Vanessa Ratten is an Associate Professor (Entrepreneurship and Innovation) at La Trobe Business School, La Trobe University. Dr. Ratten is the discipline coordinator of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at La Trobe Business School. She teaches both undergraduate, postgraduate and Executive Education courses on Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Sport Innovation, Management and Marketing for Sustainable Value Creation and Entrepreneurial Business Planning. Ratten's main research areas include entrepreneurship (especially sport entrepreneurship, developing country entrepreneurship and international entrepreneurship) and innovation (focusing on technological innovation, cloud computing, mobile commerce). She has published on a wide range of subjects including European entrepreneurship, Asian entrepreneurship and tourism marketing. More recently, Dr. Ratten has co-edited the Springer book 'Entrepreneurship and Management in an Islamic Context' (2017).