• Jay Mitra

    Research | Learning | Knowledge Exchange | Consulting

By way of an introduction…

Jay Mitra is the Founder President of the International Entrepreneurship Forum and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Emerging Economies (JEIEE – published by Sage. ISSN No. 2393-9575 http://eie.sagepub.com) ). He is a Professor and Research Fellow at the Research Centre for Entrepreneurship, at Leuphana University in Luneburg, Germany. From 2004 to 2025, he was Professor of Business Enterprise and Innovation and Director of the Venture Academy at Essex Business School, University of Essex. He has acted as a Scientific Adviser to the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) and its Scientific Committee on Entrepreneurship for the OECD’s Centre for Entrepreneurship and the LEED (Local Economic and Employment) Programme in Paris, France, and at its Trento Centre, Italy. Other recent Visiting Professorships include those at Bayero University, Nigeria, University Externado. Colombia, the Institute of Management Technology, India, the School of Management, Fudan University, China, the School of Public Policy at Jilin University, China, and at Bologna University, Italy. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in the UK. 


My Key Words

Rhythm, Texture, Image * Words, Phrases, Meaning * Creativity, Imagination, Interpretation * Questions, Thought, Enquiry * Touch, Feel, Embrace

Latest Developments

Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Emerging Economies’.

(July 2020) The Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Emerging Economies (JEIEE) is owned by SAGE and published in association with the International Entrepreneurship Forum.

Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Regional Development

(2020) ‘Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Regional Development’ (2nd edition)(Abingdon, Routledge)- Ist ed. Published in 2012

The Wider Impact of Digitalization on SMEs

(2019). The Wider Impact of Digitalization on SMEs. 15th INSME. Annual Meeting Fintech & Logistics, International Network for SMEs (INSME), Naples, Italy, 6-7 June, 2019

EURegionsWeek UNIVERSITY session

(2019) EURegionsWeek UNIVERSITY session: Citizen Entrepreneurship: Towards involvement, inclusion and integration of citizens in entrepreneurial Europe Wed 9, October 2019

Entrepreneurship and Innovation in India

(2020) ‘An Overview of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in India: Crisis or Opportunity? (ed) Springer Series on ‘Entrepreneurship and Development in South Asia: Longitudinal Narratives’

Price Valuation

Evaluating Valuations for Start-Ups and Early Stage Growth, 2 day management development programme for Portugal Ventures, Porto, Portugal. 20-21 February, 2020

Transnational and Migrant Entrepreneurs

(2020). Transnational and Migrant Entrepreneurs. Editorial for Special Issue of Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Emerging Economies, January (with S, Pruthi)