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Dr Spiros Batas

Spiros

Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Email: S.Batas@qmul.ac.uk
Room Number: Room 4.13.b, Francis Bancroft Building, Mile End Campus

Profile

Roles:

Biography:

Spiros Batas is Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Queen Mary University of London. Spiros was also a visiting lecturer at Lancaster University Management School. He holds his PhD in International Business and Strategy from the University of Edinburgh and was examined by Professor Jan Johanson of Uppsala University. He had previously gained an MSc in International Business and Emerging Markets from the University of Edinburgh. He has received an MSc by Research in Labour Economics, Human Resource Management and Innovation from the University of Aix-Marseille and CNRS. He holds a BSc in Economics from the University of Piraeus and a BSc in Business Administration.

Spiros previously worked at the University of Greenwich where he acted as the Director of the MA and MBA IB programmes, and designed and led the International Entrepreneurship module. Moreover, he led a project initiated by Edinburgh World Heritage (EWH) which examined the economic valuation of Edinburgh's World Heritage Site. A report was published and there was a media coverage (e.g. The Times, BBC, amongst others). Spiros also assisted EWH with its organisational restructure.

Research

Publications

Published texts:

  • Batas, S., Kuivalainen, O. and Sinkovics, R.R. eds., 2022. Megatrends in International Business: Examining the Influence of Trends on Doing Business Internationally. Springer Nature
  • Tran, Y. and Batas, S., 2016. Globalization and the internationalization of start-up firms. Enterprise: Concepts and Issues, p.157.

Supervision

Current Doctoral Student:

  • Charles Nwaogwugwu

Spiros is happy to supervise students interested in:

  • International Entrepreneurship
  • International Business
  • Networks and Social Capital
  • Family Business

Public Engagement

  • Member of the Academy of International Business.
    •  Spiros is serving as the Treasurer of the AIB-UKI executive board.

  • Spiros worked as a consultant for Edinburgh World Heritage (EWH).

  • Guest lecturer of University of Vienna and University of Birmingham.

  • Spiros was an external examiner for Swansea University.

Scholarly Contributions

  • Smith, M., Batas, S. and Sarabi, Y., 2024. Networks and securing an internship during an environmental anomaly: the COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy.
  • Spiros led the validation of the MA and MBA International Business Programmes at University of Greenwich and introduced new modules such as International Entrepreneurship. 
  • Spiros’ module in International Entrepreneurship assisted University of Greenwich Business School to gain the Small Business Charter Accreditation.

  • Smith, M., Batas, S., & Sarabi, Y. (2021, April). Network ties and securing an internship during COVID-19. Paper presented at AIB UKI - 47th Academy of International Business UK & Ireland Chapter Conference, University of Greenwich, London

 

 

 

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