Presentation Review of Entrepreneurship

The Revue de l’Entrepreneuriat / Review of Entrepreneurship exists since 2001 and constitutes the official journal of the French Academy of Entrepreneurship and Innovation. In nearly 25 years of existence, this bilingual scientific journal (French-English), peer-reviewed and entirely independent, has achieved a high level of quality in published articles and enjoys particular recognition within the international management and business sciences community. It is notably ranked level 2 by the FNEGE and indexed in Scopus since 2022.

Mission and Objectives

The journal’s mission is to enable researchers in entrepreneurship, innovation, and SMEs to communicate their research work and submit their reflections on entrepreneurial and innovative practices to scientific critique. It is interested in actors, contexts, and support mechanisms through a multidisciplinary approach that connects entrepreneurship to other disciplines in management sciences and social sciences.

Target Audience

The journal is primarily addressed to researchers, professors, and students in management sciences, but also to a broad audience including business leaders, entrepreneurs, association managers, local community actors, and public institutions wishing to follow knowledge developments in the entrepreneurial field.

Scientific Requirements and Formats

Published articles respect rigorous scientific standards in terms of conceptual, theoretical, and methodological framework. The journal favors realistic research that engages with contemporary challenges of our society. It welcomes empirical, theoretical, and methodological work, as well as critical literature reviews, valorizing all research approaches according to the epistemologies of management sciences.

The journal offers two publication formats: the standard academic article and the research note, a shorter format intended to provide updates on emerging themes or ongoing debates in the entrepreneurship field.

International Reach

Although predominantly francophone, the journal actively develops its international openness. It welcomes contributions from non-francophone researchers and encourages international comparative studies. Special issues led by internationally renowned guest editors constitute a priority development axis. The journal is indexed in Scopus, EIRH, CrossRef, and Cairn, and aims for integration into the Web of Science as well as reference international rankings.

Recognition and Rankings

The journal is ranked level 2 by the FNEGE and appears in international rankings (German and Finnish to date), testifying to its growing recognition within the international scientific community. It benefits from a constantly increasing citation rate and counts among its authors numerous internationally renowned researchers.

The Revue de l’Entrepreneuriat / Review of Entrepreneurship is owned by the Académie de l’Entrepreneuriat et de l’Innovation (AEI) since 2001. In its nearly 25 years of existence, the journal has achieved a high level of quality in the articles it publishes and is recognized within the management science community. It is indexed at rank 2 in the FNEGE 2019 ranking and joined the SCOPUS ranking in 2022. The publication is headed by AEI President Jean-François Sattin (Professeur des Universités, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne) for the 2023–2026 term. Since June 2020, the Académie de l’Entrepreneuriat et de l’Innovation has been the publisher of the Revue de l’Entrepreneuriat / Review of Entrepreneurship. This means that the copyright to published articles is assigned by the authors to the Académie de l’Entrepreneuriat et de l’Innovation. This assignment is formally made at the time of publication of the article in the Review. This interweaving ensures coherence and cross-communication between the journal and the research association, with the shared aim of promoting high-quality research in entrepreneurship. 

The governance of the Revue de l’Entrepreneuriat / Review of Entrepreneurship is divided into several circles. Each mandate is for three years, renewable once.

Organization and governance

1. Editor-in-chief (1^stcircle of governance) :

Cyrine Ben Hafaïedh (Full Professor, IESEG School of Management, Paris) and Anaïs Hamelin (Professor, University of Strasbourg). The editors-in-chief represent the Revue de l’Entrepreneuriat / Review of Entrepreneurship in dealings with various institutions and partners. They are responsible for managing submissions: desk rejects, assigning submissions to reviewers, monitoring and managing the flow of submissions, arbitrating in the event of disagreement between reviewers, and drafting editorial notices. They manage and organize the publication of issues. They lead the committee of associate editors. In liaison with AEI, they develop the methods of distributing the Review’s articles.

     # Editorial secretary: Jean-Loup Soula (Associate Professor, EM Strasbourg Business School, University of Strasbourg)

The editors work closely with an editorial secretary, who is responsible for monitoring the process (from submission to publication) and liaising between the editors, associate editors, authors, and reviewers. The secretary is also in charge of communications for the Revue de l’Entrepreneuriat / Review of Entrepreneurship, notably on social networks, and liaises with CAIRN’s Manuscript Manager platform, in coordination with AEI.

2. Editorial Committee – associate editors (2^nd circle of governance)

The editors-in-chief bring together a team of colleagues committed to disseminating and promoting the Revue de l’Entrepreneuriat / Review of Entrepreneurship. This team participates in defining the magazine’s strategy and policy (notably through the formalization of processes). The associate editors, according to their areas of expertise, are responsible for monitoring evaluations and proposing editorial decisions to the editors-in-chief.

