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Profile

Qualifications

2004 PhD (Management Science) University of Lancaster

1999 MSc (Information Management) University of Lancaster

1987 BSc (Applied Biological Sciences) CNAA

Experience

Nigel Lockett is Professor of Enterprise at the Leeds University Business School and Director of the Leeds Enterprise Centre at the University of Leeds. He is a senior academic, experienced manager, entrepreneur and community leader. Nigel is a Visiting Research Fellow (Lancaster University Management School) and Visiting Fellow (Universidad de Salamanca). He is a Fellow of the RSA (FRSA). Nigel is a past President of the Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

Before joining the University of Leeds he previously worked as a senior lecturer at Bradford University School of Management and Brunel University Business School, business development manager at InfoLab21 and lecturer at the Lancaster University Management School. Nigel also has more than 20 years experience as a company director, with a track record in managing start-up, joint venture and social enterprises. Also, he is currently Chair of the Board of Trustees of Foundation a charity committed to ending social exclusion across the North of England by working with offenders, the homeless, women who are victims of domestic abuse and young people at risk.

Nigel is the co-author, with Dr Richard Blundel, of the major new textbook Exploring Entrepreneurship published by Oxford University Press.

Research

Current innovation and knowledge transfer focused research interests include: role of intermediaries in innovation systems; clustering and business networking; adoption of e-business technologies by small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).  

Previous research projects:

2007-2010 ESRC: ‘Knowledge and technology transfer, innovation and competitive advantage: Past and present’, (RES-180-25-0024) with Rose, M. (PI), Jack, S., and M., Robinson, S. (£267K)

2008-11 KTP: ‘A strategic organisation-wide project to improve management capability by researching, developing and implementing performance management systems and delivering cultural change’ (KTP7135) as PI, with Taylor, M. (£112K)

2006-08 EPSRC: ‘Lancaster Centre for E-Management and E-Science’, (EP/D055555/1) with Crouchley, R. (PI), Blair, G., Brown, D., Coulson, G. and Hutchison, D. (£207K)

2006-07 EPSRC: ‘InfoLab21 Knowledge Transfer Study’ as PI. (£20K)

2005-06 Lancaster University: ‘The process of ICT innovation and technology transfer: a small firm perspective’ as PI. (£4K)

2003-06 KTP: ‘The use of soft systems methodology (SSM) in the implementation of customer relationship management (CRM) software in SMEs’, (KTP4230) as PI, with Brown, D. (£103K)

Teaching

Nigel has successfully designed and delivered innovative programmes in entrepreneurship, innovation, e-business and technology enterprise. He has also worked with many small business owners on the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses initiative and executives of global enterprises, including Hallmark and Pace. Nigel attended the Babson College Symposium for Entrepreneurship Educators in Switzerland, 2008 and ecch Case Writing and Teaching Workshops in Barcelona, 2009.

He is the co-author, with Dr Richard Blundel, of the major new textbook Exploring Entrepreneurship published by Oxford University Press.

Nigel is currently the module tutor for LUBS3006 Social Networking for Enterprise and LUBS5525M Enterprise Awareness & New Venture Creation.

Publications

Books

2010 Exploring Entrepreneurship - Practices and Perspectives, with Blundel, R., Oxford University Press, UK.
Chapters in Books

2008 ‘Vertical Application Service Provision: An SME Perspective’, with Brown, D., in Modelling and Analysis of Enterprise Information Systems, Gunasekaran, A., (ed), Idea Group, Hershey, PA.

2007 ‘SMEs ability to go global - relevance of aggregation and critical e-applications in outsourcing’, with Brown, D., in Global Outsourcing Strategies: An International Reference on Effective Outsourcing Relationships, Barrar, P. and Gervais, R., (eds), Gower Publishing, Abingdon, UK.

2006 ‘E-Business and the Small Firm’, with Brown, D., in Enterprise and Small Business: Principles, Practice and Policy (2nd Ed), Carter S. and Jones-Evans D., (eds), Pearson Education, Harlow, UK.

Refereed Articles

2010 ‘Recognising Open Innovation in HEI-Industry Interaction for Knowledge Transfer and Exchange’, with Johnston, L. and Robinson, S., International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research. 16 (6).

2009 ‘The Influence of Co-location in Higher Education Institutions on Small Firms’ Perspectives of Knowledge Transfer’, with Cave, F., Kerr, R. and Robinson, S., Entrepreneurship and Regional Development. 21 (3), pp 265-283.

2008 ‘Multiple Perspectives on the Challenges for Knowledge Transfer between HEIs and Industry’, with Kerr, R., and Robinson, S., International Small Business Journal. 26 (6), pp 661-681.

2008 ‘Mind the gap: Exploring the links between expectations of relationship marketing and reality of electronic-CRM’, with Doherty, N., International Journal of e Business Management. 2 (2), pp 19-34.

