Dr Vijay Vyas

I am the Course Leader for the online and on-campus versions of the MSc Innovation Management & Entrepreneurship in the Faculty of Business & Law.

I earned my PhD in Innovation and New Product Development in Scottish Food Industry from Edinburgh Napier University. I also hold a Master’s in Economics and a Bachelor’s in Mathematics.

My experience includes working as a Professor of Business Economics at the MS University of Baroda, India; Visiting Professor in Entrepreneurship at Lancaster University Management School; E-Moderator for University of Liverpool’s online MBA; Reader in Economics at Sherubtse College; Bhutan and Lecturer in Entrepreneurship at Edinburgh Napier University.

My current areas of research are entrepreneurial intentions, innovation by SMEs, entrepreneurship education, plus entrepreneurship and economic growth. My research is published in Annals of Operations Research, International Review of Entrepreneurship, Technology Innovation Management Review, and Journal of Entrepreneurship.

I am author of the book, Low-cost, low-tech innovation: new product development in the food industry, published by Routledge from London and New York. I have also written and published poetry in Hindi.