Entrepreneurship during wartime Ukraine
Student research on resilience and recovery, shared from Tallahassee to the ICSB World Congress and the UN/ICSB MSME report.
See the project’s journeyFlorida State University · Jim Moran College of Entrepreneurship
Dr. Eric Liguori
Connecting scholarship, practice, and the next generation of entrepreneurial thinkers.
“A true trailblazer in entrepreneurship education”
— U.S. Consul General to Dubai
Dr. Liguori is the Jim Moran Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation and Associate Dean of the Jim Moran College of Entrepreneurship at Florida State University. He currently serves as Co-Editor-In-Chief of the Journal of Small Business Management and Immediate Past Chair of AACSB’s Entrepreneurship & Innovation Affinity Group. His expertise is sought after by leading Fortune 100 companies and governments alike.
Liguori worked with Hewlett-Packard to help launch HP’s Learning Initiative for Entrepreneurs, which to date has provided over 3.5 million courses in eight languages, to more than 2 million learners, spanning over 200 countries around the globe. In 2023 he served as a subject matter expert for Amazon.com, helping develop the curriculum behind Amazon’s Small Business Academy. And, in 2025, he's supporting the U.S. Small Business Administration as a member of their Regional Innovation Cluster Technical Working Group.
Dr. Liguori's work has been featured in media outlets including USA Today, U.S. News and World Report, Fast Company, Forbes, and BuzzFeed, and has been cited in policy documents put out by OECD, the European Union, Asian Development Bank, and the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth, to name just a few.
The LEAD Lab
Developing the next generation of researchers.
Building Florida:
Entrepreneurship, Family Business, and Economic Opportunity
With Dr. Juliana Binhote, exploring the families, firms, and entrepreneurial decisions shaping Florida’s economic future. Student interviews are underway for the 2026–27 cohort.
Explore the new projectResearch in practice
Ideas beyond the journal.
The Conversation
Removing barriers for Black entrepreneurs
Research on racial identity and the experiences of Black entrepreneurs, translated for a broader audience.
Entrepreneur & Innovation Exchange
Experience, innovation, and local growth
What research on Italian startups reveals about founder age and economic development.
Entrepreneur & Innovation Exchange
The founder’s pivot playbook
Entrepreneurial leadership, stakeholder relationships, and decisions during growth and crisis.
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