OVERVIEW  

Through strategic alignment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals the Transformative Enterprise Research Group (TERG) creates and disseminates impactful research that focuses on the big societal problems of the day and the future offering meaningful and practical solutions to these problems. TERG is comprised of an exceptional group of academic staff and PhD students with deep, longitudinal experience of working with real businesses and with our multi-award winning model of enterprise education. TERG is ideally placed to make a transformative contribution to knowledge, practice and policy leading to a paradigm shift in the field of enterprise education.

  • SME Start-up, Sustainability & Growth: this theme shall focus on research concerning SME operations, start-up and scale-up case studies, sustainability measures and integration, regional and national growth studies, intrapreneurship, and entrepreneurial strategy.
  • Enterprise & Policy: this theme shall focus on research concerning social enterprise, philanthropic studies, charities and volunteering, local government policy and initiatives, and matters in relation to investment and infrastructure.
  • Entrepreneurial Practice & Skills: this theme shall focus on research concerning idea generation, creativity, and innovation; enterprising skills development; research informed enterprise education; and, the entrepreneurial stakeholder.
  • The activity of TERG will concentrate on undertaking projects and producing impactful outputs which focus on SME start-up, sustainability & growth, enterprise policy and entrepreneurial practice & skills. This research will lead to meaningful practice and policy based solutions which respond to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
  • From a research perspective TERG will also build on the signature capability developed within SBCI around curricular and co-curricular enterprise education for which it has gained national and international award recognition for innovation in education. UWS will establish itself as a world leader on how HEIs work with business by developing and disseminating its blueprint for HEI engagement with the world of business which is strategically aligned to key drivers of enterprise policy.

Contact details

Dr Alan Murray
Email: alan.murray@uws.ac.uk
Tel: 0141 848 3000

Dr Robert Crammond
Email: robert.crammond@uws.ac.uk
Tel: 0141 848 3000

Name: Dr Alan Murray
Group Position: Group Lead & Thematic Lead: SME Start-up, Sustainability & Growth
Position: Reader in Enterprise
Email: alan.murray@uws.ac.uk
Tel: 0141 848 3000
PURE profile link: https://research-portal.uws.ac.uk/en/persons/alan-murray/publications/

Name: Dr Robert Crammond
Group Position: Co-lead & Thematic Lead: Enterprise Policy
Position: Senior Lecturer in Enterprise
Email: robert.crammond@uws.ac.uk
Tel: 0141 848 3000
PURE profile link: https://research-portal.uws.ac.uk/en/persons/robert-crammond

Name: Ibiyemi Omeihe
Group Position: Co-lead & Thematic Lead: Entrepreneurial Practice & Skills
Position: Lecturer in Enterprise
Email: ibiyemi.omeihe@uws.ac.uk 
Tel: 0141 848 3000
PURE profile link: https://research-portal.uws.ac.uk/en/persons/ibiyemi-omeihe-2

Name: Dr King Omeihe
Group Position: Co-lead Engagement and Impact
Position: Senior Lecturer in Marketing and Entrepreneurship
Email: king.omeihe@uws.ac.uk
Pure Profile: https://research-portal.uws.ac.uk/en/persons/king-omeihe

  • Ibiyemi Omeihe
  • Will Shepherd
  • Alan Martin
  • Patrick Afchain
  • Phil Davies
  • Dr Ephias Ruhode
  • Dr Kingsley Omeihe
  • Dr Aleksandra Webb
  • Dr Catherine Clark
  • Dr Muzammal Khan
  • Dr Emma Reid
  • Dan Perry
  • Theo Tzanidis
  • Phil Davies
  • Olufemi Babalola
  • Yaw Afari
  • Sikandar Shahbaz
  • Iqbal Ahmad

 

Research Publications

Working Paper Series

Charging Ahead: Unlocking Business Opportunities in the UK's Transition to Electric Vehicles (PDF)

  • (16/24) The purpose of this paper is to examine the current state of electric vehicles (EVs) in the UK in line with the government's Net Zero roadmap.

Transformative Effects of Remote Working: Enhancing Happiness, Motivation, and Productivity at Nexus College (PDF)

  • (15/24) This research explores the impact of remote working on happiness, motivation, and productivity within an organisation, using Nexus College as a case study.

A Research Note: Faith, Reciprocity and Guilt-A Prosocial Behaviour of Microentrepreneurs (PDF) 

  • (14/24) This working paper explores the relationship between faith, reciprocity, and guilt in shaping the prosocial behaviours of micro-entrepreneurs, particularly within the context of Islamic teachings.

From Preston to Paisley: Building Community Wealth (PDF)

  • (10/24) This present working paper explores the state of the current economic context in the post-pandemic era, which has been marked by rising inflation and diminished government support, especially as communities strive for sustainable growth

Creating reluctant academic intrapreneurs? A literature review (PDF)

  • (7/24) This working paper explores the changing roles of university lecturers, who are expected to act as intrapreneurs within their institutions.

