Professor David Pickernell

Professor in Small Business and Enterprise Development Policy

Business

d.g.pickernell@swansea.ac.uk

Basic Welsh Speaker

Office 225 - 225
Second Floor
School of Management
Bay Campus

Available For Postgraduate Supervision

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https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0912-095X

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About

David is Professor of Small Business and Enterprise Development Policy at the Swansea University School of Management, a member of the Regional Studies Association, Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship and fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

He has undertaken work for the Federation of Small Businesses, OECD, Welsh Assembly Government, Queensland Government, Victorian Government (Australia), Welsh Development Agency, Cardiff Council, Isle of Wight Council, Fareham Borough Council, Council of Mortgage Lenders, Associated British Ports, Shaw Trust, Colegau Cymru and Enterprise Educators UK.

His 2018 work for the Federation of Small Businesses, in conjunction with colleagues at Portsmouth University and Women’s Enterprise Scotland, highlighted the growing importance of women owned and managed small businesses to the UK, and received widespread media coverage.

He has written over 100 refereed journal articles related to small business and enterprise development, and economic development policy more generally, and supported doctoral students on topics including the entrepreneurial university, the resource curse and the internal colony paradigms in the Welsh economy context, and the role of University-Business interactions in knowledge systems and effects on firm growth and innovation.

I am a highly experienced doctoral supervisor with nearly 20 completions. I am available for doctoral supervision in areas related to small business management, and enterprise development policy.

Areas Of Expertise

Small Business Resilience
Small Business Finance
Enterprise Development Policy
Entrepreneurial Universities
Foreign Direct Investment Strategies
Regional Economic Development Ecosystems
Innovation networks
Female Entrepreneurship
Clustering

Career Highlights

Teaching Interests

Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Enterprise Management
Economic Development

Research Award Highlights

Publications

Research Highlights

Pickernell, D., Kim, J., Garri, M., & Beynon, M. (n.d.) Exploring South Korean Foreign Direct Investment Motives and State-Level Location Decisions: US Evidence 1995-2008. Thunderbird
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa68588
Pickernell, D., Jones, P., Beynon, M., & Huggins, R. (n.d.) Levelling-up National Economies Through Regional Development? A Panel fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) Approach Applied to Great Britain. The Annals of Regional Science
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa68402
Pickernell, D., Doneddu, D., Ebie, S., Jones, P., Parry Jones, S., Johnson, S., Tubadji, A., & Samuel, A. (2024). Phoenix from the Flames? Promoting Entrepreneurship to support the Economic Development of Neath Port Talbot
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa68328
https://www.isbe.org.uk/entrepreneurship-policy-and-practice-insights/
Ebie, S. & Pickernell, D. (2024). The State of Social Enterprise and Opportunities for Sustainable Development in the Global South: A Critical Literature Review. In Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research in the Global South 1st International Research Symposium, Swansea University [HYBRID]
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa68330
Beynon, M., Pickernell, D., & Jones, P. (2025). Entrepreneurial activity in the international trade in cultural goods: A fuzzy clustering analysis. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 210, 123914
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2024.123914, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa68387
Aluko, B., Garri, M., Owalla, B., Kim, J., & Pickernell, D. (2024). Informal institutions’ influence on FDI flows: A configurational fsQCA analysis of corruption as part of the MNEs’ FDI motivation system. International Business Review, 33(6), 102327
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2024.102327, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67217
Pickernell, D., Davies, G., Rich, N., Roberts, N., Sarvghad Moghadam, P., Walpole, G., & Price, A. (2023). Manufacturing Momentum, Growing SME Manufacturing in Wales
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65856
https://www.fsb.org.uk/resource-report/manufacturing-momentum.html
Huang, S., Beynon, M., Battisti, M., Pickernell, D., & Jones, P. (2024). The roles of entrepreneurial university and regional conditions for graduate entrepreneurship: a configurational approach. Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 37(1/2), 1-26.
https://doi.org/10.1080/08985626.2024.2361685, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66527
Beynon, M., Pickernell, D., Battisti, M., & Jones, P. (2024). A panel fsQCA investigation on European regional innovation. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 199, 123042
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2023.123042, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65067
Battisti, M., Huang, S., & Pickernell, D. (2023). Ecological resource deficits as opportunities for environmental innovation across countries. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior and Research, 29(8), 1763-1783.
https://doi.org/10.1108/ijebr-12-2022-1102, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64776

