CURRICULUM VITAE
David John Smallbone, Prof.
Small Business Research Centre
Kingston Hill
Tel: ++44(0)20 8547 7218
Fax: ++(0)20 8547 7140
Email: d.smallbone@kingston.ac.uk
CURRENT POST
Professor of Small Business and
Entrepreneurship &
Associate Director
Small Business Research Centre,
OTHER POSITIONS
2005-7 President of the European Council for Small Business
& Entrepreneurship (ECSB)
2004- Member
of SME Sub-Committee, Industry and Parliament Trust
2004- Member of Advisory Board of
2003- Visiting
Professor in Entrepreneurship,
2000-2002 Visiting
Professor in Small and Medium Enterprises at the
EDUCATION
Secondary School:
Queen
Mary's Grammar School,
Higher Education:
Avery
Hill College of Education, 1967-68
QUALIFICATIONS
BSc (Econ),
MSc (Econ),
Post-Graduate Certificate in
Education,
Doctor Honoris Causa, (Hon.
Doctorate),
MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES/LEARNED SOCIETIES
1993- Member of the
1995-05 Member of Board of Directors/Trustee
of Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE)
2001-4 Vice President of the
Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE)
1994 to date Member of European
Council for Small Business (ECSB)
2001- Member of Executive Board of
ECSB
2005-7 President of European Council
for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ECSB).
CAREER DETAILS
2004- Professor of Entrepreneurship and Small
Business, and Associate Director of the Small
Business Research Centre,
1997-2004 Professor of Small and Medium Enterprises,
1994-97 Reader in Small and Medium Enterprises,
1993-2004 Director of the Centre for
1993-94 Principal Lecturer,
1975-93 Senior Lecturer, Middlesex Polytechnic/University
1974-5 Lecturer,
1968-74 Teacher, then Head of Geography Department,
RESEARCH AND SCHOLARLY ACTIVITY
Entrepreneurship and small business
development in transition economies; small business policy; ethnic minority
entrepreneurship; entrepreneurship and small business development in rural
areas; innovation processes in SMEs and innovation policy; internationalisation
processes and SMEs; social enterprise.
PUBLIC OUTPUT FROM RESEARCH AND SCHOLARLY ACTIVITY
Authored book
Piasecki B., Rogut A., and Smallbone D.
(2000) ‘Polish SMEs in the Context of the European Single Market’, The
Edited book
Ram M, Deakins D and Smallbone D
(eds) (1997) 'Small Firms: Enterprising Futures', Paul Chapman
Publishing, ISBN 185396 375 5
Welter F., Smallbone D., and Isakova
N. (eds) (2006) ‘Enterprising Women in Transition Economies’, Ashgate:
Articles and chapters in edited books
Smallbone D.J. (1985) 'Location
Decision Making in Industrial Enterprises' in Corney G (ed) 'Geography,
Schools and Industry' Geographical Association, 88-95 ISBN 90039591 5
North, D., Leigh, R., &
Smallbone, D. (1992) "A Comparison of Surviving and Non-Surviving Small
and Medium Sized Manufacturing Firms in London during the 1980s" in Caley
K., Chell E., Chittenden F., & Mason C. (eds) Small Enterprise
Development: Policy and Practice in
Action, Paul Chapman, London, pp
12-27, ISBN 1 85396 215 5
Smallbone, D. Leigh, R. & North,
D. (1992) "Growth Characteristics of Mature Small and Medium Sized
Manufacturing Enterprises" in Robertson M., Chell E. and Mason C. (eds) Towards
the 21st Century: the Challenge for Small Business Nadamal Books ISBN 0
9519230 05
Smallbone, D., North D., &
Leigh, R. (1993) "Support for Mature SMEs: Developing a Policy
Agenda" in Chittenden, F., Robertson, M., & Watkins, D., (eds) Small
Firms: Recession and Recovery, Paul
Chapman,
Smallbone, D., North, D., & Leigh, R. (1993) "The Growth and
Survival of Mature Manufacturing SMEs in the 1980s: an Urban-Rural
Comparison" in Storey D. and Curran J. (eds) Small Firms in Urban and
Rural Locations, Routledge,
North, D., Smallbone, D. &
Leigh, R. (1994) "Employment and
Labour Process Changes in Small & Medium Sized Manufacturing Enterprises
during the 1980s" in Atkinson J. & Storey D. (eds) The Small Firm
and the Labour Market, Routledge, London, pp 206-255, 0 415 10035 6
North, D. & Smallbone, D.
