Luís Farinha

Luís Farinha holds a PhD in management. He is Adjunct Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco and Assistant Professor and researcher at NECE - Research Center in Business Sciences, at the University of Beira Interior, in Portugal. His research career has focused on the links between entrepreneurship, innovation and regional competitiveness in national and international contexts. He is Founder and Dean of the Regional Helix – International Conference (http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319296753) and journal articles and book chapters. It is also linked to innovation and entrepreneurship programs in cooperation with business incubators and national business associations and sectoral clusters. Previously he was a manager in companies with businesses in the international market. He was a founding partner of two companies involved in the exploitation of renewable energies.