Denis J. Garand

Entrepreneurship, Small Business Management & International Strategy Professor at Université Laval (Québec City), Dr. Garand has served as Associate Editor at “Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship - JSBE” and “Revue internationale P.M.E. - RIPME” from 2000 to 2013. His research interests include HRM in SMEs (highly-qualified personnel), cross-campus entrepreneurship education, entrepreneurial vision, intent and strategies (differentiation, growth, internationalization, mergers & acquisitions). From 2002-07, he has created and implemented the Entrepreneurial Profile at Laval U., giving undergraduates enrolled in 40 programs the opportunity to develop their entrepreneurial competences and realistic project before they graduate. Until 2015, he has led an applied study aiming (1) to raise awareness and promote entrepreneurship among life / health sciences academics, graduate students and fellows; (2) to support their socio-economic benefits grant applications and implementation; (3) to coach them towards potential commercialization of their discoveries. Boosting Entrepreneurial Skills & Training: BEST in genomics! promotes a national implementation of a more intra- and entrepreneurial mindset and culture among scientists from a wide diversity of sectors. More recently, he has been involved in Entrepreneurship Education projects and courses, mainly on (1) Women entrepreneurs in STEM; (2) the Millenials and other generations; (3) Fintech and Cleantech innovations and strategies; (4) venturing in the digital world (Industry 4.0, AI, machine-learning…). Since 2019, he is supervising cohorts of 35-40 international students, completing their Global Business MBA in English at U. Laval. Besides, for 30 years, he has been very close and fully aware of the challenges, opportunities and local / international strategies of the hospitality industry, owning a B&B for a decade and supervising graduate students in this field.