Helen Lawton Smith

Helen Lawton Smith is a Professor of Entrepreneurship, Department of Management, Birkbeck, University of London. Her research career has focused on the links between entrepreneurship, innovation, public policy and regional development in national and international contexts. She is the Founder and Research Director of the Oxfordshire Economic Observatory, School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford University (http://oeo.geog.ox.ac.uk) and is Director of the Birkbeck Centre for Innovation Management Research (http://bbk.ac.uk/innovation). She is the author of nine books and of over ninety journal articles and book chapters and is Associate Editor, Strategic Change: Briefings in Entrepreneurial Finance.

Publications

Future Entrepreneurs: Exploring Paradigms in the Entrepreneurial Learning Experience
Future Entrepreneurs: Exploring Paradigms in the Entrepreneurial Learning Experience
Helen Lawton Smith, Muthu L. R. De Silva. © 2022. 26 pages.
This chapter presents the multi-dimensional approach to the teaching of entrepreneurship at Birkbeck, University of London in the UK. It is approached by presenting the...
Handbook of Research on Global Competitive Advantage through Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Handbook of Research on Global Competitive Advantage through Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Luís M. Carmo Farinha, João J. M. Ferreira, Helen Lawton Smith, Sharmistha Bagchi-Sen. © 2015. 780 pages.
As businesses seek to compete on a global stage, they must be constantly aware of pressures from all levels: regional, local, and worldwide. The organizations that can best build...