Senior Lecturer in Management
I joined higher education in 2017. My research focuses on the firm's innovation and productivity. I am currently working on the virtuous relationship between a firm's innovation, exports and sustainability practices of firms operating in peripheral regions.
I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and provide consulting services to SMEs operating in peripheral regions.
Teaching and supervision
I teach:
- MSc International Business Management
- Master of Business Administration MBA
- Master of Business Administration (with PgCert)
I lead modules PGBM150 – Innovation, Entrepreneurship And Technology Transfer and MGTM03 – Digital Enterprise And Innovation.
Research interests for potential research students
I accept PhD students on the the following themes:
- Firm's innovation
- Firm's sustainability
- Entrepreneurship
Research
My research focuses on the firm's innovation and productivity. I am currently working on the virtuous relationship between a firm's innovation, exports and sustainability practices of firms operating in peripheral regions. I assisted the Innovation Observatory program to monitor firms' innovation activities in north-east England. On top of that, I have developed software to identify a firm's core competency level, which will be transformed into a commercial-based project targeting firms in the near future.
My interests and expertise include long-term growth of small and medium-scale enterprises, entrepreneurship innovation and sustainability of firms.