📢Don't miss the #ecosystem discussion during the R&D Management Conference 2021 👉Track on "Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and the Role of Place: Synthesising Insights from Micro, Meso, and Macro-Level Studies" ⏰Date and time: Wednesday, 7th July, 3-5pm (GMT+1)

Just presented my research on mobility and mutation of business accelerator model in resource constrained territories at #RnDConf2021. Thank you Christina Theodoraki, PhD @JamesC_Strategy Ralph Henn and Martina Buratti for feedback and suggestions. R&D Conferences R&D Today University of Strathclyde

May you get the highest place in Jannah, and may God give your family the strength to cope with this loss, and the justice and closure they need. Rest in peace, Noor Mukadam.

Some of the findings from my (non-accelerated) Phd research on how accelerators adjust to the needs of territorial ecosystems.

September newsletter out now! Techniques can evolve (accelerator model, roadmapping); we discuss the potential and review research about how technology platforms are used to support virtual value chains. mailchi.mp/1609943c7902/r… Fizza Khalid Paavo Ritala Marin Jovanovic Alberto Di Minin

Oraan raises $3M to increase financial inclusion among Pakistani women tcrn.ch/3m0mnFt by Catherine Shu 🧶

What do you know about cultivating ecosystems, talent management, and job quality? We’ve just released a new series of reports that synthesize the current research on key topics in the #SGB sector: andeglobal.org/knowledge-hub/ Join the discussion series: rb.gy/52ftbz

Extremely happy and humbled to share that I passed my viva today with no corrections at all. All thanks to my supervisors @ben_spigel and @fumi_kitagawa, thesis examiners Saurabh Lall and Ralu Bunduchi and session chair Sarah Cooper. And to many kind and knowledgeable people.

My supervisors are the best!! All thanks to them for patiently correcting my drafts.

Can’t be thankful enough for your support all these years.

Massive congratulations to Fizza Chaudhry from the Entrepreneurship and Innovation group, who successfully defended her thesis at the Viva on 16th November! Well done on reaching this milestone in your PhD journey! #uoebusiness #uebslife #vivasuccess

My post viva examiner report says “the candidate performed exceptionally well during the viva”, but all I recall is I started with shivering fingers out of excitement or nervousness and ended up crying out of overwhelming happiness. And I don’t remember what happened in between.

Our paper from @EriccProject is out now in Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, focussing on emotional strategies of high-growth firms during #COVID19, with @ben_spigel @drnickwilliams Sarah Jack Suzanne Mawson doi.org/10.1080/089856…

Our paper on new venture builder model of acceleration just came out in International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal. @ben_spigel, @Progris and I use Alacrity’s Global Ecosystem to introduce a networked model of acceleration. Check it here, Link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Next weekend, I’ll donate 30-35cm of my hair to Little Princess Trust. They provide free, real hair wigs to children who have lost their hair to any medical condition. I am also fundraising to sponsor the wig which costs £550. Can you support? justgiving.com/fundraising/fi…

Do #accelerators help startups access higher-status investors? My latest research, w/ benhallen & Sung finds many are status springboards: Startups raise from higher-status investors (but some are sand traps) Strategic Management Journal Terry College | UGA onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/sm…

Happy to share that I have joined NUST Business School NUST as Assistant Professor. Looking forward to utilize and build on my teaching and research experience in entrepreneurhsip and innovation at University of Edinburgh Business School.

Our paper on new forms of accelerator model is out in Revue de L’Entrepreneuriat! @ben_spigel and I look at #accelerators as an assemblage of mobilized practices and mutated forms and functions in developing ecosystems. Take a look at; cairn.info/revue-de-l-ent…

🎙️ Special Issue ONLINE WEBINAR Revue de l'Entrepreneuriat / Review of Entrepreneurship, Advances in entrepreneurial ecosystem and places: time, space and context🚀 📅 JUNE 20th at 4pm CET 👉 ZOOM Registration lnkd.in/eSb-xTTs

Just published 💜 How to write a good entrepreneurship and small business article ✍️ tandfonline.com/eprint/9DWFYVP…