Nerys Fuller-Love
Lecturer
Contact
Email: nnf@aber.ac.uk
Office: Room S20, Cledwyn Building
Phone: +44 (0)1970 62 2208
+44 (0) 7831 232724
Teaching Areas
Nerys currently teaches MM32220 Small Business Management to undergraduate students and MMM9720 Entrepreneurship and Innovation to students on the MBA and Masters in Management programmes. She also teaches the first year core module MM11020 Introduction to Management as well as the Welsh medium version, MR10520 Cyflwyniad i Reolaeth. She also taught the Menter a Busnes modules. Previously she has taught Strategic Management and Financial Management on the MBA programme as well as Principles of Management for undergraduates on the Business and Management degrees.
Current modules taught 2012-2013
MM11020 Introduction to Management
- MM32220 Small Business Management
- MMM9720 Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- MR10520 Cyflwyniad i Reolaeth
Research
Recent Research Grants
- Self-Sustaining Learning Networks Ireland/Wales, 2008-2012, European Regional Development Fund INTERREG 4A: value of grant: €1,739,875
- Female Entrepreneurship Ireland/Wales, 2005-2008, European Regional Development Fund, INTERREG IIIA Programme: value of grant: €1.2 million
Biography
Nerys is the programme director for the Masters in Management programmes in the School of Management and Business at Aberystwyth University. These programmes include the Masters in International Management, Management and Finance, Management and Marketing and Management and Entrepreneurship. Previously she was the Director of the MBA programme and the MSc Entrepreneurship.
Nerys’s main research interests are in the area of management and entrepreneurship. She has written articles on a wide variety of management issues such as small businesses in the media, female entrepreneurship, networks, strategy and IT. Nerys is on the editorial board of the International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship and she has also edited a special issue of the International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal on female and minority entrepreneurship and a special issue of the International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation on entrepreneurial networks.
Over the past five years Nerys has raised funding or been involved in funded research projects with a value of approximately €4.5 million including €1.7 million for self-sustaining learning networks and €1.2 million for the female entrepreneurship project in Ireland and Wales (FEIW). These projects are joint ventures with the Waterford Institute of Technology in Ireland. The female entrepreneurship project supported local businesswomen in developing and growing their businesses.
Staff Links
Sustainable Learning Networks in Ireland and Wales (SLNIW) supported over 100 businesses from South East Ireland and West Wales to learn, share knowledge, and develop and grow their businesses through networking. This project was part funded by European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through the INTERREG 4A Ireland Wales programme 2007-2013
Staff Publications
Publications since 2009
Books
‘Learning by Linking: Establishing Sustainable Business Learning Networks, 2011, joint editor with O’Gorman, B., pp.201, Oak Tree Press
Refereed journal articles
- ‘Entrepreneurial groups in Ireland and Wales: A preliminary typology of entrepreneurs using a marketing segmentation approach’, 2012, Dawson., C., and Dowell, D. and Hopkins, B., Journal of Research in Marketing and Entrepreneurship, Vol. 14, Iss. 2, pp. 184-198
- ‘The role of action research in the development of learning networks for entrepreneurs’, 2012, with Brett., V., Mullally, M. and O’Gorman, B., Action Learning: Research and Practice, Vol. 9, Issue 2, pp.125-143
- ‘Gender differences in early group formation’, 2012, with Sinnott, E., Howells, A., Prytherch, A., O’Gorman, B., International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship, Vol. 4, issue 2, pp.128-152
- ‘The role of action research in the development of learning networks for entrepreneurs’, 2012, with Brett, V., Mullally, M. and O’Gorman, B., Action Learning: Research and Practice, Vol. 9, Issue 2, 2012 pp. 125-143
- 'Entrepreneurs' perceptions of business networks: does gender matter?' 2011, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, with Dawson, C. Sinnott E. & O'Gorman, B., Vol.12, No.12, No.4, pp.245-255
- 'Halen Mon: the story of an "uncomfortable" innovation', 2011, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, with Carr, J., Vol. 12, No. 4, pp. 301-306.
- 'Networks, Learning and Entrepreneurship', 2011, guest editorial, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, with B. O'Gorman, Vol. 12, No. 4, pp. 221-227
- 'Formal and Informal Networks in Small Businesses in the media industry'. 2009, International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal. 5, pp. 271-284.
- Training Female Entrepreneurs: Lessons from the FEIW Project, 2009, with M Tynan, M Durand, B O'Gorman and D.Thomas, International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship, Vol. 1, No.3, 2009, pp. 253-260.
- Fuller-Love, N., (2008), ‘Culture Clash: A Case Study of Rover and BMW’. 2008, International Business Research, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp.93-100
- Fuller-Love, N. (2008) Female Entrepreneurship, in Galindo, M.A., Guzman, J. and Ribeiro, D., Entrepreneurship and Business: A Regional Perspective, Springer
- Fuller-Love, N., O’Gorman, W., Tynan, M., (2008), ‘Developing Enterprise Training for Women Entrepreneurs’, Female Entrepreneurship Ireland/Wales, Aberystwyth University and Waterford Institute of Technology
- Akehurst, G., Fuller-Love, N., Lim, L., (2006), ‘Female and ethnic minority entrepreneurship’, International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 429-529
- Fuller-Love, N. (2006), ‘Management Development in Small Firms’, 2006, International Journal of Management Reviews, Vol. 8, Issue 3, pp.175-190
- Fuller-Love, N., Henley, A., Midmore, P. and Thomas, D., (2006), ‘Entrepreneurship and Rural Economic Development: A Scenario Analysis Approach’, Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research, Vol. 12, No. 5, pp. 289-305
- Fuller-Love, N., Henley, A., Midmore, P. and Thomas, D., (2006), ‘Scenario Analysis and Regional Economic Development: The Case of Mid Wales’, European Urban and Regional Studies, Vol. 13 (2), pp.143-149
- Fuller-Love, N., Thomas, E., (2004), ‘Networks in Small Manufacturing Firms’, 2004, with E. Thomas, Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp.244-253
- Fuller-Love, N., Rhodes, M. (2004), ‘Competition and Change in Postal Services in the UK’, 2004, with M. Rhodes, International Journal of Management Practice, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 74-85
- Fuller-Love, N., (2000), 'The Impact of Digital Technology on Small Businesses in the Media Industry', International Small Business Journal, Vol.18, Part 4, 72, pp.80-83
- Fuller-Love, N., Cooper, J., (2000), 'Deliberate v. Emergent Strategies: A Case Study of Information Management in the Post Office', 2000, with J. Cooper, International Journal of Information Management, Vol.20, pp.209-223
Forthcoming conferences
Conference on Entrepreneurship and Business in Higher Education, 31 October - 1 November 2013
Small businesses are very important in the economy in Wales and particularly in rural Wales. The aim of this conference is to enhance the provision that exists in entrepreneurship and business at Aberystwyth University and other universities in Wales. It will build on the MSc Entrepreneurship that ran for several years at Aberystwyth University, by creating a network in the field in Welsh universities and the business world.
Submissions of abstracts are invited to the Conference Entrepreneurship and Small Business on the 31 October – 1 November 2013 from individuals, organisations and institutions in academia, researchers/postgraduate students, entrepreneurs, business strategists and enterprise agencies / local government. Selected papers will be published in a special issue of Gwerddon.