Dr Samantha Burvill

Associate Professor

Business

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Basic Welsh Speaker

Available For Postgraduate Supervision

Research Links

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4893-3371

About

Samantha Burvill is an Associate Professor at Swansea University School of Management and is the Employability Lead for the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Sam has a PhD in Business Growth and worked for a number of years in various positions within industry (from high tech to non profit to healthcare) prior to starting a career in academia. Her research focuses on regional development, ecosystems (especially purposeful ecosystems) and well-being. She has a passion for collaboration and impact driven research that aims to make a clear difference to industry and policy. This translates into her teaching which focuses on preparing students to be change makers and leaders. She has co-edited a textbook looking at teaching cases in innovation and entrepreneurship in underexplored areas, has published numerous journal papers and conference papers, has won numerous awards for work focused on regional development and has led impact focused projects with industry.

Areas Of Expertise

Regional development
Well-being
Ecosystems
SMEs
Entrepreneurship
SME growth
Collaboration

Career Highlights

Teaching Interests

Sam currently teaches both undergraduate and postgraduate modules. These topics cover strategy, change management and entrepreneurship.

Research Award Highlights Collaborations

Publications

Research Highlights

Burvill, S. (n.d.) From Positivist to Interpretivist: Putting and Innovative Spin on Traditional Grounded Theory
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67981
Burvill, S. (n.d.) Diagnosing the change that is needed: The case of a growing firm
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67980
Organ, K., Davies, F., Burvill, S., & Cummings, B. (n.d.) The Role of Purposeful Ecosystems in Regenerative Economies: A Case Study of South West Wales. In International Conference on Regeneration, Resilience, Health and Wellbeing. Aberyswyth.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67693
Bowen, R., Burvill, S., Cummings, B., & Themelidis, L. (2024). A new approach to entrepreneurship and regional development: key roles of purpose and well-being in the Swansea Bay City Region. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, 0
https://doi.org/10.1108/ijebr-03-2023-0320, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67376
Halawi, A., Jones, P., & Burvill, S. (n.d.) The evaluation of the interrelationship between female entrepreneurship and the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the KSA. In 3rd Annual Conference of ASFAAG The Role of Accounting, Finance & Governance in Climate Change
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67375
Halawi, A., Jones, P., & Burvill, S. (n.d.) Empowering Female Entrepreneurs in the KSA: Analysing the Role of the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Overcoming Challenges and Enhancing Sustainability. In 6th Annual Conference of Entrepreneurship for Sustainability & Impact
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67373
Atkinson, S., Organ, K., Cummings, B., & Burvill, S. (n.d.) Feedback: A Process or a Learning Experience. In Swansea Academy of Learning and Teaching Conference
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67372
Burvill, S. & Pugh, R. (2021). A multi-level framework: Integrating the region into firm growth models. In International Small Business and Entrepreneurship conference
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67371
Burvill, S., Huxtable-Thomas, L., Cave, D., & Davies, M. (2019). Co-creative design the industry: The future of higher education?. In Swansea Academy of Learning and Teaching
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67333
Schmutzler, J., Palacios-Chacon, L., Burvill, S., & Andonova, V. (Eds.). (2024). Teaching Cases on Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Unexplored Topics and Contexts. Edward Elgar Publishing Limited.
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802204537, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64423

All Research

Journal Articles

Bowen, R., Burvill, S., Cummings, B., & Themelidis, L. (2024). A new approach to entrepreneurship and regional development: key roles of purpose and well-being in the Swansea Bay City Region. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, 0
https://doi.org/10.1108/ijebr-03-2023-0320, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67376
Burvill, S., Owens, S., & Organ, K. (2022). The digital explosion: It’s impact on international student achievement. The International Journal of Management Education, 20(1), 100585
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijme.2021.100585, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58684
Cummings, B., Burvill, S., Bowen, R., & Themelidis, L. (2021). A well-being network approach to Covid-19 recovery: The approach of 4theRegion. Regions, 1(11)
https://doi.org/10.1080/13673882.2021.00001113, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58846
Burvill, S., Jones-Evans, D., & Rowlands, H. (2018). Reconceptualising the principles of Penrose’s (1959) theory and the resource based view of the firm. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development
https://doi.org/10.1108/JSBED-11-2017-0361, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa40506

