Associate Professor Farid Ullah
Programme Leader for International Business MSc
Dr Farid Ullah joined the University of Chester Business School in August 2015 as a Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship. Prior to this, he was working at the Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen Business School, Scotland. He studied at the University of Manchester and University of Liverpool. He has worked for public and private organisations in the United Kingdom for over 30 years. He was working in Pakistan for over seven years before his arrival in the UK.
Dr Farid has taught business and management modules both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He is currently teaching on MSc International Business programme. He leads on the research methods modules and launching a sustainable international business module.
Dr Farid's research interests broadly include the role of entrepreneurship in economic growth and development, the role of religion and entrepreneurship, female entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship among ethnic minorities and disadvantaged communities.
Zillur, R., Ullah, F., and Thompson, P. (2018) Challenges and Issues facing Ethnic Minority Small Business Owners: The Scottish experience, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Vol. 19, Issue 3, pp. 177–193.
Ullah, F., Zillur, R., Smith, R. A., & Beloucif, A. (2016) What influences ethnic entrepreneurs’ decision to start up: Some evidence from Aberdeen, Scotland, Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, DOI: 10.1108/JSBED-12-2015-0182.
Muhammad, N., Ullah, F., & Warren, L. (2016) An institutional perspective on entrepreneurship in a conflict environment: Evidence from Pakistan, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research, Vol. 22 Issue: 5, pp.698-717.
Ullah, F., & Smith, R. A. (2015) The ‘Fairness Paradox’ and ‘Small-Firm Growth Resistance Strategies’, World Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development, Vol. 11 Issue: 3, pp.154 – 175.
Baldock, R., North, D., & Ullah, F. (2015) The Impact of the Financial Crisis on the Financing and Growth of Young and Established Technology-Based Small Firms in the United Kingdom in New Technology-Based Firms in the New Millennium book series.
Anderson, A. R., & Ullah, F. (2014) The condition of smallness; how what it means to be small deters firms from getting bigger, Management Decision, Vol. 52 Issue: 2, pp.326–349.
North, D. Baldock, R. and Ullah, F. (2013) Funding the growth of UK technology-based small firms since the financial crash: are there breakages in the finance escalator? Venture Capital: An International Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance, Vol. 15, Issue 3, pp.237-260.
Ullah, F., Akbar, S., & Abbas, Q. (2010) The Relevance of Pecking Order Hypothesis for the Financing of Computer Software and Biotechnology Small Firms: Some UK Evidence, International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Vol. 6, pp. 301-315.
Ullah, F., Akbar, S., & Abbas, Q. (2010) The Rationale for Location preferences of Technology-Based Small Firms in the United Kingdom, Journal of Global Business Advancement, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 79-93.
Ullah, F., & Taylor, P. J. (2007) Are UK technology-based small firms still finance constrained? International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp.189–203.
Ullah, F., Akbar, S. & Taylor, P. J. (2007) Spin-offs, Stages of Growth and Funding Issues: Some UK Evidence, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, Vol. 7, No. 6, pp.524-540.
Ullah, F., & Taylor, P. J. (2005) The impact of science park and incubator location on the finance opportunities of technology-based small firms, In W.E. During, R. Oakey, & S. Kauser (Eds.), New Technology-Based Firms in the New Millennium, Volume IV, Oxford, UK: Elsevier.
Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (2005), Wales Executive Summary Report with Professor David Brooksbank & Professor Dylan Jones-Evans National Entrepreneurship Observatory for Wales.