About
Professor Nigel Lockett
Professor Nigel Lockett (BSc, MSc, PhD, FRSA) is Professor of Enterprise at Leeds University Business School and Director of the Leeds Enterprise Centre at the University of Leeds. Nigel is a senior academic, experienced manager, entrepreneur and community leader. Before joining the University of Leeds he previously worked as a senior lecturer at Bradford University School of Management and Brunel University Business School, business development manager at InfoLab21 and lecturer at the Lancaster University Management School. Nigel also has more than 20 years experience as a company director, with a track record in managing start-up, joint venture and social enterprises. He is the co-author, with Dr Richard Blundel, of the major new textbook Exploring Entrepreneurship published by Oxford University Press. Nigel has successfully designed and delivered innovative programmes in entrepreneurship, innovation, strategy, e-business and technology enterprise and was the founding director of the MSc in E-Business and Innovation. His current research is focused on knowledge transfer, innovation and e-business in SMEs. Nigel is a Co-investigator on the ESRC-funded: ‘Knowledge and Technology Transfer, Innovation and Competitive Advantage: Past and Present’, 2007-10.
