Role
Deputy Head of the School of Management with responsibility for Resources and Planning.
Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) in Strategic Management, responsible for modules in Global Enterprise, International Strategic Management, and Entrepreneurial Studies. Research interests in modelling entrepreneurial behaviour, the dynamics of business clusters and the SW marine sector.
Director of Studies of several PhDs in the field of the strategic motives of international joint ventures and alliances; knowledge acquisition through networks and multiple business relationships and the application of complexity theory to strategic management of organisations.
Qualifications & background
B.A. (Hons) M.A. University of Lancaster
Previously
Head of Operations and Strategy Subject Group, University of Plymouth,
Principal Lecturer in Strategic Management, University of Plymouth,
Senior Lecturer in International Business, University of Central Lancashire,
Lecturer in Economics, University of Lancaster,
Visiting Professor Universidad de Extremadura, Spain,
Lecturer in Economics, Preston Polytechnic.
Roles on external bodies
Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Asia Pacific Business
Executive Panel Member McKinsey Consultants Quarterly Review.
Founder Member European Academy of Management
Teaching interests
International Strategic Management, Entrepreneurial Activity
Research interests
Strategic Networks
International Joint Ventures
Resource-Based View of Firms
Knowledge Transfer
Agent Based Modelling
Other research
Case Studies
Pendennis Superyachts
Three Cornish Enterprises
Enterprise at Eden
Planning at a Large City Council
Strategic Change at the University of Plymouth
Privatisation in the Gas Industry
Consultancy Reports
Service Planning and corporate Strategy at Plymouth City Council: the Effectiveness Strengths and Weaknesses of the current Process. March 2002
Service Planning and Corporate Strategy at Plymouth City Council; Developing a New Integrated and Robust Planning System, March 2002
Teaching Company Scheme, KPP, 1995-7
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships 2004-6
Research degrees awarded to supervised students
Liu Chen-Yu, The Characteristics of Sino-Taiwanese Joint Ventures in the People's Republic of China, Awarded 2007,
Mansour Loytayif, International Joint Ventures in Egyptian Banking Awarded 2004
Current PhD students
Dabrabrata Chowdhury, Knowledge Transfer and Innovation in the Turkish Textile Industry
Marwa Ahmed Geneidy, International Business in Egypt
Grants & contracts
ESRC Knowledge Transfer Partnership Plymouth City Council 2008-2010 with Dr R Southern and Dr A Phippin
EPSRC Knowledge Transfer Partnership MTS Research 2007-2009, with Dr A Phippen and Dr N Barlow
British Academy 2006 Research in the South West marine industries as cluster or co-location with Dr. J. Williams
DEFRA Knowledge Transfer Partnership Riviera Produce Ltd. 2007-2009 with Dr. J Memery
DTI Knowledge Transfer Partnership Thermal Engineering Systems 2005-7 with Dr J Memery
DTI Knowledge Transfer PartnershipKay Transport 2004 -6 with Dr A Phippen
DTI Knowledge Transfer Partnership Pendennis Shipyard 2004-6 with Dr J Williams
Seed Corn Funding June-July 2003 Networks of International SMEs in Cornwall
Plymouth City Council 2002 Strategic Management Processes
British Council/Acciones Integradas 2000 Comparative Study of International SMEs in Britain and Spain
DEFRA Teaching Company Scheme Kernock Park 1997-1991 with Mr Jim Pearce
DEFRA Teaching Company Scheme Kernock Park Plants 1995-7 with Mr J Pearce
Publications
Recent Journal Articles
Butel, L. and Watkins, A. (forthcoming) A Dynamic Model of Entrepreneurial Search Using Agent Based Modelling, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development.
Butel, L. and Lui, C-Y. (forthcoming) Strategic Motives for International Networking: Guanxi and Knowledge Transfer, Journal of Asia-Pacific Business
Chowdhury, D and Butel L (2007) Knowledge Transfer - A Network Approach To Turkey`s Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, Journal of Global Strategic Management J02
Butel, L and Watkins, A. (2006) Clusters of Entrepreneurs. The application of Agent based Modelling. Journal of Modelling in Management.
Butel, L. and Watkins, A (2004) What the Entrepreneur Does: A Study of Ant Colony Optimisation Techniques, ICFAI Journal of Entrepreneurship Development, December pp 10 -16
Butel, L and Watkins, A (2000) Evolving Complex Organistional Structures in New and Unpredictable Environments, Journal of Business Research, January
Textbooks
Butel, Lynne et al (1998) Business Functions, Blackwell
Refereed Conference Papers, Published in Proceedings
Chowdhury, D and Butel, L (2008) Knowledge Transfer through Networks: the case of Turkish Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Development and Survival, 10th Global Business and Technology Association, Madrid. July
Chowdhury, D and Butel, L (2008) Knowledge Transfer through Networks 4th International Strategic Management Association, Sarajevo, Bosnia. June
Chowdhury, D, Butel, L, Mishra, A, Bulbul, H amd Durna, U (2007) Managing Innovation and Knowledge Transfer in Turkish manufacturing Firms, European International Business Association, Italy, December
Chowdury, D and Butel, L (2007) Knowledge Transfer - A Network Approach To Turkey`s Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs):3rd International Strategic Management Association, Antalya,Turkey.
Butel, L. and Liu, C-Y. (2005) Strategic Motives for International Networking and Joint Venture Formation in the People's Republic of China, Academy of International Business, Bath. April
Butel, L. and Liu, C-Y. (2005) A Study of Unconventianal Joint Venture Formation, British Academy of Management, St Andrews, August.
Butel, L and Bishop, P (2003) Networks of SMEs in Peripheral European Regions: The Opportunities and Constraints of Geography, European International Business Association, Copenhagen, December.
Butel, L and Watkins, A. (2002) What the Entrepreneur Does. European Academy of Management, Stockholm, May
Watkins, A and Butel L (2002) Multi-Ant Behaviours in Ant Colony Optimisation SAIS Savannah, Georgia, USA
Watkins, A. Davalos, D and Butel, L (2002) Modelling Strategic Networks Using ACO Techniques. IDSS, Brunel, London
Butel, L, (2001) Managing SMEs in Peripheral European Areas, European Academy of Managment, IESA, Barcelona.
Reports & invited lectures
British Council Symposium, Toward a Poly-centric Europe, Barcelona 2000
British Council Symposium, Cardiff 2002.
