I will be with you shortly!

Welcome to my new blog.  I will be writing about entrepreneurship and innovation, with a particular focus on the ways in which enterprising individuals and organisations are responding to today’s environmental, social and economic challenges.  I may also stray into some related (and possibly un-related) areas, such as the joys of local food and the trials of doing your own eco-renovation.  The blog will link in with several of my current projects, including my roles: as co-editor of the Quarterly Survey of Small Business in Britain;  co-author of Exploring Entrepreneurship: Perspectives and Practices (Oxford University Press, 2011); chair of two Open University modules on entrepreneurship (B322 Investigating Entrepreneurial Opportunities and a new MBA elective B846 Entrepreneurship: Experience and Perspective, currently in production); and based on experiences on related projects such as the BIS-funded ABLE-Ghana project.  I will also highlight issues related to the Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, and in my capacity as chair of ISBE’s conference track, ‘Social, Environmental and Ethical Enterprise’ and its special interest group, the Social and Sustainable Enterprise Network.