Alex Nicholls (academic)
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Alex Nicholls is a lecturer in social entrepreneurship at the University of Oxford. Nicholls co-authored with Charlotte Opal the book Fair Trade: Market-Driven Ethical Consumption (ISBN 1-4129-0105-7) in 2005.[1]
Nicholls was the the first lecturer in social entrepreneurship appointed at the University of Oxford and was the first staff member of the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship. He has held lectureships at a wide variety of academic institutions including: University of Toronto; Leeds Metropolitan University; University of Surrey; Aston Business School.[2]
Nicholls has closed links with the industry: he worked for seven years with the John Lewis Partnership and published in commercial publications such as the British Retail Consortium’s Solutions magazine and the Financial Times Handbook of Management.
Nicholls has also conducted a range of commercial consultancy in the social sector, including work on fair trade new product development and eco-tourism.[3]
Nicholls is a Fellow of the Academy of Marketing Science and Member of the Institute of Learning and Teaching. He also sits on the regional social enterprise expert group for the South East of England Development Agency.[4]
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Academic journal articles
- ‘Strategic Options in Fair Trade Retailing', International Journal of Retail and Distribution Management (2002), 30.1, pp 6-17
- ‘The Child-Parent Purchase Relationship: Pester Power, Human Rights and Retail Ethics', Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services (2004), 11, pp 75-86
- ‘Fair Trade New Product Development’, Service Industries Journal (2004), 24.2, pp 102-117
- ‘Implementing E-Value Strategies in UK Retailing ', International Journal of Retail and Distribution Management (2005), 33.6, pp 426-443
Books
- Social Entrepreneurship: New Models of Sustainable Social Change, (November, 2006) Oxford University Press
- Fair Trade: Market-Driven Ethical Consumption. (2005) London: Sage Publications.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Nicholls, A. & Opal, C. (2004). Fair Trade: Market-Driven Ethical Consumption. London: Sage Publications.
- ^ Oxford Said Business School (2006). Who We Are. URL accessed on November 30, 2006.
- ^ Blue Ventures (2006). Our Patrons. URL accessed on November 30, 2006.
- ^ Blue Ventures (2006). Our Patrons. URL accessed on November 30, 2006.
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