Stavros Sindakis holds a PhD in Strategy, Enterprise and Innovation from Portsmouth University, UK and is currently Assistant Professor of Management at the American University in Dubai. His principal research interests lie in innovation and development of new customer-oriented services and exploitation of entrepreneurial opportunities in the knowledge intensive industries. His main academic contributions relate to Innovation and Enterprise Excellence, Organizational Sustainability and Growth, and Coopetition and Entrepreneurship.
Elias G. Carayannis is Full Professor of Management Science in the School of Business and Public Management; Director of Research on Science, Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the European Union Research Center; and co-Founder and co-Director of the Global and Entrepreneurial Finance Research Institute (GEFRI) at the School of Business, George Washington University, USA. He has published more than forty refereedjournal articles and two books, The Strategic Management of Technological Learning and Idea Makers and Idea Brokers.