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Shumaila is an Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship. She completed her PhD from Cardiff University, UK (2005), PG Diploma in Research Method from Cardiff University (2003), MSc in Electronic Commerce from Coventry University (2001) and BSc in Physics and Mathematics from University of Baluchistan Pakistan (1997).
Her international reputation in research is demonstrated by 63 publications (23 articles mainly in international high impact journals, 4 edited books and 7 chapters with major publishers and 28 international conferences). She serves as Associate Editor of Small Business Management, reviews funding applications for ESRC and articles for leading 4* and 3* journals in her field. She is also on the editorial team for a special issue with ERD on the contextual embeddedness of women’s entrepreneurship research (3*) and have edited four research anthologies on women’s entrepreneurship, sustainable entrepreneurship and sustainability with Routledge.Her status as an internationally established expert and the cumulative impact of her work is further reflected in an overall h-index of 18 (Google). Her papers have received 3183 citations (Google).
Shumaila’s research establishes the relationship between the socio-economic focus of entrepreneurial pathways and empowering the disadvantaged e.g., women, immigrants, refugees, youth, transgender and disabled. Based on institutional theory, GLOBE’s cultural dimensions and the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, her research looks at the factors that can effectively address the matrix of disadvantages that arise from gender- and physical ability-based discrimination. Her work has an important engagement and impact component with the potential to influence governmental and NGO policy.
She has supervised fifteen PhD dissertations and over 100 MBA/MSc thesis and has received various research grants from UK and EU funding bodies.
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Projects
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AP14871324: Mapping the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem (EES) for Women Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan.
1/1/22 → 12/31/24
Project: MES RK
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Towards a gender-aware entrepreneurial ecosystem for women’s entrepreneurship: A study of Kazakhstan’s and Kyrgyzstan’s community-based tourism sector
Yousafzai, S., Nurbayeva, A., Lipovka, A., Almukhanov, B., Sheikh, S. & Kaztaev , A.
1/1/22 → 12/31/24
Project: FDCRGP
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Value creation within Kazakhstan's Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: Towards an Understanding of Informal and Formal Entrepreneurs
Yousafzai, S., Akemu, A., Rakshit, A., Durrani, N., Bissenova, A., Nurbayeva, A., Lipovka, A., Henry, C., Bhartiya, T., Saeed, S., Fayolle, A., Cornelissen, J. & Meyrbayev, B.
1/1/22 → 12/31/24
Project: CRP
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Disabled entrepreneurs creating value in Iran's entrepreneurial ecosystem
Makizadeh, V., Yousafzai, S., Jamshid, S. A. & Mohebbi, A., Oct 25 2022, Research Handbook on Disability and Entrepreneurship. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., p. 279-296 18 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Introduction to the Research Handbook of Women’s Entrepreneurship and Value Creation
Yousafzai, S., Henry, C., Boddington, M., Sheikh, S. & Fayolle, A., Jan 1 2022, Research Handb. of Women’s Entrepreneurship and Value Creation. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., p. 1-22 22 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Foreword/postscript
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Introduction to the research handbook on disability and entrepreneurship
Yousafzai, S., Ng, W., Sheikh, S. & Coogan, T., Oct 25 2022, Research Handbook on Disability and Entrepreneurship. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., p. xix-xxxviResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Foreword/postscript
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Research handbook on disability and entrepreneurship
Yousafzai, S., Ng, W., Sheikh, S. & Coogan, T., Oct 25 2022, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. 358 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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The hidden entrepreneurs: Disability and entrepreneurship in Kazakhstan
Yousafzai, S. & Turganbayev, Y., Oct 25 2022, Research Handbook on Disability and Entrepreneurship. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., p. 221-237 17 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Activities
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Routledge (Publisher)
Shumaila Yousafzai (Reviewer), Alain Fayolle (Reviewer), Saadat Saeed (Reviewer), Colette Henry (Reviewer) & Adam Lindgreen (Reviewer)
2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
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Routledge (Publisher)
Shumaila Yousafzai (Editor in chief), Alain Fayolle (Member of editorial board), Saadat Saeed (Member of editorial board), Colette Henry (Member of editorial board) & Adam Lindgreen (Member of editorial board)
2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
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Entrepreneurship and Regional Development (Journal)
Shumaila Yousafzai (Editor in chief), Alain Fayolle (Member of editorial board), Saadat Saeed (Member of editorial board), Colette Henry (Member of editorial board) & Adam Lindgreen (Member of editorial board)
2019Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
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Journal of Islamic Marketing (Journal)
Shumaila Yousafzai (Reviewer)
2019Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
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Invited Seminar on Women’s Entrepreneurship Research Agenda. Gordon Institute of Business Studies, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Shumaila Yousafzai (Speaker)
2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk