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Dr Imran Hossain

Job: Senior Lecturer in entrepreneurship

School/department: School of Leadership, Management and Marketing

Address: ¸Ô±¾ÊÓÆµ, The Gateway, Leicester, LE1 9BH

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E: imran.hossain@dmu.ac.uk

 

Personal profile

Dr. Imran Hossain is a Senior lecturer in entrepreneurship at ¸Ô±¾ÊÓÆµ. He holds a PhD in entrepreneurship from the University of Leicester, an MBA from Essex, and a BA (Hons) from UEL. He is also an associate fellow of HEA. He teaches a wide range of modules related to entrepreneurship at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Prior to joining ¸Ô±¾ÊÓÆµ, Imran worked as a teaching fellow at the University of Leicester.

Research group affiliations

Institute for Responsible Business and Social Justice

Publications and outputs

Hossain, I., Entrepreneurial Traits of the Rural Poor: An Ethnographic Story from Bangladesh. Jay Mitra (ed). The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Entrepreneurship, 1st ed.: Palgrave.

Research interests/expertise

Constrain entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Practices,  Qualitative research methods focused on lived experiences, socio-cultural dynamics, and systemic barriers in entrepreneurial practice.

Areas of teaching

Entrepreneurship and innovation

Qualifications

  • PhD, University of Leicester
  • MBA, University of Essex
  • BA (Hons), University of East London

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Business Analytics and Research Skills (Module Leader)

Digital Transformation and Innovation in Business 

Dissertation 

 

Honours and awards

  • Best Poster Award: Second Place, R&D Management Conference, University of Strathclyde (2021).
  • Winner of Annual Doctoral College poster competition, University of Leicester (2020).

Membership of external committees

Editorial Board Member, Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Emerging Economies (SAGE)

Externally funded research grants information

£5000 from GCRF to map out the entrepreneurial practices of the Bede people in Bangladesh (PI)

ORCID number

0000-0002-8782-447X

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