Dr Andrew Wilson
Lecturer
My profile
Biography
I am a lecturer and level 5 Year Tutor within the Strategy, Enterprise and Sustainability Department. My responsibilities include unit leadership for both undergraduate and postgraduate units.
My current research interests include small to medium enterprise (SME) strategy, success, growth and sustainability. My current research project is an investigation into North Western SMEs and to understand what critical success factors are most important for them to achieve and operate towards success. I am also interested in the heterogeneity that surrounds small businesses and success factors.
I also possess industry experience at consultancy level and have contributed to the growth of various SMEs within the Northwest of England.
Impact
My current research contributions are as follows:
(September 2021) British Academy of Management Conference – Does heterogeneity have an impact on the level of importance of critical success factors when considering micro, small and medium sized enterprises in a North West of England context.
(February 2021) Doctoral Conference on Strategy, Innovation and International Business (SIIB) 2021 - Critical Success Factors and their contribution to micro, small and medium enterprise success: Does size make a difference?
(September 2020) British Academy of Management Conference – ‘Fuelling the Fire of the UK Economy: Critical Success Factors and Small to Medium Enterprise Success’. Conference paper and presentation.
(September 2019) International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences, 10th Business and Management Conference – Critical Success Factors and Small to Medium Enterprise Achievement: A critical review of success factors and their impact on small to medium success
(June 2019)Liverpool John Moores University Doctoral Research and Innovation Day - ‘An investigation towards effective critical success factors that contribute towards success’. Conference poster and presentation.
(May 2019) Liverpool John Moores University Doctoral Research Conference – ‘An investigation towards effective critical success factors that contribute towards success’. Conference poster and presentation.
Teaching
My teaching and supervision responsibilities are as follows:
Level 6 year tutor for SES department.
Level 5 personal tutor for SES department.
I am currently unit leader for the units listed below:
L6: Strategic Management in the Global Context
L6: Business Start-Up: Ready for Investment
MSc Management: Dissertation and Research Methods
MSc Entrepreneurship: Research Project and Research Methods
Supervision
I am currently unit lead for dissertations on both MSc Management and MSc Entrepreneurship. This role comes with the responsibility of allocating our MSc Management and MSc Entrepreneurship students with supervisors who possess similar research interests.
I currently supervise multiple students as Masters level and ensure that their dissertations are of a high quality standard.
Research outputs
My current research contributions are as follows:
(November 2022) European Institute in Advanced Studies for Management: Homogenous in Research but Heterogenous in Practice: Does the size of an SME influence the criticality of an enterprise factor?
(September 2022) Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Homogenous in Research but Heterogenous in Practice: Does the size of an SME influence the criticality of an enterprise factor?
(September 2021) British Academy of Management Conference – Does heterogeneity have an impact on the level of importance of critical success factors when considering micro, small and medium sized enterprises in a North West of England context.
(February 2021) Doctoral Conference on Strategy, Innovation and International Business (SIIB) 2021 - Critical Success Factors and their contribution to micro, small and medium enterprise success: Does size make a difference?
(September 2020) British Academy of Management Conference – ‘Fuelling the Fire of the UK Economy: Critical Success Factors and Small to Medium Enterprise Success’. Conference paper and presentation.
(September 2019) International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences, 10th Business and Management Conference – Critical Success Factors and Small to Medium Enterprise Achievement: A critical review of success factors and their impact on small to medium success
(June 2019)Liverpool John Moores University Doctoral Research and Innovation Day - ‘An investigation towards effective critical success factors that contribute towards success’. Conference poster and presentation.
(May 2019) Liverpool John Moores University Doctoral Research Conference – ‘An investigation towards effective critical success factors that contribute towards success’. Conference poster and presentation.
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Conference papers
Wilson, A. (2021) 'Does heterogeneity have an impact on the level of importance of critical success factors when considering micro, small and medium sized enterprises in a North West of England?.' In British Academy of Management. Online, 31/8/2021 - 3/9/2021.
Wilson, A. (2020) 'Fueling the Fire of the UK Economy: The Dynamic Capabilities of Critical Success Factors and their contribution towards Small to Medium Enterprise Success.' In British Academy of Management. Online, 2/9/2020 - 4/9/2020.