All Research

Journal Articles

Beynon, M., Pickernell, D., & Jones, P. (2025). Entrepreneurial activity in the international trade in cultural goods: A fuzzy clustering analysis. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 210, 123914
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2024.123914, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa68387
Aluko, B., Garri, M., Owalla, B., Kim, J., & Pickernell, D. (2024). Informal institutions’ influence on FDI flows: A configurational fsQCA analysis of corruption as part of the MNEs’ FDI motivation system. International Business Review, 33(6), 102327
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2024.102327, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67217
Huang, S., Beynon, M., Battisti, M., Pickernell, D., & Jones, P. (2024). The roles of entrepreneurial university and regional conditions for graduate entrepreneurship: a configurational approach. Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 37(1/2), 1-26.
https://doi.org/10.1080/08985626.2024.2361685, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66527
Beynon, M., Pickernell, D., Battisti, M., & Jones, P. (2024). A panel fsQCA investigation on European regional innovation. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 199, 123042
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2023.123042, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65067
Ozcan, O., Pickernell, D., & Trott, P. (2024). A Trade Secrets Framework and Strategic Approaches. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 71, 10200-10216.
https://doi.org/10.1109/tem.2023.3285292, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63567
Battisti, M., Huang, S., & Pickernell, D. (2023). Ecological resource deficits as opportunities for environmental innovation across countries. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior and Research, 29(8), 1763-1783.
https://doi.org/10.1108/ijebr-12-2022-1102, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64776
Beynon, M., Jones, P., & Pickernell, D. (2023). Evaluating EU-Region level innovation readiness: A longitudinal analysis using principal component analysis and a constellation graph index approach. Journal of Business Research, 159, 113703
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2023.113703, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62687
Huang, S., Battisti, M., & Pickernell, D. (2023). The roles of innovation strategy and founding team diversity in new venture growth. Journal of Business Research, 158, 113653
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2023.113653, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62268
Simms, C., McGowan, P., Pickernell, D., Vazquez-Brust, D., & Williams, A. (2022). Uncovering the effectual-causal resilience nexus in the era of Covid-19: A case of a food sector SME's resilience in the face of the global pandemic. Industrial Marketing Management, 106, 166-182.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2022.08.012, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61218
Huang, S., Pickernell, D., Battisti, M., & Nguyen, T. (2022). Signalling entrepreneurs’ credibility and project quality for crowdfunding success: cases from the Kickstarter and Indiegogo environments. Small Business Economics, 58(4), 1801-1821.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-021-00477-6, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61219
Theeranattapong, T., Pickernell, D., & Simms, C. (2021). Systematic literature review paper: the regional innovation system-university-science park nexus. The Journal of Technology Transfer, 46(6), 2017-2050.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10961-020-09837-y, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61220
McGowan, P., Simms, C., Pickernell, D., & Zisakis, K. (2021). The dark side of effectuation in a key account management relationship. Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, 36(7), 1147-1162.
https://doi.org/10.1108/jbim-04-2020-0215, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61223
Pickernell, D., Beynon, M., Battisti, M., Jones, P., & Pickernell, D. (2021). How Institutions Matter in the Context of Business Exit: A Country Comparison Using GEM Data and fsQCA. British Journal of Management, 32(3), 832-851.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12438, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55595
Pickernell, D., Beynon, M., Jones, P., & Pickernell, D. (2021). Innovation and the knowledge-base for entrepreneurship: investigating SME innovation across European regions using fsQCA. Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 33(3-4), 227-248.
https://doi.org/10.1080/08985626.2021.1872936, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56131
Huang, S., Battisti, M., & Pickernell, D. (2021). CEO regulatory focus as the microfoundation of organizational ambidexterity: A configurational approach. Journal of Business Research, 125, 26-38.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2020.12.004, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61222
