Available for supervising students and particularly welcome strong applicants who share my research interests in entrepreneurship (especially those related to its social aspects such as social networks, social capital and social innovation) and those who wish to look at entrepreneurship in the context in which it is created and formed.
Social networks.
Social capital.
Social entrepreneurship.
Entrepreneurship in rural areas.
Entrepreneurship education.
Curent:
ESRC Business Development Fellow in Service Innovation
Previous
ESRC, Value £266,866, Period: 2007-2010
Knowledge and Technology Transfer, Innovation and Competitive Advantage: Past and Present. Co-investigator with Rose, M (Principal), Lockett, N. and Robinson, S.
Knowledge Transfer Partnership Award, Value £67,604, Period: 2004-2006
Purpose: To look at improving the operational efficiency, productivity and profitability of a small successful manufacturing business (Lofthus Signs Ltd.). Co-award Holder: Professor Jeff Hyman (University of Aberdeen)
Nuffield Foundation, Value: £4,393, Period of grant: 1998-2000.
Purpose: To Conduct a Comparative Analysis of Networking Activities of Small Businesses based in Urban and Rural Environments. Co-grant Holder: Mark Freel (University of Aberdeen).
EPSRC, Value: £30, 053, Period of grant: 1995-1997.
Purpose: Integrating Clients: Specifications into R&D and Process Management. Co-grant Holders: Bower, D.J. (principal), Keogh, W. and Crabtree, E.
Professor Jack teaches modules at postgraduate and undergraduate levels on entrepreneurship topics.
Sarah Jack is Professor of Entrepreneurship at Lancaster Univerisity. Her research involves the use of qualitative methods to consider social aspects of entrepreneurship.
Her work has been published widely in international and national journals.
She has received various grants from funding bodies including: Knowledge Transfer Partnership, Nuffield Foundation, Carnegie Trust and EPSRC.
Recent awards include The Lewis Institute Award at Babson College for the Best Paper Exploring the Significance of Social Entrepreneurship for the paper titled Who are the social entrepreneurs and what do they really do? Steinerowski, A., Jack, S. and Farmer, J.
Professor Jack is on the editorial boards for:
Journal of Management Studies
Journal of Business Venturing
Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
Entrepreneurship and Regional Development
External examiner: Nottingham University
