Dr Ross Brown
BA, MSc, PhD
Lecturer in Management
Contact details
Tel: +44 (0)1334 462202
Fax: +44 (0)1334 462812
Teaching 2012/2013
- MN3126 International Business
- MN 5461 Strategic Management
- MN 5425 Master Class in International Business
- MN 5002 Contemporary Conceptual Issues in Management
Biography
Following his first degree in Economics and his Masters degree in European Public Policy during the early 1990s, Ross completed his PhD on Foreign Direct Investment and supplier linkages at the University of Strathclyde in 1997. He then spent three years as a Research Fellow at Strathclyde Business School working on various research projects examining inward investment, SME internationalisation, economic development and regional policy for research councils, national governments and the EU. Following this time in academia he worked for the economic development agency Scottish Enterprise as a Senior Researcher where he undertook and managed a number of high profile research programmes on high growth entrepreneurship, high-tech firms and major policy evaluations.
During his career, he has undertaken numerous research projects and assignments for research councils (ESRC, Anglo-German Foundation), public bodies, governments and international agencies. He has also acted as an expert advisor on inward investment, innovation and entrepreneurship to various bodies such as the OECD, EU, Action Canada and various regional governments across Europe. Ross recently returned to academia at the School of Management in January 2013.
Research Interests
- Entrepreneurship
- Entrepreneurship and Public Policy
- Business Strategy
- Business innovation and Innovation Policy
- International Business
- International Entrepreneurship
- Foreign Direct Investment and Regional Economic Development
Selected Other Information
Ross is a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Entrepreneurship Research at Edinburgh Business School. He is also currently the Chairman of the Regional Studies Association in Scotland.