Lab for Entrepreneurship and Development is Emerald's innovative book series on the study of entrepreneurship and development, striving to set the agenda for advancing research on entrepreneurship in the context of finance, economic development, innovation, and the society at large. The Lab for Entrepreneurship and Development (LEAD), a now-independent research lab that first started at the Institute of Quantitative Social Sciences (IQSS) at Harvard University, which aims to “generate and share knowledge about entrepreneurship and development across cultural and disciplinary boundaries.” With the overarching and ambitious aim of using the book series as to synthesize interdisciplinary research by academics and students to advance our understanding of modern entrepreneurship, we welcome proposals for chapters and future books in the series.
All books in this series will be index by Scopus.
These key topics are not exhaustive, and we encourage you to get in touch with the editorial team if you would like to discuss your proposal further.
With the aim of strengthening connections between academics, practitioners and policy makers, your proposal should bring new ideas on hot topics, emerging trends and issues in:
Cole C. Scanlon is an entrepreneur and researcher whose areas of expertise include social policy, international development, and K-12 education. He co-directs the Lab for Entrepreneurship and Development (LEAD), co-founded/co-directs FairOpportunityProject.org (an education technology nonprofit) and was awarded Forbes 30 Under 30. He has also worked for Google and The World Bank Group. Cole graduated from Harvard College with an A.B. in Applied Mathematics and from Oxford University with a M.Sc. in Evidence-Based Social Policy.
More information about the Lab for Entrepreneurship and Development is available here: https://www.leadresearchteam.com/
Cole C. Scanlon
colecscanlon@gmail.com
Bruno S. Sergi
Harvard University, USA
bsergi@fas.harvard.edu
Charlotte Maiorana
Emerald Publishing
cmaiorana@emeraldgroup.com
Charlie Wilson
Emerald Publishing
cwilson@emeraldpublishing.com
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