James H Love

Professor of International Business.

Jim Love Is Professor of International Business at Leeds University Business School. He previously held Chairs in international business and economics at Aston, Birmingham and Warwick Universities, and earlier worked in the economics department at Strathclyde University. His background is in applied microeconomics, principally in the fields of international business and innovation. Most of his work is empirical, using firm-level datasets. Jim is a senior researcher in the Enterprise Research Centre, an independent research organisation which conducts policy-relevant research on SME growth and development. His work here is innovation, exporting and growth in SMEs


Contact Details

Email:J.H.Love@leeds.ac.uk

Biography

Jim Love Is Professor of International Business at Leeds University Business School. He previously held Chairs in international business and economics at Aston, Birmingham and Warwick Universities, and earlier worked in the economics department at Strathclyde University. His background is in applied microeconomics, principally in the fields of international business and innovation. Most of his work is empirical, using firm-level datasets.  Jim is a senior researcher in the Enterprise Research Centre, an independent research organisation which conducts policy-relevant research on SME growth and development. His work here is innovation, exporting and growth in SMEs

Jim has acted as a consultant on aspects of inward investment and innovation policy for a number of organizations including the OECD, UK Trade and Investment (UKTI), Advantage West Midlands, the Manchester Independent Economic Review, the Scottish Executive, Scottish Enterprise, Invest Northern Ireland, and Forfas (Dublin). He has held visiting chairs and fellowships at Copenhagen Business School and Wolfson College, Cambridge. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and of the Higher Education Academy, and is a former member of the Research Committee of the ESRC.

 

Policy Briefing
Research Report

Innovation and HR practices in five professional service sectors A report for the UK Commission for Employment and Skills

ERC Research Report

Author

Stephen Roper, James Love, Jane Bourke

Research Paper
Insight

LEP Innovation Benchmarks 2002. 2010

ERC Insight Paper

White Paper
Insight
Research Paper

Openness and Innovation Performance: Are Small Firms Different? Research Paper No 12.

Traditionally, literature on open innovation ( the number of links a firm has to customers, suppliers and other firms) has concentrated on analysis of larger firms. This paper explores if and how the benefits of openness in innovation are different for small firms compared to medium and large ones. It suggests that small firms can benefit disproportionately from adopting open innovation approaches but that they reach the benefits of this approach at lower levels than medium and larger firms making the choice of innovation partner critical.

Research Paper

Paradigm Shift or Business as Usual?

ERC Research Paper No 6

White Paper

SME Innovation, Exporting and Growth.

ERC White Paper No 5