Ross Brown
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3720883 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Ross Brown |
| NOMBRES | Ross |
| APELLIDO | Brown |
| FIRMA | BROWN R |
| AFILIACIONES | University of St Andrews |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6164-7639 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 34 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 64 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 34 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1992 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
The effectiveness of virtual reality (VR) for construction skills training
In order to determine the effectiveness of virtual reality (VR) training and reliability for mass utilisation in competency-based training in the construction industry, we collected data related to learning outcomes (assessment scores and recall, immediately and after 1 month) from 109 participants (n = 59, VR group; n = 50, non-VR group) from three registered training organisations in south-east Queensland. Interviews were also conducted with 48…
Professional Tennis and Transnational Law
This book examines the intersection of professional tennis and legal regulation, unveiling a fascinating world where tennis meets domestic, international and transnational law, and showing the many ways these legal frameworks impact tennis. Filled with firsthand accounts of the legal landscape and its implication on tennis, the work provides an accessible, engaging portrait of the tennis ecosystem that is equally suited for academics, athletes, s…
Unpacking the money-distance nexus
Attention is now increasingly being drawn to the interconnectedness of different entrepreneurial ecosystems (EEs). Consequently, from a theoretical viewpoint EEs are increasingly being viewed from a multi-scaler rather than a mono-scaler perspective. This paper examines the spatial financial interlinkages between places and different forms and stages of entrepreneurial finance. Using a unique real-time data source of equity investments from Crunc…
Growth, working capital and refinancing
Understanding how small firms adapt and adjust financially following exogenous shocks is crucial and acts as a harbinger of regional financial resilience levels. Therefore, it is important to determine what shape firms are in as they emerge from a shock such as the Covid-19 pandemic, particularly with regard to their ability to finance new growth enhancing activities. Yet not all firms are ready to invest in future growth and simply need an injec…
Getting money in the country
Discouraged exporters, regional resilience and the “Slow Burn” shock of Brexit
Invoking the concept of regional resilience, this paper investigates how Brexit has affected the exporting behaviour of UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The research found only two UK regions, Northern Ireland and London, remained strongly export-oriented by volume and intensity of exports to the EU. Across most other regions we detected strong levels of disengagement from exporting, whereby “discouraged exporters” may experience lon…
Living on an Island
In this paper we focus specifically on start-ups in remote island entrepreneurial ecosystems (EEs) and consider the differences between these entrepreneurs compared to their mainland Scottish and UK counterparts. We find that Island new start-up entrepreneurs tend to be older, less well educated, more likely to be female, and less likely to be from an ethnic minority. They borrow similar amounts of start-up capital than their mainland counterpart…
Intra- and interregional flows of business angel investment
Hitherto, the literature has largely overlooked the important role business angel finance plays in shaping different regional economies. Using a novel UK dataset, this paper calculates interregional inflows and outflows of business angel investment to identify the net winners and losers in terms of both the number of deals and the cash value of investment flows. We establish that only three regions were net beneficiaries while the other 11 UK reg…
Getting left behind? The localised consequences of exclusion from the credit market for UK SMEs
Recent research has identified a key subset of the business population that comprises firms who had sought external finance but subsequently withdrew from the credit market completely despite still requiring finance. Utilising the UK’s Longitudinal Small Business Survey between 2015 and 2020, we identify the consequences in terms of lost jobs and sales of these small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) dropping out of the credit market for finan…
Reprint of
Places are not like people
The concept of entrepreneurial ecosystems (EEs) has quickly established itself as a major focus within regional development research. A key conceptual framing commonly adopted by scholars theorizing about the growth and evolutionary dynamics of EEs is via anthropomorphized life-cycle models. In this article we offer a critique and argumentation as to why the validity of this approach is spurious and contestable. Arguably, life-cycle-based models …
Mission-oriented or mission adrift? A critical examination of mission-oriented innovation policies
This debate article provides a critical examination of the rationale for, and validity of, mission-oriented innovation policies. It does so by providing a critique of the ‘mission-oriented’ approach espoused for the new Scottish National Investment Bank (SNIB). The central contention put forward in this paper is that its mission-oriented approach constitutes ‘fuzzy’ policy making which is highly opaque, lacking sufficient detail and fails to alig…
