Professor Andrew Godley
Professor of Management and Business History
School of Leadership, Organisations and Behaviour
University of Reading
United Kingdom
Biography
Andrew Godley is Head of the School of Leadership, Organisations and Behaviour. He is a Professor of Management and Business History and Director of the Henley Centre for Entrepreneurship. He joined the University of Reading in 1991 after completing his PhD at the LSE. His research interests lie in the area of the economics of entrepreneurship and innovation, with a particular focus on the historical evolution of the international food and pharmaceutical sectors. He has been a consultant to several leading firms and government departments and is a frequent commentator in the broadcast and written media on industry trends. Andrew is a Visiting Professor at Zhejiang University, China, and Co-Director of the Reading-Zhejiang Sino-British Entrepreneurship Research Centre (with Professor Zhongming Wang of Zhejiang University).
Research Interest
His research interests lie in the area of the economics of entrepreneurship and innovation, with a particular focus on the historical evolution of the international food and pharmaceutical sectors.
Publications
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Baig P, Godley A. Acquiring Legitimacy in Institutional Entrepreneurship: A Case for Emerging Economies. InEuropean Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship 2016 Sep 1 (p. 897). Academic Conferences International Limited.
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Alvarez S, Godley A, Wright M. Mark Casson: The Entrepreneur at 30—Continued Relevance?. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal. 2014 Jun 1;8(2):185-94.
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Godley AC. Creativity and growth in: Edmund Phelps (2013), Mass flourishing. How grassroots innovation created jobs, challenge and change. International Journal of the Economics of Business. 2014 May 4;21(2):255-60.
