Dr Deniz Yoruk
Dr Deniz E. Yoruk is a Research Fellow in Centre for Enterprise, Innovation and Growth (CEIG). Prior to joining 探花直播 City听University, she worked as teaching fellow in International Business and Economics at Aston Business School.
She holds a PhD in Innovation Management and Science and Technology Policy from SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit at the University of Sussex. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).
Having previously worked in various research projects funded by the European Union, ESRC and British Academy in Staffordshire University, the University of Sussex, University College London, and the University of Edinburgh, she has extensive experience in qualitative and quantitative research.
Her research covers a diverse range of industries and informs science, technology and industrial policies for local, regional and national economic development. Her research in CEIG focuses specifically on SME development and growth in the West Midlands.
Areas of Expertise
- Firm growth through innovation, upgrading capabilities and organisational learning in value chains and knowledge and innovation networks
- International business and strategy
- Emerging market economies
- Entrepreneurship and Regional development
- Quantitative and qualitative research methods
Qualifications
- PhD in Innovation Management, Science and Technology Policy 鈥� University of Sussex, Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU)
- PGCert in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
- MA in contemporary European Studies 鈥� University of Sussex, Sussex European Institute (SEI)
- BSc in Economics听
Memberships
- Fellow, Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
- Member, British Academy of Management (BAM)
- Member, Academy of International Business (AIB)
Teaching
- 鈥業nnovation and Markets鈥� module in Small Business Leadership Programme (Small Business Charter) - completed
- 鈥楽trategy and Innovation鈥� module in Help to Grow: Management Programme (Small Business Charter) and peer group workshops with the West Midlands SMEs 鈥� continuing
Research
Currently, Deniz is working in the Promoting Sustainable Performance (PSP) project. Her research broadly focuses on SME development and growth in the West Midlands with subsequent policy development for the region. Her research interests in this area also cover digitalisation and innovation in SMEs, entrepreneurship and SME internationalisation.
Deniz has recently got BLSS Start-Up Grant for her research project entitled 鈥楽urviving Covid 鈥揟ransforming SME Growth鈥� as principal investigator.
Postgraduate Supervision
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Eric Osei 鈥� 鈥�The entrepreneurship of ordinary places: SME adaptation in resource-limited contexts鈥�
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Humera Tariq Mahmood 鈥� 鈥榃hat drives SME growth? The Role of Governance, Financial Inclusion and Education鈥� 听
Publications
Yoruk, D.E. and M. Gilman (2021), 鈥溾��, 探花直播 City Business School, Centre for Enterprise, Innovation and Growth, CEIG Report No.2/2021.
Yoruk, D.E., R. Bunduchi, E. Yoruk, C. Crisan-Mitra, I-I. Salanta and E. L. Crisan (2021), 鈥淧athways to innovation in Romanian Software SMEs: Exploring the impact of interdependencies between internationalization and knowledge sources鈥�, Journal of International Management, 27 (4), 2021.
Yoruk, D.E. and M. Gilman (2021), 鈥�The SME Drag Effect in the West Midlands Economy鈥�, 探花直播 City Business School, Centre for Enterprise, Innovation and Growth, CEIG Report No.1/2021.
Yoruk, D.E. and M. Gilman (2021), 鈥淎ddressing the SME Drag Effect 鈥� A Growth Framework for SMEs鈥�, 探花直播 City Business School, CEIG Report No.3/2021.
Yoruk, D.E. and E. Yoruk (2020), 鈥溾��, BAM Conference in the Cloud 2020: Innovating for a Sustainable Future, September 2020.
Yoruk, D.E.(2019) 鈥淒ynamics of firm-level upgrading and the role of learning in networks in emerging markets鈥�, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Vol 145, pp.341-369.
Radosevic, S. D. E.Yoruk and E. Yoruk (2019) 鈥楾echnology upgrading and growth in Central and Eastern Europe鈥�, in听Grzegorz Gorzelak (ed), Social and Economic Development in Central and Eastern Europe: Stability and Change after 1990, Routledge, London.
Simango, G., D.E. Yoruk, G. Pugh and T. Basit (2015) 鈥楬igher Education Innovation (2011-2015) Funding Evaluation, Final Report鈥�, submitted to ECD-Enterprise and Commercial Development, Staffordshire University.
Yoruk, D.E. (2014) . Unpublished DPhil thesis. SPRU 鈥� Science and Technology Policy Research, School of Business and Economics, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.
Yoruk, E. and D.E. Yoruk (2012) 鈥溾��, 18th International ICE Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation , published in IEEE International Technology Management Conference proceedings in IEEExplore, Munich, Germany.
Woodward, R., D.E. Yoruk, S. Radosevic (2011) 鈥淜nowledge based firms from Central and East European countries: A comparative overview of case studies鈥�, CASE Network Studies and Analyses No. 428.
Woodward, R., D.E. Yoruk, P. Koc and W. Pander (2010) 鈥淜nowledge-based entrepreneurship in Poland鈥�, CASE Network Studies and Analyses, No. 408.
Yoruk, D.E. and J. Mittra (2009) 鈥溾��, INNOGEN, Working Paper series, WP no. 81, University of Edinburgh.
Yoruk D.E. and R. Woodward (2006) 鈥淭he Network as Innovation in Polish Traditional Industries with Buyer-Driven Value Chains鈥�, Academy of International Business (AIB) Annual Conference proceedings, Beijing, China.
