Professor Mark Gilman
Professor of SME Growth and Development
Birmingham City Business School
- Email:
- Mark.gilman@bcu.ac.uk
- Phone:
- 01213317695
Professor Mark Gilman transitioned to academia after spending 16 years working in engineering. He writes extensively on SME Growth and people management issues and works closely with SMEs/entrepreneurs. He is presently Professor of SME Growth and Development; Director of the Centre for Enterprise, Innovation and Growth and Co-founder and Director of BIG Associates Ltd (a University spin-out). He has worked engaging with businesses of all sizes including Boots plc, Barclays Bank, British Airways and a number of public sector organisation. More recently, impacting the growth of 1000s of SMEs through research and coaching interventions for ambitious business owners.
Areas of Expertise
Mark has published in the area of SME performance and growth and HR management. As a trusted and accredited practitioner, he has developed and delivered a range of leadership and executive programmes, networks, coaching, facilitation, action learning and consultancy interventions with individuals and organisations of all shapes and sizes, with the aim of helping them improve their performance.
Qualifications
- BA Hons Economics
- MA Industrial Relations
- PhD in Industrial and Business Studies
Memberships
- Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship
- British Academy of Management
Teaching
- Innovation Voucher workshops
- Enterprise for Success
- Small Business Leadership Programme
Research
- Understanding SME Growth In the West Midlands
- Understanding SME Growth In Indonesia
- The BIG Ten Capabilities of Growth and Neuro-leadership
- The importance of networks for SME Growth
Postgraduate Supervision
- Lenni George - Applying International Capacity Development Instruments to Social Enterprises through Multi-level Engagement
- Liang Liang - SMEs, Growth, and Networks: Understanding the Missing Links
- Eric Osei - The entrepreneurship of ordinary places: SME adaptation in resource-limited contexts
- Vincent English - The influence of boundary agents and dynamic capability development in small business
- Philip Briggs - Network Capital: how UK SMEs recognise its value in their International Strategy?
- Aineias Gkikas - Understanding the Context of SME Growth: Evidence from Indonesia
- Emma Neale
Publications
- Gilman M, Salder J. (2020) 'The role of diagnostics as a means of engaged scholarship and enhancing SME research'. The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- Gilman M, Salder J, Gkakis A & Raby S. (2020) Beyond narrow perspectives of SME growth: toward an integrated model. Journal of Business Research
- Fletcher L., Bailey K & Gilman M (2018). Fluctuating levels of personal role engagement within the working day: What matters most? Human Resource Management Journal. Digital Object Identifier (DOI) - 10.1111/1748-8583.12168 to search in Wiley Online Library
- Siyanbola, T O & Gilman, M W (2017) Extent of Employee-Turnover in Nigerian SMEs: Employees’-Owner/managers’ Standpoint. Employee Relations
- Gilman, Pantelica & Chua. (2017) "Aligning university-industry interactions: the role of boundary spanning in intellectual capital transfer" Journal: Technological Forecasting and Social Change. Volume 123, October 2017, Pages 199-209
- Stoian C & Gilman M (2017). Corporate social responsibility that ‘pays’: A strategic approach to CSR for SMEs, Journal of Small Business Management. Wiley, Oxford
- Gilman, Raby & Pyman (2015). 'The contours of employee voice in SMEs: the importance of context', which was published in Human Resource Management Journal, Volume 25, Issue 4, November
- Gilman & Pantelica (2015). University – Industry Linkages in the UK: Emerging Themes and ‘Unanswered’ Questions. Prometheus Critical Studies in Innovation, Volume 32, Issue 4: The Triple Helix
- Gilman, Raby & Pyman (2015). 'The contours of employee voice in SMEs: the importance of context', which was published in Human Resource Management Journal, Volume 25, Issue 4, November 2015
- Bull E, Pyman A & Gilman M. (2013) ‘A re-assessment of non-union employee representation in the UK: Developments since the ‘ICE’ age’, Journal of Industrial Relations, 55(4). Sage, London
- Gilman M & Raby S. 2013. National context as a predictor of High-Performance Work System effectiveness in Small-to Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs): A British-French Comparative Analysis. International Journal of Human Resource Management. 24(1): 372-391. Routledge, London
- Gilman, M.W. and Raby, S.O. and Turpin, J. (2012) The BIG Ten: The Ten Characteristics of Successful SMEs. ISBN 978-1-902671-76-5
- Gilman, Mark and Cristina Serbanica (2011). University – industry linkages in the UK. A review of current issues and lessons to be learned. Strategii manageriale, ISSN 1844-668X.
