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262 About the Contributors Tomas Gabriel Bas earned his Ph.D. in Technology Management and Marketing of Innovation from University of Quebec (Canada). He has a M.Sc. in Environment from University of Montreal (Canada). He has two post-doctoral degrees in Technology Innovation Clusters from University of Quebec (Can- ada) and in Knowledge and Technology Innovation in Natural Resources Industries from Universidad Adolfo Ibañez (Chile). His research projects focus on biotechnology management, technological in- novation, clusters, knowledge in natural resources, and public policies. He is Professor of Technology and Innovation Management at the University Adolfo Ibáñez (Chile) and consultant for World Bank, United Nations, IDRC, Statistics Canada, and many multinationals firms. Honors include: “Who’s Who in the World,” 28th Edition – 2010 and 2011; “Top 100 Scientists 2011” International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England; “2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century – 2011,” Interna- tional Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England; and “Bright Minds - Brain World Class.” He is one of the 10’s most influential researchers of Chile in Economics and Management (according to interna- tional citation index ISI). Jingyuan Zhao is an Associate Professor at School of Management, Beijing Union University, China. Her PhD is in Management Science and Engineering in Chinese Academy of Sciences & University of Science and Technology of China. She has worked on two Postdoctoral Programs in the Technol- ogy Economy and Management from Harbin Institute of Technology, China, and the Management of Technology from the Canada Research Chair, University of Québec at Montréal, Canada. Dr. Zhao’s expertise is on regional innovation management, high-tech industry cluster, knowledge management, technology diffusion, and organization learning. * * * Jose Albors-Garrigos is Full Professor of Technology Management, at Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain. He received his PhD in Industrial Engineering from the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid. He has thirty years international industrial experience. His works have appeared in Int. Journal of Technology Transfer, International Journal of Technology Management, Entrepreneurship and Re- gional Development, Journal of Economic Geography, European Planning Studies, Technovation, R&D Management, and Management of Research News. His current research focuses on technology transfer, innovation, and technology management. He teaches innovation management and strategic management to MBA/PhD students and executives. About the Contributors P. ArunPrasad holds a PhD degree in the area of Strategic Human Resource Management and Orga- nizational Learning from Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT M) and a Master’s degree - M.Tech in Human Resource Development from NITTR, University of Madras. He has published several research papers in peer reviewed international journals. He has around 10 years of professional experience, which includes corporate, research, and consulting experience in the area of human capital, strategic human resource management, and organizational learning. His research interests include strategic human re- source management, organizational learning, learning organization, and human capital. Neeta Baporikar, Professor (Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship), is currently on an aca- demic assignment with Sultanate of Oman Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE), College of Applied Sciences, Salalah. With more than a decade of experience in industry, consultancy and training, she made a lateral switch to research and academics in 1995. Dr. Baporikar holds D.Sc (Management Stud- ies) USA, PhD in Management, University of Pune INDIA with MBA (Distinction) and Law (Hons.) degrees. Apart from this, she is also an Accredited Management Teacher, Qualified Trainer, Doctoral Guide, and Board Member of Academics and Advisory Committee in accredited B-Schools. Reviewer for international journals, she has to her credit several refereed research papers and authored books in the area of entrepreneurship, strategy, and management education. Paul Benneworth is a Senior Researcher at the Center for Higher Education Policy Studies at the University of Twente (The Netherlands). Prior to this post, he worked in a variety of research posts at the University of Newcastle (United Kingdom), from 2005-2009 as a RCUK Academic Fellow in Ter- ritorial Governance of Innovation at the Institute of Policy and Practice. Paul’s research interests focus among other things on the territorial governance of innovation, and in particular the roles played by universities in those networks. Jorge Boiola is an Associate Professor and researcher of the National University of Córdoba, Argen- tina, with a degree in Electronics Engineering. He has published a book, El observatorio de ciencia y tecnología (The Observatory of Science and Technology), and obtained two Masters, one in Innovation and Technology, in Boston University, and the other in Business Administration. Recently, he has been granted with two scholarships: the International Visitor Leadership Program (US Department of States) and the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program (Fulbright Commission). As a manager, Mr. Boiola held positions in the private and in the governmental sector. Rafael Boix is Lecturer at the Departament of Economic Structure, Universitat de València. Born in Spain, he previously held academic position at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and has been visiting researcher at the Politecnico di Milano and visiting Professor at the European Business Module of the Università degli Studi di Firenze. He has been external consultant for the OECD and has partici- pated in applied research for the Spanish Ministry of Industry, Barcelona’s province government, and Barcelona City Hall. Recent publications include “Why do creative industries cluster?” in Lazzeretti L. (Ed.), Creative industries and innovation in Europe: Concepts, Measures and Comparative Case Studies (with L. Lazzeretti and F. Capone, Routledge 2012), “Industrial districts, innovation and I-district ef- fect: territory or industrial specialization?” (European Planning Studies, 2010, with J. Trullén), and “Do creative industries cluster? Mapping Creative Local Production Systems in Italy and Spain” (Industry and Innovation, with L. Lazzeretti and F. Capone, 2008). 263 About the Contributors Tao Chen is a Doctoral candidate of Management School, Harbin Institute of technology; Engi- neer of Business School, Sanjiang University; Research Direction: Management Information System, Decision-making. Yvon Dufour is Associate Professor of Strategy at the University of Sherbrooke, Faculty of Business, Department of Management and Human Resources, Canada. Most of his research and professional work focuses on three main topics: the “implementation gap,” the processes of innovation, and the dynamism of organizational synergy and the theory of configuration. He is co-editor with Peter Steane of the Asian Pacific Journal of Business Administration. Jose-Luis Hervas-Oliver is PhD in Economics, Associate Professor at the Polytechnic Universtiy of Valencia (Spain) and Associate Professor at Florida State University (USA). He is head of research of the MIN Lab and the Principal Researcher of the Spanish National R&D Project Innoclusters project ECO2010:17318, sponsored by the Spanish Ministry of Innovation and Science. He has been published in leading journals such as the Journal of Economic Geography, Technovation, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, European Planning Studies, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, among others. His fields of research are clusters, innovation process and management, and the com- petitiveness of regions and nations. Gert-Jan Hospers teaches Economic Geography at the University of Twente and has a special chair in place marketing at the Radboud University Nijmegen (The Netherlands). Based on his PhD-thesis “Regional-Economic Change in Europe: a Neo-Schumpeterian Vision” (2004), Gert-Jan has explored the development chances of European territories. Over the years, he has studied several aspects of Twente, Groningen, the Ruhr Area, the Øresund Region, the North East of England, Vorarlberg, Sardinia, and some other regions in Western Europe. Li Kang is a Doctoral candidate of Business School, Nanjing Normal University; Lecturer of Busi- ness School, Sanjiang University; Kang’s research directions include: management information system and decision-making. Zhengfeng Ma is a Master of Business School, Nanjing Normal University; Ma’s research direction is currently business management. Samarendra Kumar Mohanty has completed his first Master’s degree in Computer Applications from Indira Gandhi Open University, in the year 2004 and second Master’s in Business Administration with Human Resource and Marketing major from University of Hyderabad, in the year 2008. Mr. Mohanty is currently a research fellow at Vinod Gupta School of Management, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, pursuing his PhD in Management. His research interests include performance management, new strategy development, and defense studies. Blanca de-Miguel-Molina is PhD in Management and Business Administration, Master of Business Administration (Anglia Ruskin University, UK), and Associate Professor at Universitàt Politècnica de València (Spain). She is Lecturer in different subjects as Strategy in Service Business and Business Eco- nomics. She has publications on books and journals