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Tom is Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Technological University Dublin and also Director of the Centre for Entrepreneurial Behaviour, Inclusion and Innovation at TU Dublin. He is a former President of the International Council for Small Business (2012-13) and of the European Council for Small Business (2009-11), and was Chair of the ICSB 2014 World Entrepreneurship Conference. He is a policy advisor to Governments, European Commission, OECD and other international organisations. He is a Director of two enterprises and works in various capacities with a range of businesses. He has published widely on the topic of entrepreneurship, particularly in the area of minority entrepreneurship, and his works include 13 books, 26 book chapters, 38 journal articles, and 20 case studies. He has previously been Editor of the journal Small Enterprise Research and a Guest Editor of Special Issues of the International Small Business Journal (twice), Irish Journal of Management, Journal of Enterprising Communities, and the International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Further details about his work can be found at www.thomascooney.ie.