(1995) "Employment Generation and
Small Business Growth in Different Geographical Environments" in
Chittenden F., Robertson M., & Marshall I. (eds) Small Firms: Partnerships for Growth, Paul Chapman,
Smallbone D (1995) 'SMEs and
Regional Economic Development: Developing a Policy Agenda' in Piasecki B. &
Fogel D. (eds) 'Regional Determinants of SME Development in the Central
and Eastern European Countries',
Lodz University Press, Lodz, Poland, pp 7-29, ISBN 83 7016 904 x
North, D. & Smallbone, D (1996)
"The Role of Established SMEs in Regional and Local Economic
Development: A Case of Neglect?" in
Blackburn R & Jennings P (eds) 'Small Firms: Contributions to Economic
Regeneration', Paul Chapman,
Smallbone, D. & North, D. (1996)
"Survival, Growth and Age of SMEs:
Some Implications for Regional Economic Development" in Danson M.
et.al. (eds) Small Firms and Regional Economic Development, Routledge,
Smallbone D (1996) 'Supporting SME
Development in Economies in Transition: a View from the West' in Dimitrov M
& Todorov K (eds) 'Industrial Organisation and Entrepreneurship in
Transition', Informa Intellect Publishers Ltd, Sofia ISBN 954-8492-23-7
Smallbone D, Venesaar U, Rumpis L
& Budreikate D (1997) 'Problems
Facing the Development of Manufacturing SMEs in the Baltic States' in Hood N,
Kilis R & Vahlne JE (eds) 'Microlevel Studies of the Transition in the
Baltic States', Macmillan
Smallbone D (1997) 'Selective Targeting in SME Policy:
Criteria and Implementation Issues' in Deakins D, Jennings P & Mason C
(eds) 'Small Firms: Entrepreneurship in the 1990s', Paul Chapman
Publishing, ISBN 1 85396 361, pp 127-140
Wyer P & Smallbone (1997) 'Seas
Furniture Company', in Todorov K (ed) '25 Case Studies for Entrepreneurs and
Managers from Practice', Next Publishing, Sofia
Smallbone D, North D &
Kalantaridis C (1997) 'The Survival and Growth of Manufacturing SMEs in Remote
Rural Areas in the 1990s', in Ram M, Deakins D & Smallbone D (eds) 'Enterprising
Futures', Paul Chapman Publishing, pp 47-59
Smallbone D, Piasecki B & Venesaar
U (1997) 'The Development of Manufacturing SMEs in Poland and the Baltic
States: Policy Issues and Priorities' , in Ram M, Deakins D & Smallbone D
(eds) 'Enterprising Futures', Paul Chapman Publishing, pp73-89
Smallbone D, Ram M & Deakins D
(1997) 'Introduction: Diversity in Small Firms Research' in Ram M, Deakins D
& Smallbone D (eds) 'Enterprising Futures', Paul Chapman Publishing,
pp 1-8
Smallbone D (1998) 'Developing a Policy Agenda to Support SMEs in Transition Economies' in Chepurenko A (ed) 'Small Business in CIS and Eastern Europe: Problems of Development in the Late 1990s', Moscow (in Russian), ISBN 5-89540-006-X, 236-251
Smallbone D., and Venesaar U. (1999)
‘The Contribution of Manufacturing SMEs to the Process of Transforming a
Centrally Planned to a Market Economy: the Case of Estonia’, in Ennuste U and Wilder L. (ed) ‘Harmonisation
with Western Economics: Estonian Economic Developments and Related Conceptual
and Methodological Frameworks’, Estonian Institute of Economics, Tallinn
Technical University, Estonia, ISBN 9985-894-14-6
Smallbone D. and North D (2000) ‘Evolution de l’emploi dans le PME du secteur secondaire: principaux resultats d’une etude longitudinale (1979-90)’, in Courault B. & Trouve P (eds) ‘Les Dynamiques de PME: Approches Internationale’, Presses Universitaires de France, pp121-144, ISBN 2-11-088-612-9
Smallbone D and Wyer P (2000)
`Growth and Development in the Small Firm’ in Carter S. and Jones Evans D.
