Staff
Ewa Helinska-Hughes
Lecturer Economics and Management
Tel: +44 (0) 141 848 3356
Fax: +44 (0) 141 848 3618
Email: ewa.helinska-hughes@uws.ac.uk
Ewa Helinska-Hughes is a Lecturer in Economics and Management based in the Centre with special interests in FDI, regional policy and institutional development in Central and Eastern Europe, particularly Poland. After graduating from Warsaw University with an MA in Political Economy, she was a lecturer at Warsaw Technical University (Institute of Economics and Social Sciences) and a Fellow of the Salzburg seminar. Moving to Scotland in 1989, she has taught at the University of Stirling and was a Research Fellow in the European Policy Research Centre at the University of Strathclyde until her appointment at the Centre for Contemporary European Studies at Paisley in 1999. Current research projects focus on Central and Eastern Europe and include a comparative study of entrepreneurship and SME support as elements of regional restructuring. The most recent research project investigates C&EE migration and focuses on Polish migrants and Polish migrant businesses in Scotland.
Publications
Refereed Conference papers (from 2003):
2010 ‘Re-theorising Ethnic Entrepreneurial Strategies’ (with M.D. Hughes and Paul Lassalle), ). Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Annual Conference, November, London.
2009 ‘The Financial Crisis and Business Angels: a comparative study of Poland and Slovenia’ (with M.D. Hughes, and Jaka Vadnjal), 8th. International Conference Challenges of Europe, Faculty of Economics, University of Split, Croatia, May.
2009 ‘The Trajectories of Polish Migrant Entrepreneurs in Scotland and the Role of Social Capital’ (with Paul Lassalle and M.D. Hughes), Entrepreneurship and Growth of Family Firms, Krakow University of Economics, Krakow, Poland, June.
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2007 ‘Manna from Heaven for Entrepreneurs: Business Angels in Slovenia and Poland’ (with I. Skowron and Jaka Vadnjal), ISBE conference, 7-9 November, Glasgow.
2006 ‘An Analysis of Business Angels in Scotland and Poland’, 3rd International Conference An Enterprise Odyssey, Zagreb, June (with M. Danson and M.D. Hughes, S. Paul and G. Whittam).
2005 ‘Perceptions of Economic Development Agencies’, 6th International Conference on Enterprise in Transition, (with M. Danson and M.D. Hughes), Bol, Croatia, May.
2005 ‘Smart, successful strategies for SME support: lessons from Scotland and Poland’, International Conference, Pula, Croatia, April (with M. Danson, M.D Hughes and G. Whittam).
2004 ‘National and local support for SME exporting activity in Scotland’, Regional Studies Annual Conference, Angers, France, April, (with M. Danson, M.D. Hughes and G. Whittam).
2004 ‘The Internationalization of small firms in small states: lessons from the Scottish experience’, 3rd International Conference: International Business in Transition Economies, Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, Latvia, September (with M. Danson, M.D Hughes and G. Whittam).
2003 ‘Governing Inward investment’, 5th International Conference on Enterprise in Transition, Split, May (with H. Halkier and M.D . Hughes).
Refereed articles:
2011 (forthcoming) ‘Migrant Entrepreneurs in the UK – the Polish experience’ (with M.D Hughes and Paul Lassalle), Studia Migracyjne – Przeglad Polonijny, Polish Academy of Science.
2006 ‘An Analysis of Business Angels in Scotland and Poland’(with with M. Danson and M.D. Hughes, G. Whittam and S. Paul), Zagreb International Review of Economics & Business’, Special Conference Issue.
2005 ‘RDAs and Benchmarking: learning from good practice when the Model has broken’ (with M. Danson, and M. D. Hughes), Public Policy and Administration, Vol. 20, No. 3.
2005 ‘National and local agency support for Scottish SME internationalization activity: Lessons for small transition economies’, (with M. Danson and M.D.Hughes), International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business’, Vol.4, No.2.
2003 ‘The Central and East European Challenge for FDI: Lessons from the Celtic Periphery’ (with M. Danson and M.D. Hughes), Journal of East-West Business, Vol. 8, No. 2.
2003 ‘Governing Inward Investment. Emerging National and Regional Patterns in West and East European Countries’ (with H. Halkier and M.D. Hughes), Aalborg University: European Research Unit. Series of Occasional Papers - European Studies, no. 34.
2002 ‘East European Challenges for FDI: A View from the Celtic Periphery’ (with M. Danson and M.D. Hughes), Zagreb International Review of Economics & Business’, Special Issue, December.
Chapters in edited volumes:
2008 ‘Business Angels in Scotland and Poland: the development of an informal venture capital market’ (with M. Danson, M. D. Hughes, S. Paul and and G. Whittam), in: M. Myant and Cox, T (eds.) Reinventing Poland. Economic and political transformation and evolving national identity, BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies.
2007 ‘Supporting SMEs in Scotland: strategies for internationalisation’ (with M. Danson, M. D. Hughes and G. Whittam), in: Dana, L., Han, M., Ratten, V., and Welpe. (eds.) A Theory of Internationalisation for European Entrepreneurship, Edward Elgar.
2005 ‘Smart, Successful Strategies for SME Support: Lessons from Scotland and Poland’, (with M. Danson, M. D. Hughes and G. Whittam), Entrepreneurship and Macroeconomic Management, Conference Proceedings, Pula.
2003 ‘SMEs and Regeneration: A Comparison between Scotland and Poland’(with M. Danson and G. Whittam), in: G. Blazyca ( ed.), Restructuring Local Economies- Towards a comparative study of Scotland and Upper Silesia, Ashgate.
2003 ‘Can Regional Policy Meet the Challenge of Regional Problems in Poland’ (with G. Blazyca and K. Heffner), in: G. Blazyca ( ed.), Restructuring Local Economies- Towards a comparative study of Scotland and Upper Silesia, Ashgate.
2003 ‘Joining the competition. Central and Eastern Europe challenge to established FDI destinations’ (with M.D. Hughes) in Phelps, N. & Raines, P.(eds.) The New Competition for Inward Investment, Edward Elgar.