Elias G. Carayannis
Professor of Science, Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Elias G. Carayannis is a Greek-American economist who is presently a full Professor of Science, Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the George Washington University School of Business in Washington, D.C.
He is involved in the areas of "strategic government-university-industry R&D partnerships, technology road-mapping, technology transfer and commercialization, international science and technology policy, technological entrepreneurship and regional economic development". As an engineer with training in management, innovation and entrepreneurship studies, his career has spanned roles as scientist, technologist, innovation economist, and entrepreneur. Notably, in 1999 he became Director of Research on Science, Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship of the European Union Research Center (EURC) at the George Washington University School of Business. In 2004, he co-founded and became co-director of the George Washington University School of Business's Global and Entrepreneurial Finance Research Institute (GEFRI). He has published a number of books on entrepreneurialism and science and technology. Carayannis has become most recognized for his work in innovation economics, especially the quadruple helix and quintuple helix frameworks.
Biography
Education
Carayannis earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens in 1985. In 1990, he completed a Master of Business Administration from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, followed by a PhD in Management of Technology from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1994.
Academic career
After obtaining his PhD, Carayannis’s first main academic position was at the Anderson School of Management at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, NM, from January 1995 to July 1996, where he was assistant professor. Subsequently, he went to the George Washington University School of Business in Washington, D.C. in 1999.
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