Huang, S., Pickernell, D., Battisti, M., Soetanto, D., & Huang, Q. (2021). When is entrepreneurial orientation beneficial for new product performance? The roles of ambidexterity and market turbulence. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, 27(1), 79-98.
https://doi.org/10.1108/ijebr-02-2020-0103, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61225
Clifton, N., Huggins, R., Pickernell, D., Prokop, D., Smith, D., & Thompson, P. (2020). Networking and strategic planning to enhance small and medium‐sized enterprises growth in a less competitive economy. Strategic Change, 29(6), 699-711.
https://doi.org/10.1002/jsc.2382, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61224
Ishizaka, A., Pickernell, D., Huang, S., & Senyard, J. (2020). Examining knowledge transfer activities in UK universities: advocating a PROMETHEE-based approach. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, 26(6), 1389-1409.
https://doi.org/10.1108/ijebr-01-2020-0028, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61267
Pickernell, D., Beynon, M., Jones, P., & Pickernell, D. (2020). Country-level entrepreneurial attitudes and activity through the years: A panel data analysis using fsQCA. Journal of Business Research, 115, 443-455.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2019.11.021, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52955
Woolcott, G., Keast, R., & Pickernell, D. (2020). Deep impact: re-conceptualising university research impact using human cultural accumulation theory. Studies in Higher Education, 45(6), 1197-1216.
https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2019.1594179, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61268
Pickernell, D., Beynon, M., Jones, P., Pickernell, D., & Huang, S. (2020). Growth and innovation of SMEs in local enterprise partnerships regions: A configurational analysis using fsQCA. The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, 21(2), 83-100.
https://doi.org/10.1177/1465750319846827, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50531
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1465750319846827
Pickernell, D., Beynon, M., Jones, P., Pickernell, D., & Maas, G. (2020). Investigating total entrepreneurial activity and entrepreneurial intention in Africa regions using fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA). Small Enterprise Research, 27(2), 146-164.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13215906.2020.1752294, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa54066
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13215906.2020.1752294
Pickernell, D., Beynon, M., Jones, P., & Pickernell, D. (2020). SME development strategy and product/service innovation intention. The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, 21(1), 3-16.
https://doi.org/10.1177/1465750318807401, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa45002
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1465750318807401
Pickernell, D., Ishizaka, A., Huang, S., & Senyard, J. (2019). Entrepreneurial university strategies in the UK context: towards a research agenda. Management Decision, 57(12), 3426-3446.
https://doi.org/10.1108/md-10-2018-1162, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61270
Pickernell, D., Beynon, M., Jones, P., & Pickernell, D. (2019). The role of entrepreneurship, innovation, and urbanity-diversity on growth, unemployment, and income: US state-level evidence and an fsQCA elucidation. Journal of Business Research, 101, 675-687.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2019.01.074, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa49027
Battisti, M., Beynon, M., Pickernell, D., & Deakins, D. (2019). Surviving or thriving: The role of learning for the resilient performance of small firms. Journal of Business Research, 100, 38-50.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2019.03.006, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61269
Fuller, D., Beynon, M., & Pickernell, D. (2019). Indexing third stream activities in UK universities: exploring the entrepreneurial/enterprising university. Studies in Higher Education, 44(1), 86-110.
https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2017.1339029, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61271
Pickernell, D., Pickernell, D., Jones, P., & Beynon, M. (2019). Innovation performance and the role of clustering at the local enterprise level: a fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis approach. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 31(1-2), 82-103.
https://doi.org/10.1080/08985626.2018.1537149, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa45361
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08985626.2018.1537149
