Author: Elias G. Carayannis

ELIAS G. CARAYANNIS is Full Professor of Science, Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and Director of Research on Science, Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, European Union Research Centre at the School of Business of the George Washington University, in Washington, DC, USA GEORGE CHOROFAKIS is a Ph D student at the Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, UK PIERO FORMICA is Professor for Knowledge economy, innovation and entrepreneurship at Jönköping International Business School and Dean of the International Entrepreneurship Academy, Sweden HOLGER GRAF is Assistant at the Chair of Professor Dr. Uwe Cantner, Department of Economics, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany SEPPO HÄNNINEN is Researcher at the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland TOMAS HELLSTRÖM is Acting Centre Leader for the Centre for Entrepreneurship, University of Oslo, Norway MERLE JACOB is Centre Leader for the Centre for Technology, Innovation & Culture, University of Oslo, Norway WU JISONG is Director General of Recycle Economy Research Centre, Dean of Economic and Management School, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China MATTIAS JOHANSSON is Research Fellow at Chalmers Institution of Technology, Gothenberg, Sweden ILKA KAURANEN is Visiting Professor at the School of Management, Asia Institute of Technology, Thailand PATRICE LAGET is responsible for the support to theimplementation of the European Research Area at the DG-Joint Research Centre, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, Seville, Spain RANDOLF MARGULL is Managing Director of Jena Technology and Innovation Park, Germany DR MATHEW J MANIMALA is Professor of Organization Behaviour at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, India DR ANDREAS PANAGOPOULOS is Lecturer in Economics at Lancaster University Management School, UK MICHEAL PROVANCE is a visiting professor of entrepreneurship at the University of Richmond while completing his dissertation at the George Washington University, and an advisor on organizational innovation to corporations and emerging ventures. His research focuses on the evolution of young firms within markets and regions. Research includes the roles of knowledge, institutions, market structure and competitive dynamics in the formation, operation and trajectories of entrepreneurial ventures. BIRGITTA SANDBERG is an Associate Professor in international business at the Department of Marketing, Turku School of Economics and Business Administration, Finland PRIIT VAHTER is a Ph D student at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Tartu, Estonia