Staff
Geoff Whittam
Reader in Entrepreneurship
Tel: +(44) 141/ 848 3368
Fax: +(44) 141/ 848 3618
Email:
geoffrey.whittam@uws.ac.uk
Geoff Whittam is a reader in entrepreneurship. His main research interests are in entrepreneurship and economic development, areas in which he has published widely. His current research focuses on the informal venture capital market and the role of 'business angels' in enterprise development. Geoff is the elected treasurer of the Regional Studies Association and serves on the management committee of the journal Regional Studies.
Selected Publications
'Supporting SMEs in Scotland: strategies for internationalisation’ (with M.Danson, M. D. Hughes and Ewa Helinska-Hughes), in: Dana, L., Han, M., Ratten, V., and Welpe. (eds.) Handbook of Research on European Business and Entrepreneurship Towards A Theory of Internationalisation Edward Elgar, 2008. 700-717
'An analysis of business angels in Scotland and Poland’, with Danson M.,Helinska-Hughes, E., Hughes, M., and Paul, S., Zagreb International Review of Economics & Business, December 2006. p.61-79
'National and local agency support for Scottish SME internationalisation activity: lessons for small transition economies' with Mike Danson, Ewa Helinska-Hughes and Michael Hughes in International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Vol.4 No.2 2005
‘The EU and Restructuring of Coal Mining Areas: Potential Lessons from Old Industrial Areas in Britain for Upper Silesia’, with M. Danson and E Helinska-Hughes, Sigillum Academiae Oeconomicae, edited by A Klasik and K Heffner, Sigillum Academiae Oeconomicae, 2004.
'Enterprise Development: Lessons for Enterprise Clusters From Scotland’s Experience of Regional Policy' with Mike Danson, in Restructuring Regional and Local Economies, G. Blazyca (ed) Ashgate, 2003 pages 143-158
'SMEs and Regeneration – A Comparison between Scotland and Poland' with Mike Danson and Ewa Helinska-Hughes, in Restructuring Regional and Local Economies, G. Blazyca (ed) Ashgate, 2003 pages 119-139