Author

Richard Blundel

Observed names: Blundel, Richard, Blundel, Richard K., Dr. Richard Blundel, RICHARD K. BLUNDEL, Richard K. Blundel, Richard Blundel (17199478), Richard K Blundel, Richard K. Blundel, Richard Kenneth Blundel

Observed institutions: Oxford Brookes University, The Open University, Brunel University of London, Harper Adams University

ORCID: 0000-0002-5000-3117

Observed ORCID: 0000-0002-5000-3117

OpenAlex ID: A5031607664

Strategy without design: the silent efficacy of indirect action

2010 · Richard Blundel · Business History · 92

Understanding the drivers of sustainable entrepreneurial practices in Pakistan’s leather industry

2017 · Aqueel Imtiaz Wahga, Richard Blundel, et al. · International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research · 86

Network evolution and the growth of artisanal firms: a tale of two regional cheese makers

2002 · Richard Blundel · Entrepreneurship and Regional Development · 77

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Individual Values and SME Environmental Engagement

2018 · Anja Schaefer, Sarah Williams, et al. · Business & Society · 73

Towards a ‘Long View’: Historical Perspectives on the Scaling and Replication of Social Ventures

2014 · Richard K. Blundel, Fergus Lyon · Journal of Social Entrepreneurship · 63

SMEs and environmental responsibility: a policy perspective

2013 · Richard Blundel, Adrian Monaghan, et al. · Business Ethics A European Review · 63

Critical Realism: A Suitable Vehicle for Entrepreneurship Research?

2007 · Richard Blundel · Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks · 58

Re-imagining the growth process: (co)-evolving metaphorical representations of entrepreneurial growth

2014 · Jean Clarke, Robin Holt, et al. · Entrepreneurship and Regional Development · 50

Evaluating Enterprise Policy Interventions in Africa: A Critical Review of Ghanaian Small Business Support Services

2013 · Bernard Acquah Obeng, Richard K. Blundel · Journal of Small Business Management · 49

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Exploring growth in vertical inter‐firm relationships: small‐medium firms supplying multiple food retailers

2001 · Richard K. Blundel, Martin Hingley · Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development · 40

Crisis and opportunity: Transforming climate governance for SMEs

2023 · Sam Hampton, Richard Blundel, et al. · Global Environmental Change · 36

Reinventing artisanal knowledge and practice: a critical review of innovation in a craft-based industry

2013 · Richard K. Blundel, David J. Smith · Prometheus · 36

Effective Organisational Communication: Perspectives, Principles and Practices (2nd edition)

2004 · Richard Blundel, Kate Ippolito, et al. · Financial Times Prentice Hall eBooks · 36

Exploring Entrepreneurship: Practices and Perspectives

2011 · Richard Blundel, Nigel Lockett · Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University) · 33

Improvisation and Entrepreneurial Bricolage versus Rationalisation: A case-based analysis of contrasting responses to economic instability in the UK brass musical instruments industry

2014 · David J. Smith, Richard K. Blundel · Journal of General Management · 30

Insider perspectives on growth: Implications for a nondichotomous understanding of ‘sustainable’ and conventional entrepreneurship

2020 · Rita G. Klapper, Paul Upham, et al. · Business Strategy and the Environment · 28

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Transforming small and medium‐sized enterprises to address the climate emergency: The case for values‐based engagement

2022 · Sam Hampton, Richard Blundel, et al. · Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management · 23

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From Artisans to “Factories”: The Interpenetration of Craft and Industry in English Cheese-Making, 1650–1950

2006 · Richard Blundel, Angela Tregear · Enterprise & Society · 20

Contrasting local responses to globalization: the case of volume yacht manufacturing in Europe

2005 · Richard Blundel, Michael Thatcher · Entrepreneurship and Regional Development · 20

Penrose, critical realism and the evolution of business knowledge: A methodological reappraisal

2007 · Peter Clark, Richard Blundel · Management & Organizational History · 19

‘Little Ships’: The Co‐evolution of Technological Capabilities and Industrial Dynamics in Competing Innovation Networks

2006 · Richard Blundel · Industry and Innovation · 16

Entrepreneurial Social Responsibility: Scoping the Territory

2010 · Richard K. Blundel, Laura J. Spence, et al. · The International Society of Business, Economics, and Ethics book series · 15

How Can SMEs Contribute to Net Zero?: An Evidence Review.

2021 · Richard Blundel, Sam Hampton · Open Research Online - ORO (The Open University) · 14

“Imagined Outcomes”: Contrasting Patterns of Opportunity, Capability, and Innovation in British Musical Instrument Manufacturing, 1930–1985

2018 · RICHARD K. BLUNDEL, DAVID J. SMITH · Enterprise & Society · 14

Case study: human capital and environmental engagement of SMEs in Pakistan – a comparative analysis of the leather industry

2018 · Aqueel I. Wahga, Richard K. Blundel, et al. · Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks · 11

Works count: 162

Citation count: 1,111

H-index: 19

I10-index: 25