José Guilherme Leitão Dantas held a degree in Organization and Business Management from the Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal, a M.B.A in International Management from Autonomous University of Lisbon, Portugal, and a PhD in Economical and Managerial Sciences from the Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain. He is Associate Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria and he also has an extensive entrepreneurial and managerial experience in companies of various sectors of the economy. He is the author and co-author of several books and articles, mainly in the areas of innovation and entrepreneurship, and works also as trainer and independent consultant in the areas of strategy, marketing and innovation.