David Deakins
Professor of Small Business, Director of New Zealand Centre for SME Research, School of Management, Massey University, New Zealand.
E-mail: d.deakins@massey.ac.nz
Academic qualifications
1988 M.A. (Distinction) Business Economics, Essex University, UK
1980 B.A. Bus Studs (First Class) Sheffield Polytechnic, UK
1962 BSc (Econ) London University (External), UK
External Recognition
Articles in Financial Times and Guardian, UK.
Keynote speaker Scottish Ethnic Minority Business Forum, 1996.
“The Role of Non-Executive Directors in Small Companies”, ACCA Conference, 1999.
“Meeting the Needs of Ethnic Minority Communities”, IBS Conference, November, 2002.
“Small Firms Policy”, International Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation Conference, University of Durham, September 2003.
ESRC/CRE/DTI/EMDA; Workshop on Ethnic Minority Businesses, London, 2007.
Scottish Empower Awards, Winner of Good Practice Award in Diversity, August 2004, in recognition of research with ethnic minority entrepreneurs and promotion of diversity.
ISBE National Conference, Belfast, winner of best refereed paper award, 2008.
President of ISBE, 1999-2002.
Membership of Editorial Boards of Journals
International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, International Journal for Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research, Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, Local Economy, since 1997.
Regular refereeing of articles for Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, International Small Business Journal, Journal of Business Venturing and Regional Studies.
Previous Positions (in Research and Higher Education)
1994-2009, Professor of Enterprise Development and Director of Paisley Enterprise Research Centre, University of Paisley (to 2007), then University of the West of Scotland, Scotland, UK.
1989-1994 Senior Lecturer in Business Economics, University of Central England, Birmingham, UK.
Current Research
I am currently or recently been involved with UK projects concerned with SMEs access to finance, including technology-based SMEs, ICT and use of the Internet, rural entrepreneurship, minority entrepreneurship and opportunity recognition.
Research Supervision and Examination Experience
4 PhDs, 1 MPhil and 1 DBA completed
Examination of Doctoral Theses
20 PhDs 1 MPhil and 2 DBAs
I am currently supervising four PhD candidates.(based in the UK)
Refereed Journal Publications (Since 2001)
Deakins, D., O’Neill, E. and Mileham, P. (2001) “Chief Executive Officers and non-executive directors: Their relationships in small companies”, Government and Policy, vol 19, no 3, pp 355-372.
Deakins, D., Morrison, A. and Galloway, L. (2002) “Evolution, financial management and learning in the small firm”, Small Business and Enterprise Development, vol 9, no 1, pp 7-16.
Deakins, D., Sullivan, R. and Whittam, G. (2002) “Developing Support for Entrepreneurial Learning: Evidence from Start-up Support Programmes” International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, vol 2, nos 4/5, pp 323-338.
Smallbone, D., Ram, M., Deakins, D. and Baldock, R. (2003) “Access to finance by ethnic minority businesses in the UK”, International Small Business Journal, vol 21, no 3, pp 291-314.
Deakins, D., Ram, M. and Smallbone, D. (2003) "Addressing the Business Support Needs of Ethnic Minority Firms in the UK", Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, vol 21, pp 843-859.
Ram, M, Smallbone, D. and Deakins, D. (2003) “Banking On ‘Break-Out’: Finance and the Development of Ethnic Minority Businesses”, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol 29, no 4, pp 663-681.
Deakins, D. Galloway, L. and Mochrie, R. (2004) “Rural Business Use of ICT: A Study of the Relative Impact of Collective Activity in Rural Scotland”, Journal of Strategic Change, vol 13, pp 139-150.
Galloway, L., Mochrie, R. and Deakins, D. (2004) "ICT-enabled Collectivity as a Positive Rural Business Strategy", International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research, vol 10, no 4, pp 247-259.
Wilson, L., Whittam, G. and Deakins, D. (2004) "National Support Policies for Women's Enterprise: A Critical Examination", Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, vol. 22, no 5, pp 799-815.
Deakins, D., Glancey, K., Menter, I. and Wyper, J. (2005) “Enterprise Education: The Role of Head Teachers”, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Management, vol 1, no 2, pp 241-263.
Deakins, D., Ishaq, M., Smallbone, D., Whittam, G. and Wyper, J. (2007) “Ethnic Minority Businesses in Scotland: The Role of Social Capital”, International Small Business Journal, vol 25, no 3, pp 307-326.
Deakins, D., Ishaq, M., Smallbone, D., Whittam, G. and Wyper, J. (2009) “Minority Ethnic Enterprise in Scotland”, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol 35, no 2, pp 309-330.
Deakins, D., Ishaq, M.., Whittam, G. and Wyper, J. (2009) “Diversity in Ethnic Minority Businesses from Rural and Urban Localities”, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, vol 7, no 2.