2007 ‘E-Business, Innovation and SMEs - the Significance of Hosted Services and Firm Aggregations’, with Brown, D., International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management 7 (1), pp. 92-112.

2006 ‘The Use of Hosted Enterprise Applications by SMEs: A Dual Market and User Perspective’, with Brown, D. and Kaewkitipong, L., Electronic Markets: The International Journal 16 (1), pp. 85-96.

2006 ‘Aggregation and the Role of Trusted Third Parties in SME E-Business Engagement: A Regional Policy Issue’, with Brown, D., International Small Business Journal, 24 (4), pp. 379-404.

2005 ‘An SME Perspective of Vertical Application Service Providers’, with Brown, D., International Journal of Enterprise Information Systems, 1 (2), pp. 37-55.

2004 ‘The Potential of Critical E-Applications for Engaging SMEs in E-Business’, with Brown, D., European Journal of Information Systems, 13 (1) pp. 21-34.

2001 ‘Engaging SMEs in E-Commerce: The Role of Intermediaries within eClusters’, with Brown, D., Electronic Markets: The International Journal 11 (1), pp. 52-58.

2000 ‘eClusters: The Potential for the Emergence of Digital Enterprise Communities enabled by one or more Intermediaries in SMEs’, with Brown, D., Journal of Knowledge and Process Management 7(3), pp. 196-206.

Conference Papers (from 2003)

2010 ‘Opportunities and contradictions: The policy paradox of entrepreneurial education and university-business engagement since 1960’, with Rose, M., Jack, S. and Robinson, S., Engage HEI 2010 3rd Conference, Bradford.

2009 ‘In Pursuit of Open Innovation: Evolving Knowledge Transfer, Exchange and Sharing Practices between HEIs, Industry and Policymakers’, with Johnston, L. and Robinson, S., Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship 32nd Conference, Liverpool.

2009 ‘Recognising Open Innovation in HEI-Industry Interaction for Knowledge Transfer and Exchange’, with Johnston, L. and Robinson, S., Engage HEI 2009 2nd Conference, Birmingham.

2008 ‘Motivations and consequences of engaging in regional clusters in the ICT sector’, with Jack, S., Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship 31st Conference, Belfast.

2008 ‘The Role of Social Processes in Knowledge Transfer between Universities and Businesses’, with Robinson, S., British Academy of Management Conference, Harrogate.

2008 ‘Challenges for knowledge transfer between HEIs and industry: Multiple Perspectives’, with Robinson, S., Promoting Entrepreneurship by Universities, 2nd International FINPIN Conference, Hämeenlinna, Finland.

2008 ‘Exploring the Role of Universities in Communities of Innovation: A Systems Perspective’, with Johnston, L., Promoting Entrepreneurship by Universities, 2nd International FINPIN Conference, Hämeenlinna, Finland.

2007 ‘Challenges for Knowledge Transfer between HEIs and Industry’, with Robinson, S., Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship 30th Conference, Glasgow.

2007 ‘The Expected Demand for Online Collaborative Software among Small and Medium-sized Enterprises’, with Brown, D., Crouchley, R. and Robertson, A., Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship 30th Conference, Glasgow.

2006 ‘Soft Systems Methodology in IT Project Management: Implementing CRM in SMEs’, with Brown, D. and Sissons, A., 12th Americas Conference on Information Systems, Acapulco, México.

2006 ‘Impact of Policy Initiatives on the Adoption of Internet Technologies by Jamaican SMEs – Some Initial Findings’, with Brown, D. and Thompson, S., 12th Americas Conference on Information Systems, Acapulco, México.

2006 ‘E-CRM: a simple sales tool or facilitator of relationship marketing?’, with Doherty, N., Rayson, P. and Riley, S., Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship 29th Conference, Cardiff.

2005 ‘An ASP Perspective of E-Business Engagement by SME Aggregations’, with Brown, D., 11th Americas Conference on Information Systems, Omaha, NE.

2005 ‘Exploring the Gap between the Expectations of Relationship Marketing and the Reality of e CRM’, with Doherty, N., Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship 28th Conference, Blackpool.

2005 ‘The Use of Hosted Applications by SMEs: A User Perspective’, with Brown, D., and Kaewkitipong, L., Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship 28th Conference, Blackpool.

2005 ‘The Relevance of Soft Systems Methodology in Implementing CRM Applications in SMEs’, with Brown, D. and Sissons, A., Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship 28th National Conference, Blackpool.

2004 ‘The Strategic Impact of Vertical Application Service Providers: An SME Perspective’, with Brown, D., 10th Americas Conference on Information Systems, New York City, NY, pp. 353-361.

2003 ‘An Interpretive Framework for the Investigation of E-Business Engagement by SMEs: The Construction Industry’, with Brown, D., 9th Americas Conference on Information Systems, Tampa, FL.

2003 ‘SMEs and E-Business Engagement: The Case for Aggregation’, in Proceeding of OR45 Conference, Keele, UK.