About the Author

Tim Mazzarol, BA (Hon), BEd, MBA, PhD is an Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship and Strategy at the Graduate School of Management, University of Western Australia and Director of the UWA Business School’s Centre for Entrepreneurial Management and Innovation (CEMI). He has extensive experience in designing, developing and delivering management education programs targeted at a wide range of levels from undergraduate to postgraduate. He has over fifteen years of working within small business development roles including that of Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship at the School of Management, Executive Director of the Bank West Entrepreneurship and Business Development Unit at Curtin University of Technology, and Research Fellow within the Institute for Research into International Competitiveness (IRIC) at Curtin Business School.