(eds) `
Smallbone D., North D.,
Smallbone D. (2000) ‘Policy to
Support SMEs in the
Wyer P., Smallbone D. & Jojl
S.K. (2000) `The Implications of the
Economic Crisis for Malaysian SMEs: A Micro Perspective’, in Moha Abdullah and
Mohd. Isa Bin Baker (eds) ‘ Small and Medium Enterprises in Asian Pacific
Countries , Vol. 1: Roles and Issues, Nova Science Publishers Inc,
Smallbone D. and Venesaar U. (2000)
‘Internationalisation processes and SME development in the Baltic States:
recent evidence and policy issues’, in Owsinski J.W. and Johansson M. (eds) ‘Global-Local
Interplay in the Baltic Sea Region’, The Interfaces Institute, Warsaw, pp
69-92, ISBN 83-85847-48-0
Smallbone D. (2000) ‘SMEs,
Employment Generation and Regional Development’, in Owsinski J.W. and Johansson
M. (eds) ‘Global-Local Interplay in the
Smallbone D. (2002) ‘Policies for Entrepreneurship and SME Development in Poland in the 21st Century’, in Piasecki B. (ed) ‘Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development in the 21st Century’, Lodz University Press, Lodz, Poland, p447-460.
Welter F. and Smallbone D. (2003) ‘Entrepreneurship and Enterprise
Strategies in Transition Economies: An Institutional Perspective’ in Kirby D
and Watson (eds) ‘Small Firms and Economic Development in Developed
and Transition Economies: A Reader’. Ashgate Publishing, 95-114, ISBN 0-7546 3060 9.
North D, Smallbone D and Vickers I (2003) ‘The Role of Innovation Policy in
Regional Regeneration: London
Smallbone D. (2003) ‘Policies for Entrepreneurship in the 21st Century’, in Genesca E, Urbano D., Capelleras J.L, Guallarte C, and Verges J. (eds) ‘Creacion de Empresas: Entrepreneurship: Homage to Professor Jose Maria Veciana Verges’, Manuals of the Autonomous University of Barcelona 33, Servei de Publicacions, Universitat Autonomoa de Barcelona, p309-326, ISBN 84-490-2314-9
Smallbone D., North D., and Vickers I. (2003) ‘The Role and Characteristics of SMEs’, in Asheim B.T, Isaksen I., Nauweleers C., and Todtling F. (eds) ‘Regional Innovation Policy for Small and Medium Enterprises’, Edward Elgar, ISBN 1 84 376 398 2
Welter F., Smallbone D., Aculai E., Isakova N., and Schakirova N. (2003) ‘Female Entrepreneurship in Post-Soviet Countries’, in Butler J (ed) ‘New Perspectives on Women Entrepreneurs’, Information Age Publishing Inc, Greenwich NY, ISBN 1-931576-79-3
Johnson S. and Smallbone D (2003) 'Support
for Minority Entrepreneurs in
Deakins D, Ram M., Smallbone D and Fletcher
M. (2003) 'Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurs and the Commercial Banks in the
Smallbone D. and Venesaar U. (2003) 'The State of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Estonia on the Way to Accession', in Wilder L. and Ennuste Y. (eds) 'Essays in Estonian Transformation Economics', Estonian Institute of Economics at Tallinn Technical University, Tallinn, pp71-94.
North, D. & Smallbone, D. (2004) ‘Policies to Foster Enterprise in Rural Peripheral Areas’ in Labrianidis, L. (ed) 'The Future of Europe’s Rural Peripheries', Ashgate, Aldershot and Burlington, pp 137-158
Smallbone, D. & North, D. (2004)
‘Entrepreneurship in Devon & Cornwall: Policy Perspectives’ chapter in
Labrianidis, L. (ed) 'The Future of
Smallbone D. (2005) ‘The Single European
Market: Implications for Small and Medium Sized Polish Businesses’, in Dominiak
P., Wasilczuk J. and Dasziewicz N. (eds) ‘Small and Medium Businesses in the
Face of Integration of European Economies: Examples from
Smallbone D.,