Research

Not surprisingly, research into enterprise covers a wide spectrum of areas. Including: learning for entrepreneurship & enterprise education; managing for regeneration, sustainability and growth; business support policy and practice; business creation and business closure; networks, innovation and resource acquisition; gender and enterprise; ICT, IT and e-business in the small firm sector; finance, venture capital, taxation and regulation; creative industries entrepreneurship; social, environmental and ethical enterprise; entrepreneurship in minority groups; family business.

If you are interested in postgraduate research training working towards a PhD in any area of enterprise please contact Professor Nigel Lockett. You will be part of an energetic research environment with opportunities for dynamic interaction with students and faculty members from across the globe. Leeds University Business School (LUBS) offers a challenging and vibrant atmosphere that will stimulate your thoughts, focus your work and prepare you for the future. Relevant LUBS research centres:

• Centre for Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (C-TIE)
• Credit Management Research Centre (CMRC)
• Technology and Innovation Group (TIGr)
  

LEC is a sponsor for the Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE), which is the UK’s largest and most well established network for individuals and organisations involved in small business and entrepreneurship research, enterprise support and advice, entrepreneurship education and for those who formulate, deliver and evaluate policy in this area. All LEC staff are members of ISBE and Professor Nigel Lockett is currently the President.

Dr Sarah Underwood chairs the ISBE Social and Sustainable Enterprise Network (SSEN) special interest group.

Dr Sally Jones is an Organising Committee member of the ISBE Gender and Enterprise Network (GEN) special interest group. 

Professor Susan Marlow is Visiting Professor.

Entrepreneurship and small business development journals:

Grade Four

• Journal of Business Venturing
• Entrepreneurship, Theory and Practice
  

Grade Three

• International Small Business Journal
• Entrepreneurship and Regional Development
• Small Business Economics
• Journal of Small Business Management
• Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal
  

Grade Two

• Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development
• International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior and Research
• Venture Capital: An International Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance
• International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
• Family Business Review

Grade One

• Journal of International Entrepreneurship
• World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development
• Journal of Enterprising Culture
• International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal
• Journal of Entrepreneurship
• Social Enterprise

ISBE Conference abstracts