Prof Jay Mitra

Position:

Associate Director, International Development, Head of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group, Director of Centre for Entrepreneurship Research

Contact Details:

E-mail: jmitra (non essex users should add @essex.ac.uk to create a full email address)
Room: R3.31, Gateway Building
Telephone: 01702 328390

Research Interests:

New venture creation
Entrepreneurship and regional development
Innovation and small firms
Small firm internationalisation

Teaching in 2009-2010:

Director of Postgraduate Programmes
Director of MSc in Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Modules Leader across various postgraduate programmes

Recent papers & publications:

Publications

Mitra, J (forthcoming, 2008) ‘Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Regional Development’ Routledge

Mitra, J and Acs, Z ‘Studies in Entrepreneurship’ Research Monograph series (joint editors) – Vol. 1: ‘Entrepreneurship, Industry and Higher Education’ Mitra, J. and J.Edmundson (eds) (under review)

Book Chapters

Li, J and Mitra, J (2008) ‘ R egional Cluster Formation:A Case Study of the Software Cluster in Birmingham, UK, in Manimala, M; Mitra J, and Varsha, H ‘Sage (forthcoming)

Arzeni, S and Mitra, J (2007) ‘From Unemployment to Entrepreneurship: Creating Conditions for Change for Young People in Central and Eastern European countries’ in Blokker, P, oAshgate (forthcoming)

Mitra, J (2007) ‘An Analytical Framework for the investigation of the contribution of Higher Education Institutions to Entrepreneurship Development’ in OECD (2006) ‘Fostering Entrepreneurship: the role of higher education’ (forthcoming)

Arzeni, S and Mitra, J (2007) ‘From Unemployment to Entrepreneurship: Creating Conditions for Change for Young People in Central and Eastern European countries’ in Blokker, P and oAshgate (forthcoming)

Mitra, J and Manimala, M (2007) ‘Fostering Entrepreneurship: HEIs as Innovative Stakeholders’ in OECD (2006) ‘Fostering Entrepreneurship: the role of higher education’ (forthcoming)

Published (From 2004 only)

Mitra, J (2007) ‘ The choreography of internationalization: innovative forms of learning and activities of small and medium sized enterprises in international markets’, in Lloyd Reason, L., and Sear, L. (eds) ‘Trading Places’, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar

Mitra, J (2004) ‘Industrial Clusters’in Kusakabe, M and P. Moffatt (eds),‘Information and Communication Technology: Policy Reform and Communications Infrastructure’ European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Seminar, Keio University, Japan, September, 2004, London, EBRD,

Matlay, H and Mitra, J (2004) ‘The Internationalisation Efforts of Growth Oriented Entrepreneurs: Lessons from Britain in Etmad, H (ed) ‘International Entrepreneurship: The Globalisation of SMEs: Orientation, Environment and Strategy, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar

Mitra, J and Matlay, H (2004) ‘The Competitive Advantage of Innovative SMEs in Industrial Clusters’ in Dana, L. (ed) ‘The Handbook of Research in International Entrepreneurship’, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar

Mitra, J (2001) ‘Regional Innovation, Clustering, and Growth and the Development of SMEs’ in Bulumac,E. & Bendis, RA (eds) ‘Utilising Technology Transfer to Develop SMEs’ Ohmsha, IOS Press

Mitra, J and Formica, P (1997) – 2 chapters in ‘Innovation and Economic Development: University-Industry Partnerships in Action’

Mitra, J (1996) ‘Stakeholding Relationships and Science Parks: Economic Regeneration in an Innovative Milieu’, pp. 269-290, in ‘The Economics of Science Parks’, Guedes, M & Formica, P. (eds), Rio Di Janeiro, IASP, ANPROTEC, AURRP

Mitra, J and Hale, M (1994) ‘Education and Training for Sustainable Development: Strategies for Higher Education Institutions’ in ‘Environmental Education for Sustainable Development’, (Bandhu, D., Bongartz, H., Ghaznawi, A.G., & Gopal, B. (eds), New Delhi, Indian Environmental Society, UNESCO

Mitra, J.; Lakin, C and Cooley, M (1993), ‘ScienceParks and Entrepreneurial Activity:Training at the Cutting Edge’ in Innovations in Training for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development’, Jain, G, (ed), Ahmedabad, Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India

Forthcoming

Mitra, J (forthcoming) ‘Learning To Grow: How New, Small, High Technology Firms Acquire Cognitive and Socio-Political Legitimacy In Their Regions’, Journal of Technology Management - expected publication in 2007-8)

Antonopoulos, G. A and Mitra, J (under review) ‘Rent seeking Entrepreneurship: The Hidden Enterprise of Bootlegging Consumer Products out of Greece, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Mitra, J and Gleave, W (under review) ‘New Business Creation and Growth and its Spatial and Sectoral Components: A Multivariate Analysis of Key Variables, Relationships and their Policy Implications’, International Journal of Business and Globalisation

