João J.M. Ferreira is Associate Professor at the University of Beira Interior (UBI), Portugal. He holds a PhD in Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Spain. Currently, he is the scientific coordinator of the UBI Research Unit for Business Sciences (NECE), Portugal. He has edited or co-edited several books on strategy, innovation and entrepreneurship and published over 200 papers in premier international journals, including Technological Forecasting & Social Change, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Cleaner Production, Management Decision, and Service Business. He is Associate Editor of Management Decision, and his research interests include strategy, competitiveness and entrepreneurship.