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The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation

The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation


eISSN: 20436882 | ISSN: 14657503 | Current volume: 25 | Current issue: 3 Frequency: Quarterly
The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, an international peer reviewed journal which is published quarterly, provides a worldwide forum for the exploration and dissemination of ideas and experience relating to the development and application of entrepreneurship. The journal takes an interdisciplinary approach, drawing on the highest-quality work in business and management and in the social sciences.



This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Other sites of interest:

University Industry Innovation Network
European University Network on Entrepreneurship

The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, an international peer reviewed journal, has been disseminating pioneering research about entrepreneurship, enterprise and social innovation for more than 20 years. In that time, the discipline has evolved to include reference to and use of interdisciplinary approaches, drawing from all disciplines within the social sciences and management theory. Consequently, IJEI embraces an holistic approach to knowledge, theory and practice of entrepreneurship.

Entrepreneurship is many things, and by taking an inclusive approach to the varied understanding of entrepreneurship, IJEI publishes the following regular sections in each of its volumes:

  • Research papers including Empirical and Conceptual papers that report robust and interesting research.
  • Teaching Case Studies, designed for use in classes and supported by questions and recommendations for teaching. These should support balance be-tween practice and theory.
  • Fresh Perspectives Research Notes that provide an opportunity for postgraduate and early career researchers to publish with the journal. These are an opportunity for scholars to write a relatively short piece voicing their own perspective and critiquing theoretical and/or methodological themes, ideas and concepts within the field.

However interpreted, entrepreneurship is a driver of social and economic participation, ranging from the spectacular in terms of economic value-added, to more modest contributions of those who employ themselves. Alongside independent enter-prise activities, entrepreneurship is observable in the strategies of entrepreneurs and intrapreneurship within organisations, and in new types of organisations and work contexts.

Key questions continuing to develop in entrepreneurship studies: Who are entrepreneurs? Why do people pursue entrepreneurship and how? What does success look like? How can it be best supported, if at all? The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation addresses these and many other questions.Of relevance as well are contributions related to innovation that are associated with entrepreneurship in new ventures or corporate venturing. Considerations of innovation networks, knowledge transfers, processes or social and environmental aspects of innovation need to be informed by a clear understanding of entrepreneurial opportunities, theory and practice. Published quarterly, IJEI provides a worldwide forum for the exploration and dissemination of ideas and research relating to the development and application of entrepreneurship.

Contributors and readers are drawn from academia and practice. In particular, IJEI appeals to scholars concerned with entrepreneurship and those whose objective is to promote and support entrepreneurial and innovative activity and to those who make their living (and sometimes their fortune) from their entrepreneurial efforts. Key topics include:

  • Critical perspectives on entrepreneurship
  • Social innovation
  • Entrepreneurship in atypical contexts (e.g. rural and remote locations, con-strained circumstances, entrepreneurship in crisis)
  • Entrepreneurship in marginalized contexts (e.g. migrant, refugee and minority entrepreneurship)
  • Women and entrepreneurship
  • The entrepreneur and the growing company
  • Entrepreneurial success
  • New forms of organization
  • Entrepreneurial behaviour within organizations
  • Entrepreneurship in developing countries
  • Ethics and entrepreneurship, including debates on illicit, informal and illegal entrepreneurship
  • Social entrepreneurship
  • Supporting entrepreneurship & enterprise
  • Innovative business models
  • Innovation and collaboration networks
  • Innovation for international entrepreneurship
  • User-led innovation opportunities 
Joint Editors
Laura Galloway Heriot-Watt University, UK
Deema Refai University of Leeds, UK
Founding Editor
Gerard McElwee University of Huddersfield, UK
Associate Editor
James Cunningham Robert Gordon University, UK
Peter Gittins University of Leeds, UK
Christian Harrison University of Bolton, UK
Endrit Kromidha University of Birmingham, UK
Dr Vahid J. Sadeghi Aston University, UK
Anne Smith Glasgow Caledonian University, UK
Pattanapong Tiwasing Keele University, UK
Fresh Perspectives Research Notes Editor
Alex Kevill University of Leeds, UK
Teaching Case Studies Editor
Steven Pattinson University of Sheffield, UK
Social Media Editor
Doyin Olorunfemi University of Sunderland in London, UK
Editorial Advisory Board
Moheeb Abualqumboz Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
Haya Al-Dajani Prince Mohammad Bin Salman College (MBSC), Saudi Arabia
Jo Bensemann Massey University, New Zealand
David Brown Heriot-Watt University, UK
Tom Cooney Technological University Dublin, Ireland
Simon Down Anglia Ruskin University, UK
Alain Fayolle EM Lyon, France
Lene Foss The Arctic University of Norway, Norway
Radi Haloub University College London
Christian Harrison University of Bolton, UK
Ulla Hytti University of Turku, Finland
Paul Jones Swansea University, UK
Jill Kickul University of Southern California, USA
Sascha Kraus Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
John Lever University of Huddersfield, UK
Gideon Maas Coventry University, UK
Nnamdi Madichie Bloomsbury Institute London, UK
Susan Marlow Nottingham University Business School, UK
Lynn Martin Anglia Ruskin University, UK
Harry Matlay Global Independent Research, UK
Susan Mayson Monash University, Australia
Pauric McGowan University of Ulster, UK
Kevin Mole University of Warwick, UK
Michael Morris Oklahoma State University, USA
Robert Newbery Northumbria University, UK
Mette Nielsen University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Leo Paul Dana University of Canterbury, New Zealand
David Pickernell University of Portsmouth, UK
Annie Roos Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
Wai-sum Siu Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
Anne Smith Glasgow Caledonian University, UK
Robert Smith Independent Scholar, UK
George Solomon Geroge Washington University, USA
Kiran Trehan University of York, UK
Peter van der Sijde Free University Amsterdam, Netherlands
Natalia Vershinina Audencia Business School, France
Geoff Whittam Glasgow Caledonian University, UK
Colin Williams University of Sheffield, UK
  • Chartered Association of Business Schools (CABS)
  • Clarivate Analytics: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
  • Comité National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France
  • EBSCOhost
  • Elsevier BV Scopus
  • ProQuest
  • Manuscript submission guidelines can be accessed on Sage Journals.

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