Pickernell, D., Pickernell, D., Jones, P., & Beynon, M. (2019). Innovation performance and the role of clustering at the local enterprise level: a fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis approach. Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 31(1-2), 82-103.
https://doi.org/10.1080/08985626.2018.1537149, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55782
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08985626.2018.1537149
White, G., Samuel, A., Pickernell, D., Taylor, D., & Mason-Jones, R. (2018). Social entrepreneurs in challenging places: A Delphi study of experiences and perspectives. Local Economy: The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit, 33(8), 800-821.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0269094218803313, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61272
Pickernell, D., Beynon, M., Jones, P., & Pickernell, D. (2018). Entrepreneurial climate and self-perceptions about entrepreneurship: a country comparison using fsQCA with dual outcomes. Journal of Business Research, 89, 418-428.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2017.12.014, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43240
Fuller, D. & Pickernell, D. (2018). Identifying groups of entrepreneurial activities at universities. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, 24(1), 171-190.
https://doi.org/10.1108/ijebr-03-2017-0096, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61274
Murphy, L., Pickernell, D., Thomas, B., & Fuller, D. (2018). Innovation, social capital and regional policy: the case of the Communities First programme in Wales. Regional Studies, Regional Science, 5(1), 21-39.
https://doi.org/10.1080/21681376.2017.1405740, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61273
Pickernell, D., Jones, P., Pickernell, D., Fisher, R., & Netana, C. (2017). A tale of two universities: graduates perceived value of entrepreneurship education. Education + Training, 59(7/8), 689-705.
https://doi.org/10.1108/ET-06-2017-0079, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43266
https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/ET-06-2017-0079
Atkinson, C., Netana, C., Pickernell, D., & Dann, Z. (2017). Being taken seriously – shaping the pathways taken by Welsh female entrepreneurs. Small Enterprise Research, 24(2), 132-148.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13215906.2017.1337587, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61275
Pickernell, D., Beynon, M., Jones, P., & Pickernell, D. (2016). Country-level investigation of innovation investment in manufacturing: Paired fsQCA of two models. Journal of Business Research, 69(11), 5401-5407.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2016.04.145, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa44414
http://orca.cf.ac.uk/94182/1/JBR%20Paired%202016.pdf
Pickernell, D., Beynon, M., Jones, P., & Pickernell, D. (2016). Country-based comparison analysis using fsQCA investigating entrepreneurial attitudes and activity. Journal of Business Research, 69(4), 1271-1276.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2015.10.091, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43281
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0148296315005147
Pickernell, D., Beynon, M., Jones, P., Pickernell, D., Packham, G., & Jones, P. (2016). A NCaRBS analysis of SME intended innovation: Learning about the Don’t Knows. Omega, 59, 97-112.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2015.04.018, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43284
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2015.04.018
Pickernell, D., Pickernell, D., Jones, P., Thompson, P., & Packham, G. (2016). Determinants of SME Exporting. The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, 17(1), 31-42.
https://doi.org/10.5367/ijei.2016.0208, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43283
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.5367/ijei.2016.0208
Bakos, A., Miller, C., Packham, G., Pickernell, D., & Thomas, B. (2016). Internal Electronic Information as a Competitiveness-Enhancing Resource in German Automotive Industry Suppliers. Strategic Change, 25(1), 61-80.
https://doi.org/10.1002/jsc.2047, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61276
Pickernell, D., Beynon, M., Jones, P., Pickernell, D., & Packham, G. (2015). Investigating the impact of training influence on employee retention in small and medium enterprises: a regression-type classification and ranking believe simplex analysis on sparse data. Expert Systems, 32(1), 141-154.
https://doi.org/10.1111/exsy.12067, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43292
Pickernell, D., Beynon, M., Jones, P., Packham, G., & Pickernell, D. (2014). Investigating the motivation for enterprise education: a CaRBS based exposition. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, 20(6), 584-612.
https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEBR-05-2013-0073, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa44594