Book Chapters

Cummings, B., Burvill, S., & Reynolds, D. (2024). Urban Foundry: A Purposeful Business Model. Teaching cases on Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Unexplored Topics and Contexts Edward Elgar
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64422

Conference Contributions

Cummings, B., Burvill, S., & Bowen, R. (2022). From entrepreneurial to purposeful ecosystems in Wales in a post covid era.. In International Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) 2022, York, UK, October 27-28 2022
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64288
https://isbe.org.uk/isbe-2022/
Cummings, B., Burvill, S., & Bowen, R. (2022). Network based regional development: A Comparative study.. In International Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) 2022, York, UK, October 27-28 2022
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64289
https://isbe.org.uk/isbe-2022/
Cummings, B., Burvill, S., & Bowen, R. (2022). Purposeful Regional Development in Swansea Bay: The case of 4theRegion. In Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research and Data (WISERD) Annual Conference, School of Management, Bay Campus, Swansea University, July 6-7 2022
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64348
https://wiserd.ac.uk/events/annual-conference-2022/
Cummings, B., Burvill, S., & Bowen, R. (2022). 4theRegion: A focus on SDGs and the Well Being of Future Generations Act (Wales, 2015) through a sustainability network model.. In The Economy for the Common Good International Conference 2022 (ECGIC 2022), Valencia, Spain, March 9-11 2022
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64347
https://esdeveniments.uv.es/67799/detail/ii-economy-for-the-common-good-international-conference-2022-ecgic-2022.html
Huxtable-Thomas, L., Burvill, S., & Bowen, R. (2021). Regional Development Through Well-being. In RSA Winter College
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58881
Bowen, R., Burvill, S., Cummings, B., & Themelidis, L. (2021). 4theRegion: A Network Approach to Regional Development in Swansea Bay. In ISBE
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58513
Burvill, S. & Pugh, R. (2021). A multi-level framework: Integrating the region into firm growth models. In International Small Business and Entrepreneurship conference
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67371
Burvill, S., Huxtable-Thomas, L., Cave, D., & Davies, M. (2019). Co-creative design the industry: The future of higher education?. In Swansea Academy of Learning and Teaching
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67333
Owens, S., Burvill, S., Organ, K., & Hill, T. (2018). Reinventing how Students Engage with Core Marketing Content through Learning Science. In Academy of Marketing Special Session2018 Academy of Marketing Special Session.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa48580
https://www.academyofmarketing.org/conference/conference-history/conference-2018/am2018-special-sessions/
Organ, K., Burvill, S., & Owens, S. (2018). The use of interactive e-books to boost independent learning: The essential study skill for the millennial generation. In ALDinHE Regional Symposium with SAILS: Embedding Academic Study SkillsALDinHE Regional Symposium with SAILS.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa48578
Burvill, S., Owens, S., & Organ, K. (2018). Interactive e-books: The essential accompaniment to modern technological based learning. In Learning, Teaching & Student Experience (LTSE 2018)Learning, Teaching and Student Experience.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa48577
https://charteredabs.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/LTSE-2018-final-programme-with-presentations-1.pdf
Yandle, S., Jones-Evans, D., Rowlands, H., & Burvill, S. (2015). An exploration into a new theoretical perspective of firm growth: Combining resources, mediating factors and output factors. In British Academy of Management
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21643
Yandle, S. & Burvill, S. (2015). The open innovation process in a small early stage knowledge based firm: The essential business model?. In British Academy of Management
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21642
Organ, K., Davies, F., Burvill, S., & Cummings, B. (n.d.) The Role of Purposeful Ecosystems in Regenerative Economies: A Case Study of South West Wales. In International Conference on Regeneration, Resilience, Health and Wellbeing. Aberyswyth.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67693
Halawi, A., Jones, P., & Burvill, S. (n.d.) The evaluation of the interrelationship between female entrepreneurship and the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the KSA. In 3rd Annual Conference of ASFAAG The Role of Accounting, Finance & Governance in Climate Change
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67375
Halawi, A., Jones, P., & Burvill, S. (n.d.) Empowering Female Entrepreneurs in the KSA: Analysing the Role of the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Overcoming Challenges and Enhancing Sustainability. In 6th Annual Conference of Entrepreneurship for Sustainability & Impact
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67373
Atkinson, S., Organ, K., Cummings, B., & Burvill, S. (n.d.) Feedback: A Process or a Learning Experience. In Swansea Academy of Learning and Teaching Conference
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67372