The decisions in which they participate concern the editorial line, international openness, bilingual positioning, choice of special issues, mode of distribution, and actions to increase the impact factor and maintain or even increase the position of the Revue de l’Entrepreneuriat / Review of Entrepreneurship in the rankings. 

As of August 2025, the associate editors are:

• Maksim Belitski, Professor, University of Reading, United Kingdom
• Béatrice Boulu-Reshef, Professor, University of Orléans, France
• Claire Champenois, Professor, Audencia Business School, France
• Dimo Dimov, Professor, University of Bath, United Kingdom
• Laëtitia Gabay-Mariani, Associate Professor, Kedge Business School, France
• Julie Hermans, Professor, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium
• Waleed Omri, Associate Professor, Excelia Business School, France
• Frédéric Ooms, Professor, HEC Liège, University of Liège, Belgium
• Orestis Terzidis, Professor, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
• Erno Tornikoski, Professor, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman College of Business & Entrepreneurship, Saudi Arabia

These governance circles are interwoven, insofar as members involved in the Revue de l’Entrepreneuriat / Review of Entrepreneurship may move from one circle to another. Future editors-in-chief may be found in the associate editors’ committee, which is fed by members who contribute to the journal, particularly in terms of evaluation.

3. Scientific Committee (3^rd circle of governance) :

The Scientific Committee brings together the leading researchers in the field of entrepreneurship, ensuring that the journal remains firmly rooted in this field. One category of colleagues stands out in this circle: honorary members, who are now emeritus but who have made a major contribution to the development of the journal and the field of entrepreneurship.

Its current composition, which may change in the future, is as follows:

• Laurice Alexandre, Professor, Paris Cité University
• Bruno Amann, Professor, University of Pau
• Mohamed Bayad, Professor, CNAM
• Pierre-Jean Benghozi, Professor, Ecole Polytechnique 
• Robert Blackburn, Professor, University of Liverpool, UK
• Jean-Pierre Boissin, Professor, Grenoble Alpes University
• Hamid Bouchikhi, Professor, ESSEC business school
• Sonia Boussaguet, Professor, NEOMA Business School
• Sophie Boutillier, Senior Lecturer (HDR), University of Littoral
• Louise Cadieux, Professor, University of Québec – Trois-Rivières, Canada
• Marie-Christine Chalus-Sauvannet, Professor, Lyon 3 University
• Régis Coeurderoy, Professor, ESCP-EUROPE
• Léo-Paul Dana, Professor, Montpellier Business School
• Aude D’Andria, Senior Lecturer -HDR, University of Evry
• Julien De Freyman, Professor, South Champagne Business School
• Alfredo De Massis, Full Professor, University of Bozen Bolzano
• Clay Dibrell, Associate Professor, University of Mississippi State
• Sandrine Emin, Senior Lecturer, University of Angers
• Olivier Germain, Professor, University of Québec – Montréal, Canada
• Gaël Gueguen, Professor, Toulouse Business School
• Valérie Inès de la Ville, Professor, IAE Poitiers
• Philippe Desbrières, Professor, University of Burgundy
• Véronique Favre-Bonte, Professor, Savoie Mont Blanc University
• Benoît Gailly, Professor, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium
• Gilles Garel, Professor, CNAM Paris
• William B. Gartner, Professor, Babson College, USA
• Gilles Guieu, Professor, Aix Marseille University
• Frank Hermann, Professor, University of Vienna, Austria
• Kevin Hindle, Professor, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
• Annabelle Jaouen, Associate Professor, Montpellier Business School, France
• Frank Janssen, Professor, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium
• Estelle Jouison Lafitte, Senior Lecturer, University of Bordeaux
• Jill Kickul, Professor, USC Marshall School of Business, USA
• Hans Landstrom, Professor, Lund University, Sweden
• Typhaine Lebègue, Senior Lecturer, IAE Tours
• Séverine Leloarne, Professor, Grenoble Ecole de Managemen
• Frédéric Le Roy, Professor, University of Montpellier I
• Pierre Louart, Professor, University of Lille I
• Gerard McElwee, Professor, Huddersfield University, UK
• Ulrike Mayrhofer, Professor, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, France
• Bachir Mazouz, Professor, ENAP Montreal, Canada
• Karim Messeghem, Professor, University of Montpellier 1
• Caroline Mothe, Professor, Savoie Mont-Blanc University
• Simon Parker, Professor, Ivey Business School at Western University, Canada
• Miruna Radu-Lefebvre, Professor, Audencia Nantes
•  Pascal Philippart, Professor, University of Lille
•  Kathleen Randerson, Associate Professor, Audencia Nantes, France
• Christophe Schmitt, Professor, University of Lorraine
•  Ali Smida, Professor, University Paris 13
•  Isabelle Royer, Professor, University of Lyon 3
• Olivier Torrès, Professor, University of Montpellier 1
• Catherine Thévenard-Puthod, Professor, Savoie Mont-Blanc University
• Azzedine Tounès, Professor, INSEEC Lyon
•  Dimitri Uzunidis, Professor, University of Littoral
•  Thierry Verstraete, Professor, University of Bordeaux
• Peter Wirtz, Professor, University of Lyon 3
•  Shaker Zahra, Professor, Carlson School of Minnesota, USA

