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Helen Salavou is currently an Associate Professor of Business Administration at the Athens University of Economics and Business and Director of the Athens MBA. Her main research interests involve entrepreneurship (traditional and social), innovation and strategy of small firms. She is the founding member of the research unit of social entrepreneurship and the scientific responsible of the education program titled “Youth and Adolescent for the Future” at the University. She has published her work in international journals and participated in several national and international research projects since 1997. Parallel to her academic career she has contributed as consultant and mentor in numerous entrepreneurial initiatives..