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Organisation profile
Organisation profile
The Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship is a vibrant research centre, with staff having built substantial portfolios of research publications and several are actively involved as editors of leading peer reviewed journals, including Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, International Small Business Journal and Venture Capital: An International Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance.
There is a growing community of research students in the department (currently 15 students are registered for PhD or MRes degrees). There are regular research seminars, and the Department hosts the annual Scottish Entrepreneurship Research Seminar and Doctoral Workshop each May.
Research themes in the Department focus on different aspects of the entrepreneurial process, including:
- Entrepreneurship Activity
- Entrepreneurial Resources
- Entrepreneurial contexts
- Entrepreneurial Wealth and Philanthropy
- Entrepreneurship policy
- Entrepreneurial Learning
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In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Our work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Profiles
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Sherine Abdel-Salam Mohamed
- Hunter Centre For Entrepreneurship, Strategy And Innovation - Teaching Fellow
Person: Teaching Only, Doctor of Philosophy
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Susan Aktemel
- Hunter Centre For Entrepreneurship, Strategy And Innovation - Visiting Professor
Person: Visiting Professor
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ALTRA
Lemac-Vincere, S. (Principal Investigator)
Scottish Government - Education and Training
1/10/25 → 31/03/26
Project: Knowledge Exchange
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Beyon Navigate Leadership Development Programme
Smith, M. (Principal Investigator) & Jefferson, L. (Co-investigator)
1/09/25 → 30/05/26
Project: Knowledge Exchange (Training / Short Course)
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Made Smarter Innovation - Amplifying the Impact of Ingeract
MacBryde, J. (Principal Investigator), Ates, A. (Co-investigator) & Lindsay, C. (Co-investigator)
ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council)
1/04/25 → 31/03/26
Project: Research
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Bridging the experience gap: cognitive biases and heuristics in the internationalization of small firms
Faroque, A. R., Casulli, L., Kuivalainen, O. & Sundqvist, S., 7 Nov 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research. 45 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Business model innovation in the context of crisis: a qualitative longitudinal analysis
Ramli, K., Prokop, D., Mawson, S., Kitagawa, F., Vorley, T., Gherhes, C., Campopiano, G. & Spigel, B., 5 Nov 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: The Journal of Technology Transfer. 50 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Review of Foundation Scotland’s Approach to Community Benefit Funds
Gowens, R., Hannon, M., Roberts, J. J., Cairns, I. & Major, L., 31 Oct 2025, Glasgow: University of Strathclyde. 88 p.Research output: Book/Report › Other report
Open Access
Datasets
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Data for: "Act or Wait-and-See? Adversity, Agility, and Entrepreneur Wellbeing across Countries during the COVID-19 Pandemic"
Stephan, U. (Creator), Zbierowski, P. (Creator), Pérez-Luño, A. (Creator), Wach, D. (Creator), Wiklund, J. (Creator), Alba Cabañas, M. (Creator), Barki, E. (Creator), Benzari, A. (Creator), Bernhard-Oettel, C. (Creator), Boekhorst, J. A. (Creator), Dash, A. (Creator), Efendic, A. (Creator), Eib, C. (Creator), Hanard, P.-J. (Creator), Iakovleva, T. (Creator), Kawakatsu, S. (Creator), Khalid, S. (Creator), Leatherbee, M. (Creator), Li, J. (Creator), Parker, S. K. (Creator), Qu, J. (Creator), Rosati, F. (Creator), Sahasranamam, S. (Creator), Salusse, M. A. Y. (Creator), Sekiguchi, T. (Creator), Thomas, N. (Creator), Torrès, O. (Creator), Tran, M. H. (Creator), Ward, M. K. (Creator), Williamson, A. J. (Creator) & Zahid, M. M. (Creator), figshare, 17 Mar 2023
DOI: 10.25384/sage.c.6040386.v1
Dataset
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Policy Brief, Issue 9/What is really social innovation in practice?
Gök, A. (Creator), Zenodo, 17 Mar 2023
Dataset
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Data for: "Mapping the Landscape of Creative Industries Research in Scotland"
Wells, J. R. (Creator) & Bernal, M. (Creator), 20 Nov 2017
Dataset
Prizes
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2017 Emerald/INDAM Indian Management Research Fund Award
Sahasranamam, S. (Recipient) & Chatterjee, D. (Recipient), 1 Dec 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Academy of International Business Best Conference Reviewer
Casulli, L. (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Activities
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Expert Evaluator & Rapporteur for the European Commission Horizon Europe Programme
Ates, A. (External Examiner)
23 Sept 2025 → …Activity: Examination
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IRI Workshop: Innovation in Action: A Case Study Workshop on Disciplined Innovation
Ates, A. (Speaker) & Suppayah, K. (Speaker)
30 Sept 2025Activity: Public Engagement and Outreach › Public Events
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Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Organisational unit)
Ates, A. (Chair)
1 Aug 2025 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
Impacts
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Enhancing entrepreneurial policy, ecosystems and firm growth
Levie, J. (Participant), Shaw, E. (Participant) & Drakopoulou Dodd, S. (Participant)
Impact: Impact - for External Portal › Economic and commerce
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The Role of Women Entrepreneurs in UK Economic Development
Carter, S. (Participant) & Shaw, E. (Participant)
Impact: Impact - for External Portal › Economic and commerce, Policy and legislation
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Student theses
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A multi-level exploration of academic intentions to participate in academic entrepreneurship
Johnson, M. (Author), Mwaura, S. (Supervisor) & Monsen, E. (Supervisor), 14 Dec 2020Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
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An investigation into how strategic alignment is achieved in an innovation ecosystem : a case study of the Fintech ecosystem in Scotland
Sunner, A. (Author), Ates, A. (Supervisor) & McKiernan, P. (Supervisor), 27 Jul 2022Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
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Artificial intelligence ethics in banking : a phenomenological enquiry
Cuthbert, G. (Author), Dörfler, V. (Supervisor) & McKiernan, P. (Supervisor), 15 May 2024Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis