Dr Savvas Papagiannidis is a Senior Lecturer in Management in the Newcastle University Business School and the Head of the Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Ebusiness Subject Group. He holds a PhD in Theoretical Physics and a second doctorate in Business Administration. Upon completion of his PhD he joined the ebusiness@newcastle research team, working on a number of Internet-related research projects. His work has been published in several academic journals and presented at international conferences. His research interests include management of Internet and emerging technologies, high-technology entrepreneurship, e-marketing and e-learning. Savvas has started a number of electronic business ventures and also worked as a freelance Internet developer, winning entrepreneurial awards.