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

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.