Entrepreneurship Education and the Strategic Perspective: Setting a research agenda for university-wide roles and responsibilities (PDF)

  • (06/24) This working paper outlines a prescribed, phased methodology, which shall be of benefit to a range of stakeholders, chiefly within the HE sector and amongst EE educators and researchers

Where are the gaps? Constructively Aligning Higher Education in an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem (PDF)

  • (05/24) This working paper is part of developmental research conducted in 2021 for the EntreUnity (Entrepreneurial University Network) project, an Initiative for Innovation Capacity Building in Higher Education

Seeds of Change: An Autoethnographic Journey in Fostering Food Security through Entrepreneurial Activity in Cambodia (PDF)

  • (04/24) The purpose of this working paper is to promote the revival of autoethnographic examinations of entrepreneurial support and how it can be used to enhance food security

Increasing Academic Reach and Impact by Accelerated Research (PDF)

  • (01/23) This working paper outlines the case for the Accelerated Research Methodology (ARM), as well as suggestions for how it can pave the way for seamless integration between academic and business knowledge. Its purpose is to reduce research production time and optimise efficiency and resource utilisation.
  • Murray A. and Spinazzola, M. (Upcoming 2023) ‘Identifying entrepreneurial opportunities in emerging global networks of innovation: an explorative study of Sustainable Aviation Fuels’.
  • Murray, A. and Palladino, R. (2020) 'Developing human capitals in today’s entrepreneurs: A practitioner perspective', Journal of Intellectual Capital.
  • Murray, A. and Crammond, R. (2020) 'Witnessing Entrepreneurial Perceptions and Proclivity in University Students: Developing a Process Model'. Education + Training. Vol. 62 No. 4, pp. 459-481.
  • Murray, A. (2020). The discourse of entrepreneurship in higher education, industry and the everyday: the competition and clash of cultural capitals (Doctoral dissertation, University of the West of Scotland).
  • Omeihe, I., Harrison, C., Simba, A. and Omeihe, K. (2020) “The role of the entrepreneurial leader: a study of Nigerian SMEs”. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business.
  • Crammond, R. (2019) 'Progressing Enterprising Education within Universities: Asserting Principles of Stakeholder Engagement'. Journal of Higher Education Service Science and Management (JoHESSM). Vol. 2 Issue 2, pp. 1 – 10.
  • Crammond, R. (2019) 'The Normalisation of Enterprising Education: Transatlantic Reflections between distinct Institutions'. Journal of Higher Education Service Science and Management (JoHESSM). Vol. 2, Issue 3.
  • Jalal, A. and Murray, A. (2019) 'The Significance of Academic Leadership on Enhancing Higher Education performance', Journal of Higher Education Service Science and Management.
  • Jalal, A., and Murray, A. (2019) 'Strategic planning for higher education: A novel model for a strategic planning process for higher education', Journal of Higher Education Service Science and Management.
  • Murray, A. (2019) 'Supporting academic entrepreneurship: a blueprint for a university based business incubator', Journal of Higher Education Service Science and Management.
  • Murray, A. (2019) 'The role of practical assessment in the delivery of successful enterprise education', Education + Training.
  • Murray, A. and Jalal, A. (2019) 'The 5 Stage Approach: a blueprint for supporting the innovation process', Journal of Higher Education Service Science and Management.
  • Crammond, R. J. (Upcoming, 2024) Entrepreneurship: Institutions, People and Culture. Routledge.
  • Crammond, R. J. and Hyams-Ssekasi, D. (Eds) (Upcoming, 2024) Entrepreneurship Education and Internationalisation: Cases, Collaborations and Contexts. Routledge.
  • Crammond, R. J. (2023) Entrepreneurship & Universities: Pedagogical Perspectives & Philosophies. Springer Nature.
  • Crammond, R. J. (2020) Advancing Entrepreneurship Education in Universities: Concepts and Practices for Teaching and Support. Springer Nature.
  • Afari, Y., Babalola, O., and Crammond, R. J. (Upcoming, 2023) Witnessing Rural Development Challenges within Africa: Social and Institutional Reflections from Ghana and Nigeria. In book "The De Gruyter Handbook of Rural Entrepreneurship in Developing Economies: Research, Policy and Practice“.
  • Crammond, R. J., Omeihe, I., and Murray, A. (Upcoming, 2023) Re-evaluating Entrepreneurship Education through a Team-based Approach: Activities and Archetypes within a Scottish University. In Book: "Progress in Entrepreneurship Education and Training: New Methods, Tools, and Lessons Learned from Practice. Springer.
  • Crammond, R. J., Scuotto, V., Omeihe, K. & Murray, A. (2022) Reframing university-level entrepreneurship education through digitisation and transformational technologies: an institutional case study. In Understanding Entrepreneurship: A Catalyst for Change Perspective. Palgrave Macmillan UK, London, pp. 103-128.
  • Omeihe, I. and Harrison, C. (2022), "Defining Authentic Leadership: A Developing Economy Perspective" Omeihe, K.O. and Harrison, C. (Ed.) (2022) The African Context of Business and Society (New Frontiers in African Business and Society), Emerald Publishing Limited, Bingley, pp. 31-54.
  • Omeihe, K.O. and Harrison, C. (2022), "Introduction to the African Context of Business and Society: The way forward".
Last updated: 24/10/2024