https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/IJEBR-05-2013-0073
Pickernell, D., Jones, P., Simmons, G., Packham, G., Beynon-Davies, P., & Pickernell, D. (2014). An exploration of the attitudes and strategic responses of sole-proprietor micro-enterprises in adopting information and communication technology. International Small Business Journal, 32(3), 285-306.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0266242612461802, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa44596
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0266242612461802
Pickernell, D., Jones, P., Scherle, J., Pickernell, D., Packham, G., Skinner, H., & Peisl, T. (2014). Fool's Gold? The Value of Business Awards to Small Businesses. The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, 15(2), 89-100.
https://doi.org/10.5367/ijei.2014.0151, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa44595
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.5367/ijei.2014.0151
Pickernell, D., Jones, P., Beynon, M., Pickernell, D., & Packham, G. (2013). Evaluating the impact of different training methods on SME business performance. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 31(1), 56-81.
https://doi.org/10.1068/c12113b, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43302
Pickernell, D., Pickernell, D., Jones, P., Packham, G., Thomas, B., White, G., & Willis, R. (2013). E-commerce trading activity and the SME sector: an FSB perspective. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 20(4), 866-888.
https://doi.org/10.1108/jsbed-06-2012-0074, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43341
Pickernell, D., Pickernell, D., Senyard, J., Jones, P., Packham, G., & Ramsey, E. (2013). New and young firms: Entrepreneurship policy and the role of government – evidence from the Federation of Small Businesses survey. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 20(2), 358-382.
https://doi.org/10.1108/14626001311326770, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa44602
https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/14626001311326770
Jones, P., Miller, C., Pickernell, D., & Packham, G. (2011). The role of education, training and skills development in social inclusion: The University of the Heads of the Valley case study. Education + Training, 53(7), 638-651.
https://doi.org/10.1108/00400911111172011, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa44605
https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/00400911111172011
Pickernell, D., Jones, P., Miller, C., Jones, A., Packham, G., Pickernell, D., & Zbierowski, P. (2011). Attitudes and motivations of Polish students towards entrepreneurial activity. Education + Training, 53(5), 416-432.
https://doi.org/10.1108/00400911111147721, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43345
https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/00400911111147721
Pickernell, D., Jones, P., Packham, G., Beynon‐Davies, P., & Pickernell, D. (2011). False promises: e‐business deployment in Wales' SME community. Journal of Systems and Information Technology, 13(2), 163-178.
https://doi.org/10.1108/13287261111135990, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43305
Pickernell, D., Pickernell, D., Packham, G., Jones, P., Miller, C., & Thomas, B. (2011). Graduate entrepreneurs are different: they access more resources?. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, 17(2), 183-202.
https://doi.org/10.1108/13552551111114932, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa44606
https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/13552551111114932
Pickernell, D., Pickernell, D., Packham, G., Brooksbank, D., & Jones, P. (2010). A Recipe for What? UK Universities, Enterprise and Knowledge Transfer. The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, 11(4), 265-272.
https://doi.org/10.5367/ijei.2010.0001, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa44662
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.5367/ijei.2010.0001
Pickernell, D., Packham, G., Jones, P., Miller, C., Pickernell, D., & Thomas, B. (2010). Attitudes towards entrepreneurship education: a comparative analysis. Education + Training, 52(8/9), 568-586.
https://doi.org/10.1108/00400911011088926, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa44661
https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/00400911011088926
Pickernell, D., Kim, J., Garri, M., & Beynon, M. (n.d.) Exploring South Korean Foreign Direct Investment Motives and State-Level Location Decisions: US Evidence 1995-2008. Thunderbird
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa68588
Pickernell, D., Jones, P., Beynon, M., & Huggins, R. (n.d.) Levelling-up National Economies Through Regional Development? A Panel fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) Approach Applied to Great Britain. The Annals of Regional Science
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa68402

