Dr. Daniel Berliner is the Head of the Department of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Faculty of Business Administration, College of Management Academic Studies. He is a researcher and lecturer specializing in entrepreneurial finance, investor decision-making, and alternative finance, and completed his PhD at the University of Agder (UIA) in Norway. His research examines how investors evaluate new ventures under uncertainty, with a focus on signaling, investment rejection, and risk assessment in equity crowdfunding. He teaches at several institutions in Israel and abroad, including Ben-Gurion University, the University of Agder, and Tel-Hai University. Dr. Berliner serves as Israel’s representative on the Board of the European International Business Academy (EIBA) and is the Track Head for Equity Crowdfunding at the International Conference of Alternative Finance Research (ICAFR).