ups and SME growth, including venture associations, incubators, government agencies and the like, predominantly from a capability and business model perspective. His research has been published in Business History , Long Range Planning and Strategic Organization and is currently under review in a number of peer-reviewed journals.

Before entering academia, Alessandro worked as a marketing executive for a large multinational enterprise in the fast-moving consumer goods sector.


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Paul Hannon is a graduate entrepreneur and has helped shape enterprise and entrepreneurship education, support and development in the UK and overseas during the past 35 years. In Paul was invited to be a member of Maserati , the top individuals in the UK who actively support the next generation of future entrepreneurs. The Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership offers research, learning and development opportunities to stimulate cultures and practices of entrepreneurial leadership for individuals and organizations in highly uncertain, unpredictable and complex environments.

His current research interests are linked by a unifying interest in the nature of the entrepreneurial process — in social and corporate as well as new venture contexts — as it is reflected in business development particularly in the financing of innovation and growth and in the implications of research and theorizing for practice and public policy. This includes the analysis of entrepreneurial finance, entrepreneurial learning and leadership processes, studies of the role of entrepreneurship and innovation in emerging economies notably China, Malaysia and examination of the nature of peace entrepreneurship in conflict societies Northern Ireland, Rwanda, Kosova.

Helen's research interests focus on social and community entrepreneurship, family business and corporate responsibility. Her research in the social economy has examined community-led regeneration in rural communities, cross-sector collaboration and innovations in governance. The work co-authored here is written in a personal capacity and relates to a previous role as Deputy Director General at the Danish Business Authority.

There he was responsible for developing and implementing most of the business development policies in Denmark at the national, regional and local level. These policies covered entrepreneurship, EU structural funds, design, creative industry, second chance, clusters, market development, circular economy, sharing economy, social enterprises, CSR, offset, EU Leader approach and standardization.

He was also responsible for the Authorities International division and the Danish approach to the reduction of economic burdens for firms. Dr Hoffmann holds a PhD in Economics and was a Senior Economist with the [Page xviii] OECD, supervising a team of economists and statisticians and coordinating activities related to micro-policy benchmarking. She has extensive experience in case study research and work-based learning, in facilitation of innovation and invention in supported companies, and in training and supervision of PhD students.

In this role she undertakes research for a successful management and leadership programme aimed at improving leadership skills for owner-managers of small businesses. The role requires research into learning and teaching methods most suitable for this group of mature students, also into post-full-time education as well as analysis of the wider economic impacts that such learning has. In addition, Louisa has an academic role as advisor for two doctoral students and provides qualitative methodologies advice to a further five students at the recommendation of their Directors of Studies.

Louisa has been considered a trusted advisor to the Welsh Assembly Government and local authorities in Wales. She has taught entrepreneurship at undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate levels at the university, and has been conducting research into entrepreneurship education. Ulla was a founding member of the Finnish Scientific Association for Entrepreneurship Education and a President of the Association in — She has organized and chaired several entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship education conferences nationally and internationally.

His current research interests are process and practice theories and enactive methodology as applied to different arenas for entrepreneurship. In Sweden Bengt Johannisson has initiated several inter-university networks on research and post-graduate studies in entrepreneurship and for 15 years he was a co-director of the European Doctoral Programme in Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management. Her career until was in the public sector, prior to completion of a PhD in entrepreneurial marketing in small software technology firms at Bangor University, Wales.

His research interests include entrepreneurship and franchising, methodological issues in organizational research, strategic supply chain management, and the determinants of superior organizational performance. His research interests include the influence of regulation on small business activity and performance, and exploring the implications of critical realist philosophy of science for small business and entrepreneurship studies.

His research interests are entrepreneurship in general, especially new business creation processes and new business performance. Dr Kolvereid has published a large number of articles and books and has supervised more than 25 doctoral students and is the leader of the Norwegian Global Entrepreneurship Monitor team. Sirpa Koskinen has a PhD in Education and works as a special education teacher. She has extensive experience from various forms of demanding special education. Previously Sirpa worked in a state reform school. She has also worked as a special education teacher in an upper secondary school with more than pupils and in a Finnish school in Tallinn, Estonia.

Anne's intellectual background is in economic sociology, gender studies and business studies. Stemming from her disciplinary background, her publication track record is multidisciplinary. Her current research interests deal with science and technology studies, research methodology, transformation of economies, knowledge formation and changing relationships between entrepreneurship, work and gender. She leads a large research consortium on work and platform economy, currently analyzing the complexities of gig economy, sharing economy and platforms, including their transformational effects on work and entrepreneurship, academic work, self-employment and entrepreneurship SWiPE.

Professor Kovalainen holds several positions of trust and serves regularly national and international science institutions. He was former Professor in Entrepreneurship and Strategy for 12 years at Toulouse Business School where he was involved in entrepreneurship activities, the launch of an incubator and the coaching of small firms.

His research interests are inter-firm and inter-personal networks, habitual entrepreneurship, organizational configurations of new firms and growth, the resource-based view and entrepreneurial strategy. Her research interests concentrate on the development, enhancement and growth of individuals and organizations in an entrepreneurial context with a particular focus on leadership, leadership development and learning.

She is an internationally recognized scholar whose work has shaped theoretical debate and had significant industrial and policy impact. His research focuses on social enterprise, hybrid organizations, enterprise support, innovation, trust and sustainability. He has a background in international development and enterprise support and is actively involved in conservation and farming enterprises in the UK. He has published on social enterprise and alternative organizational forms in a range of journals including International Small Business Journal , International Journal of Management Reviews , Organization Studies , World Development and Entrepreneurship and Regional Development.

Research interests include strategic management competitive strategies of new and small companies , international entrepreneurship and management in emerging economies. She is affiliated with Diana International, an international research project exploring the growth strategies of women entrepreneurs worldwide.

Tatiana is the author of over 40 scholarly articles and book chapters.

His research and teaching are in the areas of entrepreneurship and regional development. His specific research interests are in entrepreneurial finance and entrepreneurial ecosystems. He has written extensively on business angel investing and has been closely involved with government and private sector initiatives to promote business angel investment, both in the UK and elsewhere.

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He is the founder and co-editor of the journal Venture Capital: Catherine Matthews is currently Senior Lecturer in finance at the University of Brighton and has worked there since when she joined the staff as a graduate teaching assistant. She has since taught at post graduate and undergraduate levels across a number of subject areas, including economics, accounting and finance.

Catherine has held external examiner and associate editor roles and enjoys being an active member of the research community at Brighton. Her research interests are in the area of small business finance and in particular trade credit management, which formed the focus of her doctoral research.


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    His research is primarily focused on the intersection of entrepreneurship and strategic management with an emphasis on the role of social and other non-economic phenomena in organizational settings. Miles is Professor at Charles Sturt University. His research interests include entrepreneurial marketing and corporate social responsibility. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses. Prior to joining Colorado State University, Rob was a Professor at the University of Oklahoma and at the Ivey School of Business, where he continues to hold an appointment as an adjunct research professor.

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    He completed his doctoral studies in [Page xxii] entrepreneurship and strategic management at the Kelley School of Business in Bloomington, Indiana. Ron publishes and serves in editorial review capacities in the top entrepreneurship and management journals, and was —9 Chair of the Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Division. His academic mission focuses on problems and possibilities in opportunity emergence: He researches, consults and lectures worldwide.

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