Edited Books

Schmutzler, J., Palacios-Chacon, L., Burvill, S., & Andonova, V. (Eds.). (2024). Teaching Cases on Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Unexplored Topics and Contexts. Edward Elgar Publishing Limited.
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802204537, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64423
Jones, P., Rees, D., Ebie, S., Burvill, S., & Edwards, C. (Eds.). (2023). Collected Papers: Entrepreneurship. Swansea University.
https://doi.org/10.23889/SU.63075.978-1-911503-05-7, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63075

Other Research Outputs

Burvill, S. (n.d.) From Positivist to Interpretivist: Putting and Innovative Spin on Traditional Grounded Theory
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67981
Burvill, S. (n.d.) Diagnosing the change that is needed: The case of a growing firm
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67980

Supervision

Untitled (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Fern Davies
Untitled (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Fern Davies
What are the key barriers that limit women’s access to leadership positions in Saudi Arabia’s public sector, and how have Vision 2030 initiatives addressed these challenges to promote gender diversity? (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Sarah Marks
The Impact of a Leadership style on The Success of Women's Entrepreneurial Businesses in Saudi Arabia (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Louisa Huxtable-Thomas
Exploring the Interplay of Female Entrepreneurship and the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Saudi Arabia towards 2030 Vision (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Paul Jones
A Theoretical Approach for Open Innovation Implementation in Knowledge-Intensive SMEs in the Middle East: A Dynamic Capabilities Perspective (awarded 2022)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Paul Jones
Big Ideas in a Micro Village:Evaluating a young person’s supported housing project in Llanelli (awarded 2023)

MPhil

Other supervisor: Dr Elaine Forde

Other supervisor: Dr Alan Sandry

Taught Modules

MN-2009 Change Management

The module outlines the difficult process of implementing and leading change in organisations.
MN-2009A Change Management

The module outlines the difficult process of implementing and leading change in organisations.
MN-3000 Final Year Project

This module serves as the capstone for the BSc Business Management programme. The module allows students to undertake in-depth and applied research on an academic or practical topic of their choosing.
MN-M522 Strategy

This module provides an introduction to the basic frameworks and concepts used in modern business.

Dr Samantha Burvill

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About

Areas Of Expertise

Career Highlights

Research Highlights

All Research

Untitled (current)

Untitled (current)

What are the key barriers that limit women’s access to leadership positions in Saudi Arabia’s public sector, and how have Vision 2030 initiatives addressed these challenges to promote gender diversity? (current)

The Impact of a Leadership style on The Success of Women's Entrepreneurial Businesses in Saudi Arabia (current)

Exploring the Interplay of Female Entrepreneurship and the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Saudi Arabia towards 2030 Vision (current)

A Theoretical Approach for Open Innovation Implementation in Knowledge-Intensive SMEs in the Middle East: A Dynamic Capabilities Perspective (awarded 2022)

Big Ideas in a Micro Village:Evaluating a young person’s supported housing project in Llanelli (awarded 2023)

MN-2009 Change Management

MN-2009A Change Management

MN-3000 Final Year Project

MN-M522 Strategy