Letter from the editors.

Tucci, Jack ; Clouse, Wil

Welcome to the Entrepreneurial Executive. The EE is an official journal of the Academy of Entrepreneurship[R], a non-profit association of scholars and practitioners whose purpose is to advance the knowledge, understanding, and teaching of entrepreneurship throughout the world. We publish articles of practical interest to entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial scholars, alike. Consequently, we solicit manuscripts from both groups. The manuscripts in this issue have been double blind referred by our Editorial Board and the acceptance rate corresponds to our policy of 25%.

The Entrepreneurial Executive is funded by the proceeds of membership dues and conference registration fees at Academy of Entrepreneurship[R] and Allied Academies meetings. We do not receive funding support from any university or agency. We encourage readers to become members of the Academy and to attend conference meetings in the spring, summer and fall. Upcoming conferences are announced on the Allied Academies home page, which also contains information about the organization, its affiliates and its journals. In addition, instructions for submitting manuscripts are displayed on the home page.

Jack Tucci

Mississippi State University

Wil Clouse

Vanderbilt University

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