Conference Contributions

Ebie, S. & Pickernell, D. (2024). The State of Social Enterprise and Opportunities for Sustainable Development in the Global South: A Critical Literature Review. In Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research in the Global South 1st International Research Symposium, Swansea University [HYBRID]
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa68330
Pickernell, D., Jones, P., & beynon, m. (2023). A Panel fsQCA investigation on European Regional Innovation, Academy of Innovation,. In Entrepreneurship, and Knowledge (ACIEK) conference, ESIC Business and Marketing School, Madrid
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63714

Other Research Outputs

Pickernell, D., Doneddu, D., Ebie, S., Jones, P., Parry Jones, S., Johnson, S., Tubadji, A., & Samuel, A. (2024). Phoenix from the Flames? Promoting Entrepreneurship to support the Economic Development of Neath Port Talbot
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa68328
https://www.isbe.org.uk/entrepreneurship-policy-and-practice-insights/
Pickernell, D., Davies, G., Rich, N., Roberts, N., Sarvghad Moghadam, P., Walpole, G., & Price, A. (2023). Manufacturing Momentum, Growing SME Manufacturing in Wales
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65856
https://www.fsb.org.uk/resource-report/manufacturing-momentum.html

Supervision

The Role of Entrepreneurial Practices in Enabling Universities to Attract Potential Students: A Case Study of Kuwait (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Samuel Ebie
Untitled (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Samuel Ebie
The impacts of sustainability and digitalization on SME performance: a UK-France study (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Paul Jones
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PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Louisa Huxtable-Thomas
Optimizing Trade Secret Management in the UK: Advanced Processes, Strategic Protection Practices and Mitigation of Information Misappropriation. (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Emily Bacon
The impact of future challenges and opportunities on entrepreneurship for female-run SMEs in Saudi Arabia to achieve the 2030 vision (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Paul Davies

Other supervisor: Prof Paul Jones
The Impact of Globalization on the Resilience of SMEs in Lagos, Nigeria (current)

DBA

Other supervisor: Dr Samuel Ebie
A critical evaluation of the relevance of veteran owned businesses within the UK’s Diverse Business landscape. (current)

DBA

Other supervisor: Dr Jae Kim

Taught Modules

MN-D024 International Business - Dissertation

The module aims to develop fundamental research skills. It comprises the development of supervised research work leading to a dissertation in the field of International Business. The specific research topic will be chosen by the student following consultation with their supervisor. It is intended to provide a degree of synthesis of the various course components. The student should be able to demonstrate he/she is able to apply knowledge and skills gained and that he/she has an understanding of the wider context of the programme of study undertaken.
MN-D024P International Business - Independent Project

The module aims to develop consultancy-relevant research skills. It comprises of an independently researched analysis of an international business-relevant project, appropriate to the programme the student is undertaking. It is the student¿s responsibility, with support from the supervisor and Business clinic, where appropriate, to identify and obtain agreement with the industrial/commercial/public sector/organisation client. The specific project topic will be chosen by the student, in consultation with the industrial/commercial/public sector/organisation client and their supervisor. It is intended to allow utilisation of various course components, to an explicitly applied, practical, real-world issue. The student should be able to demonstrate they are able to apply knowledge and skills gained in this context, as well as understanding of the wider context of the programme of study undertaken.
MN-M050 Foundations of Management

This module introduces learners to the key tools that a manager should possess within their arsenal in order to actively contribute to an organisation, enable effective decision making within global market dynamics, monitor and report on its performance, and capitalise on its greatest assets ¿ its people, by understanding, nurturing, listening to and fostering their development. The module will explore the principles of financial planning and control and reporting of results in accordance with IFRS, to then move to the analysis of financial statements and the key financial ratios for performance management, monitoring and strategic decision making, including company valuations and business development considerations. The basic economics concepts will be introduced; supply an demand, markets structure and dynamics, pricing and currency, to enable the evaluation of strategic options to achieve competitive advantage within a global marketplace. The Management of Human resources and the organisational behaviour theories and key concepts will be introduced and critically evaluated, to understand the individual and their relationship within organisations and to substantiate the claim of sustained competitive advantage that the implementation of HRM within firms can bring. Key functions of HRM will be introduced and considerations specific to international organisations will be made.
MN-M067 Innovation, Enterprise and Strategy in International Contexts

This module brings the latest insights from the areas of Innovation, Enterprise and Strategy and aims to equip students with the knowledge and tools to navigate key challenges within the International Environment. With a focus on the identification, creation, and capture of additional value in a range of strategic settings in the global context, the module will examine approaches to the realisation of new goods, services and processes, set against a backdrop of rapid global political, economic, social, technological, economic and legal. Students will examine Innovation, Enterprise and Strategy in International contexts through the multidisciplinary perspectives of strategic management, innovation management, entrepreneurial behaviour and International Business.
MN-M068 International Business Environment

This module gives the student an understanding of the international economy, how and why countries trade, why multinational businesses exist, and the ideas and assumptions on which these processes are based. Three interlocking stages are used to frame the module. The economic growth and development stage examines the trajectories of diverse types of national and regional economies over time, and the impacts of current issues such as environmental sustainability, but also the importance of economic growth versus other measures of wellbeing. The international economies stage introduces students to how globalised economies are managed in the real world. Finally, the international institutions stage analyses the key roles played by a variety of institutions in the international business environment. The themes have been selected for their frequency of appearance in international business news, election campaigns, and other types of public discussion. Each topic is treated rigorously and with reference to current scholarship. Relevant government policy is examined from a number of angles, and students are invited to engage in policy analysis, evaluation of existing policy formulation, and new potential policy.
MN-MB06P Data Analysis and Decision Making

