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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 innovation, 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 international 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.

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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 resource management, organizational learning, learning organization, and human capital.

Neeta Baporikar, Professor (Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship), is currently on an academic 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).

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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 about regional clusters. Her research field centers

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on regional agglomerations, innovation, and knowledge transfer in creative industries. She is Principal Researcher of a project about innovation in heritage conservation and restoration.

María de-Miguel-Molina is PhD. in Management and Business Administration (Universitat Politèc- nica de València), Msc. Law (Universitat de València), Associate Professor at Faculty of Management and Business Administration (Universitat Politècnica de València. She is Lecturer in different subjects as Computer Ethics & Law and Public Management. She is the Director of an MBA at the Business Administration and Management Faculty of the UPV (joined international degree with Ansbach Univer- sity - Germany). Her research field centers on the relation between regulation and organizational social responsibility and has several publications on international journals, mainly related to self-regulation in different sectors as mobile telephony, social network sites (SNS), public administration, and environmental protection. She is a member of the European Business Ethics Network (EBEN) and of the DerechoTICs Network.

Régis Milot is a DBA student at the University of Sherbrooke. He holds a MBA from the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). He is a consultant and teacher in the book publishing industry, after a career in university bookselling and publishing.

Pak Tee Ng is an Associate Professor at the Policy and Leadership Studies Academic Group, National Institute of Education (NIE), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He read Mathematics at Cambridge University [BA(Hons), MA] and subsequently Management at Leicester University [MBA] and Bradford University [PhD]. His main areas of teaching, research and consultancy are learning or- ganisation, change management, knowledge management, quality management, innovation, complexity, leadership, coaching, and education policies. He is the author/editor of several books and numerous journal articles, book chapters, and conference papers. He is also a journal editor and an editorial board member of several other journals.

Carolina Alejandra Oliu has a Masters in Technology Management (specialization in Biotechnology) from University of Talca (Chile). She has another Masters from University of Santiago in Management in Environment. Her research interests include biotechnology management and technological innovation. She is Technical Director of Biotec Chile, and is responsible for new product development and market placment. She is commissioned in Chile’s main international client Biotec (DELAVAL Inc.).

Inna Platonova is a PhD Candidate at the Faculty of Environmental Design, University of Calgary (Canada) and holds a Professional Development Award 2011 with the Innovation for Inclusive Develop- ment program at the International Development Research Centre (Canada). Her PhD research focuses on international development partnerships and diffusion of renewable energy technologies in develop- ing countries. She completed her field work in Costa Rica and Peru. Inna holds two Master’s degrees: MA in European Public Affairs (University of Maastricht, the Netherlands) and MA in Political Science (Central European University, Hungary), and a University degree in Economics (Odesa State Economic University) from her home country of Ukraine.

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Johanne Queenton is Associate Professor of Strategy at the University of Sherbrooke, Faculty of Business, Department of Management and Human Resources, Canada. She is the Director of the Inno- vation Research Centre. Her research interests are in intellectual capital in the biotechnology industry, the strategic management of innovation, the academic entrepreneurship, and open innovation, as well as in organizational change in the public sector.

Erwin van Tuijl is a researcher specialised in regional development and economic geography at Erasmus University Rotterdam (The Netherlands). Since 2006, he has been working as a researcher on various research projects, dealing with topics such as the role of design in urban development, the process of anchoring the advantages of events in cities, and the role of manufacturing in the urban knowledge economy. He is a lecturer in a number of Bachelor’s and Master’s courses at Erasmus University in Rotterdam. In his academic publications he focuses on the spatial dynamics of knowledge development and innovation strategies of firms and regional development. He is especially interested in regional development and upgrading in China.

Kayhan Tajeddini is an Associate Professor at the Lund School of Economics and Management in Sweden. Prior to joining Lund, he served as a Faculty Member of Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU), Japan, Les Roches International School of Hotel Management in Switzerland and Glamorgan University in the UK. He has received his PhD in Innovation Strategy Management (Marketing) from Bradford School of Management, UK, in 2007. He also is an adjunct professor of Tehran University, Iran. His research interests include strategy and innovation management, entrepreneurship and marketing strategy. He has published in Journal of Marketing Management, Journal of International Entrepre- neurship, Tourism Management, Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research, Journal of Workplace, Learning, Education, Business, and others. He provides executive education and consulting in the area of hospitality marketing and management.

Keyvan Tajeddini holds a BA in Psychology from Tehran University and MA in Psychology from Tarbiat Modares University (TMU) in Tehran, Iran. His primary research interests include media and communication psychology. His papers have appeared in the European Journal of International Man- agement and Business Overlook (in Persian).

Marcia Villasana holds a Ph.D. in Public Policy from the Graduate School in Public Policy and Public Administration (EGAP) at Tecnologico de Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico. She holds a Master in Educational Technology degree from University of British Columbia-ITESM, and a BA in Econom- ics from Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon. She is currently collaborating with the Department of Economics at the Universidad de Monterrey. Her research interests include: regional economic development; science, technology, and innovation policy; regional innovation systems; university-industry interactions; and academic entrepreneurship.

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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.

Zhiming Zhu is Vice Professor of Business School, Hohai University, Ph.D.; Zhu’s research direction is currently management information systems.

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