Professor
Research Head - Business & Society Department
Entrepreneurship
Management
Firm Growth
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Organization Studies
Business Strategy and International Management
PhD in Business Relationships
de Montfort University, Great Britain (2006)
Master of Business Administration with Distinction
de Montfort University, Great Britain (1999)
Diploma of Engineering in Organisation and Management with Distinction
St Petersburg State University of Technology and Design, Russia (1997)
Academic Experience
Head of Major in Entrepreneurship, Business & Society Department
Audencia Business School, France,
2020 - 2021
Research Head - Business & Society Department
Audencia Business School, France,
Since 2020
Senior Lecturer / Acting Head of Entrepreneurship
Birmingham Business School - University of Birmingham, Great Britain,
2015 - 2019
Lecturer / Senior Lecturer / Principal Lecturer
de Montfort University, Great Britain,
2003 - 2015
Research Fellow
de Montfort University, Great Britain,
2001 - 2003
Other professional experience
Deputy Director for Foreign Economic Relations
JSC Nevskaya Manufactura,Russia,
1999 - 2000
Forthcoming
VERSHININA, N., RODGERS, P., TARBA, S., KHAN, Z., STOKES, P. (2019) . Gaining legitimacy through proactive stakeholder management: The experiences of high-tech women entrepreneurs in Russia, Journal of Business Research
VERSHININA, N., RODGERS, P. (2020) . Symbolic capital within the lived experiences of Eastern European migrants: A gendered perspective, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development
EL-FAR, M., SABELLA, A., VERSHININA, N. (2020) . "Stuck in the middle of what?”: The pursuit of academic careers by mothers and non-mothers in Higher Education Institutions in Occupied Palestine", Higher Education
VERSHININA, N., MARKMAN, G., HAN, L., RODGERS, P., KITCHING, J., HASHIMZADE, N., BARRETT, R. (2020) . Gendered Regulations and SMEs’ Performance in Transition Economies, Small Business Economics
HALL, K., PHILLIMORE, J., KAZLOWSKA, A., VERSHININA, N., HARRIS, C., OGTEM-YOUNG, O. (2020) . Migration Uncertainty in the Context of Brexit: Resource Conservation Tactics, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
VERSHININA, N., DISCUA CRUZ, A. (2021) . Researching migrant entrepreneurship communities: a reflection through collaborative (auto)ethnographies, International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal
2020
MURITHI, W., VERSHININA, N., RODGERS, P. (2020) . Where less is more: institutional voids and business families in Sub-Saharan Africa, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior and Research, 26 (1), 158-174
2019
VERSHININA, N., RODGERS, P. (2019) . Migration, enterprise and society, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior and Research, 25 (5), 774-779
AFREH, B., RODGERS, P., VERSHININA, N., WILLIAMS, C. (2019) . Varieties of context and informal entrepreneurship: Entrepreneurial activities of migrant youths in rural Ghana, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior and Research, 25 (5), 996-1013
VERSHININA, N., RODGERS, P., MCADAM, M., CLINTON, E. (2019) . Transnational migrant entrepreneurship, gender and family business, Global Networks - A Journal of Transnational Affairs, 19 (2), 238-260
RODGERS, P., VERSHININA, N., WILLIAMS, C., THEODORAKOPOULOS, N. (2019) . Leveraging symbolic capital: the use of blatnetworks across transnational spaces, Global Networks - A Journal of Transnational Affairs, 19 (1), 119–136
2018
VERSHININA, N., WOLDESENBET BETA, K., MURITHI, W. (2018) . How does national culture enable or constrain entrepreneurship? Exploring the role of Harambee in Kenya, Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 25 (4), 687-704
VERSHININA, N., RODGERS, P., RAM, M., THEODORAKOPOULOS, N., RODIONOVA, Y. (2018) . False self-employment: The case of Ukrainian migrants in London’s construction sector, Industrial Relations Journal, 49 (1), 2-18
JONES, S., MARTINEZ DY, A., VERSHININA, N. (2018) . “We were fighting for our place”: Resisting gender knowledge regimes through feminist knowledge network formation, Gender, Work and Organization, 26 (6), 789-804
2017
BARRETT, R., VERSHININA, N. (2017) . Intersectionality of Ethnic and Entrepreneurial Identities: A Study of Post‐War Polish Entrepreneurs in an English City, Journal of Small Business Management, 55 (3), 430-443
VERSHININA, N., BARRETT, R., MCHARDY, P. (2017) . Logics and rationalisations underpinning entrepreneurial decision-making, Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 24 (1), 158-175
2014
MCHARDY, P., VERSHININA, N. (2014) . The role of autocatalysis in learner's networks, International Journal of Management Education (IJME), 12 (3), 271-282
2011
VERSHININA, N., RODIONOVA, Y. (2011) . Methodological issues in studying hidden populations operating in informal economy, International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 31 (11/12), 697-716
VERSHININA, N., BARRETT, R., MEYER, M. (2011) . Forms of capital, intra-ethnic variation and Polish entrepreneurs in Leicester, Work, Employment and Society, 21 (1), 101-117
DAFT, R., KENDRICK, M., VERSHININA, N. (2010). Management (1st Edition ed.). Cengage Learning Business Press.
VERSHININA, N., RODIONOVA, Y., MARLOW, S. (2015). Does an Entrepreneur’s Gender Matter for Credibility and Financing of SMEs? (1st Edition ed.). In Veland Ramadani, Shqipe Gërguri-Rashiti and Alain Fayolle (Eds.), Female Entrepreneurship in Transition Economies (pp. 87-111). Routledge.
BUCCELLATO, T. B., FAZIO, G., RODIONOVA, Y., VERSHININA, N. (2015). Ownership Structure, Cash Constraints and Investment Behaviour in Russian Family Firms (1st Edition ed.). In Léo-Paul D ana Veland Ramadani (Ed.), Family Businesses in Transition Economies: Management, Succession and Internationalization (pp. 239-264). Springer.
MURITHI, W., VERSHININA, N. (2019). Exploring Strategic Behaviours of Family Businesses in Sub-Saharan African Context: Does Family Involvement and Size of the Firm Matter?., Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship Conference 2019. London: Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
VERSHININA, N. (2019). “From darkness into light”: a systematic review of scholarly contributions investigating (in)visibility of women in family firms.. Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship 2019 (pp. 35). London: Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Professional Conferences
VERSHININA, N., RODGERS, P. (2019). Gendering of symbolic capital and lived experiences of Eastern European migrant entrepreneurs in the UK. Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship 2019.
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Thesis director
- 2016,
P. SAVONI : Intra-Family Succession Goals: Perceptions of the Dominant Coalition of Small Private Family Firms
de Montfort University, Great Britain
- 2018,
B. WASIK : The role of Social Capital in business creation and development of Chinese ethnic entrepreneurship in Indonesia
de Montfort University, Great Britain
Thesis co-director
- 2007,
D. COCONETE : Technology strategy of small and medium sized semiconductor enterprises in the UK
de Montfort University, Great Britain
- 2014,
H. MUMBI : Public Sector Leadership
de Montfort University, Great Britain
- 2017,
M. JEREMIAH : Accountability Perspectives on Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Sustainability in Developing Countries: Evidence from Nigeria
de Montfort University, Great Britain
- 2018,
P. MCHARDY : Identifying Boundary Spanning Behaviour across Members of Heterogeneous Groups within a Project Environment
de Montfort University, Great Britain
K. STOEWE : Refugee Entrepreneurship Intergration: Comparative study of Birmingham and Cologne
University of Birmingham, Great Britain