Dr Wing Lam, BA, MBA, MEd, FHEA, PhD

Contact Dr Wing Lam (email at wing.lam@durham.ac.uk)

Biography

Dr Wing Lam is a Lecturer in Management at Durham Business School, Durham University. 

Before pursuing an academic career, Dr Lam spent nearly ten years in commerce (international trading, consultancy and internal auditing) in her native Hong Kong.  Her international industrial and academic background helps to shape her research agenda which emphasises both the practical and theoretical values of research and teaching.  Intending to bridge the gap between the academic community and the business world, Dr Lam has been actively involved in cross-national research projects in entrepreneurship and family business, female entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial finance, ethnic minority entrepreneurship and cross-cultural management.

Dr Wing Lam is Chair - British Academy of Management (BAM) Entrepreneurship Special Interest Group & Annual Conference Entrepreneurship Track.

Awards and Prizes

1. Highly Commended Award Winner, Emerald Literati Network 2011 Awards for Excellence: Lam W., (2010) Funding Gap, What Funding Gap?  Financial Bootstrapping: Supply, Demand and Creation of Entrepreneurial Finance, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research, 16 (4), 268-295.
2. Best paper in Family Business Track, Institute for Small Business & Entrepreneurship (ISBE) 33rd National Conference, 2-4 November 2010, London, UK: Lam, W., "Understanding the Relationship Marketing Process of Family Businesses in the Industrial (B2B) Sector".
3. Best Paper in Track 'Management, Skills Development and Growth Issues', Institute for Small Business & Entrepreneurship (ISBE) 30th National Conference, 7-9 November 2007, Glasgow, Scotland, UK:
   Lam, W., Shaw, E., & Carter, S., Entrepreneurial Capital: Convertibility, Personal Reputation and Firm Performance.
4. Best Paper Award in Track 'Entrepreneurship', British Academy of Management (BAM) 2007, 11-13 September, Warwick Business School, UK: Carter, S., Shaw E., & Lam, W. (2007) Bank Lending to Entrepreneurs: How Gender Impacts on the Decision-making Process 
5. Best Paper Award for Women's Entrepreneurship, 2006 International Council for Small Business World Conference (ICSB), 18-21 June, 2006, Melbourne, Australia, awarded by National Women's Business Council, USA: Shaw, E., Lam, W., Carter, S., & Wilson, F. (2006). Theory, Practice and Policy: An Integrated View on Gender, Networks and Social Capital. 
6. Barclays Best Paper Award for Small Business Finance, Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) 28th National Conference, 1-3 November 2005, Blackpool, UK: Shaw, E., Carter, S., Lam, W., & Wilson, F. (2005). Social capital and accessing finance: the relevance of networks

Potential Areas of Supervision

I am willing to supervise research students in any of my fields of interest listed below.

Research Interests

• Entrepreneurship & Small Business
• Family Business
• Entrepreneurial Finance
• Female Entrepreneurship
• Marketing and Entrepreneurship
• Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship
• Cross-cultural Management

Research Groups

• Business and Management
• Centre for Entrepreneurship

Selected Publications

Books: sections

• Lam, W. (2012). Case Study Volkswagen in China: The People's Car in the People's Republic. In Marketing: An Introduction (2nd edition). Armstrong, G., Kotler, P., Harker, M. & Brennan, R. London: Financial Times/ Prentice Hall. 496-497.
• Shaw, E., Carter, S. & Lam, W. (2010). An integrated View of Gender, Finance and Entrepreneurial Capital: Theory, Practice and Policy. In Women Entrepreneurs and the Global Environment for Growth. de Bruin, A., Brush, C.G., Gatewood, E.J. & Hendry C. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. 187-205.
• Lam, W. (2009). Case Study Volkswagen in China: The People's car in the People's Republic. In Marketing: An Introduction. Armstrong, G., Kotler, P., Harker, M. & Brennan, R. London: Financial Times/ Prentice Hall. 508-510.
• Carter, S., Shaw, E., Wilson, F. & Lam, W. (2006). Gender, entrepreneurship and business finance: Investigating the relationship between banks and entrepreneurs in the UK. In Growth-orientated women entrepreneurs and their businesses: A global research perspective. Brush, C.G., Carter, N.M., Gatewood, E.J., Greene, P. & Hart, M.M. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. 373-391.

Journal papers: academic

• Lam W. (2011). Dancing to Two Tunes: Multi-entity Roles in Family Business Succession Process. International Small Business Journal 29(5): 508-533
• Lam W. (2010). Delivery, student engagement and the implementation of good practice in entrepreneurship education Learning from the UK's New Entrepreneur Scholarship Initiative. Industry & Higher Education 24(6): 467-473.
• Lam W. (2010). Funding Gap, What Funding Gap? Financial Bootstrapping: Supply, Demand and Creation of Entrepreneurial Finance. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research 16(4): 268-295.
• Shaw, E., Marlow, S., Lam, W. & Carter, S. (2009). Gender and Entrepreneurial Capital: Implications for Firm Performance. International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship 1(1): 25-41.
• Shaw, E., Lam, W. & Carter, S. (2008). The Role of Entrepreneurial Capital in Building Service Reputation. Service Industries Journal 28(7): 899-917.
• Wilson F., Carter S., Shaw E., Tagg S. & Lam W. (2007). Bank Loan Officers’ Perceptions of Business Owners: the role of gender. British Journal of Management 18(2): 154-171.
• Carter S., Shaw E., Lam W. & Wilson F. (2007). Gender, Entrepreneurship and Bank Lending: The Criteria and Processes Used by Bank Loan Officers in Assessing Applications. Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice 31(3): 427-444.
• Ritchie, B. & Lam, W. (2006). Taking Stock of Small Business and Entrepreneurship Research. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research 12(6): 312-327.

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