Elias G. Carayannis

• Full Professor, Management Science
• Director of Research on Science, Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, European Union Research Center (EURC)
• Co-Founder and Co-Director, Global and Entrepreneurial Finance Research Institute (GEFRI) 401G Monroe Hall, 2115 G Street NW, Department of Management Science, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052

Dr. Elias G. Carayannis is Full Professor of Management Science as well as co-Founder and co-Director of the Global and Entrepreneurial Finance Research Institute (GEFRI) and Director of Research on Science, Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, European Union Research Center, (EURC) at the School of Business of the George Washington University (GWU) in Washington, DC.

Dr. Carayannis' teaching and research activities focus on the areas of strategic Government - University-Industry R&D partnerships, technology innovation, transfer and commercialization, international science and technology policy, technological entrepreneurship and regional economic development. Dr. Carayannis has published three books (CRC Press, Greenwood Press and MacMillan Press) and is author/editor of another seven in print or under contract. He also has several publications in both academic and practitioner, US and European journals, such as IEEE Transactions in Engineering Management, Research Policy, Journal of R&D Management, Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, International Journal of Technology Management, Technovation, Journal of Technology Transfer, Engineering Management Journal, Journal of Growth and Change, The Review of Regional Studies, International Journal of Global Energy Issues, International Journal of Environment and Pollution, Le Progres Technique, and Focus on Change Management.

He is on the Advisory Board of several high tech start-up firms and consults for a number of technology driven government and private, large as well as small organizations such as the World Bank, the European Commission, the Inter-American Development Bank, the US Agency for International Development, the National Science Foundation Small Business Innovation Research Program, the National Institute of Standards and Technology Advanced Technology Program, the National Coalition for Advanced Manufacturing (NACFAM), the USN CNO Office, Sandia National Laboratories' New Technological Ventures Initiative, the General Electric Corporate Training & Development Center, Cowen & Co, First Albany International, Entreprises Importfab, and others.

He is fluent in English, French, German, Greek, and has a working knowledge of Spanish. He is citizen of the U.S. and the European Union.

(may 2007)

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