Izzy Warren-Smith
Harper Adams University
10 Papers
36 Citations
Izzy Warren-Smith is an academic researcher from Harper Adams University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Rural area & Knowledge sharing. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 10 publications.
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Papers
Women creating wealth through rural enterprise
TL;DR: The Women in Rural Enterprise (WiRE) project as mentioned in this paper was created specifically for rural female entrepreneurs in Shropshire/West Midlands and briefly considers why this specifically targeted kind of policy focus is vital not only to economic development but to social and cultural sustainability in rural areas.
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Boards of directors and gender diversity in UK companies
TL;DR: A quantitative analysis of a newly constructed database based on data for all UK companies (using Companies House Financial Analysis Made Easy data) was carried out to explore overall data for board membership related to gender, resulting in a new typology to describe firms with female directors as mentioned in this paper.
Juggling hats: academic roles, identity work and new degree apprenticeships
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors consider academic identity and the performance of identity work in the context of the design and delivery of new degree apprenticeships, and propose an approach to improve the quality of apprenticeships.
Exploring business growth and eco innovation in rural small firms
TL;DR: In this paper, a qualitative study involving micro-level exploration of eight growth-oriented rural small firms and their implementation of eco innovation is presented, where the authors look at the motivations of rural small business owners for eco innovation and the extent to which rurality is important.
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Exploring SME Advice and Training Needs for Entrepreneurial Rural Firms
TL;DR: In this article, the authors report on two studies carried out to investigate business support needs in the rural south-east and south-west of the UK West Midlands region, finding that innovation was evident in one-third of the businesses, with growth likely to be given the right support.
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