We are pleased to announce that as of 1st July 2009,   Professor Dean Andrew Shepherd is the new Editor in Chief for the Journal of Business Venturing.

Professor Shepherd is the Randall L. Tobias Chair in Entrepreneurial Leadership and Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Kelley school of Business at Indiana University. His primary areas of research include:

• Entrepreneurial Opportunity
• Stakeholder Support for Entrepreneurial Firms
• Entrepreneurial Strategies
• Failure of Entrepreneurial Businesses

“It is truly an honor to take over as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Business Venturing (JBV). I see JBV as the leading voice of entrepreneurship research (2008 impact factor = 2.143). My vision for the journal is to continue to publish high quality, interesting entrepreneurship research that comes from diverse perspectives (including economics, psychology, and sociology), diverse organizational functions (including finance, marketing, management, and strategy) and diverse contexts (including international and sustainability [environmental and social]). We encourage authors to submit their interesting entrepreneurship research (regardless of discipline, function or context) to the journal. We have an editorial team and reviewers in place that will provide high quality, timely decisions (and feedback).” (Professor Shepherd).

  Watch an interview with Dr. Shepherd on YouTube