Eduardo Manuel de Almeida Leite

Penteada University Campus , Floor -1

eduardo.leite@staff.uma.pt

(+351) 291 705 180 / 5180

"I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them." Baruch Spinoza, "Tractatus Politicus" (1677)

Biographical Notes

Eduardo de Almeida Leite (PhD) is Vice-President of the School of Technology and Management at the University of Madeira and an Honorary Researcher at the School of Law, University of Aberdeen (United Kingdom). His academic and research work sits at the intersection of Management, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Law, with particular emphasis on how entrepreneurial ecosystems evolve through institutional dynamics and regulatory frameworks. He has participated in 13 European consortia, including three Horizon Europe projects, contributing to the mobilisation of over ?20 million in competitive funding and strengthening collaboration between academia, industry, and the public sector. He publishes in Q1/Q2 peer-reviewed journals and is the author of Entrepreneurial Becoming (McGraw Hill, 2026), with a foreword by David B. Audretsch. He founded and leads OSEAN, promoting the integration of research, doctoral training, and territorial innovation, with a particular focus on entrepreneurship ecosystems in Europe?s outermost regions.

Publications

Editorial-Understanding before celebrating: Entrepreneurship beyond imitation, certainty, and comfort, Leite, E., Journal of Entrepreneurial Researchers, 2026

Critical assets and value networks in resilient innovation ecosystems in the EU Outermost Regions, Schwabe, O.; Leite, E.; Lopez, J. D.; Addi, K.; & Almeida, N., 23rd CIB World Building Congress (WBC2025), West Lafayette, 2025

Editorial-Cultivating entrepreneurial ecosystems at the crossroads of education and systemic innovation, Leite, E., Journal of Entrepreneurial Researchers, 2025

Editorial-From closed science to open science, towards a human-centred ethos of innovation, Leite, E., Journal of Entrepreneurial Researchers, 2025

Editorial-Quest for knowledge: The tenacity behind innovation, Leite, E., Journal of Entrepreneurial Researchers, 2025

Importance of Location in Hospitality Entrepreneurship Projects, Youssef, A.; Levcenco, V.; Leite, E. M. A.; Alves, S. R.; Bertuzi, R.; & Ribeiro, H., 18th Annual Conference of the EuroMed Academy of Business (EMAB)?Exploring New Horizons in Business and Management, 2025

Innovation and competitiveness in hospitality projects: The case of YOTEL Porto, Oliveira, B., Roque, J. M., Caires, M.; Leite, E. M. de A.; Ribeiro, H. N. R.; Alves, S. R. P.; Correia, R.; Silva, A. F. da., 128th International Scientific Conference on Economic and Social Development ?Global Challenges: Artificial Intelligence and Sustainability?, 2025

Near Failures as Strategic Inflection Points. Journal of Strategy and Management, de Almeida Leite, E. M.; Audretsch, D.; Kariv, D.; Dana, L. P., Journal of Strategy and Management, 2025

Academic Qualifications

PhD in Gestão, 2013, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro

Current Duties

Director of the Degree in - diretor.dgh.1c@mail.uma.pt

Membro of the Assembly of the Escola Superior de Tecnologias e Gestão

Member of the Polytechnic Pedagogical Council

Membro do Conselho Técnico-Científico of the Escola Superior de Tecnologias e Gestão

Vice-Presidente of the Escola Superior de Tecnologias e Gestão