A Proposal for a Standard With Innovation Management System

neering and Cost Analysis, at undergraduate and post-graduate courses. Also works as consultant at entrepreneurship
and business management.
Teresa Costa is a Professor of Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Department of Economics and Management,
Business School – Setúbal Polytechnic Institute – Portugal s since 2001. Phd in Management. McS in Management.
Author of several publications in international and national journals and book chapters.
Oscar Cristi is a Research Fellow at the Global Entrepreneurship Center of the Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile. Dr.
Cristi has teaching experience in applied econometrics and microeconomics. He holds a PhD in Agricultural and Resources
Economics from University of Maryland College Park, USA. Dr. Cristi´s research interests are in water economics
and entrepreneurship dynamics.
Maria de Lurdes is a lecturer of Management at Estoril Higher Institute for Tourism and Hotel Studies (Portugal). She
holds a M.Sc. in H.R. Policies and is presently attending aPh.D Program at Universidade de Évora under the supervision
of Professor Sarkar. Her current interests include strategic HRM, organizational learning, human capital and intrapreneurship.
Pat Daly is the Tourism & Corporate Marketing Director with Shannon Development, Ireland’s only Regional Development
Agency. He is also a director of a number of public/private organisation. He is an industrial Engineer by profession,
holds a Masters Degree in Management from Sheffield University and a PhD in Business from University College
Cork, Ireland.
Stefano De Falco received the M.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University Federico II of Naples in 1999
and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering in 2003.He now coordinates a Technology Transfer Office of University
of Naples
Luc De Grez is an assistant professor in Psychology and Leadership Behaviour at the Hoge school Universiteit Brussel
(The Faculty of Economics and Management). He got a PhD in educational sciencesat Ghent University. His research
interests include the learning and teaching of communication skills, and entrepreneurial learning.
Lavinia Sidonia Delcea is currently a Ph.D. student in Economics with the research theme “Local Budgetary Policies
and Economic Development”. I Also a member of the Department of Economics within the University of Oradea,
where I prepared seminars of “Macroeconomics” and “Techniques of turism operations”.
Dr Carine Deslee from the University of Lille has been studying Participative Innovation in the context of the SNCF
company during her phD under the direction of Pr Desreumaux. Her other research interests are concerning innovation,
strategic changes, eco-innovations, the management of waste and the role of managers in various contexts.
Biagio Di Franco is a PHD Student, Politehnica University, Faculty of Management in Production and Transportation,
Romania. Master Degree in Management of Innovations Polytechnics of Mons, Belgium. Master Degree in Management
of Transports University of Brussels, Belgium. Master Degree in International Trade, University of Brussels, Belgium.
Degree in Sciences of Management - Catholic University of Mons, Belgium.
Thomas Domboka is a Doctoral researcher with Leeds Metropolitan University, Zimbabwean born settled in the UK
since 2002. He is a professional administrator and company secretary with several years’ experience in business as
company director and entrepreneur. In 2006 helped start a business that offers private education to migrants from
Africa and other developing countries.
Diane Duparc is a PhD Candidate and Teaching Assistant in Management, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, Paris,
France. She is interested in topics such as intellectual capital, networks, innovation and knowledge-based economy.
Shyamalie Ekanayake is a Ph.D. candidate attached to the Department of Industrial Management, University of Kelaniya,
Sri Lanka. The research study titled “Core Competencies for Competitive Advantage: An Empirical Investigation
of Manufacturing and Service Sector” contains strategic management objectives for value innovation. The writer
holds 17 years of management experience in training, skill and technology development initiatives.
Cristina Fernandes (PhD in Management) She is Lecture at Instituto Superior de Línguas e Administração de Leiria (IS-
LA)and PolitechnicInstitut f Bragança and NECE- Research Centre in Business Sciences, University of Beira Interior
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