The geography of business angel investments in the UK
Business angels (BAs) - high net worth individuals who provide informal risk capital to firms - are seen as important providers of entrepreneurial finance. Theory and conventional wisdom suggest that the need for face-to-face interaction will ensure angels will have a strong predilection for local investments. We empirically test this assumption using a large representative survey of UK BAs. Our results show local bias is less common than previou…
Key indicators of Arctic climate change
Key observational indicators of climate change in the Arctic, most spanning a 47 year period demonstrate fundamental changes among nine key elements of the Arctic system. We find that, coherent with increasing air temperature, there is an intensification of the hydrological cycle, evident from increases in humidity, precipitation, river discharge, glacier equilibrium line altitude and land ice wastage. Downward trends continue in sea ice thicknes…
Entrepreneurial ecosystems and public policy in action
Efforts to develop entrepreneurial ecosystems (EEs) have proliferated in recent years, marking it out as the latest industrial policy ‘blockbuster’. This article reports the findings from the first comprehensive empirical analysis of EE policy approaches. It posits a basic typology of different policy frameworks deployed under the ecosystem rubric. The findings suggest the concept is fraught with conceptual ambiguity and is predominantly (and rat…
The (potential) impact of Brexit on UK SMEs
This paper examines the potential impact of Brexit on UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Using a major longitudinal survey of UK SMEs, the analysis suggests that Brexit-related concerns are escalating. Larger, export- and import-oriented SMEs are most concerned, as are those located in major urban and peripheral locations. Among SMEs with growth-related plans, many firms are scaling back on capital investment, innovation and (especiall…
Snow Cover Changes
Seasonal snow covers a large fraction of the Northern Hemisphere (NH) land area (and some Southern Hemisphere mountain regions) for periods of up to 10 months of the year and is an integral part of the landscape, climate, hydrology, ecology, and economy. A snow cover (duration, depth) and its physical properties (albedo, density, crystal structure, etc.) represent an integrated response of physical processes to a number of external climate/enviro…
Sticking it on plastic
This paper investigates the role of credit card financing in UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and how this varies by location and business orientation. Using a large-scale data set of UK SMEs, the results of a regression-based analysis suggest that firms located in peripheral geographical areas have greater usage of credit cards relative to counterparts located in ‘core’ locations. Innovative, growth- and export-oriented SMEs are also…
Snow Cover Changes
Seasonal snow covers a large fraction of the Northern Hemisphere (NH) land area (and some Southern Hemisphere mountain regions) for periods of up to 10 months of the year and is an integral part of the landscape, climate, hydrology, ecology, and economy. A snow cover (duration, depth) and its physical properties (albedo, density, crystal structure, etc.) represent an integrated response of physical processes to a number of external climate/enviro…
Looking inside the spiky bits
The concept of entrepreneurial ecosystems has quickly established itself as one of the latest ‘fads’ in entrepreneurship research. At face value, this kind of systemic approach to entrepreneurship offers a new and distinctive path for scholars and policy makers to help understand and foster growth-oriented entrepreneurship. However, its lack of specification and conceptual limitations has undoubtedly hindered our understanding of these complex or…
Changing Arctic snow cover
Snow is a critically important and rapidly changing feature of the Arctic. However, snow-cover and snowpack conditions change through time pose challenges for measuring and prediction of snow. Plausible scenarios of how Arctic snow cover will respond to changing Arctic climate are important for impact assessments and adaptation strategies. Although much progress has been made in understanding and predicting snow-cover changes and their multiple c…
Innovation, SMEs and the liability of distance
This article considers geographical variations in the demand and supply of bank finance for innovative firms in the UK. It uses a detailed survey on the finances of almost 40,000 UK Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises for 2011–2013 to investigate both the extent and type of applications for bank finance by innovative firms in peripheral regions, whether funders accept their applications and whether acceptance rates reflect objective criteria, suc…
High growth firms, jobs and peripheral regions
High growth firms (HGFs) are expected to be a major source of job creation during the economic recovery. This has prompted a shift in enterprise policy in many countries away from supporting startups and in favour of the promotion of HGFs. However this approach may be less effective in promoting new jobs and economic development in peripheral regions. This issue is addressed by a study of HGFs in Scotland. The origin and characteristics of Scotti…
A Post-Mortem of Regional Innovation Policy Failure
