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David Pickernell is affiliated with Swansea University in the United Kingdom. Their research is situated primarily within the field of Business, Management and Accounting, with a notable focus on Strategy and Management, Management of Technology and Innovation, Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science, and Accounting as subfields.

The main topics covered in their work include Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences, Innovation and Knowledge Management, Qualitative Comparative Analysis Research, Intellectual Property and Patents, Trade Secret Protection Methods, Private Equity and Venture Capital, and Regional Development and Policy.

They have published several papers, with recent works including:

  • "Signalling entrepreneurs' credibility and project quality for crowdfunding success: cases from the Kickstarter and Indiegogo environments" (2021, Small Business Economics)
  • "Systematic literature review paper: the regional innovation system-university-science park nexus" (2021, The Journal of Technology Transfer)
  • "Innovation and the knowledge-base for entrepreneurship: investigating SME innovation across European regions using fsQCA" (2021, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development)
  • "When is entrepreneurial orientation beneficial for new product performance? The roles of ambidexterity and market turbulence" (2020, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research)
  • "CEO regulatory focus as the microfoundation of organizational ambidexterity: A configurational approach" (2020, Journal of Business Research)

David Pickernell frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including Martina Battisti, Shuangfa Huang, Malcolm J. Beynon, Paul Jones, and Oleksandra Ozcan.

Their frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Business Research
  • International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research
  • Entrepreneurship and Regional Development
  • Technological Forecasting and Social Change
  • Strategic Change

David Pickernell also has contributions in book publications, notably with Emerald Publishing Limited on "Disadvantaged Entrepreneurship and the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem" published in 2022.

Best Publications

  • Attitudes towards entrepreneurship education: a comparative analysis

    Gary Packham;Paul Jones;Christopher Miller;David Pickernell

  • An exploration of the attitudes and strategic responses of sole-proprietor micro-enterprises in adopting information and communication technology

    Paul Jones;Geoff Simmons;Gary Packham;Paul Beynon-Davies

  • Country-based comparison analysis using fsQCA investigating entrepreneurial attitudes and activity

    Malcolm James Beynon;Paul Jones;David Pickernell

  • Graduate entrepreneurs are different: they access more resources?

    David Pickernell;Gary Packham;Paul Jones;Christopher Miller

  • A tale of two universities: graduates perceived value of entrepreneurship education

    Paul Jones;David Grant Pickernell;Rebecca Fisher;Celia Netana

  • Network structure, knowledge governance, and firm performance: evidence from Innovation Networks and SMEs in the UK

    Nick Clifton;Robyn Keast;David Pickernell;Martyn Leslie Senior

  • Signalling entrepreneurs’ credibility and project quality for crowdfunding success: cases from the Kickstarter and Indiegogo environments

    Shuangfa Huang;David Grant Pickernell;Martina Battisti;Thang Nguyen

  • Evaluating the Impact of Different Training Methods on SME Business Performance

    Paul Jones;Malcolm James Beynon;David Pickernell;Gary Packham

  • Country-level entrepreneurial attitudes and activity through the years: A panel data analysis using fsQCA

    Malcolm Beynon;Paul Jones;Paul Jones;David Grant Pickernell

  • Competing Agendas in Public Procurement: An Empirical Analysis of Opportunities and Limits in the UK for SMEs:

    David Pickernell;Adrian Kay;Gary Packham;Christopher Miller

  • New and young firms: Entrepreneurship policy and the role of government – evidence from the Federation of Small Businesses survey

    David Pickernell;Julienne Senyard;Paul Jones;Gary Packham

  • Attitudes and motivations of Polish students towards entrepreneurial activity

    Paul Jones;Christopher Miller;Amanda Jones;Gary Packham

  • Surviving or thriving: The role of learning for the resilient performance of small firms

    Martina Battisti;Malcolm Beynon;David Grant Pickernell;David Deakins

  • Public sector evaluation of festivals and special events

    Diane O'Sullivan;David Pickernell;Julienne M. Senyard

  • Assessing the economic significance of port activity: evidence from ABP Operations in industrial South Wales

    Jane Bryan;Maxim C. R. Munday;David Pickernell;Annette Roberts

  • Determinants of SME Exporting Insights and Implications

    David Pickernell;Paul Jones;Piers Thompson;Gary Packham

  • Developing a framework for network and cluster identification for use in economic development policy-making

    David Pickernell;Patricia A. Rowe;Michael J. Christie;David Brooksbank

  • Regional competitiveness indicators. A reassessment of method

    David J. Brooksbank;David G. Pickernell

  • Entrepreneurial climate and self-perceptions about entrepreneurship: a country comparison using fsQCA with dual outcomes

    Malcolm John Beynon;Paul Jones;David Grant Pickernell

  • Systematic literature review paper: the regional innovation system-university-science park nexus

    T. Theeranattapong;D. Pickernell;Christopher Simms

  • Investigating the impact of training influence on employee retention in small and medium enterprises: a regression-type classification and ranking believe simplex analysis on sparse data

    Malcolm John Beynon;Paul Jones;David Pickernell;Gary Packham

Frequent Co-Authors

Adrian Kay
Adrian Kay Australian National University
Christopher J. Miller
Christopher J. Miller University of California, Davis
Andrew C. Worthington
Andrew C. Worthington Griffith University
Siri Terjesen
Siri Terjesen Florida Atlantic University
Zoltan J. Acs
Zoltan J. Acs George Mason University
Paul Beynon-Davies
Paul Beynon-Davies Cardiff University
Max Munday
Max Munday Cardiff University
Alessio Ishizaka
Alessio Ishizaka NEOMA Business School
Mohan M. Kumaraswamy
Mohan M. Kumaraswamy University of Hong Kong
S. Thomas Ng
S. Thomas Ng City University of Hong Kong

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