Soumodip Sarkar

Professor Sarkar is currently the Dean of Graduate Studies (IIFA), the Doctoral School of the University of Évora. He received his PhD in Economics from Northeastern University, Boston in 1995. He previously worked at the Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID) and later CID, Kennedy School, Harvard University. His research interests are international business, innovation and entrepreneurship. He has published papers in numerous scientific journals and is in the editorial board of four international scientific journals. He has been a project leader in many Portuguese and European projects and was a past consultant to the USAID and Nathan Associates. He has worked internationally in many countries in different continents. He holds copyrights to the integrated innovation model developed by him along with simulation software designed for business diagnostics.

He was a Visiting Fellow at the Asia Center, Harvard University, in 2006. His book on innovation entitled: Innovation, Market Archetypes and Outcome was published in 2007, by Springer-Verlag. Another book on entrepreneurship and innovation Empreendedorismo e Inovação, published in Portuguese, by Escolar Editora, has been released in September of 2007 currently on second edition. 2008 saw his third book published- the Entrepreneurial Innovator, by Elsevier-Campus in Brasil. He has given diverse talks and workshops all over the world, and has been invited to speak among other places including at the Helsinki School of Economics, Harvard University, University of Massachusetts, Indian School of Management etc. He has appeared on radio and television, including the BBC: He has also given many motivational talks on innovation for senior managers and organizations all over the world as well as advising firms on innovation management and growth. In 2008, he was recently considered one of the top 100 experts internationally by the World Economic Forum (WEF Innovation 100).