Brown R., Gregson G. and Mason C. A post-mortem of regional innovation policy failure: Scotland's Intermediate Technology Initiative (ITI), Regional Studies. The Intermediate Technology Initiative (ITI) was one of the most ambitious ‘systemic’ regional innovation policy instruments developed in the UK in recent years. However, little of the ITI's anticipated outputs materialized and the programme was prematurely terminated. This paper examines th…
Is Eurasian October snow cover extent increasing
A number of recent studies present evidence of an increasing trend in Eurasian snow cover extent (SCE) in the October snow onset period based on analysis of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) historical satellite record. These increases are inconsistent with fall season surface temperature warming trends across the region. Using four independent snow cover data sources (surface observations, two reanalyses, satellite passi…
The Changing Face of Arctic Snow Cover
Places are not like people
The concept of entrepreneurial ecosystems (EEs) has quickly established itself as a major focus within regional development research. A key conceptual framing commonly adopted by scholars theorizing about the growth and evolutionary dynamics of EEs is via anthropomorphized life-cycle models. In this article we offer a critique and argumentation as to why the validity of this approach is spurious and contestable. Arguably, life-cycle-based models …
The (potential) impact of Brexit on UK SMEs
This paper examines the potential impact of Brexit on UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Using a major longitudinal survey of UK SMEs, the analysis suggests that Brexit-related concerns are escalating. Larger, export- and import-oriented SMEs are most concerned, as are those located in major urban and peripheral locations. Among SMEs with growth-related plans, many firms are scaling back on capital investment, innovation and (especiall…
Multiple Effects of Changes in Arctic Snow Cover
Entrepreneurial ecosystems and public policy in action
Efforts to develop entrepreneurial ecosystems (EEs) have proliferated in recent years, marking it out as the latest industrial policy ‘blockbuster’. This article reports the findings from the first comprehensive empirical analysis of EE policy approaches. It posits a basic typology of different policy frameworks deployed under the ecosystem rubric. The findings suggest the concept is fraught with conceptual ambiguity and is predominantly (and rat…
Innovation, SMEs and the liability of distance
This article considers geographical variations in the demand and supply of bank finance for innovative firms in the UK. It uses a detailed survey on the finances of almost 40,000 UK Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises for 2011–2013 to investigate both the extent and type of applications for bank finance by innovative firms in peripheral regions, whether funders accept their applications and whether acceptance rates reflect objective criteria, suc…
A Post-Mortem of Regional Innovation Policy Failure
Brown R., Gregson G. and Mason C. A post-mortem of regional innovation policy failure: Scotland's Intermediate Technology Initiative (ITI), Regional Studies. The Intermediate Technology Initiative (ITI) was one of the most ambitious ‘systemic’ regional innovation policy instruments developed in the UK in recent years. However, little of the ITI's anticipated outputs materialized and the programme was prematurely terminated. This paper examines th…
Discouraged exporters, regional resilience and the “Slow Burn” shock of Brexit
Invoking the concept of regional resilience, this paper investigates how Brexit has affected the exporting behaviour of UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The research found only two UK regions, Northern Ireland and London, remained strongly export-oriented by volume and intensity of exports to the EU. Across most other regions we detected strong levels of disengagement from exporting, whereby “discouraged exporters” may experience lon…
Sticking it on plastic
This paper investigates the role of credit card financing in UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and how this varies by location and business orientation. Using a large-scale data set of UK SMEs, the results of a regression-based analysis suggest that firms located in peripheral geographical areas have greater usage of credit cards relative to counterparts located in ‘core’ locations. Innovative, growth- and export-oriented SMEs are also…
Living on an Island
In this paper we focus specifically on start-ups in remote island entrepreneurial ecosystems (EEs) and consider the differences between these entrepreneurs compared to their mainland Scottish and UK counterparts. We find that Island new start-up entrepreneurs tend to be older, less well educated, more likely to be female, and less likely to be from an ethnic minority. They borrow similar amounts of start-up capital than their mainland counterpart…
Intra- and interregional flows of business angel investment
Hitherto, the literature has largely overlooked the important role business angel finance plays in shaping different regional economies. Using a novel UK dataset, this paper calculates interregional inflows and outflows of business angel investment to identify the net winners and losers in terms of both the number of deals and the cash value of investment flows. We establish that only three regions were net beneficiaries while the other 11 UK reg…
High growth firms, jobs and peripheral regions
