Mature firm growth in Wales; seeking out the happy mediums

Medium sized firms are a vital population of employers in the UK, contributing to their communities and providing vital services and products in their localities.

However, these firms are largely missing from the research corpus. Assumptions by policy makers are that Welsh businesses lack ambition, leadership skills, networks and resources to successfully grow – and that any firms that are ‘successful’ are instantly bought up by larger English or overseas firms (OSSW. 2023). However, the data to back this up is anecdotal at best.

The supervisors are interested in receiving proposals that will examinine for the first time, the actual growth trajectories of firms in Wales with a significant sample of founders, leaders and Directors of Boards. We seek innovative proposals that will add unique contributions to this project.

We will not review any proposals that are AI generated

Qualifications required

A minimum of a 2.1 at Undergraduate and a merit at Masters, or equivalent international qualifications.

Subject backgrounds considered

Business, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Economics, Management, and Social Sciences,

Experience/other skills and qualities required

We are particularly keen to take on a scholar who is experienced at working with businesses, is an entrepreneur or experienced at working business leaders in particular. However we are able to bridge that gap for the correct applicant.

First Supervisor - Professor Louisa Huxtable-Thomas

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• Telephone: 01792 602621

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Second Supervisor - Dr Samuel Ebie

• Email: Samuel.ebie@abertawe.ac.uk

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Important: Please add the name of the supervisors mentioned above to your application to ensure your application reaches them. You can add their name/s on the cover sheet of your research proposal and to your personal statement.