Yoruk, D.E. and N.von Tunzelmann (2005) 鈥淜nowledge Accumulation, Networks and ICTs: Evidence from Traditional Industries in Central and East Europe鈥�, in K. Piech and S. Radosevic (eds), The Knowledge-Based Economy in Central and East European Countries: Countries and Industries in a Process of Change, London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Woodward, R. and D.E. Yoruk (2005) 鈥淎ctors and Factors Behind Changes in Enterprise Competitiveness: The Experience of Five Cohesion Countries (A Literature Review)鈥�, paper prepared for Sixth International Conference on "Enterprise In Transition", The Faculty of Economics of the University of Split, 26 鈥�28 May 2005.
听Yoruk, D.E. and R. Woodward (2005) 鈥淧otential and Opportunities for Innovation Networking in Traditional Industries with Buyer-Driven Value Chains: Case Studies of Polish Enterprises鈥�, in R. Woodward (ed.), Innovation Networks in the Polish Economy 鈥� Current State and Development Prospects, CASE Report No.60/2005, the Center for Social and Economic Research, Warszawa, Poland (published in Polish).
Yoruk, D.E. and S.Radosevic (2004) 鈥淭he Growth of Enterprise Through听 Entrepreneurship and Network Alignment鈥�, in S. Radosevic and B.M. Sadowski (eds), International Industrial Networks and Industrial Restructuring in Central and Eastern Europe, Kluwer Academic Publishers: Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp. 109-128.听
Yoruk, D.E. (2004) 鈥淧atterns of industrial upgrading in the clothing industry in Poland and Romania鈥�, in F. McGowan, S. Radosevic, N. von Tunzelmann (eds), The Emerging Industrial Structure of the Wider Europe, London: Routledge.
Yoruk, D.E. and S.Radosevic (2004) 鈥淚ndustrial networks in central and eastern Europe at the firm level. Summary and overview of ten case studies鈥�, in F. McGowan, S. Radosevic, N. von Tunzelmann (eds), The Emerging Industrial Structure of the Wider Europe, London: Routledge, pp. 57-76.
Yoruk, D.E. and N. von Tunzelmann (2004) 鈥淣etwork realignment in the CEE food-processing industry鈥�, in F. McGowan, S. Radosevic, N. von Tunzelmann (eds), The Emerging Industrial Structure of the Wider Europe, London: Routledge.
Yoruk, D.E. (2004) 鈥溾��, within the EU FP5 large scale project听 - The textiles and clothing industry in an enlarged Community and the outlook in the candidate States, coordinated by wiiw, Austria and CEPS, Belgium.
Yoruk, D.E. (2003)鈥溾��, New Europe College Regional Program Yearbook 2001-2002, New Europe College, Institute for Advanced Study, Bucharest.
Woodward, R., D.E. Yoruk, M. Bohata, A. F. Mesa, M. O鈥橠onnell and M. Sass听 (2003) 鈥淐ritical synthesis, review of the main findings, methodologies and current thought on the role of foreign and domestic firms in changes in competitiveness鈥�, (contribution to the theoretical framework of the paper).
Yoruk, D.E. (2002) 鈥淕lobal Production Networks, Upgrading at the Firm Level and the Role of the Network Organiser: The Case of Vistula SA In Poland鈥�, Working Paper No. 28, SSEES, UCL.
Yoruk, D.E. (2002) 鈥淩ole of Network Development in The Growth of Firm: The Case of a Romanian Bakery Company鈥�, Working Paper No. 27, SSEES, UCL.
Yoruk, D.E. (2002) 鈥淓ffective Integration to Global Production Networks, Knowledge Acquisition and Assimilation: The Case of Braiconf SA in Romania鈥�, Working Paper No. 26, SSEES, UCL.
Yoruk, D.E. and N. von Tunzelmann (2002) 鈥溾��, Paper to be presented at DRUID Summer Conference 2002 on 鈥淚ndustrial Dynamics of the New and Old Economy - who is embracing whom?鈥�, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 6-8, 2002.
Yoruk, D.E. (2002) 鈥溾��, Working Paper series in Economics and Business, No.20, Centre for the Study of Economic and Social Change in Europe, SSEES, UCL.
Yoruk, D.E. (2002) 鈥淕rowth of a Polish Meat Company: Mergers and Acquisitions and the Role of Strategic Investors鈥�, Working Paper No.18, SSEES, UCL.
Yoruk, D.E. (2002) 鈥溾��, Working Paper series in Economics and Business, No.19, Centre for the Study of Economic and Social Change in Europe, SSEES, UCL.
Radosevic, S. and D.E. Yoruk (2001) 鈥溾��, Working Paper series in Economics and Business, No.3, Centre for the Study of Economic and Social Change in Europe, SSEES, UCL.
Radosevic, S., D.Dornisch听 and D.E. Yoruk (2001) 鈥溾��, Working Paper series in Economics and Business, No.1, Centre for the Study of Economic and Social Change in Europe, SSEES, UCL.
Yoruk, D.E. and N. von Tunzelmann (2001) 鈥淩ole of Multinationals and Network Alignment in East Europe: The Case of an Agribusiness Company鈥�, Working Paper No.6, SSEES, UCL.
Radosevic, S. and D.E. Yoruk (2000) 鈥溾��, Working Paper No.4, SSEES, UCL.
Work With Industry
Deniz is involved in programmes such as Enterprise for Success and Knowledge Transfer Partnerships to work closely with West Midlands SMEs on sustaining and growing their businesses.