Name : Dr Lyndon Murphy
Job Title : Academic Subject Leader Postgraduate Programes/Research Group Leader
Email : lyndon.murphy@newport.ac.uk
Contact Telephone Number : 01633 432478
Campus : City Campus
Academic Faculty and School or Department : Newport Business School
Research Centre or Group : Emerging Themes in Business and Management
Biography : Lyndon has over eighteen years experience in higher education initially at the University of Glamorgan and currently at the University of Wales Newport. He has contributed to and led the design of postgraduate programmes at the Newport Business School including MBA and MSc business programmes.

He has worked with the Welsh Government Broadband Observatory project writing case studies focussing on business use of broadband. Lyndon has also worked with several organisations exploring the incidence of social capital and its relationship with innovative activity. He is currently working on a pan-Wales project exploring the role of social capital in the formation of innovative activity in public sector sponsored economic development programmes.
Academic and Professional Qualifications :
- PhD – Regional Innovation Policy
  University of Glamorgan (2011)
- MA – Professional Development in Education
  University of Glamorgan (1997)
- MPhil – Regional Economics
  University of Greenwich (1992)
- PGCE – Business Studies
  Surrey University (1985)
- BSc (Hons) – Economics
  University of Wales Aberystwyth (1984)
Professional Bodies and Memberships :
- Higher Education Academy - Fellow
- Regional Studies Association – member
- Strategic Planning Society – member
- Chartered Management Institute – member
Research Expertise or Interest :
- Measuring the impact of ecommerce/ebusiness on SMEs especially in graphic design businesses
- Identifying the incidence and forms of social capital in public and private sector organisations
- Exploring the relationships between social capital and forms of innovative activity in private and public sector organisations
Grants Awarded :
- University of Wales Newport Research Support Scheme 2010
- Strategic Insight Partnership 2012
Publications :
- Thomas, B., Murphy, L., Angrove, M. and Al-Hasan, S. (2005) ‘Techniums and the Management of their Facilities in Wales’, International Journal of Applied Management, 6, pp 100-120.
- ISBE National Small Firms Conference - November 2006 - Cardiff ‘Evaluating Regional Innovation Programmes – the Case of the Innovation Network Partnership’ Murphy, L., Thomas, B., Angove, M. and Al-Hasan, S.
- ISBE National Small Firms Conference - November 2007 - Glasgow ‘A Review of Innovation Performance Indicators Relevant to Small Firms in Wales’, Metcalfe, R., Thomas, B., and Murphy, L.,
- Murphy, L., Thomas, B., Swayne, H., Metcalfe, R. and Jones, J. (2007) ‘An Exploration of the Skill and Competence Issues of An e-Business Directed Graphic Design Industry’, International Journal of e-Business Management, Vol. 1, No.1.
- 13th Annual Symposium of the Academy of Marketing Special Interest Group in Entrepreneurial and Small Business Marketing . – January 2008 – Newport ‘An Evaluation of the Innovation Network Partnership’ Murphy, L., Thomas, B., Angove, M. and Al-Hasan, S
- Jones, J., Jones, E., and Murphy, L. (2008) ‘B2C online pricing practices and potential impact upon firm reputation and e-consumer trust’, International Journal of e-Business Management, Vol.2, No.1.
- Regional Studies Association Annual Conference - April 2009 – Leuven, Belgium ‘The Communities First Programme: A Case Study of Innovation’, Murphy, L., Thomas, B., and Al-Hasan, S.
- Jeans, R. and Murphy, L. (2009) ‘ Investigating Academic’s Motivation to Pursue Research Activity’, Newport CELT Journal
- ISBE National Conference - November 2009 – Liverpool, ‘A review of innovation performance indicators relevant to small firms in Wales’, Thomas, B., Murphy, L.
- Murphy, L., Jones, J., Swayne, H., and Thomas, B. (2010) ‘The ‘Knock-on’ Effect of eBusiness upon Graphic Design SMEs in South Wales’, in E-Commerce Adoption and Small Business in the Global Marketplace: Tools for Optimization, Thomas, B. and Simmons, G (eds.) Business Science Reference.
- Regional Science Association Annual Conference – August 2010 – Glasgow, ‘A Preliminary Evaluation of the Technium Centre Network’, Murphy, L., Thomas, B., Al-Hasan, S.
- European Urban & Regional Studies Conference - September 2010 – Vienna, ‘A Preliminary Evaluation of the Innovation Network Partnership – a Social Capital Perspective’, Murphy, L., Thomas, B., Gornall, L., Al-Hasan, S.
- ISBE National Conference - November 2010 – London, ‘An Evaluation of the Technium Centre Network – a Social Capital Perspective’, Murphy, L., Thomas, B., Al-Hasan, S., Thomas, A.
- Thomas, B.C., Murphy, L. and Jones, P. 2011, Innovation
- Performance Indicators, in Innovation and Small Business Volume 1:
- The Innovation Process, Thomas, B. C., Miller, C., Murphy, L. (eds.), Ventus. ISBN 978-87-729-9
- Thomas, B.C., Miller, C. and Murphy, L. 2011, Global Start-ups and
- Business Development, in Innovation and Small Business Volume 1:
- The Innovation Process, Thomas, B. C., Miller, C., Murphy, L. (eds.), Ventus. ISBN 978-87-729-9
- Thomas, B.C., Miller, C., Murphy, L. and Gornall, L. 2011, Higher
- Education Spin-offs, in Innovation and Small Business Volume 1: The
- Innovation Process, Thomas, B. C., Miller, C., Murphy, L. (eds.), Ventus. ISBN 978-87-729-9
- Thomas, B.C., Miller, C. and Murphy, L. 2011, Clusters and
- Knowledge Flows, in Innovation and Small Business Volume 1: The
- Innovation Process, Thomas, B. C., Miller, C., Murphy, L. (eds.), Ventus. ISBN 978-87-729-9
- Thomas, B. C., Miller, C., Murphy, L. (eds.) 2011, Innovation and
- Small Business Volume 1: The Innovation Process, Ventus. ISBN 978-87-729-9
- Thomas, B. C., Miller, C., Murphy, L. (eds.) 2011, Innovation and Small Business Volume 2: Industrial Settings, Ventus. ISBN 978-87-7681-733-6
- Regional Science Association Annual Conference – September 2011
- – Cardiff, ‘Innovation Policy in Wales - the Case of the Innovation Network Partnership’, Murphy, L., Thomas, B., Al-Hasan, S.
- Emerging Themes in Business Research Conference – March 2012 – Newport, ‘A Preliminary Evaluation of the Technium Centre Network’, Murphy, L., Thomas, B. ISSN 2049-2936
- Emerging Themes in Business Research Conference – March 2012 – Newport, An Evaluation of the Innovation Network Partnership – a Social Capital Perspective’, Murphy, L., Thomas, B., Gornall, L. ISSN 2049-2936
Public Engagement Activities and Esteem Indicators :
- University of Wales: Moderator
- Liverpool John Moores University: External Examiner
- University of Huddersfield: External Examiner
- Co-Chair Emerging Themes in Business Research Conference 2012

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