Entrepreneurship in Crisis Contexts, a seminar by Professor Nick Williams (University of Leeds)

Entrepreneurship in Crisis Contexts

by Professor Nick Williams from the University of Leeds

Abstract

The session will examine how entrepreneurship is shaped by, and responds to, conditions of disruption and instability, with implications for enterprise policy, economic resilience, and development in constrained settings.

About the speaker

Professor Williams is Leeds University Business School Professor of Entrepreneurship. His research focuses on entrepreneurship and economic development, including entrepreneurship in crisis economies, new born states and transition countries, with additional interests in enterprise policy and economic resilience. Recent work includes publications in Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, International Small Business Journal, and Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, exploring perseverance in extreme contexts, agency under constraint, and the relationship between poverty related stressors and entrepreneurial persistence.