            # Honorary members

• Camille Carrier, Professor, University of Québec – Trois-Rivières, Canada
• Alain Desreumaux, Professor, University of Lille
• Emile-Michel Hernandez, Professor, University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne France
• Alain Fayolle, Professor, EM Lyon
• Louis Jacques Filion, Professor, HEC Montréal, Canada
• Yvon Gasse, Professor, Laval University, Quebec, Canada
• Michel Marchesnay, Professor, University of Montpellier 
• Bertrand Saporta, Professor Emeritus, Bordeaux IV University

4. Assessors’ Committee (4^th circle of governance)

Eventually, this committee will be made up of committed French- and English-speaking reviewers who respect reviewer guidelines. At the end of each year, the latest issue will list the reviewers who have contributed to the journal during the calendar year. In this way, the Revue de l’Entrepreneuriat / Review of Entrepreneurship recognizes the commitment and valuable work of colleagues in ensuring the smooth running of the journal.

            # Former editorial teams

  2020-2023 :

• Céline Barrédy, Professor,  Paris Nanterre University, Nanterre, France
• Bérangère Deschamps, Professor, Grenoble Alpes University, Grenoble, France
• Hedi Yezza, Assistant Professor, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada

  2014-2020:

• Didier Chabaud, Professor, IAE de Paris, Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne University
• Sylvie Sammut, Professor, Institut Montpellier Management, University of Montpellier
• Jean-Michel Degeorge, HDR Senior Lecturer, Mines Saint-Etienne

  2009-2014:

• Jean-Pierre Boissin, Professor, Pierre Mendès France University, Grenoble
• Alain Fayolle, Professor, EM Lyon, Visiting Professor at Solvay Business School,
  University Libre de Bruxelles
• Karim Messeghem, Professor,  Montpellier 1 University

  2006-2009:

• Robert Paturel, Professor, University of Toulon and of var
• Alain Fayolle, Professor, EM Lyon, Visiting Professor at Solvay Business School, University Libre de Bruxelles

  2001-2006:

• Robert Paturel, Professor, University of Toulon and of Var
• Bertrand Saporta, Professor Emeritus, Bordeaux IV University

Preamble

The Revue de l’Entrepreneuriat / Review of Entrepreneurship is committed to maintaining the highest standards of integrity and ethics in scientific publishing. This charter specifies the principles and rules that the journal, its authors, and evaluators commit to respect, in compliance with international recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the requirements of international indexing databases.

1. Fundamental Principles

The journal is based on three fundamental pillars that guide all its editorial activities. The first pillar concerns scientific quality and editorial rigor. The journal implements a rigorous and transparent peer review process, guarantees its editorial independence from any external influence, and bases article selection solely on their scientific quality. It also respects diversity and equality in all its selection and evaluation processes.

The second pillar focuses on transparency and accessibility. The journal commits to providing clear information about its editorial and evaluation processes, maintains a free publication policy without charges for authors, ensures accessibility of all editorial information on its website, and provides clear contacts and coordinates for its editorial board.

The third pillar concerns research ethics. The journal requires compliance with ethical standards for any research involving human participants, conformity with personal data protection regulations, and commits to publishing only research conducted according to the strictest ethical standards of the international scientific community.

2. Editorial Process

The journal’s editorial process is structured around rigorously supervised peer review. Each submission undergoes double-blind evaluation guaranteeing mutual anonymity of authors and evaluators. A minimum of two evaluators is systematically solicited for each article entering the evaluation process. The journal ensures the absence of conflicts of interest between authors and evaluators, and commits to providing a first response to authors within a maximum of three months.

Editorial decisions can take several forms depending on the quality and adequacy of the submission. Immediate rejection may be pronounced if the article does not correspond to the journal’s field or presents prohibitive defects. Acceptance may be granted with or without minor revisions when the article meets quality standards. Major revisions may be requested, involving complete re-evaluation by peers. Finally, definitive rejection may be pronounced after complete evaluation if the article does not meet the journal’s requirements.

The journal implements systematic quality controls at each stage of the process. Automatic plagiarism verification is performed before any evaluation, anonymity of submissions is scrupulously controlled, conformity to formatting guidelines is verified, and all evaluation processes are documented and archived, allowing traceability of decisions.