High growth firms (HGFs) are expected to be a major source of job creation during the economic recovery. This has prompted a shift in enterprise policy in many countries away from supporting startups and in favour of the promotion of HGFs. However this approach may be less effective in promoting new jobs and economic development in peripheral regions. This issue is addressed by a study of HGFs in Scotland. The origin and characteristics of Scotti…
What’s in a Name? Beyond The Mary Watson Stories to a Historical Archaeology of Lizard Island
Fresh Talent or Cheap Labour? Accession State Migrant Labour in the Scottish Economy
The attraction of human capital in the form of migrant labour is now a central feature of many national, sub-national and city administrations across developed economies (Peck 2005). The intellectual stimulus behind this recent policy interest has undoubtedly been the influential work of the US academic Richard Florida. He advocates that dynamic regions are those that can attract and retain the so-called 'creative classes9 (Florida 2005). Accordi…
From 'International' to 'Global
While export development has been a long-standing government task, it has traditionally been characterized by a focus on some, but not all, of the barriers facing exporters, particularly those relating to a firm's environment. In response to more complex understanding of internationalization, new policy approaches have emerged in recent years which concentrate on the firm's internal organization. The Global Companies Strategy of Scottish Enterpri…
Interannual Variability of Landfast Ice Thickness in the Canadian High Arctic, 1950-89
A physical one-dimensional heat transfer model of fast ice growth was used to investigate the interannual variability of maximum fast ice thickness at four sites in the High Arctic over the period 1950-89. The insulating role of snow cover was found to be the most important factor, explaining 30-60% of the variance in maximum ice thickness values. Other snow-related processes such as slushing and density variations were estimated to explain a fur…
From 'International' to 'Global
While export development has been a long-standing government task, it has traditionally been characterized by a focus on some, but not all, of the barriers facing exporters, particularly those relating to a firm's environment. In response to more complex understanding of internationalization, new policy approaches have emerged in recent years which concentrate on the firm's internal organization. The Global Companies Strategy of Scottish Enterpri…
Fresh Talent or Cheap Labour? Accession State Migrant Labour in the Scottish Economy
The attraction of human capital in the form of migrant labour is now a central feature of many national, sub-national and city administrations across developed economies (Peck 2005). The intellectual stimulus behind this recent policy interest has undoubtedly been the influential work of the US academic Richard Florida. He advocates that dynamic regions are those that can attract and retain the so-called 'creative classes9 (Florida 2005). Accordi…
Demographic Change and Economic Challenge
Older People and Employment in Scotland
Scottish policy-makers are becoming increasingly aware of the effects of an ageing population on the labour market. In 2004, Scotland's First Minister outlined population ageing as one of the biggest challenges facing Scotland (Scottish Executive 2004). Subsequently, population ageing was set as the first issue to be examined by Scotland's Futures Forum, a high-level group of Scottish politicians and civil servants established in 2005
Multiple Effects of Changes in Arctic Snow Cover
The Changing Face of Arctic Snow Cover
Is Eurasian October snow cover extent increasing
A number of recent studies present evidence of an increasing trend in Eurasian snow cover extent (SCE) in the October snow onset period based on analysis of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) historical satellite record. These increases are inconsistent with fall season surface temperature warming trends across the region. Using four independent snow cover data sources (surface observations, two reanalyses, satellite passi…
Creating good public policy to support high-growth firms
What’s in a Name? Beyond The Mary Watson Stories to a Historical Archaeology of Lizard Island
High growth firms, jobs and peripheral regions
High growth firms (HGFs) are expected to be a major source of job creation during the economic recovery. This has prompted a shift in enterprise policy in many countries away from supporting startups and in favour of the promotion of HGFs. However this approach may be less effective in promoting new jobs and economic development in peripheral regions. This issue is addressed by a study of HGFs in Scotland. The origin and characteristics of Scotti…
A Post-Mortem of Regional Innovation Policy Failure
Brown R., Gregson G. and Mason C. A post-mortem of regional innovation policy failure: Scotland's Intermediate Technology Initiative (ITI), Regional Studies. The Intermediate Technology Initiative (ITI) was one of the most ambitious ‘systemic’ regional innovation policy instruments developed in the UK in recent years. However, little of the ITI's anticipated outputs materialized and the programme was prematurely terminated. This paper examines th…
Changing Arctic snow cover
Snow is a critically important and rapidly changing feature of the Arctic. However, snow-cover and snowpack conditions change through time pose challenges for measuring and prediction of snow. Plausible scenarios of how Arctic snow cover will respond to changing Arctic climate are important for impact assessments and adaptation strategies. Although much progress has been made in understanding and predicting snow-cover changes and their multiple c…
