Arthur Allan Gibb
OBE
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations,
and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
(1939–2019), was a British academic. He was the founder and former director of the Small Business Centre at
Durham University
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. Established in 1971 to provide training and education for entrepreneurs, this was the first social enterprise of its kind in Europe.
Biography
Gibb graduated with a degree in Economics from
Manchester University in 1961.
He spent four years working at the
Economist Intelligence Unit before joining
Durham University Business School
Durham University Business School is the business school of Durham University and is located in Durham, England. Established in 1965, it holds triple accreditation (AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS). It is currently ranked between 7th and 67th in the wor ...
as a Senior Research Assistant, being promoted successively to Research Fellow, Lecturer, and finally Senior Lecturer in 1980.
As a staff candidate he earned his Ph.D. from Durham in 1977.
He was appointed to the Chair in Small Business Studies in 1983.
Gibb was described in an
OECD publication as "the doyen of entrepreneurship and small business development academics". In 2009, Gibb co-authored ''Leading the Entrepreneurial University'', together with G. Haskins, P. Hannon and I. Robertson, published by the National Centre for Entrepreneurship in Education and
Said Business School at the
University of Oxford. Updated in 2012, the publication served as the principal handbook for the Entrepreneurial University Leaders Programme (EULP), launched at Oxford in 2010.
Awards
In 2009, he received the
Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion for lifetime achievement. In 2012, Gibb was awarded the first European Entrepreneurship Education Award by the Sten K. Johnson Centre for Entrepreneurship in Sweden.
References
External links
*Personal website: http://www.allangibb.com/
Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion (2009)
British businesspeople
Living people
Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion (lifetime achievement)
1939 births
Alumni of the University of Manchester
Alumni of Durham University
Academics of Durham University
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