3. Author Obligations

Authors submitting to the journal commit to respecting strict standards of originality and scientific integrity. Any submission must present original research that has neither been previously published nor simultaneously submitted to another publication. Authors guarantee the absence of plagiarism or substantial self-plagiarism in their work and commit to appropriately citing all works used or consulted. The authenticity of presented data is guaranteed, excluding any falsification or fabrication.

Regarding authorship and contributions, all authors who have contributed significantly to the research work must be mentioned as co-authors. The order of authors must be defined jointly by all contributors, and prior agreement of all co-authors is required before any submission. The journal applies a strict policy concerning author modifications during the evaluation process, accepting such changes only in exceptional and duly justified circumstances.

Transparency constitutes a fundamental commitment of authors towards the journal and the scientific community. Authors systematically declare all potential conflicts of interest, explicitly mention all funding received for their research, respect the confidentiality of their study participants, and commit to providing their primary data if verification becomes necessary within the evaluation process.

For research involving human participants, authors respect particularly rigorous ethical standards. Free and informed consent from all participants must be collected prior to the study. Approval from a competent ethics committee may be required depending on the nature of the research. Anonymization of all personal data is systematically ensured, and the physical and psychological well-being of participants is an absolute priority in the design and conduct of research.

4. Evaluator Responsibilities

Evaluators play a crucial role in maintaining the journal’s scientific quality and assume important responsibilities towards the scientific community. Regarding competence and availability, they commit to accepting evaluation only of manuscripts for which they possess appropriate expertise. Respecting evaluation deadlines, set at a maximum of forty-five days, constitutes a firm commitment. Evaluators systematically recuse themselves in case of incompetence in the treated domain or unavailability preventing them from conducting quality evaluation.

Objectivity and fairness guide all evaluation work. Evaluators base their evaluation solely on the manuscript’s scientific content, excluding any form of discrimination related to race, gender, nationality, institutional affiliation, or any other personal characteristics of the authors. They identify and report possible similarities with other published works, and draw attention to relevant publications that might have been omitted by the authors.

Confidentiality constitutes an unavoidable principle of evaluation activity. Received manuscripts are treated strictly confidentially, and the information they contain cannot be used by evaluators before their possible publication. Manuscripts must not be kept after evaluation, and their content cannot under any circumstances be disclosed to unauthorized third parties.

5. Management of Ethical Misconduct

The journal has established a structured process to address potential ethical misconduct. Any complaint received is subject to serious treatment and thorough investigation, with systematic conservation of related documentation. Communication is established with concerned authors to obtain necessary clarifications, and the entire investigation process remains strictly confidential until its conclusion.

Depending on the severity of identified misconduct, different sanctions may be applied. A simple warning may be addressed to the author in case of minor misconduct or ignorance of rules. A request for correction or clarification may be formulated when manuscript elements require modification. Article withdrawal from publication may be decided in case of serious misconduct. The author’s affiliation institution may be informed of the situation according to circumstances. A temporary embargo on new submissions may be pronounced in case of recurrence or particularly serious misconduct.

The journal applies clear retraction policies in specific situations. Article retraction may be decided in case of proven plagiarism or self-plagiarism, data fabrication or falsification, serious violation of research ethics, or major errors invalidating presented results. Any retraction is subject to transparent procedure and appropriate communication to the scientific community.

6. Journal Commitment

The journal engages in a continuous improvement approach to its editorial practices. It proceeds with regular renewal of its editorial committees to maintain expertise and avoid conflicts of interest, ensures continuous training of its editorial teams on evolving best practices, updates its policies according to international standard evolutions, and conducts periodic evaluation of all its processes.

Supporting the scientific community constitutes an essential mission of the journal. It commits to responding to authors’ and readers’ questions in the best timeframes, publishing necessary corrections when errors are identified after publication, promoting good research practices in entrepreneurship, and particularly accompanying young researchers in their publication process.

The journal maintains its alignment with the most demanding international standards. It respects Committee on Publication Ethics recommendations and implements international best practices. It strives to meet the requirements of major international indexing databases such as Web of Science and Scopus. Its commitment to excellence and international recognition guides all its strategic decisions. It actively participates in international editorial networks to share best practices and contribute to the evolution of the scientific editorial landscape.

7. Contact and Complaints

For any question related to publication ethics or to formulate a complaint, the community may directly address the editors-in-chief at c.benhafaiedh@ieseg.fr and anais.hamelin@unistra.fr , or the editorial secretary at revue-entrepreneuriat@entrepreneuriat.com. The journal commits to treating all requests with diligence and in respect of confidentiality.

This ethics charter is subject to regular updates to reflect international standard evolutions and integrate feedback from the scientific community. It constitutes the foundation of good practices for the Revue de l’Entrepreneuriat / Review of Entrepreneurship in its mission of disseminating quality scientific knowledge.