School of Business

Contemporary Entrepreneurship at the Organisation

Lead: Dr Ruoying Zhou and Dr Francis Donbesuur

The Contemporary Entrepreneurship at the Organisation (CEO) Group examines contemporary entrepreneurship across both organisational and individual contexts. Its research spans strategic and international entrepreneurship, innovation, new venture creation, and digital entrepreneurship, alongside challenges linked to the evolving digital economy. By integrating academic perspectives with industry experience, the group investigates these areas across diverse organisational settings, including family firms, SMEs, and international new ventures.

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Selected publications by group members

Ali, N., Simeonova, B. and Hughes, M., 2025. Evolution of stewardship across family and business goals: Toward a stewardship transition framework. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 49(4), pp.1162-1188.

Aliasghar, O., Sadeghi, A., Haar, J. and Jafari‐Sadeghi, V., 2025. Dare to Sell! Impacts of “Make and/or Buy” Decision Strategies on Outbound Open Innovation. R&D Management, 55(5), pp.1459-1473.

Baines, N., Klangboonkrong, T. and Smith, H.L., 2024. Exploring product/service innovation process in UK: University spin-offs from practice-based lens. The Journal of Technology Transfer, 49(2), pp.715-739.

Baltazar, J.R., Ferreira, J.J. and Hughes, M., 2025. What do we know about strategic approaches to family businesses succession? A systematic review and future agenda. Scandinavian Journal of Management, 41(2), p.101396.

Bouguerra, A., Hughes, M., Rodgers, P., Stokes, P. and Tatoglu, E., 2024. Confronting the grand challenge of environmental sustainability within supply chains: How can organizational strategic agility drive environmental innovation?. Journal of product innovation management, 41(2), pp.323-346.

Chang, Y.Y., Durst, S., Hughes, M., Kraus, S., Clauss, T. and Chang, C.Y., 2026. From Organizational Resilience Capability to Firm Performance: A Time‐Lagged Investigation. Journal of Product Innovation Management.

Crick, J.M., Crick, D. and Ferrigno, G., 2025. Coopetition and the marketing/entrepreneurship interface in an international arena. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, 31(2-3), pp.414-455.

Crick, J.M. and Crick, D., 2025. Capabilities and collaborative marketing practices among rival cluster-based wine producers. Journal of Marketing Management, 41(7-8), pp.667-702.Crick, J.M. and Crick, D., 2026. Implementing market-oriented behaviours and coopetition activities in export markets. International Marketing Review, 43(1), pp.224-255.

Crick, J.M. and Crick, D., 2025. Guest editorial: A new era of coopetition research. Industrial Marketing Management, 126, pp.A13-A18.

Gali, N., Hughes, M., Morgan, R.E. and Wang, C.L., 2024. Entrepreneurial entropy: a resource exhaustion theory of firm failure from entrepreneurial orientation. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 48(1), pp.141-170.

Gasparin, M., Quinn, M., Green, W., Saren, M. and Conway, S., 2022. Stories of value: Business model innovation adding value propositions articulated by Slow Storytelling. Journal of Business Research, 149, pp.101-111.

Hughes, M., Hughes, P., Hodgkinson, I., Chang, Y.Y. and Chang, C.Y., 2022. Knowledge‐based theory, entrepreneurial orientation, stakeholder engagement, and firm performance. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 16(3), pp.633-665.

Lanivich, S.E., Adomako, S., Vardaman, J.M., Donbesuur, F. and Tang, J., 2025. Founder regulatory focus: Effects on entrepreneurial orientation and venture performance. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 19(3), pp.481-507.

Lu, J. and Dimov, D., 2023. A system dynamics modelling of entrepreneurship and growth within firms. Journal of Business Venturing, 38(3), p.106285.

Mostafiz, M.I., Ahmed, F.U., Ibrahim, F. and Tarba, S.Y., 2024. Innovation and commercialisation: the role of the international dynamic marketing capability in Malaysian international entrepreneurial firms. International Marketing Review, 41(1), pp.199-236.

Mostafiz, M.I., Ahmed, F.U., Tardios, J., Hughes, P. and Tarba, S.Y., 2025. Configuring international entrepreneurial orientation and dynamic internationalization capability to predict international performance. International Business Review, 34(2), p.102275.

Mostafiz, M.I., Gali, N., Ahmed, F.U., Hughes, M. and Simeonova, B., 2026. Generative Artificial Intelligence and Ethicality in Entrepreneurs’ Creativity. Journal of Business Ethics, pp.1-20.

Nkrumah, M., Owusu-Yirenkyi, D., Nyuur, R.B., Donbesuur, F. and Essuman, D., 2024. Examining the drivers and boundary conditions of social innovation: Evidence from MNE subsidiaries in a developing economy. Management International Review, 64(3), pp.397-417.

Nwoba, A.C., Donbesuur, F., Olabode, O., Adefe, K., Adusei, C. and Adeola, O., 2025. Institutional stimulus and firm innovativeness: examining the roles of digital technologies adoption and inbound openness. R&D Management, 55(5), pp.1533-1545.

Rossi, F., Baines, N. and Smith, H.L., 2023. Which regional conditions facilitate university spinouts retention and attraction?. Regional Studies, 57(6), pp.1096-1112.

Rossi, F., Baines, N. and Wilson, E., 2025. Generating societal impact from collaborations between universities and arts and culture organisations (ACOs): Evidence from a survey of arts and culture professionals in the UK. Technovation, 140, p.103158.

Sadeghi, A., Aliasghar, O. and Bouguerra, A., 2023. Unpacking the relationship between post-entry speed of internationalization and export performance of SMEs: A capability-building perspective. Journal of International Management, 29(1), p.100982.

Sadeghi, A., Aliasghar, O. and Sadeghi, V.J., 2026. Alliances with frenemies: capability-building mechanisms linking coopetition to firm performance. Journal of Business Research, 208, p.116076.

Shuwaikh, F., Hughes, M., Brinette, S. and Khemiri, S., 2024. Investment decisions under uncertainty: Corporate venture capital as a real option. International Journal of Finance & Economics, 29(2), pp.2452-2471.

Simeonova, B., Kelly, P.R., Karanasios, S. and Galliers, R.D. (2024) ‘Power as “present-in-actions” in mundane information systems work’, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 25(4), pp. 867–889.

Xiao, L. and Hughes, M., 2026. Handling recurrent adversities among Chinese ventures: a dynamic capability approach to building dynamic response capabilities. Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, pp.1-23.

Yi, H.T., Ko, G. and Obal, M., 2026. Proactive vs. responsive market orientation in enhancing new product creativity in SMEs in B2B markets: The moderating role of market turbulence. Industrial Marketing Management, 134, pp.351-362.

Zahoor, N., Khan, H., Donbesuur, F., Khan, Z. and Rajwani, T., 2024. Grand challenges and emerging market small and medium enterprises: The role of strategic agility and gender diversity. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 41(2), pp.473-500.

Zhou, R. and Baines, N., 2024. To what extent do universities’ formal and informal knowledge exchange activities interact: evidence from UK HE-BCI survey. The Journal of Technology Transfer, 49(4), pp.1145-1175.

Zhu, F., Adomako, S., Donbesuur, F., Ahsan, M., Shinnar, R. and Sadeghi, A., 2025. Entrepreneurial passion, alertness and opportunity recognition: Affective-cognitive interactions in dynamic environments. International small business journal, 43(4), pp.358-390.

Events

  • Research seminars
  • Paper writing workshops
  • Peer reviews and revisions workshops
  • Grant application writing workshops
  • Paper development workshops
  • External engagement activities (with businesses and other stakeholders)

 

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