Maksim Belitski

Professor Maksim Belitski is a Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Henley Business School and is a member of the Henley Centre for Entrepreneurship.

Maksim teaches on postgraduate and undergraduate programmes. He is the module convener for Innovation and Market Entry, Financing for Entrepreneurship, Financing for Entrepreneurship in Creative Industries and Entrepreneurship for Food Sciences. His research interests lie in the area of entrepreneurship, innovation and regional economics, with a particular focus on entrepreneurship as a spillover of knowledge and creativity.

Prior to joining Henley Business School, Maksim was a Research Fellow at the Institute for Development Strategies, Indiana University Bloomington (USA) and a Contract Professor of Econometrics at the University of Bolzano (Italy). Previously he has held appointments at Loughborough University, University College London, the University of Leicester, the University of Economics Bratislava and the Belarusian State University.

Maksim holds a PhD in Applied Economics from the University of Leicester and another PhD in Economics from the University of Milan, Italy. He is a 'Trusted' researcher of the Secure Data Service, UK Data Archive and Virtual Micro-Data Lab of the UK's Office of National Statistics. Maksim is also Associate Editor of both the Electronic Commerce Research and Applications Journal and the Associate Editor of Small Business Economic Journal.

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) University of Leicester (2007 — 2012)
• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Università degli Studi di Milano (2007 — 2012)

Companies

• Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation University of Reading (2021)
• Professor ICD Business School (2020)
• Associate Professor in Innovation and Entrepreneurship Henley Business School (2017)