- Gilman M W & Edwards P, 2008. Testing a framework of the organization of small firms: fast growth, high tech SMEs. International Small Business Journal, 26: 531-558. Sage, London
- Gilman M W & Chaix, J 2006. Growth indicators and sustainable growth of SMEs: A comparative analysis. Special edition Journal from Forum l’Espirit de l’Innovation 2. Colloque Internationale.
- Broughton A & Gilman M. 2004. European industrial relations in 2003: chronicle of events. Industrial Relations Journal. Vol 35, Issue 6: 647-675. Blackwell, Oxford.
- Arrowsmith, J., Gilman, M., Edwards, P. K., and Ram, M. 2003. The impact of the National Minimum Wage in Small Firms. British Journal of Industrial Relation. Vol 41, No 3: 435-456. Blackwell, Oxford.
- Broughton A & Gilman M. 2003. European industrial relations in 2002: chronicle of events. Industrial Relations Journal. Vol34, Issue 5: 510-534. Blackwell, Oxford.
- Edwards, P. K., Gilman, M., Ram, M., and Arrowsmith, J. 2003. Public Policy, the Performance of Firms, and the ‘Missing Middle’: the Case of the Employment Regulations, and a Role for Local Business Networks. Policy Studies. Vol23, 1, pp5-20.
- Ram M, Gilman M, Arrowsmith J and Edwards P K. 2003. Once more into the sunset? Asian clothing firms after the National Minimum Wage. Government and Policy. 21 (1). pp. 71-88
- Broughton A & Gilman M. 2002. European industrial relations in 2001: chronicle of events. Industrial Relations Journal. Vol 33, No 5: 536-559. Blackwell, Oxford.
- Gilman M W, Edwards P K, Ram M & Arrowsmith J., 2002. Pay determination in small firms in the UK: the case of the response to the National Minimum Wage. Industrial Relations Journal. Vol 33, No 1: 52-68. Blackwell, Oxford.
- Gilman M.W. & Marginson P, 2002. Negotiating European Works Councils : Contour of Constrained Choice. Industrial Relations Journal. Vol 33, No 1: 36-52. Blackwell, Oxford.
- Arrowsmith J, French S, Gilman M & Richardson R, 2001. Performance-related pay in health care. Journal of Health Services Research and Policy. Volume 6 Number 2 April. 114-120.
- Gilman M & Arrowsmith J, 2001. Modernising the workplace: Labours employee relations agenda. Competition and Change. Vol 5. June/July. 5 (3). 291-310.
- Ram, M., Edwards, P K., Gilman M. and Arrowsmith J 2001. The Dynamics of Informality: Employment Relations in Small Firms and the Effects of Regulatory Change. Work, Employment and Society Vol. 15, No 4. Pp845-861.
- Broughton A & Gilman M, 2001. European industrial relations in 2000: chronicle of events. Industrial Relations Journal. Vol 32, No 5: 494-517, Blackwell, Oxford..
- M W Gilman and Broughton A, 2000. European industrial relations in 1999: chronicle of events. Industrial Relations Journal, Vol 31, No 4:363-386. Blackwell, Oxford.
- M W Gilman and T Weber, 1999. European industrial relations in 1998: chronicle of events. Industrial Relations Journal, European Annual Review 1998: 187-221. Blackwell, Oxford.
- P K Edwards and M W Gilman 1999. Responding to the National Minimum wage: The theory of wages and the implications for wage dispersion and work organisation. Human Resource Management Journal, Vol 9 No 1.
- M W Gilman and T Weber, 1998. European industrial relations in 1997: chronicle of events. Industrial Relations Journal, European Annual Review 1997:191-221. Blackwell, Oxford.
Work With Industry
Professor Mark Gilman has worked with businesses of all sizes including Boots plc, Barclays Bank, British Airways and a number of public sector organisation. More recently, impacting the growth of 1000s of SMEs through research, coaching and other interventions for ambitious business owners.