Iranian Entrepreneurship ― Deciphering the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Iran and in the Iranian Diaspora

This book presents a comprehensive, state-of-the-art portrait of entrepreneurship and small business management issues in Iran, and among the Iranian Diaspora. The major contributions in this book address topics such as innovation, female entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship, migrant entrepreneurship, corporate entrepreneurship, institutional support of entrepreneurial initiatives and more. This book is the outcome of an extensive research endeavor spanning several years and includes the latest contributions from highly respected authors and experts from Iran and beyond.

Shahamak Rezaei is an Associate Professor at the Department of Society and Globalisation, Roskilde University, Denmark, where he also was appointed as Head of Social Science Study Program. He is also affiliated with Sino-Danish Research & Education Center (SDC). He obtained his Doctorate in Business Administration from University of Southern Denmark in 2001. Has was recently a Visiting Professor at University of Oxford, Center on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) in UK. Currently he has a double-appointment as Visiting Professor at Princeton University, Department of Sociology, Center for Migration & Development (CMD) as well as in University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Department of Sociology. His research has focused on economic sociology, migration, global entrepreneurship, globally born SMEs, migrant entrepreneurship, transnational entrepreneurship, economic consequences of migration, informal economic activities, industrial relations and comparative welfare state analysis.

Leo-Paul Dana earned BA and MBA degrees at McGill University and a PhD from HEC-Montreal. He is Professor of Entrepreneurship at Montpellier Business School and holds the honorary title of Adjunct Professor at the University of Regina, in Canada. He formerly served as Visiting Professor of Entrepreneurship at INSEAD and Deputy Director of the International Business MBA Programme at Nanyang Business School. He has published extensively in a variety of leading journals including the British Food Journal, Cornell Quarterly, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice, Journal of Small Business Management, Journal of World Business, and Small Business Economics. His research interests focus on cultural issues, including the internationalization of entrepreneurship. He is Editor Emeritus of the Journal of International Entrepreneurship. Among his recent books is the World Encyclopedia of Entrepreneurship.

Veland Ramadani, PhD, is Associate Professor at South-East European University, Republic of Macedonia, where he teaches both undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management. His research interests include entrepreneurship, small business management, and venture capital investments. He has authored or co-authored around 60 research articles and 13textbooks. His last published book was entitled “Family Business in Transition Economies”, published by Springer. Also, he serves as a member of editorial and reviewer board of several international journals. He was engaged by The President of Republic of Macedonia, as a member of experts’ committee to analyze the economical, technological and juridical conditions for establishing techno-parks in the Republic of Macedonia. Also he offered different training to the heads of departments in The Macedonian Ministry of Economy.