Published Articles

Abubakar, Y and J. Mitra (2007), ‘Developing a culture for entrepreneurship in the East of England: the value of social and human capital’ Industry and Higher Education Journal, April, 2007

Li, J and Mitra, J (2006) ‘Exploring entrepreneurial networking: an investigation into patterns of firm-specific behaviour’ Industry and Higher Education Journal, Vol. 20, No.2, April

Li, J.; Mitra, J and Matlay, H (2004) ‘Channel conflict and –business for SMEs’ International Journal of Technology Management

Mitra, J and Matlay, H (2004) ‘ Enterprise and Vocational Education and Training in the Accession countries’, Industry and Higher Education Journal, Vol.18. No1, February, 2004

Matlay, H and Mitra, J (2002 ) ‘Entrepreneurship and Learning: the double act in the triple helix’ The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation’ Vol.3. No.1, February, 2002

Mitra, J (2002) 'Consider Velasquez: reflections on the development of entrepreneurship programmes' Industry and Higher Education Journal, Vol. 16, No.3, June 2002, 191-202

Reports and Manuals ( From 2002 only)

Mitra, J and Gleave, W (2007) ‘Developing and Entrepreneurial Culture for the Thames Gateway’, enterprise Research Project, School of Entrepreneurship and Business, University of Essex

Mitra, J (2004) ‘Local Entrepreneurship Review of the West Midlands : A Diagnostic Review’, OECD

Refereed Conference Proceedings:

Gleave, W and Mitra, J (2007) ‘Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship’, Glasgow , 7-9 November, 2007

Mitra, J and Abubakar, Y (2007) Seeking Legitimacy: New Technology Firm Behaviour in Nascent and Established Environments, Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship’ , Glasgow , 7-9 November, 2007

Warhurst, S and Mitra, J (2007) ‘Subsidiary Embeddedness, Entrepreneurial Strategies and Performance: An Empirical Study’, Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship ’, Glasgow , 7-9 November, 2007

Mitra, J and Gleave, W (2007) ‘Developing an Entrepreneurial Culture’, International Council for Small Business, Turku, Finland, June, 2007

Mitra, J and Abubakar, Y (2007) ‘Social and cognitive Legitimacy: how new small firms learn to grow in their regions’ International Council for Small Business, Turku, Finland, June, 2007

Mitra, J and Abubakar, Y (2006) ‘Learning to Grow: seeking cognitive and social legitimacy’ ISBE, Small Firms Policy and Research Conference, Cardiff, November, 2006

Gleave, W.; Li, J and Mitra, J (2006) ‘Creative Industries and Regional Development in the Periphery - review of evidence and a research agenda’. ISBE Small Firms Policy and Research Conference, Cardiff, November, 2006

Mitra, J (2005) ‘New Firms and the Region: Learning How to Grow’, ISBE Small Firms Policy and Research Conference , Blackpool , November 1-3, 2005

Mitra, J and Abubakar, Y (2005) ‘New Firm Formation and Social Capital: HEIs and ICT Firms’, ISBE Small Firms Policy and Research Conference, Blackpool, November 1-3, 2005

Li, J and Mitra, J (2004) ‘Firm-specific behaviour in business clusters’, paper completed for submission to ISBA Small Business Policy and Research Conference, November 2004, University of Teeside

Li, J and Mitra, J (2004) ‘ The behaviour of small firms in cluster-type environments’ paper submitted to the 4 th International Entrepreneurship Forum Conference,‘Entrepreneurship: contexts, Locales and Values’, University of Paris, Dauphine, Paris, France, September 2004

Mitra, J and Li, J (2003 ) ‘Building Entrepreneurial Clusters’ proceedings of the Research and Policy Conference of the Institute of Small Business Affairs, University of Surrey, UK November, 2003

Mitra, J and Li, J (2003) ‘SMEs and Learning in Entrepreneurial Clusters’, proceedings of the RENT XVII Conference, University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland, November, 2003

Mitra, J and Matlay, H (2002) ‘Globalising Learning: The Competitive Advantage of Innovative SMEs in Industrial Clusters’ Third Biennial McGill Conference on International Entrepreneurship: Researching New Frontiers on Territorial Development’, Montreal, Canada, 13-16 September, 2002

Mitra, J (2002) ‘Partnership between Local Clusters: A Discussion Paper’, OECD, International Conference on Territorial Development, Paris, 28-30, January, 2002

Keynote Presentations:

From 2002

Keynote Speaker (2007) ‘Globalisation and Service SMEs’ and ‘Globalisation and Logistics’ at the International Small Business Congress’, Bangkok, Thailand, 12-14 November, 2007

Keynote Speaker (2007) ‘Developing an Entrepreneurial Culture at the ‘European Day of the Entrepreneur’ Croatia, 3-7 October, 2007

