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Dr Frank Cave

PhD, MBA, BSc, C Eng, MIET

Senior Teaching Fellow

Department

Institute for Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development

Contact

Room: B90
Tel: +44 (0) 1524 594057
Fax: + 44 (0)1524 594743
Email:

Organisational Roles

Director, Science Enterprise Programme

Director, MSc in Manufacturing Leadership

Course leader for Entrepreneurship on Full-time MBA.

External Roles

Director, Hybrid Instruments Limited

Teaching

Full-time MBA - New Venture Challenge

MSc in Management - New Venture Planning.

MSc E-business and Innovation - Business Planning and Finance.

MEng - Leadership in Technology, Business Development Project

LEC 201 - Enterprise for the Environment

Research Interests

Small firm networks and clusters; organisation and financing of technology-based ventures; operation of the informal venture capital market; entrepreneurial decision making; education of scientists and engineers for entrepreneurial leadership.

Selected publications (19)
View all publications (21)
Journal/Serial (4)
Chapter in Book (2)
Working Paper (1)
Conference (14)

Selected Publications

  • Lockett NJ, Cave FD, Kerr R and Robinson S, 2009, 'The influence of co-location in higher education institutions on small firms' perspectives of knowledge transfer', Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, vol 21(3), pp 265-283
  • Lucas W, Cooper S, Ward A and Cave FD, 2009, 'Industry placement, authentic experience and the development of venturing and technology self-efficacy', Technovation, vol 29, pp 738-752
  • Cope JP and Cave FD, 2008, 'The impact and outcomes of venture failure: an entrepreneurial learning perspective', Babson Entrepreneurship Research Conference (North Carolina, USA)
  • Ward A, Cooper S, Cave FD and Lucas W, 2008, 'How industrial experience affects entrepreneurial intent and self-efficiacy in UK engineering undergraduates', in New Technology-Based Firms in the New Millenium, vol VI, (eds) Oakey R, Groen A, van der Sijde P and Cook G, Elsevier, London, New York and Amsterdam, ISBN: 0080554482
  • Cave FD, Davidson M, Baddeley P, Excell D and Fitzgerald W, 2007, 'Investment and growth histories of ventures located within or outside technology clusters', Proceedings of the 15th High-Tech Small Firms Conference (Manchester)
  • Cave FD, 2007, 'The application of fuzzy real options to technology project selection', 30th RandD Management Conference (Bremen, Germany)
  • Lucas W, Cooper S, Ward A and Cave FD, 2006, 'Developing self-efficacy and entrepreneurial intent for technology entrepreneurship: the role of work experience', 3rd AGSE International Entrepreneurship Research Exchange (Auckland, New Zealand) - February 2006
  • Cave FD, Sheppard L, Xiao J and James R, 2006, 'The networking and global awareness of young technology-based entrepreneurs: a case study of the master of enterprise (ment) programme of the Manchester Science Enterprise Centre', 14th High Technology Small Firms Conference (Twente, Netherlands)
  • Cave FD, Cooper S, Good D and Ward A, 2006, 'Developing self-efficacy and entrepreneurial intent for technology entrepreneurship: the influence of role models', Babson College-Kauffman Foundation Entrepreneurship Conference (Indiana University, USA)
  • Cave FD, West C and Matthews A, 2005, 'The role of an integrator organisation in a virtual supply chain', in Supply Chains and Total Product Systems: A Reader, (eds) Carter R, Rhodes E and Warren JP, Blackwell, Oxford, ISBN: 1405124091
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