Small Firms and Local Economic Networks

Expertise All aspects of small business and entrepreneurship; small business management; employment; growth; innovation; IP management; environmental practices; business exit; regional and international dimensions; public policy initiatives and evaluations.Reviewer for book publishers (eg. Sage), research councils (ESRC; Leverhulme; Nuffield) and journals. Research Interest(s) Extensive research portfolio for academic (eg ESRC), private (eg HSBC) and public (eg HM Treasury; EU Commission) organisations. Expertise in primary and secondary data collection and analyses; engaged in qualitative and quantitative research methods. Editor of International Small Business Journal Teaching Engaged in postgraduate teaching programmes linked to entrepreneurship and small business; supervision and examination experience at masters and doctorate levels. Memberships Member of RAE2008 and REF2014 Business and Management sub-panel Member of ACCA Small Firms Committee Member of Association of Business Schools Research Committee Member of Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship Member of the British Academy of Management Member of Academicians of the Academy of Social Science; Holder of the Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion

Local Economies Localities and Small Firms Inter-Firm Linkages and Local Economies A New Study of Local Economies Small Firms, Their Owners and Relations with Localities Large Firms, Localities and Small Firms Enterprise and Locality in the 1990s

'This work deserves to be accepted as a watershed in our understanding of the importance of small firm linkages in the local economy' - International Journal of Entrepreneurship Behaviour and Research 'Altogether this is a very impressive study which draws several important conclusions which have major implications for the design and delivery of support services for smaller enterprises' - Small Business Perspective