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Anchor Institutions and Regional Innovation Systems for supporting micro and small businesses
Culkin, Nigel (2016-07-16)The after-shocks of the global financial crisis, the EU Referendum, the growth in popularity of the Regional Innovation System (RIS), and the growing use of the term anchor institutions, have highlighted the crucial and ... -
‘Before University’ provision : enterprise education through the school curriculum
Culkin, Nigel; Brentnall, Catherine (Routledge, 2019-01-01)In this chapter the authors focus on enterprise education students experience before university. We consider the current state of play in English secondary schools, where a national programme situates enterprise as an ... -
Can a High-Tech Breakthrough Approach Deliver Novel Supply and Demand Solutions? A Study of Digital Cinema Rollout.
Culkin, Nigel (2017-07-24)Digitalization is the process of making digital everything that can be digitised to change a business model and provide new revenue and value-‐producing opportunities. However, difficulties exi ... -
The contribution of realist evaluation to critical analysis of the effectiveness of entrepreneurship education competitions
Brentnall, Catherine; Rodríguez, Iván Diego; Culkin, Nigel (2018-12-01)The purpose of this article is to explore the effectiveness of entrepreneurship education (EE) programmes through the lens of realist evaluation (RE). The interest of the authoring team – a practitioner–academic mix with ... -
Creating Innovative Regions: The role of universities in local growth and productivity
Culkin, Nigel (University Alliance, 2016-06-02)Our latest report aims to bust a myth – that the main contribution of universities to innovation is through the commercialisation of their research. Universities contribute so much more, particularly in their regions. ... -
Crisis and the Role of Money in the Real and Financial Economies - An Innovative Approach to Monetary Stimulus
Simmons, Richard; Dini, Paolo; Culkin, Nigel; Littera, Guiseppe (2021-03-20)‘Financial crisis’ is sometimes regarded as synonymous with ‘economic crisis’, but this is an oversimplification and risks missing the feedback loops between the financial and real economies. In this paper, the role of ... -
Critical Innovations in the UK Peer-to-Peer (P2P) and Equity Alternative Finance Markets for Small Firm Growth
Culkin, Nigel; Murzacheva, Ekaterina; Davis, Andy (2016-08-01)This paper examines the disruptive nature of financial innovations available to small firms by the growing range of online platforms that have emerged in the UK since the financial crisis. It is unveiled that finance ... -
Enterprise Education Competitions: A Theoretically Flawed Intervention?
Culkin, Nigel; Brentnall, Catherine; Rodríguez, Iván Diego (Emerald Publishing, 2018-12-10)The demand for including enterprise in the education system, at all levels and for all pupils is now a global phenomenon. Within this context, the use of competitions and competitive learning activities is presented as a ... -
Establishing A University Venture Capital Fund : The Case of Hanoi University of Science and Technology
Huong, Giang Nguyen Thuc; Culkin, Nigel; Van Binh, Tran; Toan, Le Vu (BACH KHAO PUBLISHING HOUSE, 2020-11-02)For entrepreneurs to be successful in any country, they need a favourable environment in which they can develop their ideas and grow their business. The concept of this environment, an ecosystem, is rooted in earlier ... -
Getting in and Getting on in Hollywood: Freelance Careers in an Uncertain Industry
Randle, Keith; Culkin, Nigel (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009)Explores issues related to employment in the US film industry, reporting on a study carried out between June 1999 and March 2002 around the themes of 'getting in, staying in and getting on' in Hollywood (Los Angeles). The ... -
Interpreting ‘Business-Facing’: The Role Of The ‘Institutional Elite’
Culkin, Nigel; James, Dawn (Institute of Small Business & Entrepreneurship (ISBE), 2015)This paper explores the responses of a group of UK higher education institutions (HEIs) to a series of government policies, which were designed to encourage greater university-business collaboration. Set against a backdrop ... -
Mastering Brexits Through The Ages : Entrepreneurial Innovators and Small Firms -The Catalysts for Success
Culkin, Nigel; Simmons, Richard (Emerald Publishing, 2018-05-08)Brexit is arguably the most significant UK foreign and economic policy event since at least 1945. Opinion is bitterly divided between whether to leave, when to leave, how to leave and even on what Brexit is. Mastering ... -
Meeting the challenges that hinder entrepreneurial development in the Western Balkans small firm sector
Culkin, Nigel; Simmons, Richard (British Council, 2018-05-12)This report was commissioned by the British Council and the Swedish Institute to establish the need for a youth entrepreneurship programme in the Western Balkans, and design a roadmap to establish one if necessary. It ... -
Shock Therapy and Entrepreneurial Flare #Brexit
Culkin, Nigel; Simmons, Richard (2019-01-28)Purpose: Much has been written about trade deal opportunities after Brexit (e.g. Minford et al., 2017; Singham and Tylecote, 2018) but much less about envisaged “supply side mechanisms” that would translate a Brexit shock ... -
Study Of The Challenges That Hinder MSME Development In Albania : Country Report for the British Council and Swedish Institute
Culkin, Nigel; Simmons, Richard (British Council, 2018-06-30)The modern state of the Republic of Albania (referred to as Albania in this report) emerged in 1921, following the defeat of the Ottomoans in the Balkan Wars. It is situated in South-Eastern Europe, in the western part of ... -
Study Of The Challenges That Hinder MSME Development In Bosnia Herzegovina : Country Report for the British Council and Swedish Institute
Culkin, Nigel; Simmons, Richard (British Council, 2018-06-30)Bosnia and Herzegovina (to be referred to as BiH from herein) is a country whose neighbours include, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro. BiH is a region that traces permenant human settlement back to the Neolithic age. Culturally, ... -
Study Of The Challenges That Hinder MSME Development In FYR Macedonia : Country Report for the British Council and Swedish Institute
Culkin, Nigel; Simmons, Richard (British Council, 2018-06-30)The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (to be referred to as FYR Macedonia from herein) is a landlocked country. It has made considerable progress since 2000 and the end of the Balkan Wars, but would still greatly benefit ... -
Study Of The Challenges That Hinder MSME Development In Kosovo : Country Report for the British Council and Swedish Institute
Culkin, Nigel; Simmons, Richard (British Council, 2018-06-30)Kosovo is situated on the Balkan Peninsula, in Southeast Europe. It is spread across almost 11,000 sq. kilometres and is bordered by Montenegro in the northwest, the Republic of Serbia to the north and east, FYR Macedonia ... -
Study Of The Challenges That Hinder MSME Development In Montenegro : Country Report for the British Council and Swedish Institute
Culkin, Nigel; Simmons, Richard (British Council, 2018-06-30)The European Commission’s Enlargement Package Report (2015), concluded that Montenegro continued to make progress as regards the political and economic criteria, and improved its ability to take on the obligations of EU ... -
Study Of The Challenges That Hinder MSME Development In Serbia : Country Report for the British Council and Swedish Institute
Culkin, Nigel; Simmons, Richard (British Council, 2018-06-30)The Republic of Serbia (referred to as Serbia in this report) is situated at the crossroads between Central and Southern Europe, both geographically being in the Balkan peninsula and the Pannonian Plain; and, politically ...