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Sue Smith serves as Professor of Innovation and Enterprise within the Lancashire School of Business and Enterprise at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan), concurrently holding leadership roles as Director and Chair of the Centre for SME Development. This Centre provides comprehensive support for enterprises spanning start-ups to scale-ups while operating the university's student enterprise service and business incubator to cultivate entrepreneurial talent.
Her research prioritizes social learning theories applied to SME peer learning dynamics and analyzes university-business-government synergies driving regional economic development. Professor Smith actively champions resilient ethical business frameworks, notably contributing to the Preston model for community wealth building through worker-owned cooperatives, reflecting her commitment to socially transformative enterprise.
No scientific awards were documented in the source material.
With extensive experience designing leadership development and entrepreneurship curricula, she engages diverse learners including undergraduate/postgraduate students and non-traditional adult populations. Her educational initiatives emphasize practical business management impacts, though specific grant funding details remain unreported.
The Centre for SME Development functions as an entrepreneurial ecosystem hub under her direction, delivering mentorship and resources through student enterprise programs and the university incubator to accelerate business innovation and growth.