Keynote Panel Speaker (2007) ‘Entrepreneurship and Social Empowerment’ Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Entrepreneurship Summit , 10-11 January, London

Keynote speaker (2006) ‘Are We Suffering from the Peter Pan Syndrome? The importance of fostering Growth ‘Let’sGo4Growth’ Congreso 13-15 November, 2006, Barcelona

Keynote Speaker (2006) ’Entrepreneurship and The Academic World of Higher Education: An Overview, Third Annual Conference of the Technopolicy Network, Entrepreneurship and innovative Regions: Stimulating Knowledge-Based Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Region’, The Technopolicy Network, Cambridge , 21-22 September, 2006

Keynote Presentation (2006) New Knowledge-Based Small Firms and their Regions: How Small, Entrepreneurial firms manage their early stage growth in specific locations, ‘International Symposium on Entrepreneurship Research and Education’, 10-11 April, 2006, Nankai University , Tianjin , P. R. China

Keynote Presentation New Horizons for Information and Communications Technology: The Entrepreneurial Perspective, IIT VIP Panel, Dubai, 2006

Keynote Presentation (2006) ‘Fostering Entrepreneurship: the Role of Higher Education’ , 48 th session, Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs and Local Development, Directing Committee of the Co-operative Action Programme on Local Economic and Employment Development, OECD, 21-22 June, 2006, Rome, Italy

Keynote Speaker (2005) ‘Fostering an Entrepreneurship Culture: The role of Higher Education’, OECD, LEED and International Entrepreneurship Forum Conference, Trento, Italy, June 23-24

Keynote Speaker (2005) ‘ICT Clusters and Economic Growth’, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Keio University, Japan, August-September, 2004

Keynote speaker (2004) ’Developing a Regional Culture for Entrepreneurship in the United Kingdom: a case study of the West Midlands Region’ International Conference on Entrepreneurship and Local Development, Formaper, Milan Chamber of Commerce and the OECD, LEED Programme, Saturno Project of the European Union, Milan, 26 April, 2004

Keynote Speaker (2004) ‘SME Networks and Information Flows: Firms, Regions and Diversity’ India-ASEAN Workshop, 15-16 March, 2004

Keynote Speaker (2004) ‘Entrepreneurship, Small Business, Training and Higher Education’, Seminar on ‘Paradigm shifts in Entrepreneurship’, Birla Institute of Management Technology, 3 November, 2004

Keynote Speaker (2003) ‘Entrepreneurship in Clusters: SMEs and the Learning Advantage’ Ministry of Trade and Industry, 10 th Anniversary, MTI Business Services Seminar, Helsinki, Finland, 21 May, 2003

Keynote speaker (2003) ‘Fostering an Entrepreneurship Culture’ Inauguration of the OECD Trento Entrepreneurship Forum, Trento, Italy. 6 December, 2003

Keynote speaker (2003) ‘Life in the Corporate Mid-Market: Some Initial Observations’ BT Workshop on Mid-Market Companies, March 2003

Keynote Speaker (2003) ‘Entrepreneurship Development in the UK: some policy consideration’ RECOURSE Winter Seminar series, Department of Economic Geography, University of Gdansk, 19 November, 2003

Keynote Speaker (September, 2003) ‘Modern Technologies of Secondary Resources: the processing and creation of new composite materials for new markets’, NATO Advanced Research Workshop, International Scientific Exchange, Tashkent, 3-5 September, 2003

Keynote public lecture (November, 2002) ‘The Space of Digits: the internet, digitisation, regions and economic development’, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland

Keynote panelist (2002) ‘Partnership Between Local Clusters –The International Dimension’, International Conference on Territorial Development’, Paris, OECD, 28-30 January, 2002

Keynote presentation (2002) ‘Entrepreneurship Training’ OECD Workshop, Paris, January 2002

Research Projects:

Business clusters and economic growth around the A127 Corridor (current)
Entry of Chinese firms in European Markets – Shandong Weigao Group China, UK (current)
Technology-Based Entrepreneurship – Zensar Technologies India and UK (current)
Developing an Entrepreneurial Culture: the Enterprise Research Project, East of England Development Agency and Thames Gateway, South Essex Partnership (October, 2005 to March, 2007)
International Business Clusters – East of England Development Agency (September, 2004 to December, 2005)

Honours:

Director of the Scientific Committee on Entrepreneurship, OECD, LEED and Centre for Entrepreneurship, Paris
Visiting Professorships at the School of Management , Fudan University, and The Centre for China Public Sector Economy Research at Jilin University, China
Panel Member of Global Cities ICT Project, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Winner of the Best Paper Award, American Management Association, Annual Conference 1999
Winner of the Best Paper Award, Institute of Small Business Affairs Small Business Policy and Research Conference, 1999, on ‘Cluster-Muster’

Last modified on 11 December 2009