Mark Freel is the Royal Bank of Canada Professor for the Commercialisation of Innovations at the Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa. He also holds an appointment as a professor of innovation and entrepreneurship at Lancaster University Management School, UK, and is a research fellow at the Lazaridis Institute, Wilfrid Laurier University. Before moving to Canada in 2006, Mark held faculty positions at the universities of Edinburgh and Aberdeen, and at Strathclyde and Warwick universities. He has held editorial positions at the Journal of Small Business Management and the International Small Business Journal, and currently serves as an associate editor of Entrepreneurship and Regional Development and on several editorial advisory boards. Mark’s research interests are broadly concerned with innovation and entrepreneurship, and with how firms and regions create and capture value. He has consulted for various branches of government in Canada, the UK and the EU on related issues.
From-To | Source | Title | * | ** | Role | Amount |
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2021-2023 | SSHRC | Understanding the consequences of entrepreneurship as an episodic phenomenon | R | C | Co-PI | $ 86,666 |
2021-2022 | Telfer School of Management Research Grants (SMRG) | After the exit: The career paths and earnings trajectories of former immigrant entrepreneurs | R | I | PI | $ 15,000 |
2020-2022 | SSHRC | Immigrant entrepreneurs' access to and the costs of debt financing | R | C | PI | $ 36,114 |
2017-2020 | SSHRC | The Fate of High Growth Firms | R | C | PI | $ 95,000 |
2015-2016 | Fund for the Development of Academic Initiatives - Destination 2020 proposal | The Entrepreneurship Foundry | R | I | PI | $ 40,000 |
2014-2016 | Telfer School of Management | Open Innovation and Firm Performance | R | I | Co-I | $ 4,000 |
2011 | Industry Canada | Strategic behaviour relating to patenting and the effects on Canadian Business | R | G | PI | $ 24,900 |
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*Purpose
C: Contract (R and D) | E: Equipment Grant | R: Research Grant | S: Support Award | P: Pedagogical Grant | O: Other, U: Unknown
**Type
C: Granting Councils | G: Government | F: Foundations | I: UO Internal Funding | O: Other | U: Unknown
Role
PI = Principal Investigator | Co-I = Co-Investigator | Co-PI = Co-Principal Investigator