Dr Suzanne Mawson

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Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship, Strategy and Innovation

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Personal statement

I joined joined the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Strategy (HCESI) in July 2020. My research centres around how entrepreneurs think, make decisions and act in pursuit of creating value, as well as how such individuals can be supported through policy interventions, educaton and training. My current research projects focus on conceptually differentiating between firm scaling and for growth, policy interventions to support the development of entrepreneurial ecosystems and how entrepreneurial thinking (mindset) and action can be shaped through education and public policy. At the HCESI I teach entrepreneurial thinking classes on our UG and MBA programmes. This aligns closely to my research interests and expertise on supporting business developent, growth and scaling through value creation.

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Research Interests

My area of expertise is broadly entrepreneurship, specifically business development and growth in the context of young ventures and SMEs. Much of my work to date has focused on high growth/scale-up entrepreneurship, including the nature and processes of growth in these firms, their support requirements (financial and otherwise) and the wider public policy context and support mechanisms designed for high growth firms/scale-ups (high growth entrepreneurship policy). I am also interested in wider issues related to business development and growth including creativity; entrepreneurial thinking and mindset; the role of entrepreneurial financing; the effect of changes in ownership structure and business models; business accelerator programming, as well as entrepreneurship education for different audiences.

Professional Activities

DEVELOPING AN ENTREPRENEURIAL MINDSET: Implications for educational settings
Speaker
21/5/2025
Writing for publication in business and management
Speaker
19/2/2025
Developing an Entrepreneurial Mindset
Speaker
18/2/2025
Arab Open University Kuwait
Visiting researcher
16/2/2025
Identifying and communicating philosophical assumptions in business and management research
Speaker
16/2/2025
1ST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP, FAMILY BUSINESS & SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION
Speaker
20/1/2025

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Projects

Entrepreneurial mindset for primary school children: Educational resources for entrepreneurial skills
Mawson, Suzanne (Principal Investigator) Casulli, Lucrezia (Co-investigator) Drakopoulou Dodd, Sarah (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2025
Entrepreneurial Mindset in UK HEI Curricula
Mawson, Suzanne (Principal Investigator) Casulli, Lucrezia (Co-investigator) Simmons, Emilee Lauran (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2023
Scottish Tech Ecosystem Fund
Wurth, Bernd (Principal Investigator) Mawson, Suzanne (Co-investigator) Shaw, Eleanor (Co-investigator)
11-Jan-2021 - 31-Jan-2022
Entrepreneurial resiliency, innovation, and change during the COVID-19 Crisis
Mawson, Suzanne (Principal Investigator)
15-Jan-2020 - 14-Jan-2021
Employee Ownership Database Development
McQuaid, Ronald (Principal Investigator) Mawson, Suzanne (Co-investigator) Mohd Yusof, Zatun Najahah (Researcher)
This project is funded by Scottish Enterprise to supports the Co-operative Development Scotland on updating the Scottish Enterprise Employee Ownership Database Development. The project provide a current census of the employee-owned businesses (EOBs) and co-operatives in Scotland.
27-Jan-2017 - 31-Jan-2019

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Dr Suzanne Mawson
Reader
Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship, Strategy and Innovation

Email: s.mawson@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 553 6199