This module will develop managerial analytical skills to enable decision-making relevant to a range of business interests. Robust interpretation of relevant data and recognition of implications for business are emphasised (knowledge assimilation and transformation). We will develop effective communication (knowledge sharing) of data driven results in order to enhance a coordinated business response.
MN-MBA02 Navigating Innovation and Change

This module brings the latest insights from the areas of innovation and organisational change management and aims to equip students with the knowledge and tools to navigate key challenges within this space. With a focus on co-creation of value, the module will examine approaches to the realisation of new goods, services and processes. Set against a backdrop of rapid technological, global, social and cultural change, students will examine innovation, organisational culture and change through the multidisciplinary perspectives of management, psychology, economics and sociology. Successful companies and organisations of all sizes are typically characterised by innovation and the ability to be agile. This is increasingly important in today¿s global marketplace but brings with it challenges to product and service development, as well as change in organisational structures, operations and human behaviour. This module will equip students with the knowledge and skills to engage in the effective development of new products and services delivering value through navigating the innovation lifecycle, open collaboration and developing organisational structures that support rapid and sustainable change. The module is divided into five key themes: [1] Key theories of innovation, strategy and core processes [2] Innovation networks and multidisciplinary approaches [3] Disruptive forces [4] People, culture and change [5] Product and service design agility Based on this learning, students will develop a business case to successfully navigate and overcome a series of contemporary challenges in the pursuit of new product or service development. This authentic assessment reflects practice across sectors, and allows the full range of learning outcomes to be tested. The module will develop managerial skills, synergistic thinking, critical evaluation and research skills. Students are required to think beyond the current parameters of business subjects to endorse their work. The module is also highly complementary to strategic and leadership elements of the MBA programme.

Key Grants and Projects

AWE Project Disadvantaged Female Entrepreneurs in England and France 2018 - 2021

Project with multiple partners in England and France, with specific responsibility for research element. , with Dr Zoe Dann, Professor Karen Johnston, £200000 to University of Portsmouth

Career History

Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Principal Lecturer, Reader, Professor, University of South Wales (as University of Glamorgan)

September 1994 - October 2016
Professor, University of Portsmouth

October 2016 - September 2022

Affiliated Positions

Adjunct Professor, Queensland University of Technology

2007 - 2011
Adjunct Professor, Coventry University

2016 - 2018

Other Roles

External Examiner (PGC 2020: Leadership), Cardiff Metropolitan University

2012 - 2016
External Examiner (Business and Management Undergraduate Degree), University of Worcester

2018 - 2022

Professor David Pickernell

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The Role of Entrepreneurial Practices in Enabling Universities to Attract Potential Students: A Case Study of Kuwait (current)

Untitled (current)

The impacts of sustainability and digitalization on SME performance: a UK-France study (current)

Optimizing Trade Secret Management in the UK: Advanced Processes, Strategic Protection Practices and Mitigation of Information Misappropriation. (current)

The impact of future challenges and opportunities on entrepreneurship for female-run SMEs in Saudi Arabia to achieve the 2030 vision (current)

The Impact of Globalization on the Resilience of SMEs in Lagos, Nigeria (current)

A critical evaluation of the relevance of veteran owned businesses within the UK’s Diverse Business landscape. (current)

MN-D024 International Business - Dissertation

MN-D024P International Business - Independent Project

MN-M050 Foundations of Management

MN-M067 Innovation, Enterprise and Strategy in International Contexts

MN-M068 International Business Environment

MN-MB06P Data Analysis and Decision Making

MN-MBA02 Navigating Innovation and Change

Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Principal Lecturer, Reader, Professor, University of South Wales (as University of Glamorgan)

Professor, University of Portsmouth

Adjunct Professor, Queensland University of Technology

Adjunct Professor, Coventry University

External Examiner (PGC 2020: Leadership), Cardiff Metropolitan University

External Examiner (Business and Management Undergraduate Degree), University of Worcester