Simon Parry

Newcastle University | NCL · Newcastle University Business School

This study examines the latest advancements in the field of Microbial ElectroSynthesis (MES) and reports a unique sustainability and economic assessment for the production of five alternative compounds (formic, acetic, propionic acids; methanol and ethanol). Different chemical production conditions were compared by modelling a 1000 t per year produ...

This paper examines the motivation behind a later-life move into entrepreneurship by individuals who have pursued a successful career in employed work into their 50s. Prior research has found that the effect of age on the probability of engaging in some form of entrepreneurship follows an inverse U shape. Probability increases with age up to the 35...

This article contributes to current debates on agendas and methodologies in small business research by critiquing small business accounting research paradigms within the context of contemporary neoliberal economic policy. Published research is critically examined; it is then argued that a hegemonic neoliberal economic discourse of entrepreneurship...

The authors review the use of denial through a complex and unstable crisis: the Deepwater Horizon tragedy in the Gulf of Mexico. Denial is typically viewed as a binary response—”we did not do this”—with a binary intended outcome—”and therefore we are not to blame.” The authors argue that this interpretation is overly simplistic. They found that Tra...

This paper reports on a study which seeks to evaluate the role of small business rates relief as a means of government support for small businesses, in terms of both the financial benefit for recipient businesses and the symbolic significance of rates relief as a form of state support for the small business community in general. In doing so, the pa...

This paper reports on a study which seeks to evaluate the role of small business rates relief as a means of government support for small businesses, in terms of both the financial benefit for recipient businesses and the symbolic significance of rates relief as a form of state support for the small business community in general. In doing so, the pa...

This paper examines the process through which micro‐businesses ‘go green’. It builds upon previous studies that have identified the different drivers of this greening process. However, rather than a static focus on specific drivers, the study articulates the evolution of environmental practices over time. The paper uses comparative case studies of...

This article reports on a study that uses discourse analysis to provide a social constructionist view of growth barriers in micro-level firms. Although barriers to growth have been the subject of prior studies, no study to date has taken a linguistic-based interpretative approach to understand the mechanisms by which such barriers arise. The study...

Towards safer working: The hazards and the risks of introducing electrical equipment in British coal mines up to Circa 1930