Innovation, SMEs and the liability of distance
This article considers geographical variations in the demand and supply of bank finance for innovative firms in the UK. It uses a detailed survey on the finances of almost 40,000 UK Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises for 2011–2013 to investigate both the extent and type of applications for bank finance by innovative firms in peripheral regions, whether funders accept their applications and whether acceptance rates reflect objective criteria, suc…
Snow Cover Changes
Seasonal snow covers a large fraction of the Northern Hemisphere (NH) land area (and some Southern Hemisphere mountain regions) for periods of up to 10 months of the year and is an integral part of the landscape, climate, hydrology, ecology, and economy. A snow cover (duration, depth) and its physical properties (albedo, density, crystal structure, etc.) represent an integrated response of physical processes to a number of external climate/enviro…
Looking inside the spiky bits
The concept of entrepreneurial ecosystems has quickly established itself as one of the latest ‘fads’ in entrepreneurship research. At face value, this kind of systemic approach to entrepreneurship offers a new and distinctive path for scholars and policy makers to help understand and foster growth-oriented entrepreneurship. However, its lack of specification and conceptual limitations has undoubtedly hindered our understanding of these complex or…
Snow Cover Changes
Seasonal snow covers a large fraction of the Northern Hemisphere (NH) land area (and some Southern Hemisphere mountain regions) for periods of up to 10 months of the year and is an integral part of the landscape, climate, hydrology, ecology, and economy. A snow cover (duration, depth) and its physical properties (albedo, density, crystal structure, etc.) represent an integrated response of physical processes to a number of external climate/enviro…
Sticking it on plastic
This paper investigates the role of credit card financing in UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and how this varies by location and business orientation. Using a large-scale data set of UK SMEs, the results of a regression-based analysis suggest that firms located in peripheral geographical areas have greater usage of credit cards relative to counterparts located in ‘core’ locations. Innovative, growth- and export-oriented SMEs are also…
Key indicators of Arctic climate change
Key observational indicators of climate change in the Arctic, most spanning a 47 year period demonstrate fundamental changes among nine key elements of the Arctic system. We find that, coherent with increasing air temperature, there is an intensification of the hydrological cycle, evident from increases in humidity, precipitation, river discharge, glacier equilibrium line altitude and land ice wastage. Downward trends continue in sea ice thicknes…
Entrepreneurial ecosystems and public policy in action
Efforts to develop entrepreneurial ecosystems (EEs) have proliferated in recent years, marking it out as the latest industrial policy ‘blockbuster’. This article reports the findings from the first comprehensive empirical analysis of EE policy approaches. It posits a basic typology of different policy frameworks deployed under the ecosystem rubric. The findings suggest the concept is fraught with conceptual ambiguity and is predominantly (and rat…
The (potential) impact of Brexit on UK SMEs
This paper examines the potential impact of Brexit on UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Using a major longitudinal survey of UK SMEs, the analysis suggests that Brexit-related concerns are escalating. Larger, export- and import-oriented SMEs are most concerned, as are those located in major urban and peripheral locations. Among SMEs with growth-related plans, many firms are scaling back on capital investment, innovation and (especiall…
Mission-oriented or mission adrift? A critical examination of mission-oriented innovation policies
This debate article provides a critical examination of the rationale for, and validity of, mission-oriented innovation policies. It does so by providing a critique of the ‘mission-oriented’ approach espoused for the new Scottish National Investment Bank (SNIB). The central contention put forward in this paper is that its mission-oriented approach constitutes ‘fuzzy’ policy making which is highly opaque, lacking sufficient detail and fails to alig…
The geography of business angel investments in the UK
Business angels (BAs) - high net worth individuals who provide informal risk capital to firms - are seen as important providers of entrepreneurial finance. Theory and conventional wisdom suggest that the need for face-to-face interaction will ensure angels will have a strong predilection for local investments. We empirically test this assumption using a large representative survey of UK BAs. Our results show local bias is less common than previou…
Reprint of
Places are not like people
The concept of entrepreneurial ecosystems (EEs) has quickly established itself as a major focus within regional development research. A key conceptual framing commonly adopted by scholars theorizing about the growth and evolutionary dynamics of EEs is via anthropomorphized life-cycle models. In this article we offer a critique and argumentation as to why the validity of this approach is spurious and contestable. Arguably, life-cycle-based models …
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