Ines Gonçalves is a PhD student in Finance at Nova SBE with interests in entrepreneurship, innovation, corporate finance and public policy. She has a BA in Economics and a Master in Finance from Nova SBE. Prior to joining the PhD, she was a Research Assistant at the Ministry of Finance, Statistics National Institute (INE), as well as a Trainee at the Economic Research Division at the European Investment Bank, in Luxembourg. She also spent a year working at the Portuguese Representation at the OECD, in Paris.