Dear fellow young entrepreneurs and innovators,
As a result of our interactions and discussions with Professor Carayannis, (cv),whom we contacted following a recent interview of his published in the national press in Greece on Innovation and Entrepreneurship matters, we jointly decided to restructure our journal with an aim to balance the free-format creativity intrinsic at its inception with the context and perspectives to challenge and inspire our contributors and our readers.
In this regard, we have decided to undertake the following actions:
a. We have changed the title to: International Journal of Young Leaders in Innovation and Entrepreneurship (IJ_Y_LIE)
b. We have embarked on the formation of an Advisory Board with both young in mind and / or young in body members with the requisite experience, expertise and know-how to support the journal and its mission while ensuring we retain our freedom to create and challenge views and perceptions on socio-economic, socio-political and socio-technical issues around the world. Professor Elias G. Carayannis will serve as its Chairman. Co-Chairman of the Advisory Board will be Mr. Steve Clark. Stephen is a banking executive with Wells Fargo Bank specializing in business banking strategy and initiatives. He has held various other positions in marketing, sales and finance within the telecommunications and banking sectors. Stephen holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing and Finance, an MBA with a concentration in Accounting and is currently enrolled in a DBA program with Grenoble Ecole de Management.
c. In particular, we added the words "Innovation" and "Entrepreneurship" in conjunction with the words "Young Leaders" as we feel that this combination of people, culture and technology can be at least part of the answer to many democracy and development challenges around the world and a road to convert those challenges into solutions.
d. In this context, we look forward to contributions from young people around the world with an interest, an understanding and a passion to make a difference and help trigger, catalyze and accelerate positive change beyond, around and through current apparently dismal prospects and shrinking horizons and we invite you to join us in this journey of creative and constructive exploration and discovery. Welcome aboard!!!
Our journal is produced by the young for the young without the traditional intermediation and academic format. We are currently collecting articles for our 3rd edition. The theme will be entrepreneurship and innovation. We are looking for both theoretical articles and case studies. There should be an emphasis in factors that were essential for the outcome of the projects and lessons learned. We need a global perspective on entrepreneurship and innovation. Our deadline is the last week of March and potential contributors can send articles up to 1000 words, to this email or through the website www.leadersjournal.org.
Best Regards,
Armando Castro and Babis Makrinikolas
Editors in chief
