Contributors
Zoltan J. Acs is a university professor and Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Public Policy, George Mason University, Virginia, USA.
Antonios Angelakis, PhD, is a research associate in Innovation and Regional Development in the Centre for Technology Transfer and Development, University of Crete, Greece.
Roberto Antonietti is Assistant Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics and Management ‘Marco Fanno’, University of Padova, Italy.
Giulio Cainelli is Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics and Management ‘Marco Fanno’, University of Padova, and an associate research fellow at CERIS-CNR, Milan, Italy.
Nunzia Carbonara is Associate Professor of Organization and Strategy at the Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy.
Mattia Cattaneo is a PhD student in Economics and Technology Management in the Department of Engineering, University of Bergamo, and at the CISAlpino Institute for Comparative Studies in Europe (CCSE), University of Bergamo and University of Augsburg.
Andreas P. Cornett is Professor of Regional Economics and Development in the Department of Border Region Studies, University of Southern Denmark, Sønderborg, Denmark.
Maria Crema is a PhD student in Innovation Management in the Department of Management and Engineering, University of Padova, Vicenza, Italy.
Maria Manuela Nêveda DaCosta is Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA.
Soogwan Doh is Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Administration, Catholic University of Daegu, South Korea.
Urban Gräsjö is a researcher in regional development at University West, Trollhättan, and at the Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies (CESIS), Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
Darrene Hackler is a professor in the Department of Public and International Affairs, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA.
Robert Huggins is Chair of Economic Geography at Cardiff University and Director of its Centre for Advanced Studies.
Mads Bruun Ingstrup is a PhD student in Business Administration and Economic Geography in the Department of Entrepreneurship and Relationship Management, University of Southern Denmark, Kolding, Denmark.
Florian Johannsen is a PhD student in International Economics and a researcher in the Department of Economics, Georg-August Universität, Göttingen, Germany.
Börje Johansson is Professor of Economics at Jönköping International Business School, Sweden, and Professor of Infrastructure Economics at the Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden.
Charlie Karlsson is Professor of the Economics of Technological Change at Jönköping International Business School, Sweden. He is also President of the European Regional Science Association.
Byungkyu Kim is Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Administration, Andong National University, South Korea.
Sangji Kim is Research Associate in Gyeongbuk Technopark, South Korea.
Johan P. Larsson is a PhD candidate in Economics at the Centre for Entrepreneurship and Spatial Economics (CEnSE), Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping, Sweden.
Helen Lawton Smith is Professor of Entrepreneurship and Director of the Centre for Innovation Management Research, Birkbeck, University of London, UK.
Laura Márquez-Ramos is Professor in Applied Economics and a member of the Institute of International Economics at the University Jaume I, Spain.
Inmaculada Martínez-Zarzoso is Professor in Applied Economics, a member of the Institute of International Economics at the University Jaume I, Spain, and a researcher in the Ibero–Amerika Institute and the Centre of Statistics, University of Göttingen, Germany.
Michele Meoli, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Corporate Finance in the Department of Engineering, University of Bergamo, and a board member of the CISAlpino Institute for Comparative Studies in Europe (CCSE), University of Bergamo and University of Augsburg.
Stefano Paleari is Rector of the University of Bergamo; General Secretary of the CRUI (Conference of Italian University Rectors); Professor of Finance in the Department of Engineering, University of Bergamo; and President of the CISAlpino Institute for Comparative Studies in Europe (CCSE), University of Bergamo and University of Augsburg.
Amy Rader Olsson is a researcher in the Division of Urban and Regional Studies at KTH, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
Saverio Romeo is a research fellow at the Centre for Innovation Management Research, Birkbeck, University of London, UK.
Roger Stough is NOVA Endowed Chair and Professor of Public Policy in the School of Public Policy, and Vice President for Research and Economic Development at George Mason University, USA.
Mohammad Tavassoli is a PhD candidate in Industrial Economics in the School of Management, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden.
Karen Venturini is an assistant professor in the Department of Economics and Technology, University of San Marino, Montegiardino, Italy.
Chiara Verbano is an associate professor in Innovation Management in the Department of Management and Engineering, University of Padova, Vicenza, Italy.
Silvio Vismara, PhD, is an associate professor of Corporate Finance in the Department of Engineering, University of Bergamo, and Director of the CISAlpino Institute for Comparative Studies in Europe (CCSE), University of Bergamo and University of Augsburg.
Peter Warda is a doctoral candidate in Economics at Jönköping International Business School, Sweden. His research focus is attributed to how structural changes impact the labour composition of firms as competitive markets push firms to organizational changes.
Hans Westlund is Professor of Regional Planning at KTH, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden; Professor of Entrepreneurship at JIBS, Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping, Sweden; and Professor at IRSA, Institute for Developmental and Strategic Analysis, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Nick Williams is a lecturer in Entrepreneurship in the Centre for Regional Economic and Enterprise Development, University of Sheffield, UK.