Mr Augusto Rocha

Research and Development Fellow

Researcher profile

Phone

+44 (0)1334 462806

Email

a.rocha@st-andrews.ac.uk

Research areas

Augusto Rocha joined the University of St Andrews as an entrepreneurship researcher. He researches Entrepreneurship and Technological Exploitation for InGAME (https://www.innovationforgames.com/). His main research interests are entrepreneurial ecosystems, social capital, social networks and regional development. His doctoral research (University of Edinburgh) focuses in how networking events represent an important factor enabling knowledge exchange within an entrepreneurial community.

Augusto?s current and past roles include conducting research using both quantitative and qualitative techniques. For his doctoral studies, a mix of Social Network Analysis, in-depth interviews and observations have been central to understand how entrepreneurial activities unfold when ecosystem actors exploit their social capital.

Prior to his academic career, Augusto developed a close relationship with entrepreneurial communities. This happened due his former role as a (fin)tech entrepreneur.

Selected publications

• Chinese start-ups are being starved of venture capital ? with worrying omens for the west

  Brown, R. & Rocha, A., 24 Apr 2020, The Conversation.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication ? Article

• Did you save some cash for a rainy COVID-19 day? The crisis and SMEs

  Cowling, M., Brown, R. & Rocha, A., 4 Aug 2020, In : International Small Business Journal.

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• Entrepreneurial uncertainty during the Covid-19 crisis: mapping the temporal dynamics of entrepreneurial finance

  Brown, R. C. & Rocha, A., 10 Jun 2020, In : Journal of Business Venturing Insights. 14, 10 p., e00147.

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• Financing entrepreneurship in times of crisis: exploring the impact of Covid-19 on the market for entrepreneurial finance in the UK

  Brown, R., Rocha, A. & Cowling, M., 1 Aug 2020, In : International Small Business Journal. 38, 5, p. 380-390 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

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